Panzer Corps 2 is as stout as a Sturmtiger and perfectly capable of accelerating clock hands and monopolising cerebra, but loyalty to its predecessors means most of the time it feels more like a tough military puzzle game than an insightful simulation of mid-20th Century warfare. Their speed was so rapid, not only had the French and British often lost track of them, even German High Command struggled to keep up with their progress and positionsįor this ability to advance so fast and appear where they were completely unexpected, the 7th Panzer Division was nicknamed the Ghost Division.What do Slitherine's latest piece of hexiana and the coronavirus crisis have in common? They both invite comparisons with WW2, but, on close inspection, bear little resemblance to the 1939-45 conflict. Under Rommel's command, the 7th Panzer Division was one of the hardest fighting and furthest advancing units of the campaign against France. While tens of thousands of French would be taken prisoner at Lille, their sacrifice helped enable the escape for hundreds of thousands of Allied soldiers at Dunkirk. Before the French could set up a proper defensive position, Rommel's arrival from the south had them outflanked and encircled.Įven so, the French resistance managed to buy precious time for the evacuation now underway on the coast of the English Channel. Historically, the Siege of Lille lasted for mere days.
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We might want to just claim we cannot spare our fighters and bombers to support, and rest our whole force until the next full deployment. Might be dangerously overextending our air power if we go. It will be extremely unusual to only deploy our aircraft without any ground forces. It appears the effort at Dunkirk could use some reinforcement, they have asked if we can spare any of our aircraft to support the operations there.
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The person on the other end of the line is speaking.Īn update on our own orders just came in. General %playername%, congratulations once again.īefore Hauptmann Wagner can speak, the telephone in the communications tent begins to ring. If you will excuse me, I believe I will rest for a few hours before leaving for Berlin. Perhaps, but such a personal summons is extremely unusual. Surely they will be pleased with our successes? Your unit and my 7th Panzer are being ordered to rest, and I am being summoned back to Berlin. Hmm, it looks like High Command has finally caught up to me. Rommel is interrupted by an exhausted looking motorcycle courier, who hands him a message. I believe, Herr General, we have executed Manstein's plan to it's fullest potential. With the best French divisions scattered, the remaining British helplessly cling to their foothold on the continent at Dunkirk. With the fall of Lille complete, we have dealt a mortal blow to the French presence in the Low Countries.
A recon aircraft would definitely help keep an eye on their progress. If we want to keep track of 7th Panzer Division forces, we will need our units to maintain visual contact with them. Hauptmann Wagner returns Rommel's salute and then watches the General depart.Īs before, I would expect Rommel to be difficult to maintain radio contact with once the battle begins.
I take my leave to prepare my division for combat. We must either hit them quickly from behind before they can react, or strangle their supply lines all at once through encirclement. While we will be catching the French off guard, we should not underestimate the sizeable garrison at Lille itself.
Primary Objective: Capture 2 Lille Victory Hexesīonus Objective: Capture all other Victory Hexes before Lille. I will dispatch a few units to guard these southern bridges, to support a potential encirclement. Caught between 7th Panzer and our forces, we could create quite an encirclement around the French defenders. Or we could focus our attacks in a pincer movement from this direction. We could join 7th Panzer directly, and throw all our weight into Lille from a unified direction. Mein General, his attack avenue presents us with two options. I will be focusing my efforts here, to cut Lille off from behind. General %playername%, my vanguard has just returned with confirmation: the French are still unaware of our advance on them from this direction.
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