GERMAN SITUATION

You are the commander of Kampfgruppe Deutsch, the advanced guard of the 116th Panzer Division. It is 18 December, 1944--the Battle of the Bulge.

Yesterday, your division finally broke through the American lines and began a rapid push toward the Meuse River. Resistance during the afternoon of 18 December was sporadic as you rolled westward. As darkness neared, your small unit approached the town of Houville. About an hour after dark your lead elements rolled into the village and encountered an American armored unit. An intense fight followed.

The fight in Houville lasted about 30 minutes. When it ended you had lost a Panther, a Mark IV, and about ten men. The American force, which you had obviously caught off guard since your vehicles had actually penetrated into the village before firing started, was mauled. You knocked out 10 Shermans (all short barrel 75 mm), three half tracks, and two M-10 tank destroyers. Nearly 90 Americans were captured. Your lead tanks did notice several American vehicles escaping to the west as the fight came to an end.

The American prisoners are obviously inexperienced. They are from the 9th Armored Division. You do not get much useful information from them, except that they had arrived in Houville 3-4 hours prior to your attack, and they were very unsure of their situation in Houville. The prisoners have been dispatched east under guard.

After securing the village, you coiled the Kampfgruppe up for the night. Besides, you had to allow for fuel and ammunition trucks from Regiment to re-supply you. In fact, the fuel shortage was so bad that you could not afford to send any recon farther west during the night. As dawn approaches, you are ready to move; fuel and ammo are in good shape. Your men are in excellent spirits following their triumph last night.

At 0400 radio orders come from Regiment that you are to rapidly move toward Leuville to secure the bridge. You ask for intelligence about the American forces that may be in front of you, but, Regiment has nothing to offer.

Your map recon reveals that you have two options to approach Leuville; from the northeast or southeast. You may NOT split your force-whichever road you elect to take is the road that your en-. tire force will use to enter the map.

Ground conditions are 4-6 inches of snow. The ground is freezing up under the snow, but is not completely frozen yet. The sky is low overcast.

Your Kampfgruppe consists of:

HQ:

1 SdKfz 250 Halftrack
1 Major (you)
1 LT
2 NCOs
3 EM

Composite Panzer Company:

1 Panther Ausf A (Company HQ)
1 Panther Platoon (4 Pz V Ausf A)
1 Mark IV Platoon (4 Pz IV Ausf H)

Reinforced Panzergrenadier Platoon:

1 SdKfz 251/10 (W/37 mm gun)
1 LT
1 NCO
1 Medic
1 FO team (2 men, 2 rifles, and 1 radio)
1 Panzerschreck team (2 men, 2 rifles, and 8 rounds)

3 SdKfz 251/1, each with:

1 NCO
2 EM (2 UP 44 assault rifles)
4 EM (4 rifles and 4 panzerfaust)
1 LMG team (2 men and 1 rifle)

1 SdKfz 251/1

1 NCO
1 81 mm mortar (60 rds)
1 Crew (6 men, 6 rifles)
1 Sturmgeschutz Mark III

Engineer Squad:

1 SdKfz 251/1
1 NCO
8 EM (8 rifles)
1 Flamethrower
2 Bangalore torpedoes
6 Small satchel charges

Panzerjager Section:

1 Jagdpanther

Recon Section:

2 SdKfz 234/2 Puma Armored Cars
1 SdKfz 250/1 Halftrack
1 NCO
4 EM (4 MP 44 assault rifles and 4 panzerfaust)

Flak Section:

2 Mark IV Vierlingsflak 38

All Officers are armed with pistols, all NCOs are armed with SMG. Base morale for all German Units is 17. Terrain is "Firm but rough."

The Recon Section enters the map on turn 1. The remainder of the German force begins to enter the map on turn 4.

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