Last night at the Wollongong Wargamers Broadside: Empires of Steel was our themed game.
I and my elements of the High Seas Fleet Scouting force was up against Gary and the might of the Royal Navy Battlecruiser fleet! 400 points each:
Admiral Gary is on the left, discussing strategy with his Flag Captain, Caesar. Although this was only his second game of Broadside, Gary had beaten me in his first game. With RN Battlecruisers...
Although my BCs were undergunned compared to the RN, they were slightly faster. And I had an extra Light Cruiser, and intended to make full use of that!
Gary found the range very quickly, scoring a punishing first round salvo on Von Der Tann:
It looked like he was going for an anvil attack, splitting off his Light Cruisers to the south of me...
Whilst his Battlecruisers would stand off along the table edge and use their range advantage to full effect:
Seydlitz was also quick to close to medium range and score hits on the Invincible, whilst my Light Cruisers set off to achieve a torpedo solution of their own:
The fast British Light Cruisers closed to torpedo range:
The first torpedo attack was from HMS Caroline - only one fish hit and caused only superficial damage:
Other British cruisers were closing in from the south, but Seydlitz' formidable secondary and tertiary batteries were able to sink HMAS Sydney, reducing the risk somewhat!
Gary took great care in setting up his next torpedo solution:
It paid off - the Seydlitz was sunk!
But not until having caused severe damage to HMS Lion!
Whilst my Light cruisers, with shorter ranged torpedoes, continued to attempt to get within range of the British heavy units, the remaining RN Light Cruisers had now got a solution on the struggling Von Der Tann. Together with serious damage from the British 12 inch guns, a series of torpedo hits ripped her bottom out!
A second win for Gary, and a convincing one!
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