As I mentioned yesterday, I wasn't
completely absent during the Pandemic of 2020-2021. In fact, 2020
saw me enter the world of Warlord Games Konflikt `47 game.
I'd
been eyeing Konflikt `47 for a bit. The story line of the game is
that, during World War II, a couple of space/time/something rifts
open in the United States and Germany. Due to these rifts, Germany
learn show to animate corpses, and some troops begin to change into
things like werewolves. On the Allied side, technology jumps forward
and bit, and armored walkers and Tesla-coil weapons start appearing
on the field. The alternate history has the War continue past 1945,
and into 1947.
Early in the summer of 2020, my wife innocently
asked if I needed anything when she went into town for groceries. “A
British Konflikt `47 starter set from the game store,” I joked.
To my surprise, she arrived home with
said starter set.
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The British are Coming!
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Being in pandemic lock-down, there weren't
going to be any games happening anytime soon, but I'd have plenty of
painting time. Thus started my foray into the weird world of
K`47.
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Weird War Elements
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I'll cover individual units in upcoming posts. For the
short story, I painted up the box set, added some command and support
units, and generally had a good time putting together an army. As
summer went on, the world started opening up again, including the
game space at our local game shop. There was a small group of
regulars in the area who played K`47 weekly. On July 6
th,
I joined them for my first game.
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Report of the
action of 6 July, 1947.
Orders received at 16:21. Intelligence
indicated the presence of a small strategic point just past enemy
lines, roughly one city block from our position. With enemy infantry
on the ground in the area, it was requested that we take their
strategic point while simultaneously holding our own. A Bren gun team
was stationed on our right flank at the axis of two main roads,
providing cover along both open ways. A team of automatons was sent
forward along the right to scout. On the left flank, a medium mortar
team was set up. Their spotter, overlooking the city, was in radio
communication from the top of a building near the machine gun team. A
second team of automatons and one infantry squad were placed in the
center.
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Infantry, with Automaton backup, take up positions.
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Sniper fire began instantly, targeting
our infantry. A member of the mortar team spotted the muzzle flash,
and a shell was immediately laid down on that position, destroying
the threat. With our first pair of automatons clanking slowly up the
right side, our infantry moved across the road to take cover along
the walls of a ruined cathedral. The machine gun team was ordered
into defensive position, keeping an eye on both roadways. Enemy
infantry were spotted, just out of range, moving on our right and
center. Infantry from our reserves arrived near a ruined farmhouse in
the center of our line. Calls for armoured support went unanswered.
As enemy infantry approached carefully
on our right, a second section of infantry rushed into the ruined
cathedral, firing on our second automaton squad, which was destroyed.
The first automaton section, firing into the building through the
windows, caused casualties among the enemy riflemen. On our left
flank, a Spinne Panzemech appeared in the distant rubble. Mortar fire
was directed to its position, but no damage appeared to be caused.
With the appearance of the Panzermech, our amoured division brought
forward a Cromwell-T to support our men on the ground. A Guardian
light mech was requested, but was not available. The newly arrived
infantry took shelter in the ruins of the farmhouse in our center.
On our right, while our machine gun
laid down defensive fire on approaching enemy troops, infantry from
both sides traded fire. On the left, there were reports of Nachtjager
in the area. An anti-tank team was also spotted, firing into the left
quarter of the newly arrived Cromwell. Keeping an eye on the Spinne
Panzermech, the Cromwell's crew moved their vehicle into cover next
to a nearby building, aligning their turret to be able to fire at the
enemy through broken windows. Another call was made to the Guardian,
which was still not in the area. The platoon medic and myself arrived
on scene, positioning ourselves near the farmhouse, just as an enemy
Panther-X tank came into view up the street to the right. As the tank
approached, our machine gun defensive position was eliminated.
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Light Machine Gun team covers intersecting streets.
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Heavy fire continued along our front. A
couple of men in the farmhouse had been hit, but our medic was able
to save one, a Private Orwell from Shropshire. Enemy infantry was
beginning to come out of the rubble of the cathedral, but took
immense fire from our boys. On the flanks, however, the fight had
turned against us. The Panther tank, moving quickly up on our right,
shredded our brave infantry who had sheltered against the cathedral
wall. On our left, two Nachtjager did indeed appear, ripping apart
the rear of the Cromwell-T before the crew had fired. Our forward
observer, who had taken shelter in a building right across from the
tank, sacrificed himself, calling down an artillery strike on his
position, and the fowl flying beasts, keeping them from taking our
location. Back on the right, a pack of Schreckwulfen attempted to
jump our remaining automatons, but were eliminated by the team's
machine gun fire. Distracted by the Schreckwulfen, however, the
automatons fell to the enemy infantry still on our right.
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Tesla armed Cromwell arrives for support.
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As our defensive line crumbled on both
flanks, the requested light walker finally arrived. It traded shots
with the Panzermech, but strategically blundering by placing its back
to the Panther while taking cover behind a building. The Guardian was
quickly eliminated by a shot to the rear.
With our forces nearly eliminated, we
were required to retreat with the small remains of our infantry,
leaving our strategic point in the hands of the enemy.
- 1st Lt. Nigel Teetotaler
