OAF 49.1"New Allies"

Scenario published in ON ALL FRONTS, issue #49. Original author was Mark Zielinski; Modifications/clarifications have been made from its published form by Bill Thomson; Updated 060909

Kos Island, Greece; October 3, 1943: As dawn broke, some 1200 German troops landed on the beaches near Marmari, under cover of a massive air bombardment directed against the Allied positions. At 20:00 hours Colonel L. R. F. Kenyon issued instructions ending resistance and ordering the Allied troops to split into small groups and make for the hills. A Company of DLI, cut off from the main Allied force, went westward. Eventually they linked up with a battery of 75mm Italian guns., which were still in action dispute under air attack.

VICTORY CONDITIONS: To win, the German player must eliminate more squads than he loses. Crews count as a 1/2 squad for this calculation.

BOARD LAYOUT/SCENARIO SEQUENCE:

GERMAN FORCES:

• Elements of German landing force - enter Turn 1 on the east edge of board 4:
  2x9-1; 12x467; 6xLMG

ALLIED FORCES:

• Remnants of A Company, 1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry - set up on hill hexes on board 2:
  1x9-1; 4x457
• Elements of Italian Artillery Battery - set up on hill hexes on board 2:
  1x8-1; 1x8-0; 2x4447; 2x347; 4x227c; 4xLMG; 4x75 ART

SPECIAL SCENARIO RULES:

• OAF 49.1.1: TERRAIN: Wheatfields hexes are open ground; all buildings are of wooden construction.

• OAF 49.1.2: Use the Allied minor counters to represent the Italians forces.  Italian broken morale is the same as their non-broken good order side. Use 75*HE ART to represent the additional 75 ART units as needed.

• OAF 49.1.3: The Italian LMGs must initially start in hexes occupied by a 347 squad.

• OAF 49.1.4: Only Italian crews may fire the artillery units; they may not be fired by non-qualified units.

• OAF 49.1.5: German air support arrives on German Turns 3 & 6. Use the Chart below to determine the type and number of planes appearing (if any) by rolling once for each:

  • Type: Die Roll: 1, 2, 3 = Divebomber (Stuka with MMG); 4 = Fighter; 5, 6 = No planes
  • Number of planes: 1-3 = one plane; 4, 5, 6 = Two planes