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Bolt Action – Eastern Front Late War

This weekend the local HMGS-South group played a Bolt Action game. It was a meeting engagement on the Eastern Front.

Both sides advance onto the table, leaving mortar and heavy MG units in woods at the table edges.

View from the Russian right flank.

A Russian squad twice attempts to knock out a German tank by close assault, and fails.

Mortars destroy each opposing side’s heavy MG. A German tank is set on fire twice. The second time the crew bails.

After six turns the Russians led with four enemy units destroyed to one.

Bolt Action – Burma 1944

This weekend the local HMGS-South group played a Bolt Action game.

The Envelopment Scenario in the Bolt Action rule book was used. It was based on the fighting around the city of Kohmia in May 1944, between the British 2nd Division and the Japanese 15th Division. The Japanese were attempting to envelop a British position and capture a road junction behind the British lines.

The Japanese will get the most victory points for exiting units off the table behind the British lines.

Japanese troops advance rapidly all across the front.

The center units exchange fire with the British while the flank units continue to advance. Most of the early fire fights were on the Japanese center and right.

The Japanese left turns the British flank using a low hill for cover.

Units begin exiting the table. Two British squads are destroyed, one by a Banzai charge.

The tank is confined to the roads, so moves right to support the infantry assault there.

After a stalwart defense, the British left flank is driven off.

After six turns, a Japanese victory was declared.

Bolt Action AAR – Normandy 8 June 1944

This weekend the local HMGS-South group played a Bolt Action game.

The U.S. 116th Regimental Combat Team (RCT) is pushing west along the coast after breaking out of the Omaha beachhead. The 116th RCT commander has ordered B Company to take the German coastal artillery position outside the village of Maisy. The German artillery is shelling Allied shipping off of Utah beach and has thus far proven impossible for Allied aircraft and naval guns to destroy.

The German positions are defended by elements of the 914th Grenadier Regiment and the remains of several Ost companies.

US forces enter at the bottom with the objective of clearing the crossroads area of enemy troops. The minefield must also be cleared.

A lucky hit takes out the MG in the bunker, but it is replaced by a full squad of German infantry.

Mortar fire convinces German troops to shift positions in the ruins. US infantry advance on both flanks.

US infantry take loses on both flanks but keep advancing. The TD advances to within point blank range of the bunker. The Ost squad is eliminated, having fought far better than expected.

US infantry occupies some of the ruins on the right. The German squad leaves the bunker to destroy the TD by close assault.

At the end of the game (eight or nine turns) the crossroads was mostly clear of German troops, but a German half-track remained and the minefield had not been cleared.

Additional photos by another club member:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/130153196@N08/albums/72157666994060225/with/26282212591/

Bolt Action AAR: Bieville – Bienville June 1944

This weekend the local HMGS-South group played a Bolt Action game.

South of Sword Beach, June 8, 1944.

The British 1 / Suffolk Regiment is advancing south toward Caen following the D Day landings. The next objective for the regiment is the twin villages of Bieville – Bienville. The 1^st Platoon of ‘B’ Company is making a flanking attack against the German defenses on the outskirts of the villages. Once the defenses are overcome, the remainder of the regiment can attack the villages.

The German 736 Regiment of the 716^th Division is trying to form a solid defensive line in front of Caen. The 3^rd company of the regiment has been tasked with holding Bieville – Bienville. The 2^nd Platoon has dug into hasty defensive positions on the outskirts of Bieville – Bienville to delay the British advance.