So now the action begins.
Although any of you who have organised and run a wargames event with multiple players will know it's very difficult to keep track of everything happening as there are many other things to keep you busy. Organising air support, answering rule queries and terrain queries, sorting out food for 13 hungry wargamers and most importantly keeping the kettle topped up! So what follows is more of an overview of the event and a load of photos. Where possible I will provide some more information on each of the photos and I will provide links to some of the players excellent write ups which will give a more detailed account of the action on their sections of the table.
Danish forces on the Island of Fyn occupy a BUA in preparation for the WP assault
Outskirts of Odense on Fyn with Danish troops digging in
Russian Naval forces move inland past the lighthouse from their landing beach on the west coast of Fyn
Danish armour and APC's on the Jutland Peninsula north of Kolding
Elements of Stewart L's Russian Tank Regiment take up position against a railway embankment before their push towards the E20
More of Stewart L's Tank Regiment move north towards the E20
Mike M's Russian TR moves north towards the caravan site while artillery unlimbers in front of the hop fields
Nick G's Danish troops occupy Odense and it's surrounding fields
The right flank of Nick G's Danish forces take up position in woods near Odense. Engineers have laid minefields to the left of the woods
Nick G's Danish forces keep watch near the HAWK Battery
Andy M's USMC ready to defend the airfield
Mike M's BTR mounted infantry prepare to leave the cornfields and move north
A pair of Frogfoots (or Frogfeet :-)) come in low to attack NATO armour
More of Mike M's troops occupy woods south of the E20 just visible at the top of the picture
WP troops disembark from their BTR transports and prepare to assault the town
Martin K's Russians approach the outskirts of Kolding
Russian Naval troops approach Odense. The town saw heavy fighting with PT-76's and Danish armour going head to head
Joe H's British take up positions in old WW2 defensive works
More of Joe H's British take up positions along the E20
Mark W's Danish troops occupy Kolding. This was to see some heavy infantry hand to hand fighting through the streets of the town
Russian Landing craft (A bit modern for the game but they look nice!)
YAK 38 comes in low to attack the Danes on Fyn
I'll post more ASAP. After Day One it was clear that NATO would have their work cut out defending the E20 stop line meanwhile on Fyn Nick G's Danish troops were proving a hard nut to crack but the Russian Naval forces had been reinforced by a large VDV force which was moving inland from the beaches to support the assault. Russian forces were nearing the HAWK battery and NATO were in danger of losing that position. On the main table the majority of the Russian forces had moved into positions that would see them in striking distance of the E20. A large force of Russian armour commanded by Gerard had begun to advance on the airfield on the western end of table. On the eastern end, around Kolding, Martin K had advanced his MRR to the outskirts of the town and both he and Mark W prepared for some heavy fighting on Day Two. In the centre Ian W, Mike M and Stewart L continued to advance on NATO positions along the E20.
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