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Colonel Croesus: Turn 9
The Comment Commanders' O’Rourke proves just as plucky as his celluloid inspiration.
And suffers precisely the same fate.
The reversing Crabmeat 1 establishes LoS to the far end of the row 3 tunnel a few seconds too late to save the prone automatic rifleman and his pals.
While Crosbie’s crab is busy immolating centaurs in the north, Nemchik’s is hard at work flushing out machinegunners in the south. Rounding the ff20 corner in LEAD, Crabmeat 2, spots the MG 42 man whose leaden squirts holed two 2nd Squad soldiers near Belinda in Turn 6.
The tank’s bow Browning swivels swiftly but not as swiftly as the Thompson of Sergeant King, one of many GIs pushed into ZINC this turn.
The situation at T+60. ZINC appears to be enemy-free. 95% of the chamber is in-LoS and the shack has been investigated. Crabmeat 2 has limited LoS into SILVER.
One of the survivors from Croesus' HQ is patching up casualties near Belinda. Other seriously wounded friendlies await attention at jj13 (5) and z3 (8).
Having somehow managed to make a meal of a simple reverse order, the Achilles is a few map squares west of where it should be.
The halftrack wreck and attendant smoke column mean Crabmeat 1 can see relatively little of the northern quay.
