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Company of Heroes: After Action Report
- September 28, 2006 11:35 AM PST
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Despite the loss of the M-10, command ordered us to continue the offensive. We were forced to press forward to a munitions point just to our north. Since we hadn't fully recovered from our first bout with Schultz, the attack was carried out by a lone Sherman and a riflemen squad escort. Both came under immediate heavy fire by an MG42 nest and several squads of Volksgrenadiers that were defending the sector. While our riflemen hit the dirt, the Sherman took out the MG42 but waiting to take its place was an anti-tank gun.
Exacerbating the issue, Schultz suddenly came forward with an Ostwind escort to engage our attacking party. But rather than panic, we pulled back behind the cover of our anti-tank guns and the Pershing tank. Sensing the opportunity to lay a trap for the Tiger Ace we did some quick maneuvering and dangled a Sherman tank at the front line in order to entice Schultz and his Ostwind escort to press forward into our defensive fire.
And press on they did, like rats to a piece of cheese. We slammed the lid of our trap closed: the Pershing slowly edged around Schultz' flank in a bid to take him out from behind. Oblivious to the danger, Schultz and his Ostwind pushed on to engage the Sherman and the single anti-tank gun that we had covering the approach to our base. They made quick work of our AT gun went but combined with the Sherman's main gun, it managed to take out the Ostwind; this left Schultz alone and vulnerable. The Pershing got into position and began assaulting Schultz' Tiger from the rear while our Sherman harried him from the front.
Schultz falls into our trap but manages to get away...for the time being
Sensing the danger, Schultz made a desperate escape attempt by reversing direction; luckily for him, a Panzer IV tank had arrived and occupied the Pershing long enough to give him an escape route. The Panzer paid a heavy price though, as our other anti-tank gun quickly moved into position and reduced it to a smoldering wreck. Though we would have liked to have taken Schultz out, we knew that he would be too busy licking his wounds to bother us for a while so we took the opportunity and pressed forward to the munitions point, which we took without much trouble.
With the munitions point secured, we moved a second force of riflemen and another Sherman east in order to take a second munitions point and move our entire line forward. Our Sherman took the point to engage the German defenders which was comprised of a single anti-tank gun and several squads of Volksgrenadiers. The German troops put up a lot of resistance and this forced us to move back. We attempted a flanking maneuver by moving two infantry squads up from our fuel point to hit them from the side. However, our flankers ran into thick opposition as they uncovered two MG42 squads that had been hiding in the shadows. With no further recourse, we radioed headquarters and requested some divisional artillery support.
The Pershings rumbles out of our artillery's way
Once the coordinates were locked, we ducked our heads and covered our ears; the shelling took less than a minute and after the smoke cleared, the resistance forces had been reduced to smoke and ash. Our forces moved forward to take control of the area but before we could secure the point, a German force came to counterattack. A group of Volksgrenadiers backed by a heavily armoured Panzer IV rumbled into view. Our Sherman had already taken severe damage but it managed to distract the Panzer long enough for our rifle squad, which had armed itself with some liberated panzerschrecks, to engage flanking maneuvers. They managed to hit the Panzer's rear armor with their anti-tank weapons and the combined fire made short work of the German steel. The sector quickly fell under our control.
Death rains down from above
