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Riesberg

German – Riesberg
Turn 14

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ORDERS FOR FOURTEENTH MINUTE

  Bahr’s heavy squad is still trying to run to where their platoon leader is located, and I see no reason to change orders now.

Machen will shell a house that contains a US squad that is firing on Bahr, while Meister’s two squads deployed forward will also assist Bahr.

Eymer is to leave his building and move back one building, taking a path that will hopefully keep him out of the enemy’s sight until he is ready to fire his gun again. My HQ section will be there shortly, and should help this movement proceed more smoothly.

Hermanns must seek cover again, as he is the only anti-tank defense Schafer has.

ACTION IN FOURTEENTH MINUTE   

Well, after the last few minutes, the events of this one are disheartening. Firstly, the US infantry in contact with Schafer prove that they are still combat effective, as they break from their cover and charge forward yet again. The fire of Meister’s heavy SMG squad, along with Eymer’s machine gun team, are not enough to halt the new assault. Quickly Schafer loses the remainder of a squad, and Hermanns is killed as well. The remainder of Schafer’s platoon, plus the survivors of Lamp’s, Kraus’ and Heinrich’s units, are separated from the enemy by only a dozen meters of woods. Schafer’s existence is again threatened.

“The Americans are again pressing forward against Schafer’s weary platoon.”  

Eymer, after firing at the enemy rushing Schafer, loses two more men to a shell from a Sherman before getting to the first floor of the building. Two enemy infantry squads, despite their heavy losses, are running full speed up the road, and will soon be upon Eymer. This presents a serious danger; they will be behind Meister’s platoon, blocking his route out of town.

“Enemy troops are nearing Eymer’s building, presenting a block on Meister’s retreat path.”

  Machen fires several shells at the enemy he can see, but does no obvious damage.

But by far the lowest point of this minute is the confirmation that I made a grave error with Bahr’s platoon. The enemy infantry on the road appear to be the survivors of several squads that were bloodied earlier, as they are all low in numbers, and do not appear to operate in a concerted manner. However, their combined fire is enough to kill both of the men in Dietrich’s anti tank team, cut two of Bahr’s squads to nearly half strength, and leave Bahr as the sole survivor of his HQ section. Bahr, together with Thieser and two of Meister’s squads, do great damage to the Americans, but it is not worth the almost certain annihilation of Bahr’s entire platoon in the next few minutes. This is a mistake that I will be unable to forget for a long time to come.

“Bahr’s men face a large enemy force, and are cut off from any possible help.”

  I no longer believe that this battle will end in anything other than the surrender or total annihilation of my company. We had a chance, but our failure to destroy even another enemy tank has made all else for naught.