Dutch Trucks

 

DUTCH TRUCKS ASL SCENARIO XF1

Scenario Design: Peng Qi ZEVENBERGSCHEN HOEK, NETHERLANDS, May 10, 1940. On the opening day of the German campaign in the West, II. Bataillon of Fallschirmjäger Regiment 1, commanded by Hauptmann Fritz Prager, had landed at Moerdijk and seized the railroad and road bridges spanning the Hollands Diep estuary. The Dutch 6th Border Infantry Battalion, consisting of approximately 700 men, was ordered to counter-attack the paratroopers before they could be reinforced by German forces attacking across the border.

BOARD CONFIGURATION:

VICTORY CONDITIONS: The Dutch win if they Control all buildings in the German set-up area at game end.

BALANCE: Add six ? counters to the German OB. Add one 4-5-7 to the Dutch OB.

TURN RECORD CHART GERMAN Sets Up First

1

DUTCH Moves First

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6

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Elements of II. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger Regiment 1, 7. Flieger-Division [ELR: 4] set up within 2 hexes of 43N8: {SAN: 4}

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Elements of 2nd Company, 6th Border Infantry Battalion [ELR: 2] enter on south edge on/after Turn 1: {SAN: 3}

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2

SPECIAL RULES: 1. EC are Moderate, with no wind at start. Kindling is NA. 2. Only rows A-P are playable.

AFTERMATH: The 2nd Company of the Dutch battalion led the attack and encountered forward elements of II. Bataillon at the village of Zevenbergschen Hoek, approximately five kilometers south of Moerdijk. A Dutch flanking maneuver that threatened to cut off the  Fallschirmjäger forced the Germans to withdraw from the village. However, the Dutch attack was stopped north of the village, as they were unable to advance in the face of heavy fire over the open ground around the German position at Moerdijk. On May 13, elements of 9. Panzerdivision Panzerdivision reached the bridges at Moerdijk en route to Rotterdam. On May 14, Rotterdam was bombed and the Dutch armed forces surrendered that evening, although fighting continued in Zeeland through May 17.