OAF 12.1 "The Neffe Chateau "
updated 060928
This
scenario was originally published in ON ALL FRONTS number 12 (November 1983).The
original scenario author is Jeff Cebula. Further
development, clarifications and modification have been made to the original
published scenario by Bill Thomson.
Neffe, Belgium, December 19, 1944: As
the Germans pressed to within 2 miles of Bastonge, the Command Post of Team Cherry
(a battlegroup of the 18th Armored Division) found itself cut off. Based in the
Chateau Neffe, a walled ancient stone structure, Colonel Cherry and his headquarters
group gathered together all the weapons they could find and formed a defense.
Not long afterwards a company of Germans approached, led by a lone armored car.
VICTORY CONDITIONS: A the game end, the German must be
the sole occupant (no unbroken American units) of building 6J8. The American
wins by preventing the victory conditions.
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Only hexes A-P on board 4 and R-GG on 4 & 5 are playable (inclusive). |
SCENARIO SEQUENCE:
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American sets up first |
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German move first |
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AMERICAN FORCES:
- AT START: Headquarters, Team Cherry, 10th Armored
Division; set up on any whole or heal hex on board 6 {ELR 4]:
1x9-2; 1x8-1; 1x8-0; 2x666; 2x556; 1x336HS; 2x236c; 1xMMG; 2xBAZ44a; 2x81mm
MTR; 1xJeep (MG):
GERMANS FORCES:
- TURN 1: Elements of the 902nd Panzergrenadier Regiment,
Panzer Lehr Division; enter at hex 5R6:
1x 9-1; 2x8-1; 1x7-0; 7x467; 5x447; 2xMMG; 5xLMG; 2xPzck; 1xPSW231
SPECIAL SCENARIO RULES:
- OAF 12.1.1: TERRIAN: Building 4J8 is stone and possesses
a special +4 modifier. All other buildings are treated normally. Place overlay
E on board 6 and overlay C on board 4 (with I4 on 4Y6 and J4 on 4Y7). There
is initially no wind and the environmental conditions are wet.
- OAF 12.1.2: No boresighting, battlefield integrity,
equipment possession, command control, sniper generation, treetop and roof
perches.
- OAF 12.1.3: The first American squad to pass a IMC
on the IFT caused by German fire will immediately generate a hero counter
in that location with the squad.
AFTERMATH: Colonel Cherry
and his headquarters group beat off repeated attacks all day. In mid-afternoon
they were reinforced by a platoon of the 3rd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry.
By nightfall, the wooden roof of the Chateau was set afire by German shells.
Cherry radioed to his headquarters one last message before he reluctantly pulled
back- "We are burned out. We're not withdrawing, we're moving." Cherry
led his mean and the paratroopers to Mont to join the right flank of the 501st.