Warts 'n' all

I hate it when someone tries to steal my thunder.

True but better than me posting stormy Daniels. I think I’d have gotten a forum timeout from Steve. 

Random music videos are taking this thread by storm.

Very well, I look forward to that. Thanks for the explanation of your own actions.

Well, the intent of a spoiling attack is twofold:  One:  Take the initiative away from the attacker and Two:  Force him to react and divert combat power from the main attack..  Whether I will be successful in either has yet to be seen.  I do think he is too committed to Axis Red at this point to be able to provide much help to his Support by Fire troops... so number two is a forlorn hope, but still a possibility.
I could have stayed where I was, soaked up the fire from the SBF position and had another platoon to throw in the way of what is coming up Axis Red, but that isn't how I roll usually.. if I see a potential weakness I will try to do something about it, hopefully weakening his ultimate available combat power in the main attack.  That is my main goal here.
I don't want to get into what I would have done in his shoes at this point.. maybe towards the end we can have a discussion about those what-ifs.

I wouldn't have seen that coming. Nice one Bil.

SPOILING ATTACK
AXIS ORANGE:
I have enough information now to know for certain that the enemy units on Axis Orange are a support by fire position.  My philosophy is to attack weakness, so I am going to concentrate at least a third of my available force against this formation in a spoiling attack. 
This will be led by 3rd Platoon and will also contain some of the 1st Platoon elements that have been, up to now, manning OPs and LPs forward of my main line.   

To prepare for this action my mortars and MGs are stepping up their fire to pin or attrit any enemy teams he has on the line.  For example in the following image my mortars converged fire to eliminate this (MG) team (not fully identified) on his extreme right flank.

Steps out of the TARDIS in Petty France, London SE1E just around the corner from the Wellington Barracks. Notices that the Warts & Trooper is still in business, and thinks.. "Well I've been a puritan for 400 years, I suppose just going in for one won't hurt".
Ten pints later, staggers into New Scotland Yard....
Crommers :- "Aassss yoose seensa Police T T teleephone bosssssssssse? Me old cock sparrrer."
Sgt Dixon :- "Now come along old son, none of your cheek. And take that TARDIS back to the BBC where it belongs."
 

Steps out of the TARDIS in Petty France, London SE1E just around the corner from the Wellington Barracks. Notices that the Warts & Trooper is still in business, and thinks.. "Well I've been a puritan for 400 years, I suppose just going in for one won't hurt".
Ten pints later, staggers into New Scotland Yard....
Crommers :- "Aassss yoose seensa Police T T teleephone bosssssssssse? Me old cock sparrrer."
Sgt Dixon :- "Now come along old son, none of your cheek. And take that TARDIS back to the BBC where it belongs."
 

Spoiler. He dies on the eastern front sent there by Paula’s lover - a high ranking party official.   Oh sorry did I say that out loud?

In fact he has a little french poupee who works in the local Bureau de poste, and she collects them from under a rock in a nearby field. The poor deluded girl thinks that Paulina Fassbinder is his maiden aunt.

No. It’s where we in the world of CM get to push our men beyond the real world breaking point. 

They’d have to get to see it first. Hirsch has not had a chance to post anything in weeks...

Thanks! I thought the moment begged for a screenie.
Yeah, these were crack tankers and they took out almost as many of my SMG-carrying AT team members as they lost. In fact, two members of the first Tiger killed got away. That was the Tiger closer to the building, which was taken out earlier by AT grenades. Here's that sequence:

 

 

My guys buggered off and the two remaining crewmen ran behind the building and got away.
 
Here's one more cool moment when an HE blast dropped a building section and revealed a hidden HMG team. Then, my guys in overwatch took them out.

 

Jeep driver :- "Oi, Bedford boy. Last one round the Grand Prix circuit get's the beers in."

Have you tried a broom? 

Dearest Hirschie
Thank you for all your recent letters, I treasure each one. And i'm so proud of you, none of the other girls in my B.D.M trupp have a sweetheart at the front. Kill as many dirty amis as you can, and come home safe.
yours Paula
P.S. What did you buy me in Paris?

Dearest Hirschie
Thank you for all your recent letters, I treasure each one. And i'm so proud of you, none of the other girls in my B.D.M trupp have a sweetheart at the front. Kill as many dirty amis as you can, and come home safe.
yours Paula
P.S. What did you buy me in Paris?