Captain Nemo Gaming World War II

  It might have been a Phoney War in France in 1939 but for air and naval forces there was much fighting to be done.     The following two actions are based on historic events.   One lone Hurricane fighter found itself over Germany; seeking to return to base it formatted on some other fighters and then discovered it was a formation of Bf109d German fighters.   The initial situation.     The formation leaders turn away from the threat while their wingman turn towards it.   There is a quick exchange of fire.     The undamaged Hurricane dives away while the 109s scatter to regroup in pursuit.                  The Hurricane is the faster aeroplane and outdistances the 109s. The Bf109d will now be withdrawn from frontline service and be replaced with the Bf109e, which will have a more powerful engine.                     It showed the value of the fighter formations adopted by the German Air Force after the lessons of the Spanish Civil war and the critical importance of power and speed in c

4 Second Battle of Piotrkow (Rules: Arras to Ardennes)   Battle Turn Zero and Start In order to avoid fighting on the same battlefield the random terrain system was used on the basis that the Germans would side-step a successful defence.   The wall of blinds going down masked the German grouping of the battlegroup on their left flank.  Once again, the Poles were clustered on their left flank with their right filled with dummy blinds.  The 2 nd  battalion was an experienced veteran legion battalion while the third was a reserve militia battalion.           Battle Turn One The first move was the Germans swinging from the extreme left flank, reconnaissance units scything through the blinds of the Polish forces.  The Poles had been over reliant on the terrain when deploying when having trenches to deploy their front-line troops they could have readily been deployed in open ground.   One German infantry battalion was used to attack the wood that was the corner of the attack, while the main