Revenge of 30 Corps! (TCOW FS-MG Turn 3)

Last weekend we ripped through another turn of Firestorm: Market Garden out at TCOW (which incidentally now has a shiny new blog!).

To round out Turn 2 and kick off Turn 3, Andrew and Greg executed their orders. Allied supplies were flown in and German reinforcements poured in from Amsterdam and Wesel. Tactical air support was sent by both sides to Arnhem.

This week we rolled up 10 games, so there was a lot of action on the battlefield!

Game 1: Arnhem Andrew vs. Patrick - German Victory Welsh Guards were off the map and defending Arnhem this week against Pat's Kampfgruppe von Swoboda. The results were grim, but Andrew's sacrifice managed to free up other Allies to make some inroads.

Game 2: Heesch Road Paul vs. Damian R. - Allied Victory Paul's 82nd Airborne lashed out from LZ-W and hit Damian's KG Hummel enroute on the Heesch Road. The fight was short and sharp, with many Tigers left burning.

Game 3: Veghel Bridge Damian C. vs. Jonathan - Allied Victory Damian's wayward British paratroopers continued their guerrilla war, striking the Veghel Bridge and snatching it from Jonathan's grenadiers with a little help from some 30 Corp tanks.

Game 4: Son Bridge David vs. Greg - Allied Victory David's 11th Armoured Division, was having a difficult advance on the flank, so he relocated his efforts to the main route along Hell's Highway. Greg's Fallschirmjager held the road near Son Bridge, however once surrounded the paratroopers had an impossible job holding the bridge and only narrowly escaped certain destruction.

Automated Games 

We had a few automated games to make up the numbers. Andrew gained most of the initiative and focused his efforts on making good on his comrade's battles in progress. Using these battles to free up some alternate supply routes, Andrew helped form a strategic victory for this turn, despite his tactical loss at the hands of Pat's wall of 8.8s! However, Greg's counterattacks nearly threatened to cut 30 Corps off near Eindhoven.

Game 5: Maas-Waal Canal Bridge
Automated - German Victory

]Game 6: Best Road
Automated - German Victory

Game 7: Wilhelmina Canal Bridge
Automated - Allied Victory

Game 8: Tilburg Bridge
Automated - Allied Victory

Game 9: Helmond Bridge
Automated - Allied Victory

Game 10: Venray Road
Automated - German Victory

Game 11: Groesbeek Heights Damian R. vs Mike (me!) After Damian's first game finished, we managed to line up another one. I took command of my Grenadier guards and was sent to defend Groesbeek Heights. With a lot of Tigers on the battlefield, I opted for a hard-charging advance. After a sharp firefight, the Tigers were left burning and my troops secured the heights!

Results!

This week was a tough fight. The Allied counterattack was fierce this turn. Andrew's plan came together to provide the Allies not one, but two supply routes running all of the way up to Grave Bridge, gaining them more victory points for being in supply. The Arnhem pocket was reduced in the north, but a strong presence of paratroopers still held the bridge and the nearby landing zones.
However, the Germans are well positioned to threaten not only Arnhem, but also Nijmegen and Eindhoven in the south. They also still hold the majority of the victory points, despite all of their holdings between Arnhem and Grave being out of supply.

This week's results:

Location	Location	VP	Controlled	Supply	Value	Axis VP	Allied VP
Albert Canal	E44	6	Axis	No	3	3	0
Arnhem Bridge	T12	60	Allied	No	30	0	30
Boxmeer Bridge	U28	10	Axis	Yes	10	10	0
Eindhoven	M43	10	Allied	Yes	10	0	10
Gelderland Bridge	D13	6	Axis	Yes	6	6	0
Grave Bridge	Q24	20	Axis	No	10	10	0
Helmond Bridge	Q43	10	Allied	Yes	10	0	10
Ijessel Bridge	X9	20	Axis	Yes	20	20	0
Maas Bridge	W41	6	Axis	Yes	6	6	0
Maas-Waal Canal Bridge	R23	20	Axis	No	10	10	0
Nijmegen Bridge	S19	50	Axis	No	25	25	0
s'Hertogenbosch	I28	10	Axis	Yes	10	10	0
Son Bridge	M40	20	Allied	Yes	20	0	20
Tillburg Bridge	C40	6	Allied	Yes	6	0	6
Turnhout Bridge	C43	6	Allied	Yes	6	0	6
Utrecht	C6	20	Axis	Yes	20	20	0
Veghel Bridge	M33	20	Allied	Yes	20	0	20
Vught Bridges	G30	10	Axis	Yes	10	10	0
Wilhelmina Canal Bridge	J39	10	Allied	Yes	10	0	10
Zaltbommel Bridges	E23	6	Axis	Yes	6	6	0
Total		326				136	112