Let's Play Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord - 40 - Carentan, Battle 4
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[0:00] National Route 13 and over the Douve, objective is to cross the bridges
[1:10] Deployment, all along the road, in wide formation
[3:04] The enemy is thinking...very hard
Turn 1 [4:12] Right from the start, not the usual infantry defence we're used to
Turn 2 [6:12] Under heavy fire, the soldiers scramble for nearby cover
Turn 3 [9:00] Enemy panzer evades our shots, troops still bumbling in open ground
Turn 4 [11:13] Ambush! Caught with our pants down
Turn 5 [14:34] Battle only heats up as artillery enters the fray
Turn 6 [17:51] German artillery pounds left US position with deadly, tight pattern; some progress on the right
Turn 7 [20:41] German artillery continues to rack some casualty, while another German panzer challenges our right side
Turn 8 [23:36] US attempt to breakout in the left, the lone group on the right heads to Douve
Turn 9 [26:34] The rest of Airborne pushes to the first bridge, supported by US artillery
Turn 10 [29:29] Attempt to cross the bridge hampered by panzer, a panzerschreck aims at one of our Shermans
Turn 11 [31:39] Protect that Sherman! The troops finally crawls their way across marsh
Turn 12 [34:11] Bazooka lies in wait for panzer, marsh crossing continues
Turn 13 [36:32] Bazooka vs Stug, yet more bunker sighting (this time concrete variety!)
Turn 14 [38:52] Germans notice the crossings and move to stop it, yet another problem pops up in crossing Douve
Turn 15 [42:09] Yet another infiltration attempt on our left flank
Turn 16 [44:30] Recon finds something strange, and very troubling
Turn 17 [47:37] Crossings are jeopardized, troops seek to find solution to Douve crossing by closing in to target
Turn 18 [50:16] Where there's smoke, there's no fire
Turn 19 [53:24] Sherman funny attempt at wading through marsh
Turn 20 [56:18] Where the last shot definitely counts
AAR [58:14] A costly result
Review [58:25] Proceed to night battle
The 101st Airborne and its reinforcements now join to attempt crossings at two bridges. One over marsh, and another one later over the river Douve. Least they suspect where the German defences might be entrenched; this time around, they elect to meet the troops right on their foothold, and mire the US troops with devastating rain of mortar strike. The spread of troops all along the line saps the punch it needs to push forward over the bridges, but helps to exploit some weak spots around staunch defences. Will the bridges prove to be too far for the US troops as they enter into a hornet's nest of defenders and their well dug-in emplacements?
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