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ORDERS FOR SECOND MINUTE Klappert asks for permission to fire at the enemy he can see. After debating, I allow him to open up, and instruct Heinrich’s mortar to join in. If Klappert is right, I can direct harassing fire on several units of the enemy. Possibly the tank that is out there will lock its attention on the mortar or the machine gun, and won’t see Kraus until it is too late. If return fire on Klappert is intense, Lt. Lamp’s influence will help get the team moving out of danger sooner. Lamp would also have to order his Heavy SMG squad to leave the building, lest it collapse on them. In that event I will have find a building in the center of town from which they can still fire out at advancing enemy units. I order Meister to set his men up in new positions in the buildings on the town’s front-right. From there they can hit the road and, along with Thieser, the area to their front with strong direct fire. Meister himself is to find a spot in a patch of heavy woods in the center of his units; hopefully he can effectively command not just his own platoon, but Thieser’s machine gun as well. Thieser himself is given orders to swing his attention to the left side of the road, into the apparent path of the American infantry. Bahr is to hold tight in his area. I still believe that the Americans will attack in many places, rather than along a single axis. I now believe that the Americans are not going to simply rush down the road in an attempt to overwhelm my troops with shock effect, so I will dash into a position from which I can direct Beerbauer’s gun crew. ACTION IN SECOND MINUTE The men on the left side can see the tank; it is a Sherman of some type. A few seconds after they arrive at that conclusion, they detect a second tank moving up alongside. They are not advancing fast enough to be in line of sight for Kraus, though. Possibly another minute. As soon as he can track a target long enough, Klappert fires a burst at the advancing infantry. The closer tank almost immediately fires a high explosive shell at Klappert’s position, and the inexperience gun crew reacts poorly. For almost 10 seconds they are completely silenced, and it is only the presence of Lamp that gets them working their gun again.
At about the same time Heinrich begins firing shells into the area that seems to be a main axis for the America infantry. He seems to be shooting well, but the effects are uncertain. The Americans do not seem to see him; at least, if they do, they are concentrating upon the machine gun. Meister’s re-deployment continues; perhaps I SHOULD have ordered them to regroup forward, rather than in the town. Hopefully Ploebsch will soon be in a position to fire at any tanks that might come against the center. Bahr still reports no movement to his front, and I begin to wonder. ARE the Americans putting all their force against my left side? If they do our positions will quickly become untenable. If Bahr does not see anything in the next couple of minutes, I will begin to draw him back toward the town. His group will be needed.
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