Between Gazala and Bir Hacheim

[Werner von Maybach]

Slowly the sun arose in the east. Werner knew that this was going to be another terribly hot day. Yesterday he even saw a tank crew making fried eggs on the armour plates of their Panzer III. Thinks like these were only possible in Africa.

At least the last night brought a bit of refreshment, although the Germans couldn’t really enjoy the cold because of a heavy artillery bombardment. Three German soldiers got heavily wounded by shrapnel’s. The artillery shells were targeted very good and most likely the Brits had a spotter somewhere, directing the fire. Werner thought to know, where. There was a small farmhouse directly behind the British positions. At least he would use it as an observation post. And Werner quickly learned that the Brits weren’t that stupid also. But one thing was absolutely clear, the observation had to be stopped or the next nights wouldn’t be more quite.

Werner looked around for one last time. The ambush on the farmhouse was ordered for five minutes after five o’clock. His nerves were on the edge but he tried not to show his fear to his young soldiers. His whole squad was ready to attack the British outpost. Werner took a last sip of water from his canteen. He remembered how he felt, minutes before his first experiences with an enemy who was shooting back. That was quite different to the trainings on the shooting ranges. But now there was no more time left to practice. The ordered sign to signal the start of the ambush was two red flares.

About five minutes were left now to the given time. Werner crouched carefully into the trench and sat down next to private Sturm, one of the best and most reliable soldiers in his squad. “Glaubst du, der Tommy wird uns heute einen heißen Empfang bereiten?“, asked the private. Werner answered: „Freuen werden Sie sich nicht. Aber wenn schon, aus diesem Farmhaus müssen wir Ihn heute einfach rauswerfen. Wird schon klappen.“

But suddenly their chat was cut off by two red flares ascending into the sunrise behind the group of soldiers. The signal to start the attack was given.

Translations:

“Glaubst du, der Tommy wird uns heute einen heißen Empfang bereiten?“

“Do you think the Tommy is going to give us a hot welcome?”

„Freuen werden Sie sich nicht. Aber wenn schon, aus diesem Farmhaus müssen wir Ihn heute einfach rauswerfen. Wird schon klappen.“

“They won’t be happy to see us. But what are the odds. We’ll need to kick them out of that farmhouse anyway. Good luck.”

Key:

Werner is dark blue.
His privates are light blue:
- Phillip Gohse
- Maximilian Piets
- Reinhard Zetsche
- Robert Müller
- Andreas Dahn
- Fritz Block
- Markus Niedergumpfinger
- Thomas Sturm

[Ben Shirley]

Key: Red is the privates :
Private Joseph Shirley
Private Mack Swizz
Private Jacob Swizz Smith
Private George Stevens
Private Kevin Shirley
Private Michael Shirley

Green is Cpl. Ben Shirley


Hot. Yes it was hot. That was the only thing the privates could describe the heat in Africa ever since they got there yesterday. Ben and the other privates were making plans and looking at maps when they get a strange feeling, everyone becomes and quiet and then Ben says "what the hell was that? Jacob go outside and check it out."

"Kevin,Micheal, follow Jacob and go into the trenches on the right side! George, go into the trench by the rocks and give us any updates on the enemies position! Joseph, stay here and give us back up when called upon! and Mack go follow Jacob! you all have your orders and now GO GO GO!

As Jacob ran, He looks around putting his eyes into the iron sight of his rifle, then with a final look he jumps into the trench and readies his rifle using the trench as a support. After a while he sees Mack jump into the trench also and asks, "where are the other privates Mack?" Mack checks his ammo, his gun, and then checks his surroundings before he answers by saying, "Well, Kevin and Micheal are on the far right, Joseph is in the farmhouse, and George is in the trench by the rocks. I think Ben has a plan depending on the numbers of the Germans if they are coming."

Joseph stayed in the farmhouse and looked around the terrain, seeing if he could of think of a plan for Ben and the rest of the privates to use. Joseph checks his supplies once more then he screamed out to George "See if you can get a look at their supplies! maybe they have grenades! if they do, we won't live longer!"

George heard Joseph and then screamed back, "OK! give the message to Mack and Jacob! they have a fair shot from their positions so we can have the advantage! Corporal Ben! I will provide extra suppressive and covering fire when you guys are moving across the battlefield! you will need all the help you can get!

Corporal Ben ran from the window of the farmhouse straight to the trenches, looking around the trenches to see the privates into their proper places. Then as he heard George's screaming he replied back with "OK! careful guys, they might have grenades so be on your toes and don't take your eyes off the enemy! Mack and Jacob! take all available shots with precision and time! this battle will require our full attention, concentration, and focus! we will defeat those Krauts and stop this damned war! for our country! for our families! keep morale high and put your life into every shot! this will be a victorious day so lets make the future be the present! anyone who agrees with my code, yell YEAH!

George yelled "YEAH!"

Joseph yelled "YEAH!"

Mack yelled "YEAH!"

Jacob yelled "YEAH!"

Kevin yelled "YEAH!"

then finally, Micheal yelled "YEAH!"

Everyone thought in their mind "Let the battle begin.....

[Werner von Maybach]

In the moment the two flares where shot, Werner forgot about everything else except the task he now had to accomplish. The fear and the insecurity were absolutely gone. His muscles started to tense. Somewhere behind that barbed wire the Brits were waiting, ready to defend their positions to a man.

“Alle Mann herhören. Markus, Robert und Phillip, Ihr drei bleibt hier im Graben liegen und gebt uns Feuerschutz. Achtet auf eure Deckung. Wenn drüben bei den Tommys was passiert, schießt so schnell Ihr könnt. Mit Munition muss nicht gespart werden.

The three soldiers nodded with their heads and Werner knew that they had understood him. Everything would depend on the first minutes of the attack. When the Germans could manage to reach the British trenches, they would have cover again. But first they would need to cross the barbed wire.

Werner turned to the other privates and called loud and clear: ”Ok Männer, der Rest von euch wird mir folgen. Wir kriechen bis zu den großen Felsen direkt vor den Englischen Positionen. Dort werden wir etwas Deckung haben. Wenn wir dort sind, werde Ich den verdammten Stacheldraht mit einer Granate in die Luft sprengen. Haltet eure Köpfe unten. Heute Nacht werden wir Geburtstag feiern und Ich will, dass niemand von euch auf der Feier fehlt.“

* * *

Private Markus Niedergumpfinger tried to duck down even deeper inside the trench. He gave his complete attention to the British positions in front of the small farmhouse. In the moment the Tommy’s show themselves, he would be ready. His K 98 rifle was aimed directly at the most forward trench. Slowly breathing he waited for his comrades to advance.

* * *

Carefully Werner started to crouch towards the three rocks. Every moment he awaited the hell to break loose. Without turning around, he was sure that his squad followed him as he ordered them to. Even in the short time he was in command now, he got to know his men pretty well. All of them were absolutely reliable.

Seconds appeared like hours now. Slowly advancing, Werner arrived at the rock and pressed his body closely to the stone. He pulled up the cap of one of his stick grenades and gently threw it upon the barbed wire. Several seconds later, the grenade exploded with a loud sound and a big cloud of sand rose into the air.

Translations:

“Alle Mann herhören. Markus, Robert und Phillip, Ihr drei bleibt hier im Graben liegen und gebt uns Feuerschutz. Achtet auf eure Deckung. Wenn drüben bei den Tommys was passiert, schießt so schnell Ihr könnt. Mit Munition muss nicht gespart werden.

“Listen up soldiers. Markus, Robert and Phillip, you three are going to remain in the trench here and stay ready to give us suppressive fire. Mind your cover. If there should happen something in the positions of the Tommy, shoot as fast as you can. You do not need to save your ammunition.”

”Ok Männer, der Rest von euch wird mir folgen. Wir kriechen bis zu den großen Felsen direkt vor den Englischen Positionen. Dort werden wir etwas Deckung haben. Wenn wir dort sind, werde Ich den verdammten Stacheldraht mit einer Granate in die Luft sprengen. Haltet eure Köpfe unten. Heute Nacht werden wir Geburtstag feiern und Ich will, dass niemand von euch auf der Feier fehlt.“

”Ok guys, the rest of you are going to follow me. We’ll crouch to the big stones in front of the British positions. There we are going to have a bit of cover. When we have reached it, I am going to blow up this damned barbed wire with a grenade. Keep your heads down everyone. Tonight we’ll celebrate our birthdays and I don’t want to miss any of you at the party.”

[Edward"Butcher"McMillan]

Moderation Post:

I have a feeling that this mod was intended to cover more actions, but there were none in the post other than the grenade to separate the wire and the move toward the enemy.

The following actions have been made:

- The Axis were able to get into position rather easily, albeit VERY slowly as intended.

- The Axis soldiers, arriving safe, have more or less almost dehydrated themselves, with the extremely hot weather and the slow movement, the hot sand almost seemed to suck the life out of them. Had there been no shade in the movement path things could have been worse.

- The grenade throw was successful being a short distance and there is now a hole in the wire almost two meters across (about 6 feet)

- The Allies are now watching said hole as it has drawn attention.

Next Post: Ben Shirley

-JT

[Edward"Butcher"McMillan]

I was unable to locate the time for this battle but it has just been pointed out to me that this battle is in fact taking place at 0500 hrs.

The above section of the mod mark pertaining to dehydration has been made void.

MY APOLOGIES.

-JT

[Ben Shirley]

BOOM! A grenade went off. Everyone's attention turned to the big cloud of dust between the barbed wires and Jacob starts to fire with 5 seconds between each shot. As sweat trips down his face, Jacob thinks of his family, his home, and how that was all destroyed by the filthy Nazis. He starts to think "Remember Ben's words....put your life into every shot.... fight for our country.... our families.... ourselves... and for the right to live.... with the final thought, Jacob fires 2 shots toward the privates in the trench with focus and concentration

Mack waits for Jacob to start firing so he can give him some back up. After Jacob started firing, Mack aims with precision and patience and starts to fire 3 seconds after Jacobs initial shot. Mack thought he saw a ugly Nazi uniform so he starts to fire 2 more shots at the rocks.

Ben looks around quickly, with his rifle in his hand. Next, Ben gets his brother Joseph's attention and tells him "Make sure we don't get killed! George careful if they flank you so put your finger where its supposed to be! Ben ducks down as he sees a big puff of dust in the middle of the barbed wires. Damn! just as i expected.... grenades... well this is for you Nazis... GO TO HELL! Ben puts his head above the Trench and starts to fire at the German privates at the far side trench.

[Edward"Butcher"McMillan]

Moderation Post:

The following actions have been made:

- The Allies firing at the Axis soldiers in the trench were unable to hit anything in the low light other than sand, a tree, and some wire that is now a bit mangled.

- The shots toward the rock, through the gap in the wire didn't fair much better as the area shot through was still full of smoke and drifting sand, also low light, one shot skimmed off the rock causing the man behind it to stumble back with an intense wake up call.

Next Post: Maybach

-JT

[Werner von Maybach]

That was the moment Markus had been waiting for. The Brits were starting to fire much too early and so revealed their positions to the German privates in the trenches. Although the light was still very low, he could clearly localise the muzzle flashes of the British rifles. ”Alles klar, Männer. Das war unser Zeichen. Nehmt alle erkannten Feindpositionen unter Feuer. Sauber draufhalten. Zeigen wir diesen Briten, was es heißt, gegen die Deutsche Wehrmacht zu kämpfen.“ In the moment, he finished his sentence, Markus started to fire towards the trenches. His two comrades followed up some seconds later. All three soldiers emptied their whole magazines, firing precious shots at the British defenders.

* * *

“Verdammter Mist, das war knapp.“ Thomas shouted loudly because a bullet smashed into the rock only several millimetres next to his steel helmet. The shock made him stumble backwards, but in the last moment he managed to grab Werner’s shoulder and to keep himself balanced. Some more bullets were fired from the British positions, but the rock provided good cover and nobody got hit.

“Jetzt wissen wir wenigstens wo der Tommy sitzt. Es darf keine Zeit verloren werden. Wir müssen es einfach in die Gräben schaffen. Andreas und Ich geben von hier aus Feuerschutz. Markus und die anderen im Graben werden die vorderen Positionen unten halten. Ihr Vier stürmt in die vorderen Gräben der Briten. Thomas, du wirst meine letzte Stielgranate mitnehmen. Macht eure Bajonette fertig und rennt als wenn der Teufel hinter euch her wäre. Der Staubwolke wird euch zusätzliche Deckung geben. Das wird ein heißer Tanz. Los, los, los.

Like Werner ordered, the four soldiers attached their bayonets and prepared themselves for the storm attack. He knew that all of them where experienced in close combat. Only several moments later, everything was ready. Werner and Andreas crouched a bit forward, to get a better line of fire. When they located the British positions, they started to shoot as fast as they could without aiming too long.

In the moment, they gave suppressive fire, the rest of the men started to run through the cloud of dust towards the most forward British trench. After a short sprint, they jumped into the trench with a loud “Attacke” on their lips and their bayonets first, ready to kill every enemy in sight.

Translations:

”Alles klar, Männer. Das war unser Zeichen. Nehmt alle erkannten Feindpositionen unter Feuer. Sauber draufhalten. Zeigen wir diesen Briten, was es heißt, gegen die Deutsche Wehrmacht zu kämpfen.“

“All right guys. That was our sign. Start to fire at all recognised enemy positions. Aim accurately. Let’s show these Brits what it means to fight against the Wehrmacht.”

“Verdammter Mist, das war knapp.“

“Damn. That was a close thing.”

“Jetzt wissen wir wenigstens wo der Tommy sitzt. Es darf keine Zeit verloren werden. Wir müssen es einfach in die Gräben schaffen. Andreas und Ich geben von hier aus Feuerschutz. Markus und die anderen im Graben werden die vorderen Positionen unten halten. Ihr Vier stürmt in die vorderen Gräben der Briten. Thomas, du wirst meine letzte Stielgranate mitnehmen. Macht eure Bajonette fertig und rennt als wenn der Teufel hinter euch her wäre. Der Staubwolke wird euch zusätzliche Deckung geben. Das wird ein heißer Tanz. Los, los, los.

“Now we do at least know where the Tommy is sitting. We can’t afford to loose any more time. We just have to make it into the British trenches. Andreas and I will stay here and give suppressive fire. Markus and the other ones in the trenches will hold down the most forward British positions. You four are going to storm the British trenches. Thomas, you’ll take my last stick grenade with you. Ready your bayonets soldiers and then run as if the devil would follow you. The cloud of dust is going to provide additional cover. This is going to be a hot dance. Go, go, go.”

“Attacke”

“Attack.”

[Edward"Butcher"McMillan]

Moderation Post:

Rather brutal attack, last time I modded a bayonet charge...well ask the veteran members

By the way, shooting lines are usually in red and movement in blue, but there is no set scheme and I won't hold you to one, but if you would like to differentiate that would be a plus, not to mention you placed no movement lines for you charging men again not a biggie, but it helps.

The following actions have been made:

- Using the British muzzle flashes to some what zero in on their positions, it wasn't enough to secure a kill, but it was more then enough to keep their heads down.

- The British soldiers to the west were never fired upon, leaving them free to fire on the advancing Axis forces.

- Although they hit nothing in the attempt as the light is low and the charging men were moving as quickly as possible, they were however able to keep them all from arriving at the same time.

- The first three Germans arrived almost together, jumping into the trench to try and kill the Brits inside, the pair of Allied soldiers were able to out-number the first enemy to pounce and he was dead before he hit the ground, their bayonets punctured almost every vital organ in his chest in mid air, but his weight pulled them off balance and onto his limp corpse.

- The following two German soldiers jumping in as the three before them hit the dirt, the two Allied soldiers were easy prey to the great German bayonets, one is dead, the other barely clinging to life but unable to fight and unarmed.

- The last German soldier arrived limping, having sprained his ankle taking a dive in the sand when coming under fire from the west.

- The Germans have taken the southern most Allied position, each side having lost a man and also having one injured, the injured German can still fight, but moving will be a difficult task to say the least, the wounded Allied soldier, whether tended to or not is unable to fight, should the battle last too long he will indeed bleed out if not cared for.

-JT

[Ben Shirley]

Horror. The Germans were doing a Melee attack and Mack and Swizz only stood there in horror as the Germans jumped into the trench and attacked them viciously. Mack fended them off, he killed one German but he got severely injured, lied down in the trench by the Nazi soldiers. Jacob, wasn't so lucky. He got stabbed and he fell straight to the floor. Ben and the others just saw what happened and were just frightened at how brutal the Nazis were. Ben screamed loud and clear,

"Joseph! get out of that farmhouse! I need your help! Kevin and George, Come and move over here! We are going to retreat! I will need Kevin to come with me! I will throw the grenade, and then me and Kevin are gonna make a run for it! Kevin will stay by the house corner to provide cover for Joseph and George so they can take out the enemy leader! this is the leapfrog tactic! On my mark! Get SET! and GO GO GO!

Joseph saw the amazing charge that the gray colored Nazis did. He heard the agonizing screams of Jacob and Mack. "Jacob.... My first friend... is now... DEAD.." Joseph screamed, "DIE NAZIS!" Joseph then heard the directions of Ben, Joseph aimed at the right side of Werner's chest, as he remembered the peaceful memories he had with Jacob. "Jacob.. this is for you. This Nazi officer is going to remember the pain he has caused you and me. I will send him to a little place we like to call... HELL!" The cold stainless steel trigger touched Joseph's finger;he squeezed it, and looked through the small iron sight that showed a perfect angle to shoot toward. Joseph fired once towards the right side of the chest, then he aimed toward the calf of the second soldier, he was planning on crippling him to help the retreat of the allies. He fired 2 more shots and then ran toward Ben, waiting further instruction.

George and Kevin ran toward Ben, with their boots pounding the dirt inside the trench and sweat running down their faces. Once they reached Ben they received their orders, and followed them. Kevin and George provided extra cover by aiming toward Werner and his buddy. Kevin put his rifle onto the trench, so he could use it as support. He crouched, as the his knee touched the cold dirt, he put his eyes into the iron sight and he placed his finger where it was supposed to be, on the trigger. Kevin aimed at Werner's throat, planning to take him out with one shot. "Remember.... the sniper motto...One Shot...One kill". thought Kevin. He then pulled the trigger and fired 3 bullets toward his planned target.

George ran after Kevin, trying to keep up. Once they got to Ben and heard his orders, George and Kevin got started with the cover fire. George looked at the standing, gray figures in the distance. He put his sights on his enemy and aimed. His heart was pumped, and so was his adrenaline. The left shoulder blade of the second soldier was a good target and a easy one. His hand wrapped around the trigger, he fired two bullets;one toward the left shoulder blade and another one toward the right knee.

Ben was satisfied to see his soldiers follow orders and commence the counter-attack.The final phase of the counter-attack is begin... Ben saw the muzzle flashes from his soldiers rifles and decided he helped out. Ben aimed at Werner, he saw the ugly Nazis face and remembered his awful memories of the Nazis tearing up his house, which forced him and his brothers to go to their Uncle's house. "The day mom died...and today is the day... I sent this bastard to HELL! Ben put his sights on the forehead of the German soldier, Ben and his green eyes looked through the iron sights of his Lee Enfield and wrapped his sweaty hands around the steel trigger and fire 1 bullet towards the head of the disgusting Nazi. He then grabbed out a green grenade and turned his body toward the trench that the Nazis just took. He saw the little black helmets of the Nazi soldiers. Ben kissed the grenade for good luck, then he pulled off metal part of it and threw it with all of his might toward the trench.

Then shortly after, the grenade exploded, sending a huge cloud of dust into the air.

Guys! I want to see some intervals! I am NOT going to lose all my men to another grenade! Kevin and George! Move over to the right! I will move closer to where the trench goes backwards! and Joseph go into my spot!

Everyone was quick to follow instructions. Kevin and George ran as fast as they could so they wouldn't be caught off guard. Joseph moved a little towards Ben's spot and Ben ran off toward where the trench went backwards so they might try a crossfire tactic.

[Edward"Butcher"McMillan]

Moderation Post:

The following actions have been made:

- For the sake of time that I don't have, I'm not going to mod every single shot made, but that doesn't mean I overlooked them, I just think faster then I type and with some experience at modding and combat I have a pretty good idea how well stuff tends to go I'm not cutting you short, promise.

- Werner has taken only a single round, in and out, right side just below the ribs, bit of intestine hanging out, lot of pressure in the area along with muffled pain. You can still fight and move, things will not be easy though.

- Werner and his close companion have moved backward behind the three rocks they are next to, I repeat behind all three, not in the crevasse on the side as that would have left them in the line of a lot of fire.

- The soldier moving back with him has also taken a round, straight through the foot, he can still fire at close to top efficiency, moving is almost not gonna happen any kind of quick.

- The grenade, hurled toward the German location, surprisingly enough hit it's mark, right on the button!

- But the fuse wasn't ready yet, a quick hand has put the grenade back into the air, it is there that it exploded, dropping little pieces of shrapnel down onto the ones close, doing no damage but putting a lot of heads down and soiling a few drawers .........You'd be surprised how long 4 seconds is...you'd be even more surprised at how far you can move in that time frame with a live grenade next to you.



-JT

Next Post: Maybach

[Werner von Maybach]

[OOC: Sorry guys, I had to manage some real life things first, after returning from my holidays. But now let's get this baby rolling again.]

It took some seconds, until Private Thomas Sturm's hand stopped shaking. The British grenade had been thrown directly next to him into the trench. Without his lucky and quick reaction, maybe all three Germans could have given their lives for Fuehrer, Volk and Fatherland, like these idiotic notifications say afterwards. But now they had to fight back.

Thomas could feel the cold steel of the stick grenade, Unteroffizier von Maybach gave him, before they charged into the enemy trench. There was no time for doubts here. He looked at his comrades and saw their eyes glancing. One of them was crushing his teeth loudly because of the pain in his ankle. "Verdammt, auseinander Männer! Ich will nicht, dass die nächste Granate uns alle mitnimmt", shouted Thomas. He was the most experienced of the three privates and quickly took over the role of a leader now.

"Haltet eure Köpfe noch etwas unten. Auf mein Zeichen gebt Ihr zwei mir Feuerschutz." He tried to press his body even closer to the surprisingly cool earth. Thomas hand started shaking again and he desperately tried to relax himself. After some moments he yelled: "Jetzt!". While the two privates besides him started to empty their magazines towards the enemy, he pulled the cap of his grenade, counted silently to four, leaned forward and tried to throw the grenade directly between the enemy soldiers into the trench.

* * *

Suddenly a lot of bullets chirped through the air like mosquitoes. Werner felt a hot stroke in his lower right chest. Quickly he rolled his body behind the big rocks, where he could find some save cover. Private Dahn followed some seconds later. His foot was badly hurt by a bullet going straight through and he whimpered silently. Werner remembered the single morphine pill, he still had left in a pocket of his tropical tunic from his last time in the hospital. He always hoped never to need it. Now he thankfully swallowed it, because the pain below his rips grew stronger every second. Soon after, the pill started to have it's effect and lowered the pain a bit.

"Der Tommy ist viel stärker als erwartet. Wir werden noch etwas mehr Rückendeckung brauchen.", whispered Werner silently to himself. While he spoke, he undressed his tunic and ripped a small stripe out of it. Now he tightly wrapped the clothes around his chest like a bandage. "Du wartest hier, Ich schau mir noch mal die linke Flanke an. Ich glaub der Brite hat mit unseren Jungs rechts von Ihm genug zu tun."

Biting his lips, Werner started to crawl a bit backwards first, until he had clear line of sight to his three soldiers in the trench behind him. By throwing his left arm three times into the air, he signalled his men to follow up. When he was sure, that his soldiers understood and started to sprint towards him, Werner crawled to the far left of the three rocks. Nobody seemed to realise him when he carefully leaned around the rock and he could clearly see the British soldiers in the trench. He took long time aiming and sent two clean shots directly at the side of the soldier closest to him. After he shot, he quickly hid himself back behind the save rock again.

At this moment, the three German privates reached the small gap in the barbed wire. Quickly realising the situation, every one of them dived to the ground and searched for a bit of cover behind the trees and rocks. The loud explosion of another German grenade right of them, made them even more confident. Nobody had to order them to fire. A deadly swarm of bullets flew towards the flank of the enemy.

Translations:

"Verdammt, auseinander Männer! Ich will nicht, dass die nächste Granate uns alle mitnimmt"
"Damn, spread out guys! I don't want the next grenade to kill all of us."

"Haltet eure Köpfe noch etwas unten. Auf mein Zeichen gebt Ihr zwei mir Feuerschutz."
"Keep your heads down for a while. On my sign, give me some suppressive fire."

"Jetzt!"
"Now!"

"Der Tommy ist viel stärker als erwartet. Wir werden noch etwas mehr Rückendeckung brauchen."
"The Tommy is much stronger then expected. We'll need a little bit more back up here."

"Du wartest hier, Ich schau mir noch mal die linke Flanke an. Ich glaub der Brite hat mit unseren Jungs rechts von Ihm genug zu tun."
"You'll just wait here. I’ am going to have a closer look at the left flank. I believe, the Brits are distracted by our boys on their right."

[Edward"Butcher"McMillan]

Moderation Post:

The following actions have been made:

- Maybach screwed the pooch this time.

- Firstly, you have thrwon a grenade at the enemy, great idea, except you didn't pull the cord, bad idea.

- Secondly, you flanked to fire on your enemy, good idea, that is in a trench, bad idea.

- The Private furthest to the left has eaten a round, right shoulder, he hit the dirt just past the closest Private, pretty rough wound, he needs attention.

- The Allies have a German grenade, they couldn't return anymore fire as they scrambled thinking it was live.

- Maybach did effectively patch his wound and the morphine will work wonders.

Next Post: Shirley

[Edward"Butcher"McMillan]

Moderation Post:

Ben Shirley has asked that this be closed as he will be leaving us for a while, if not longer.

The following actions have been automated:

- Shirley yelled for his men to pull back immediately, and they did so, I'll be nice and say that they covered themselves in the process, that's logical.

- I'll also be nice and say that since he didn't post a retreat that none of his men grabbed your grenade, so you get it back since you would logically clear the area.

- If anyone was shot in the retreat, it wasn't fatal so no more wounds or kills will be scored.

The following CP has been awarded:

- VICTORY! Werner, you have been awarded 27 CP for this victory...nice charge

- DEFEAT Shirley you have been awarded 18 CP for retreat prematurely

Stats:
Werner - 1 Kill, 1 P.O.W. NPC PVT taken(he was in the same trench as you were[you gain an NPC PVT])

Shirley - 1 Kill, 1 NPC PVT lost as a P.O.W.



-JT