Another epic afternoon of gaming at the club playing Chain of Command, this time we returned to 1940 France, where the French forces were trying to hold off a German flank attack. For points, I allowed a 2-to-1 ratio for the attacker versus the defender, so the German Commanders had a cool 20 points to spend on support assets, and the French had 10 points plus an additional 2 points for the difference in force rating.
Well, things did not go well from the start for the French, as the Germans picked a pre-game barrage, which effectively stopped French deployments for at least four phases of the first turn….do you think I could roll a four/five or a six…..nope.
Luckily, the French commander did manage to end the turn on the sixth phase of the game and stopped the barrage…..but that time it was almost too late. The Germans rolled three double turns in a row and deployed their whole force, which included a pair of Panzer 38(T)s, and made several rapid advances towards the French defenders before they could deploy any serious countermeasures.
However, the French commander did have a few aces up his sleeve and soon deployed the excellent and very versatile Panhard armoured car, which, through some skillful maneuvering, managed to stop the and pin down the German advance on the French northern flank…..they were even shot at by a German and flamethrower team and survived……..however do you think they could effectivally enage the Panzer 38(T)….nope after several fail hits we gave up.
The last and final ace the French commander had was a 25mm L72 AT gun…..and again, after several attempts failed to hit the other Panzer 38(T)….the dice gods were not on the French side today.
Soon, German infantry moved up to support the 38(T)s and added their combined firepower to overwhelm the French defenses and kill two of the French junior leaders. The battle ended not long after, with the German Panzer 38(T) rushing forward to seize the primary objective and commencing the Final Countdown.
Well done, Tim and Terry, on the victory over the poor French lads. The French Infantry was painted by Mr Leroy Simpson, and the German lads were painted by me. The majority of the buildings are from the fantastic Battlefeild Accessories range of pre-painted buildings.
