V for Victory: Shifting Lines

The seventh scenario in the book is Shifting Lines. This involves each player placing down three jump off points in their half of the table and then three objectives in the opposition half of the table. Once these are all out each player takes it in turns to place infantry teams around a jump off point. Any teams left over and all vehicles are then placed on the board edge. Essentially you score more points for an objective at the end of the game the closer it is to the opposition base edge, you can also move objectives you control a short distance each turn so you could push them closer to the opposition edge.

The 8th Army went for a narrow front with their three jump off points close together and two of their objectives just over the half way mark in front of them. Their third objective is sat under my A/T gun. I went for a broader front with two objectives right on the opposite baseline from the 8th Army deployment points and the third on the same side but just over the half way line.

The early moves saw the Sikhs pushing up towards their two closest objectives whilst their recon jeep had to switch sides to contest the my two objectives. The DAK where more happy to sit back and pour fire into the opposition. The primary target for this fire was the Sikh mortar which had managed to knock out the sdkfz 250 with it's opening salvo. This was the only time it shot in the game though as it took heavy and accurate fire and with it's morale crushed it was forced to retire.

This somewhat set the tone as the DAK firing was consistently accurate and whilst not often firing to kill they forced several units to take morale tests and stalled the Sikh advance.

The decisive moment came when the Sikh's launched an entire section at the central building held by the DAK, this was met with a devastating fusillade of fire which cut down five out of the eight attackers before they reached the building. Two more died in the combat with a lone NCO staggering away from the combat.

On the other flank I'd managed to wear down the morale of the Sikh recon team and forced a moral test (which they failed) by driving my Kubelwagon through them. These casualties along with those suffered on the other flank tipped the Sikh's over their break point (50%) so the DAK secured the win.

Next week we take a break from VfV to try out some 0200 Hours which we've only had one game of so far and that was a long time ago.