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Date Posted: 17:06:37 02/17/03 Mon
Author: Tony
Subject: Re: Unbroken leader-broken squad in defensive fire
In reply to: Alan Yngve 's message, "Re: Unbroken leader-broken squad in defensive fire" on 09:26:34 05/03/02 Fri

>>>>16. If a stack of units have been brought back to a
>>>>hex for Defensive Fire and one squad breaks, can the
>>>>other squads and/or leader take an alternate route
>>>>after that hex than they originally took in the
>>>>Movement Phase ?
>>>>A. No. {KM}
>>
>>Thanks this helps! I do have a copy of the Q&A but I
>>was confused by the very next entry which implies that
>>squads can deviate from the original path of the
>>movement phase, but I guess this is just referring to
>>the movement bonus being lost. Seems to me that a
>>leader might be aware of his troops distress and try
>>to stick around to rally them...preferably without
>>voluntarily breaking himself. It just seems
>>inconsistent to me that the squad can deviate from the
>>original path of the movement phase but the leader
>>could not?
>>
>>16.3 Assume a squad and leader move 6 hexes during the
>>Movement Phase. During the Defensive Fire Phase, they
>>are returned to the third hex of their path and fired
>>upon resulting in the leader breaking. Is the squad
>>still returned to its intended ending hex which costs
>>6 MFs ?
>>A. No - the squad could utilize only one more MF from
>>the point where it was fired at, however due to its
>>loss of MFs it need not move into the 4th hex of its
>>earlier path if it chooses to take an alternate path.
>>{15.6-34}{COI4-38}{COD-104}
>
>Not being present when this original question was
>considered (LOL ...) I can only guess on the
>interpretation.
>
>I suspect in the first case, the leader has "told" his
>squad(s) that the goal is to sprint over to THAT
>location, and everyone makes a run for it. If there
>were two squads and one broke, the leader (who is
>running himself) would seem more intent on getting to
>the destination, wasn't that the plan, after all? ...
>and in the case where both squads broke, presumably
>the leader is still trying to get everyone to the
>desired destination and would hope that his presence
>would help (but in this case, it didn't).
>
>BTW, there are cases in real "after action reports"
>where I have read of this happening.
>
>In the latter case, where the leader breaks. Here I
>believe that it is assumed that the squads will
>realize the event, they passed their leader-loss MC
>rolls, after all ... ;-) ... and without the leader
>with them, the squads would not be able to move as far
>and thus should be able to alter their subsequent
>movement. What this means in practice is that they
>can arrange so that they aren't stuck out in the
>middle of open ground because the leader broke. Thus
>they may be able to increase their own chances of
>survival (and the game system does have rules built-in
>that encourage all infantry to try to survive,
>discounting the special rules for berserk actions).
>
>Certainly not a definitive answer, but perhaps a
>helpful alternative perspective on this question?
>
>-- Alan
I believe that this question is moot if you are playing a ftf game and using simultaneous movement and defensive fire. The leader will just stop with the broken squads and not continue "true" intended travel.

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