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OPERATION AUBERGINE: AFTER ACTION REPORT

Location: Habloville (Sector 19) Date: August 1944 (Turn 7)

Allied Combatants:

1st Commando (British – CO Blackadder)

6th

Engineers (British – CO Guy De Glastonbury)

Axis Combatants:

Wehrmacht Terror (Hard CPU - Tan)

Panzer Elite Scorched Earth (Normal CPU - Yellow)

TIMELINE INTELLIGENCE

00:000:000:000:03333

Both British teams push out quickly,

hoping to advance far enough to prevent

the enemy from being able to run

unopposed throughout the map. To the

south, the 1st Commando start building a

Vickers MG nest.

Meanwhile to the north, an early Bren

carrier from 6th Engineers has first

contact with the enemy – a Panzer Elite

Kettenkrad, which it destroys.

00:00:00:00:00005555

6th Engineers have pushed up the far east

of the map, as the 1st Commandos have

consolidated the south. The centre is

currently contested, while most of the

north is in Axis hands. It is quite unusual

for the Allies to have more territory at

this stage in the game, so the signs are

hopeful for a quick win.

00:00:00:00:09090909

The 6th Engineers Bren outdoes itself,

destroying a number of enemy Scout cars

that would otherwise harass infantry and

capture sectors from us.

00:00:00:00:11110000

The 6th Engineers continue to capture

territory in the north, despite the

occasional axis unit slipping through to

take the odd territory.

In the south a Panzer Elite scout car ha

slipped past the Vickers nest to capture

the southernmost point.

Both British companies are deploying

sappers to the field to start preparing

emplacements for the Axis armour they

expect to see any time now …

00:100:100:100:11111

In the centre of the map, infantry of the

6th Engineers fight off some scout cars

and motorcycles, as to their north,

sappers start building the first 17-

pounder AT gun emplacement.

Meanwhile at the south of the map,

sappers of the 1st Commando company

are doing the same thing.

However, the Axis forces don’t appear to

be in any hurry to field their armour.

00:00:00:00:11112222

The 6th Engineers deploy their first heavy

tank – the Churchill infantry tank, to the

centre of the map.

Behind them, sappers of the 1st

Commandos can be seen finishing off a

Bofors gun.

00:00:00:00:11114444

In the centre, 6th Engineers build a

Bofors to further solidify their defences.

After clocking up a impressive eight

vehicle kills, another incursion by Axis

light armour (including the first Puma of

the day) finally destroys the 6th Engineers

bren carrier.

00:00:00:00:11117777

Although a number of Axis Pumas have

started appearing, there is still no sign of

anything heavier, possibly due to the lack

of fuel or munitions available to them.

The 6th Commandos call in a second

Churchill to fortify their position to the

north.

The 1st Commandos take the opportunity

to build a 25-pounder artillery gun,

which they use to start shelling Axis

positions. At the same time they call in

the first tetrarch.

00:00:00:00:11119999

A sudden Axis push on both the south

and the centre of the map causes some

Allied losses.

To the south, a force of light armour

pushed down the slope, but with no

heavier armour to support them they are

soon picked off by the gathered defences

of a 17-pounder, a Bofors gun and two

tetrarchs.

In the centre, a push by Axis infantry

(some with panzershreks), supported by a

Puma and Light AT half-track forces the

Churchill to retreat under damage, but a

second 17-pounder is built to prevent the

Axis getting any further.

00:00:00:00:20202020

The Axis are on the defensive already,

with Allied forces preventing them from

pushing out from their base.

The Allies are still wondering where the

Panthers and Marder III tanks are …

00:00:00:00:21212121

6th Engineers repair the damaged

Churchill and entrench it using the Hull

down ability to further cement their front

line.

00:00:00:00:22224444

The 1st Commandos drop a glider to

the south of the enemy base and

capture the point there. They are then

forced to retreat by an axis counter-

attack.

00:00:00:00:22227777

To the north, 6th Engineers deploy a pair

of Cromwell tanks, ready for the push

into the Axis base.

Meanwhile to the south, still expecting to

see some heavy armour at some point

soon, 1st Commandos opt for a Firefly

instead.

00:00:00:00:33330000

The commandos from the assault to the

south move north past the 6th Engineers

and sneak into the far north of the Axis

base, where they deploy a radio

triangulation beacon.

On their way out of the Axis base they

capture an enemy point and place an

explosive charge on it for good measure.

The charge destroys a Scout car as iyt

attempts to retake the point.

00:00:00:00:36363636

The 1st Commando positions to the south

are hit with sector artillery, which

destroys the Vickers nest and over the

next few minutes will also claim an

infantry section and a sapper squad as

they attempt to repair the bofors.

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With still no sign of any armour heavier

than Stugs, the Allies have consolidated

their assault forces and are preparing to

launch the final attack.

To the south, the 1st Commando are still

being hit with the sector artillery,

although its effect is reduced by the

British forces keeping out of that sector

while it is active.

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To the north the Axis move up a pak38

AT gun with a flammenwerfer half-track.

Luckily for the 6th Engineers the Pak

concentrates on the infantry rather than

the tanks.

An artillery strike from the Commandos

forces the Axis force to split up and pull

back ….

… and when the flammenwerfer moves

back into position, it is destroyed by the

6th Engineers Firefly that has appeared

there in the meantime.

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To the south, the 1st Commandos move

up the hill to destroy a small group of

axis light armour and then move on,

advancing into the Axis base, with

infantry and Tetrarchs following behind

the main tanks.

Meanwhile to the north, 6th Engineers

also push forward with their armour and

infantry.

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As the 1st Commandos move against the

Panzer Elite base, they are hit by a final,

desperate sector artillery barrage.

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Moments after the 1st Commandos

destroy the Panzer Elite HQ, the 6th

Engineers destroy the Wehrmacht HQ

and the battle is won.