It Crescendo (tr; It's Growing) MTO (id:#56820)
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Designer: Vincent Roussely
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Overview:

Blocked in front of the Gustav Line since the end of the fall, the American V Army (II Corps and CEF) resumed the offensive. It was then necessary to seize the abbey of Monte Cassino which controlled the Liri Valley and the road to Rome. The 3 DIA was tasked with taking the heights to the north of the valley, a series of very high hills and escarpments on which the Germans had solid fortifications. At dawn on the 25th, the 4 RTT, at the forefront of the division, had to take the first peaks including the formidable Belvedere, and the 9th Company of the 3 Battalion had as its objective hill 470 of the Propaïa where several casemates and machine gun nests were stacked. Captain Denée, the company leader, observes the hill: steep slopes battered by machine guns, a degamy approach. His Tunisians are determined to blow up this first barrier. At 7:00, he orders the start of supporting artillery fire. "Inch Allah", and forward, guys!
Attacker: Free French (9e Compagnie du 3e Bataillon, 4e RTT (Tunisian Tirailleurs Regiment))
Defender: German (l'infanterie-Régiment 131, Pomerina)  
8 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: Free French     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.0 D:8.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0
M2(a) 60mm Mortar x 2
D:0
5cm leGrW 36

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Rain (E3.51)
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2022-05-24(D) O Ramaille vs Pascal Boileau German winThe rain offered some sort of cover to the French Tunisians who advanced in the open and the brush towards the well defended Belvedere hill. However, it prevents any smoke placement for the OBA. Progress was difficult for the attackers. With a sudden and brief respite of the weather, the German HMG wrecked havoc among the French troops with 3 squads broken never to return again. Harassing OBA fire fell on the hill without much effect and the the French lost battery access permanently. The French tried again to push forward up the hill under heavy rain. But MG fire was still accurate and the Elite French broke again. At the end of turn 6, the French conceded.
A quite illustrative and interesting scenario of the numerous hill assault conducted by Free French in Italy. The rain is both an ally and a foe to both players. The scenario probably favours the defender and more significantly when the French player has too many bad dice rolls and lost OBA access too soon.
2022-05-24(A) Pascal Boileau vs O Ramaille German winAn interesting challenge for this scenario but as my partner says without OBA and with a mean for MC higher than 8, it's not really easy for the Free French... Thanks to Olivier for the funny time we shared on VASL !
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