Road Race - Battlegroup Blitzkrieg

[MaaX]

Last Saturday we played Road Race scenario from Blitzkrieg book.

British starting forces

• Liaison Officer in staff car
  Vickers Light Tank Platoon

British Main Force

• A10 Platoon
  A13 Platoon
  Vickers MkVIC Light Tank Platoon
  Additional A13

German Starting Forces

• SdKfz 222
  SdKfz 232
  Panzer II

German Main Force

• Panzer II Platoon
  Panzer 35(t) Platoon
  Panzer 35(t) Platoon
  Officer in Panzer IV

The goal of the first phase of the battle for Brits was to get their Staff car out of the battlefield to safety, the opposing forces had to destroy it.

Germans had the first turn but with only one order which was spent on Ambush Fire on the armoured car that was closest to the road on which British staff car had to drive to escape the battle. British patrol had 5 orders at their disposal, first one was spent on racing the staff car to the "safe zone". Staff car was destroyed by auto cannon fire from the SdKfz 222.
After that main force started to arrive. Relatively small deployment zones and narrow roads created traffic jams on both sides of the map. German focus was on the bottom side of the map where two Panzer 35(t)s platoons were sent and later reinforced by Panzer IV.
Small armoured cars and light tanks were popping left and right. British advance was directed towards the middle through the open fields as both main roads were cluttered with wrecks and therefore no longer drivable.
In the end British morale was broken by the amount of destroyed vehicles.

We agreed that for scenario with that many vehicles we probably need bigger table.

Pictures taken by Patrokles:

[wargameroz]

A fun looking game and great report

What make are the VI c’s?

[MaaX]

No idea, I will try to get that answer for you though.

[MaaX]

What make are the VI c’s?

Got the answer from my friend David who was playing as British:

Two were Airfix and one was Lancer Miniatures.

[wargameroz]

Thanks

[Kalinovsky]

I’m interested to know whether you would see units totally equipped with Mk VICs. My impression (based on nothing in particular I mustadmit) is that they would be mixed in with Mk VIBs, rather as Fireflies were later with Sherman’s. Does anyone know?

[wargameroz]

Once again thanks, now looking to switch the scenario from France 1940 to 1944 with a German general trying to escape British Recce forces

[WaveyDavey]

Well written report MaaX.

[SABOT]

Great stuff, thanks for posting this up.

[Bluewillow]

Good looking game

Cheers
Matt

[WaveyDavey]

Thanks for writing up the game MaaX. Never again will I send the staff car first along the road.

[patrokles]

I spend too much time glueing and painting models and I missed your AAR MaaX ! It was a very exciting game and I must say that this scenario from the BG "Blitzkrieg" campaign book was very difficult for the BEF player (for David ). Mainly because Vickers Mk.VIs Tanks are very fast but their weapons are not too effective against German armour So, the BEF player must act very brave and take a lot of risk playing with them. Anyway ... we had a lot of fun playing the game and I can recommend playing it for everybody with full conscious