It's 22nd January 1944 and No. 4 Commandos have been deployed to Italy, 1st and 2nd sections have been ordered to patrol a wooded area to try and secure the region to make logistics for the rest of the force easier, enemy resistance isn't expected to be high and as such the level of support the commandos have is limited.
(apologies for the colours on this table, they're copied straight from my excel sheet and I don't have time to fiddle with it)
| ID | Name | Type | Rep | Weapon | |
| 1-1 | Cpt. Robbie Knight | SL | 5 | Medium SMG | |
| 1-2 | WO. Arden Mayes | Jr SL | 5 | Medium SMG | |
| 1-3 | L Cpl. Hewie Newell | LMG Gunner | 4 | Bren LMG | |
| 1-4 | S Mjr. Rigby Cartwright | LMG Asst. | 6 | Bolt Action Rifle | |
| 1-5 | S Mjr. Jimmy David | Rifleman | 6 | Bolt Action Rifle | |
| 1-6 | L Cpl. Zack Sniders | Rifleman | 5 | Bolt Action Rifle | |
| 1-7 | L Cpl. Keegan James | Rifleman | 5 | Bolt Action Rifle | |
| 1-8 | L Cpl. Irving Ware | Rifleman | 5 | Bolt Action Rifle | |
| 1-9 | L Cpl. Hal Howard | Rifleman | 5 | Bolt Action Rifle | |
| 1-10 | L Cpl. Harve Jerffries | Rifleman | 5 | Bolt Action Rifle | |
| 1-11 | Pvt. Lee Bass | Rifleman | 4 | Bolt Action Rifle |
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| Red targets are PEFs, Blue represent scouted terrain (I give up on that after a while) |
Deployment sees 1st section taking position in the woods to the west while 2nd section does the same to the east, the commandos take a moment to quickly scan all the possible defensive locations for enemy troops but all the visible terrain looks clear for now.
As part of deployment we generate 3 PEFs, one pops up behind the ruins in the center of the staging area while the other two start out in the north east most woods
Activation rolls [British 6-1 German] - friendly reinforcements turns out to be nothing...
PEFs in the woods move towards 2nd section and the one behind the ruin remains stationary.
The commandos are still going over their plans and preparing to move out.
Activation Rolls [2-5] - enemy reinforcements, 6 infantry, 1 with panzerfaust...
A German squad made their way into the area from the north, one of the men (1-3) is armed with a panzerfaust while the rest had their standard armarment, meanwhile the two eatern PEFs waited behind the crest of the wooded hill, out of sight.
The British commandos start to creep through the woods on either side of the area, their plan is to advance up each flank to minimise their own vunerablitiy while being able to support eachother if neccesary.
Activation Rolls [4-6]...
Both sections continued to advance forwards, 2nd section left the cover of the woods to dash across open ground towards a nearby hill hoping to gain a vantage point.
Activation Rolls [2-1]...(sorry I forgot to snap a picture here)
2nd section formed up at the end of the woods and then advanced, unsure of what they were walking into. A snapping twig nearby put the men on edge, but after a breif check it turned out the just be a case of nerves and so they moved deeper into the wood.
1st section upped the pace to try and stay level with the other section, as they reached the edge of the woods they came to a sudden halt, the point man had spotted a squad of Germans behind the ruins a short distance in front of them. It didn't seem the Germans had noticed the commandos as none of them seemed to be readying their weapons.
Seeing this as a good oppertunity the three front commandos oppened fire, two men drop to the ground and the squad bursts into action scrabbling to find any cover they can while dragging their wounded away.
Once they'd made it to cover the Germans which could wasted no time in returning fire L.Cpl. James lost his footing as the bullets whizzed past his head but he managed to escape harm and all other shots were poorly aimed.
With automatic fire flying towards them the commandos kept their heads tucked in behind the trees, they all knew just how easy it was to get clipped.
Activation Rolls [3-1]...
L Cpl. James regained his feet as the rest of his section manouvered to better firing positions through the hail of bullets directed at them, miraculasly none of them get hit and the presence of their captain keeps them all focused on the job at hand. L Cpl. Newell put his training to good use and with the help of his assistant managed to get his Bren LMG set up towards the ruins in no time, it was time to do some surpressing fire of their own. The LMG began violently spitting a stream of bullets all over the enemy position, wisely the occupants imedietly ceased fire, chosing instead to keep their heads down, however the squad leader didn't react quickly enough and slumped to the ground with blood pouring from his arm and stomach.
Hearing the eruption of fire 2nd section made haste towards the top of the hill to set up their own firing position, once again the machine gunner of the team does an excellent job setting up and is ready to fire extremely quickly. Another rifleman hits the dirt as a result of their salvo, the Germans had quickly became pinned with two machine gun fire coming in from each flank, not a good place to be.
Suddenly the western LMG was silenced as more fire began coming in from the north, a German squad had arrived in support of their comrades and with two SMGs had done a pretty good job of pinning the commandos down. A considerably less amount of fire scattered itself across the eastern flank as the squad also engaged 2nd section and bolt action rounds were exchanged, the German squad ultimately lost the exchange as they lost one man to the fire an another to his nerves.
The support from the north allowed the squad in the ruins a bit of time to reorganise and set up some fire of their own, no hits were scored but the use of a rifle launched grenade made the commandos keep their heads well behind cover.
Activation Rolls [2-5] No reinforcements...
The firefight continued on the west with another German going down, 1st section prepared to make a move while second section kept the squad in the ruins busy, managing to rip the enemy machine gunner appart with their own LMG. The gruesome sight and heavy casualties appears to be enough for them as 2nd section notices the remaining men putting their weapons down.
Activation Rolls [1-3]...
The panzerfaust squad leader barked violently at his men that were hunkered down, soon bringing them back to fighting condition, they soon came under LMG fire as half of 2nd section occupied the ruins and rounded up the prisoners, this gave 1st section a chance to split up and form two teams to encircle the enemy and scout more of the area at once.
Probably through sheer stubberness than anything else the two remaining Germans continued fighting against unimaginable odds, this got one of them hit before he could even fire as he poked his head up and instantly caught an LMG round in his shoulder, this was enough to make the squad leader finnally admit defeat as he was the last man standing.
[Many turns later]
The commandos managed to complete their objective and scout the area without encountering any more resistance, they made their way back to the forward base for tea and medals.
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