Combined arms - Normandy! Log entry 7

  Mopping up the Channel

With the initial assault scattered or routed the Germans now aimed to reinforce their battlehardened forces, the campaign is counting down with 5 VP's to 1 in Germany's favour with only 9 cards left in the deck, so unless the allies come back absolutely swinging so long as germany can hold the line they'll win. 

The fleets meet off of the coast of England, aiming to cut passage through the channel the Kriegsmarine attacked the reinforcement point fpr the Royal navy.

 The RN won the setup and first turn roll off, the Kriegsmarine set out un dismayed and got off an first turn salvo from the Tirpitz putting 8 damage and a critical engine hit on the Warspite.

The following turns saw the Kriegsmarine using smoke to screen the Tirpitz whilst the Koln and Koenigsburg began shooting apart thr RN destroyer screen.

RAF Hurricanes dove into the swarm of JU88's and ME109's and were throughly chewed up and spat out.

The RN charged the centre alongside their cruisers as the KM cruisers began their fires against the Tribal classe destroyers.

Having swept away the Hurricanes the JU88's closed on the Dido and a Tribal class destoyer, losing a single flight to AA the remaining bombers dive bombed and sunk their targets. The 109's closed with the swordfish torpedo bombers and wiped them out.

Screened against the fire of the warspite the Tirpitz unsuccessfully tried to sink some Tribal class destroyers however the Zestörers and light cruisers succeeded in crippling one and sinking another.

The final kill shot of the game was the bismark annihilating the Leander class whilst the Zerströyers moved into a Torpedo run on the Warspite.

With the final allied fleet sunk the Kriegsmarine controlled the channel blocking any troop transports ending the campaign.