Bolt Action: Hanville Resistance Raid

Played – 8th December 2018

Normandy Invasion
D-Day +1

Scenario:Assassinate

French Resistance: 10 Partisans, including MMG Team

Players: Guy Girault (Local Resistance Leader)

Wehrmacht: Feldgendarmerie Grupper, Motorcycle + Sidecar

Players: Hauptmann (Captain) Karsten Steinheil

Background
The small commune of Hanville lies to the west of Caen, and for 4 long years has been under the tight grip of Hauptmann Karsten Steinheil. Now the Allies have landed, Steinheil has left the village in his armoured car to visit his mistress for one final night. In the morning, he will head to Caen for further orders and perhaps never be seen again.

Guy Girault has mobilised his small number of Resistance in Hanville and plans to catch Hauptmann Steinheil literally with his pants down!

Axis Objectives
Primary Objective: The Captain must stay alive or escape (6 turns)

Secondary Objective: Kill as many Partisans  as possible

Resistance Objective
Kill the Captain within 6 turns. Any longer than this and the raid will be determiend ot take too long and risk German reinforcements.

Memorable Moments

• The opening salvo of the first round saw a sall team of 2 germans killed instantly
• The motorcycle and sidecar was extremely effective and all but wiped out to small resistance teams of 2 & 3 people before being destroyed by the Resistance MMG.
• The German dogged determination to take the fight to the enemy.
• Hauptmann Steinheil killing his mistress after she tried to prevent him from leaving.
• The Resistance MMG set up in the woods opposite the house pinning most of the house down for the game.

Result

Axis victory. Upin realisation that they were under attack, the German response was to take the fight to the enemy rather than to seek shelter. This effetively stalled the Resistance attack and kept them penned up in the woods, buying valuable time for the Hauptmann to reach his armoured car and escape.

Further, at the point of escape, the Resistance leader was heavy pinned down and was unable to escape with what remained of the Resistance. He was captured, interrogated and subsequently shot.

Strength Deployed / Casualties

French Resistance
Strength Deployed: 7 men split into 3 squads, MMG team - 10 men in total (169 pts)
Casualties: 5 killed, 1 captured

German
Strength Deployed: 8 men split into 3 squads, Kradschutzen Bike with MMG (163pts)
Casualties: 4 men, 1 bike

Pictures

The road from Hanville to Caen. The Feldgendarmerie patrol the road whilst the Captain visits his mistress, while the Resistance advance through the trees.

The house of the mistress, under guard.

The Captain and his mistress on the second floor

The Partisans approach...