Prvt. Dawkins (Intelligence), Prvt. Honeycut (Combat), Prvt. Sterling (Recon), Prvt. Stone (Combat), Corp. Murphy (Leadership), Prvt. Fynn (Recon).
It is D-Day plus 15, and the Allies are making headway into France. The boys are called up and ordered to fill out the squad for their next mission.
Mission parameters are to link up with a French Resistance cell, scout out the village of St. Hommlet and locate/destroy enemy ammo dumps & fuel supplies. Secondary - rescue any P.O.W's and confiscate any documents. Then hold the village until full reinforcements can arrive.
Corporal Murphy and the gang are immediately joined by Private Honeycut who is the sole survivor of his squad that was recently wiped out. He REALLY likes killin' Nazis and looks forward to gettin' into action!
With four slots remaining in the Squad, the group votes to bring a three man mortar team and a lone rifleman named Prvt. Pointe.
The Squad heads off into the wooded countryside to locate the French resistance. After a few hours they meet up with Marcel De Villiers and his band of resistance fighters. They are all former residents of St. Hommlet who fled to the woods when the Germans took over the village as a base of operations.
With the map that Corp. Murphy has Marcel is able to point out the Ammo/Fuel dumps and patrol circuits of the enemy troops as well as the most likely location of any POW's.
The Squad decides to split up into teams of two and scout out the village. Privates Fynn & Honeycut circle up to the northeast near the Winery, Privates Dawkins & Sterling scout out the southwest side, Corp. Murphy & Prvt. Stone scout the southeast, while Prvt. Pointe and the Mortar team set up in the woods to the east of the village. Marcel and his band wait in reserve.
During the night Fynn and Honeycut have a close call with a random soldier. Honeycut uses his trench-knife to make short work of the man. While this is happening Fynn sabotages a half-track parked outside the winery while the crew gets loaded. There is a moment when Fynn is almost detected, but the wiley soldiers are able to make it back to the rest of the Squad before dawn.
Dawkins & Sterling have discovered an MG nest guarding the SE road into town near a farmhouse used as a barracks. This road goes straight to the Inn at the center of town and it is there that Marcel says is the HQ and prisoner holding area.
Murphy & Stone have spotted what looks to be members of a Waffen SS squad milling about town. Marcel relates that they were not here before, but a lone Gestapo member has been visiting the village now and again in the last few weeks. The squad thinks maybe the Waffen squad are support for the Gestapo.
As the sun rises the Squad moves in from the SE to attack the enemy. Prvt. Fynn snipes the men manning the MG nest and this position is taken over by Stone & Honeycut. The soldiers don the helmets and coats of the dead germans to keep up appearances. Meanwhile Murphy, Dawkins, Sterling & the French move into the farmhouse and set about wiping out ten sleeping enemy soldiers!
About this time the 2nd Halftrack with a five man patrol comes down the street on its first circuit of the morning. Prvt. Fynn has moved into a new position in town and the group prepare to hit the halftrack patrol as it passes the MG emplacement.
Catching our boys off guard the halftrack comes to a stop, and one of the crew jumps out and approaches the MG nest talking to get their attention! Stone and Honeycut know the ruse won't hold up if this guy gets any closer so Honeycut goes for a knife attack! It fails and the SH*T! hits the fan!!!
Stone hoses the halftrack with mg32 fire taking out the gunner! Fynn begins picking off partrol members from the rear of the line and Murphy, Dawkins, Sterling & Pointe emerge from the barracks, while the French make a beeline for the Inn! Murphy lobs a grenade into the halftrack turning it into a smoldering hulk!
As Marcel and his men run towards the Inn they are caught in the open as an unknown factor rears its head! A camoflaged Panther tank emerges from a copse of trees where it had lain hidden from view!!! Four of the resistance men are cut down leaving only one survivor who takes cover behind a house.
Prvt. Sterling calls in coordinates to the mortar hoping to catch the tank with a lucky hit! Fynn uses a satchel charge and attempts to disable the tank, but it's no use and he almost gets taken out by a sniper shot from the Inn!
Stone & Honeycut have moved up the street and are using the mg32 to lay suppressive fire on the Inn and the soldiers there!
Murphy, Dawkins & Pointe get into cover near a well where they trade fire with the soldiers at the Inn. Prvt. Pointe makes a maneuver to throw his satchel charge at the Tank but is cut down by the Panther's mg!! The well is struck by a shell from the tank and Murphy and Dawkins are almost taken out!! The two soldiers make a run for cover nearer to the Inn and are followed by mg fire!!
Sterling is feverishly trying to narrow down the range for the Mortar team as the Panther draws a bead on our men! BOOM!! The area where Murphy and Dawkins went for cover explodes nearly taking both men Out of Action! They crawl deeper into the rubble attempting to hide from the armored vehicle!
Stone burns through all the mg32 ammo then switches to his BAR peppering the Inn and keeping the soldiers there ducking their heads. Honeycut has used this time to circle around and storm the entry of the Inn by lobbing a grenade through the door. He moves inside and finishes off the last defenders with his shotgun!
Finally after agonizing minutes a mortar shell drops from the sky and causes irreparable damage to the Panther knocking it out of the fight!
With the village secured, the Squad scours the Inn and finds a lone wounded British soldier. He relates that all the unhurt prisoners were rounded up and shuttled out of town just a bit before the attack. He knows that the Gestapo officer and the SS troopers were taking them to a place called "The Moathouse"!!
The remaining Frenchman relates that the moathouse is an old castle a few kilometers north northwest of St. Hommlet at the edge of a marsh. If they hurry they can probably get there and stop whatever the SS are planning to do with the POW's.
Tune in for Session 3: Assault the Moathouse!!
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| The Squad! |
It is D-Day plus 15, and the Allies are making headway into France. The boys are called up and ordered to fill out the squad for their next mission.
Mission parameters are to link up with a French Resistance cell, scout out the village of St. Hommlet and locate/destroy enemy ammo dumps & fuel supplies. Secondary - rescue any P.O.W's and confiscate any documents. Then hold the village until full reinforcements can arrive.
Corporal Murphy and the gang are immediately joined by Private Honeycut who is the sole survivor of his squad that was recently wiped out. He REALLY likes killin' Nazis and looks forward to gettin' into action!
With four slots remaining in the Squad, the group votes to bring a three man mortar team and a lone rifleman named Prvt. Pointe.
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| The squad links up with French |
The Squad heads off into the wooded countryside to locate the French resistance. After a few hours they meet up with Marcel De Villiers and his band of resistance fighters. They are all former residents of St. Hommlet who fled to the woods when the Germans took over the village as a base of operations.
With the map that Corp. Murphy has Marcel is able to point out the Ammo/Fuel dumps and patrol circuits of the enemy troops as well as the most likely location of any POW's.
The Squad decides to split up into teams of two and scout out the village. Privates Fynn & Honeycut circle up to the northeast near the Winery, Privates Dawkins & Sterling scout out the southwest side, Corp. Murphy & Prvt. Stone scout the southeast, while Prvt. Pointe and the Mortar team set up in the woods to the east of the village. Marcel and his band wait in reserve.
During the night Fynn and Honeycut have a close call with a random soldier. Honeycut uses his trench-knife to make short work of the man. While this is happening Fynn sabotages a half-track parked outside the winery while the crew gets loaded. There is a moment when Fynn is almost detected, but the wiley soldiers are able to make it back to the rest of the Squad before dawn.
Dawkins & Sterling have discovered an MG nest guarding the SE road into town near a farmhouse used as a barracks. This road goes straight to the Inn at the center of town and it is there that Marcel says is the HQ and prisoner holding area.
Murphy & Stone have spotted what looks to be members of a Waffen SS squad milling about town. Marcel relates that they were not here before, but a lone Gestapo member has been visiting the village now and again in the last few weeks. The squad thinks maybe the Waffen squad are support for the Gestapo.
As the sun rises the Squad moves in from the SE to attack the enemy. Prvt. Fynn snipes the men manning the MG nest and this position is taken over by Stone & Honeycut. The soldiers don the helmets and coats of the dead germans to keep up appearances. Meanwhile Murphy, Dawkins, Sterling & the French move into the farmhouse and set about wiping out ten sleeping enemy soldiers!
About this time the 2nd Halftrack with a five man patrol comes down the street on its first circuit of the morning. Prvt. Fynn has moved into a new position in town and the group prepare to hit the halftrack patrol as it passes the MG emplacement.
Catching our boys off guard the halftrack comes to a stop, and one of the crew jumps out and approaches the MG nest talking to get their attention! Stone and Honeycut know the ruse won't hold up if this guy gets any closer so Honeycut goes for a knife attack! It fails and the SH*T! hits the fan!!!
Stone hoses the halftrack with mg32 fire taking out the gunner! Fynn begins picking off partrol members from the rear of the line and Murphy, Dawkins, Sterling & Pointe emerge from the barracks, while the French make a beeline for the Inn! Murphy lobs a grenade into the halftrack turning it into a smoldering hulk!
As Marcel and his men run towards the Inn they are caught in the open as an unknown factor rears its head! A camoflaged Panther tank emerges from a copse of trees where it had lain hidden from view!!! Four of the resistance men are cut down leaving only one survivor who takes cover behind a house.
Prvt. Sterling calls in coordinates to the mortar hoping to catch the tank with a lucky hit! Fynn uses a satchel charge and attempts to disable the tank, but it's no use and he almost gets taken out by a sniper shot from the Inn!
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| Assault the Inn |
Stone & Honeycut have moved up the street and are using the mg32 to lay suppressive fire on the Inn and the soldiers there!
Murphy, Dawkins & Pointe get into cover near a well where they trade fire with the soldiers at the Inn. Prvt. Pointe makes a maneuver to throw his satchel charge at the Tank but is cut down by the Panther's mg!! The well is struck by a shell from the tank and Murphy and Dawkins are almost taken out!! The two soldiers make a run for cover nearer to the Inn and are followed by mg fire!!
Sterling is feverishly trying to narrow down the range for the Mortar team as the Panther draws a bead on our men! BOOM!! The area where Murphy and Dawkins went for cover explodes nearly taking both men Out of Action! They crawl deeper into the rubble attempting to hide from the armored vehicle!
Stone burns through all the mg32 ammo then switches to his BAR peppering the Inn and keeping the soldiers there ducking their heads. Honeycut has used this time to circle around and storm the entry of the Inn by lobbing a grenade through the door. He moves inside and finishes off the last defenders with his shotgun!
Finally after agonizing minutes a mortar shell drops from the sky and causes irreparable damage to the Panther knocking it out of the fight!
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| The Panther dies! |
The remaining Frenchman relates that the moathouse is an old castle a few kilometers north northwest of St. Hommlet at the edge of a marsh. If they hurry they can probably get there and stop whatever the SS are planning to do with the POW's.
Tune in for Session 3: Assault the Moathouse!!
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