"Supply Problems"

Mission 1

A Small Supply yard has been located by Wehrmacht reconnaisance units, they are sending ground forces in but we must achieve air dominance and soften the defenses up first.

Mission: Air Superiority: Fighter Sweep

Points Value: 100pts

Cloud Cover Altitude: 5

Special Rules: None

Soviet Forces (100pts)

-x4 I-16

-M1939 61-K (37mm)

-M4 (4×7.62mm)

SUPPLY YARD

1× Large building (Warhouse)

3× Small buildings (housing/offices)

4× Trucks

Luftwaffe Forces (120pts)

-Ju87B (Weapons load 1)

-x3 Bf109F

-Fw190A

Set up

The Game

Normally I would write this up as a turn by turn account, but we lost ourselves in the game and I ended up taking way less pictures than I planned.

So,

The game Started with the Luftwaffe Fw190A taking the lead towards the storage facility, followed by the dive bomber with the three Bf109's to his left.

The Russian I-16 planes altered course and headed straight at them.

Two of the I-16's starting banking round in anticipation of engaging the Bf109's, the other two I-16's maneuvered to engage the Fw190 and Dive bomber.

One of the I-16's slipped onto the Fw190's tail and started Unloading into it, the hail of gunfire causing damage to the German plane, but the Dive bomber came up on the tail of the Attacker and blew the Russian plane out of the sky.

The Bf109's performed a side slip manouver and passed behind the attacking I-16's.

The German planes continued towards their target, but one of the Russian planes managed to take down a Bf109. The German planes keep closing and Anti-Aircraft fire starts.

The Bf109's peel off just before the facility in an effort to distract the I-16's but one makes a few hits on the Dive bomber but in return is hit by its tail Gunner.

The Stuka reaches the target and goes into a dive, it releases its 250lb bomb into the warhouse, a critical hit is scored and the whole building goes up.

The Stuka starts climbing back to altitude as Fighters from both sides manouver for attack positions.

The Bf109's came in low speeding towards the facility with the Fw190 ding the same but coming in from the opposite direction, the Russian Anti-Aircraft fire concentrated on the Fw190, the Crossfire tore the plane to bits and killed the pilot.

The Bf109's came in and opened up with their cannons reducing two trucks to scrap metal.

As the Bf109's sped over the facility the I-16's were too scattered to engage them, and while all this was going on the Stuka had lined up for another attack.

The two 109's raced off back towards base with two I-16's chasing them, the last I-16 tries to intercept the Dive bomber but the Stuka drops its remaining Bombs on another building blowing it to pieces.

The German planes disengage from the area.

Aftermath

Soviets

Managed to shoot a Bf109, the pilot ejected and managed to get back to friendly forces, AA fire took down the Fw190 with its pilot and they damaged the Stuka.

They are awaiting a replacement for one I-16 while another is being repaired.

Luftwaffe

They took down one I-16 and the pilot safely ejected, they also damaged a second I-16.

They bombed the warehouse and a secondary building plus blew apart two trucks.

They are awaiting a Bf109 and Fw190 replacement.

Victory

The winners of the engagement are the Soviets (46VP, Germans scored 23VP)

Soviets +1 Air Superiority.