The Bridge

Christian finally made it out to a World War Wednesday! Yay!!

8 August 1941, Southwest of Vitbesk

SITUATION

Still trying to establish a partisan base camp in the woods southwest of Vitbesk, our heroes of the revolution continue to patrol to determine the dispositions of the fascist enemy and gather up any more stragglers.

Through his network of informants the Camp Commander has contacted another smaller group and convinced them to join forces. The Group has an operational truck and a LOT of cached supplies. To get the supplies to camp it can only cross at a bridge currently guarded by fascists!

SCENARIO

Secure the Bridge.

Once the bridge is secured fire the signal flare. The truck will arrive on the table 1-6 turns later. The truck and troops must all exit the southern ede of the table by turn 20.

FORCES

Soviet Forces

Leytenant Gennay Vasilievich Steianoff - Wild Card - Christian
Ag d6, Sm d6, Sp d8, St d4, Vg d6,
Pace 6, Parry 4, Toughness 8
Skills: Fighting d4, Shooting d8, Notice d6, Stealth d4, Throwing d4, Intimidate d6
Edges: Rank (Officer)
Hindrances:
Gear: Ppsh SMG (Range: 12/24/48, ROF3, Damage: 2d6, AP: 1, Auto)

Soviet Riflemen - 5
Ag d6, Sm d6, Sp d6, St d6, Vg d6,
Pace 6, Parry 5 (6), Toughness 5
Skills: Fighting d6, Shooting d6, Notice d4, Stealth d4, Throwing d4
Gear: 5xMosin-Nagant Rifle (Range: 24/48/96, ROF1, Damage: 2d8, AP: 2) +Bayonet (Str+d4, Reach 1, Parry+1)

Rayadovoy Androv Virgilovski - Wild Card - Rick
Ag d8, Sm d4, Sp d4, St d6, Vg d8,
Pace 6, Parry 6 (7), Toughness 7
Skills: Fighting d8, Shooting d8, Notice d4, Stealth d4, Driving d4, Throwing d4
Edges: Brawny
Hindrances:
Gear: Mosin-Nagant Rifle (Range: 24/48/96, ROF1, Damage: 2d8, AP: 2), Bayonet (Str+d4, Reach 1, Parry+1)

Efreytor Marcov - Wild Card - Jackson
Ag d6, Sm d8, Sp d4, St d4, Vg d6,
Pace 6, Parry 4, Toughness 4
Skills: Fighting d4, Shooting d4, Notice d4, Stealth d4, Driving d4, Throwing d4, Repair d8
Edges: Command
Hindrances:
Gear: Pistol (Range: 12/24/48, ROF1, Damage: 2d6, AP: 1)


German Forces (elements of Army Group Center)

Feldwebel Karl Möller – Wild Card
Ag d6, Sm d6, Sp d6, St d6, Vg d6,
Pace 6, Parry 5, Toughness 5
Skills: Fighting d6, Shooting d6, Notice d6, Stealth d6, Intimidate d6, Throwing d6
Edges: Rock-n-Roll, Command
Hindrances:
Gear:
MP-40 SMG (Range: 12/24/48, ROF3, Damage: 2d6, AP: 1, Auto)
Luger Pistol (Range: 12/24/48, ROF1, Damage: 2d6, AP: 1)

Feldpolizei (5)
Ag d6, Sm d6, Sp d6, St d6, Vg d6,
Pace 6, Parry 5, Toughness 5
Skills: Fighting d6, Shooting d6, Notice d6, Stealth d6, Throwing d6
Gear: Kar 98K Rifle (Range: 24/48/96, ROF1, Damage: 2d8, AP: 2), Bayonet (Str+d4, Reach 1, Parry+1), MP-40 SMG (Range: 12/24/48, ROF3, Damage: 2d6, AP: 1, Auto)

Feldpolizei HMG Team (3)
Ag d6, Sm d6, Sp d6, St d6, Vg d6,
Pace 6, Parry 5, Toughness 5
Skills: Fighting d6, Shooting d6, Notice d6, Stealth d6, Throwing d6
Edges:
Hindrances:
Gear: 2x Luger Pistol (Range: 12/24/48, ROF1, Damage: 2d6, AP: 1)
1x MG34 on Tripod (Range: 30/60/120, ROF3, Damage: 2d8, AP: 2, Auto, No Move)


THE GAME

(Remember: click on the pictures for a bigger version)


The Feldpolizei road block at the bridge.


Christian in the “lucky Pilotka” (first play to show up gets to wear mine and – as with anyone that wears a hat appropriate to their characters – gets a bonus benny!) looks over his troops positions ready to assault the bridge.


Rayadovoy Virgilovski, hidden in the woods on the other side of the river, snipes the sentry in the roadway! One shot – one dead fascist!


Leytenant Steianoff and his section made a startlingly quick dash across the open field and were almost onto the position before the HMG team could get their gun turned around! (I don’t think he rolled anything less than 5 for running rolls!?)


A Feldpolizei is roused from the guard hut and causes some soviet riflemen to duck for cover!


Leytenant Steianoff catches up and is the first into the trench – as he leaps in he let off a burst that shook the feldpolizei across the river.


A hit with a raise on one of the Russians enters through the helmet, zings around the inside and back out, causing momentary confusion, but not enough to slow him down… curses…


Two soviets rush the emerging feldpolizei!


Battling it out on the bridge.


He is quickly dispatched!


The position is overrun and Leytenant Steianoff fires the signal flare.


The truck arrives the next turn and all are carried off in HALF the time required!?

Not a single wounded soviet in the whole action. I think this was a case of them having a lucky night combined with some pretty atrocious luck on my part.


Coming Soon to Savage Timmy’s Playhouse:

Tonight is Savage Saturday night and we’ll be carrying on with our Realms of Cthulhu and next Wednesday we’ll be back at it on the Eastern Front!!