Original Title: La Colina 400.
Hill 400
Between the Belgian border and Germany, south of Aachen and to the east of Vossenack, enveloped by the misty and dominated by cold he found the Hürtgen forest. The September 19 the 3rd Division Armored and the 9th Division of American infantry arrived in front of the tall and leafy pine trees willing to enter territory German.
Just take your first steps they realized that before them they found experienced troops and not the inexperienced soldiers Germans who had defeated with anteriority. German artillery opened fire from the defenses of the Siegfried line, and the Americans they were perplexed by the tactic used.
November 13, 1944
During the long battle of the forest of Hurtgen, which ended with countless casualties for the allies, the assault on hill 400 happened, where the americans achieved a momentary control of the observatory from the top. But during the same day, the Germans They got control again retreating before some troops tired from the climb, and then returning to the assault comfortably.
The 4th Infantry Division with a weak armored support and occasional air support that could send them from other fronts, tried the assault again, bayonet in hand (tactic used in the 1st War World) on some troops Germans entrenched and very morally superior.
You can see a revisioned version of this scenario here: 341 Hill 400 (Revised)
American | German | |
Division 1 |
6 Squad Bases 1 Sherman Tank 2x Engineer |
4 Squad Bases |
Division 2 |
5 Squad Bases 2 M3A1 Halftrack |
4 Squad Bases 1 SdKfz 251 Halftrack 2x AntiTank |
Strategy Decks | American Air Support 1 Artillery 2 |
German Reinforcements 1 Morale 1 |
Starting Strategy Cards | 3 | 3 |
Operations Cards | - | - |
Deployment Zone |
Any hexagon with a green border. |
Any hexagon on maps 12B, 3B and 1B that do not contain fields of mines. |
Starting Initiative | ||
Objective | American troops win at end of any round in which have a battalion within the Observatory on the hill (the fort) without German troops in the adjacent hexagons. | German troops win if prevent the capture of the observatory for 8 rounds. |
Rounds | 8 | |
Actions per turn | 3 | 3 |
Reinforcements | - | - |
Special Rules | If at the end of round 3 the Americans control the bridge, will receive 2 squad bases, 4 regular soldiers, 2 soldiers from elite, 1 machine gun and 1 GMC CCKW 353, in any of the hexagons with green border. | |
Terrain Features |
The river is Deep. All American Vehicles have -1 movement due to ground. |