The Germans were looking for one big push, throwing an armoured company and tow battalions of infantry plus HQ into the fray against one allied armoured company and a battalion of Infantry.
The games are really scaling up. If they could win here the allied front could crack.
The allies were defending a hill top over looking a small settlement they knew they were outnumbered and the terrain was against them, but they had to hold the line.
The German had massed their armoured units into a iron fist to push up the road, while Infantry pushed into the farm complex, including an 88mm.
The plan was to strike hard and fast, the Axis forces drove up the road, light tanks breaking through the vine yards, a solitary Matilda looked to slow the advance damaging the German AFV's but they swamped the British Armour with multiple hits.
Not everything was going their own way, on the left flank the curse of newly painted units still held true, a troop of bren carriers took out the Armoured Car nudging forward.
The platoon commander ranged in on the German defenders suppressing and killing a number of Axis forces.
As 88 AP shells whizzed into the allied lines, a sniper drew a bead on the German artillery crew.
The crew having seen their commander killed fled for cover.
All this was a mere side show and the Axis Armour pressed on breaking into the allied wire, the allied defenders threw what they could at it, but light tanks and Boyes AT Rifles were no match for PZIII's.
Cresting the dune, they panzers broke into the infantry who were forced out of their positions. The field belonged to the Germans.
A vicious fight.
The Allies were pushed back losing 36 Points within Xenos Rampant
The Germans lost 20 Points.
On to the next battle - 1 down 2 to go.
