DUTCH TRUCKS

ASL SCENARIO XF1 Scenario Design: Peng Qi

ZEVENBERGSCHEN HOEK, NETHERLANDS, May 10, 1940. On the
opening day of the German campaign in the West, II. Bataillon of
Fallschirmjäger Regiment 1, commanded by Hauptmann Fritz Prager, had
landed at Moerdijk and seized the railroad and road bridges spanning the
Hollands Diep estuary. The Dutch 6th Border Infantry Battalion, consisting of
approximately 700 men, was ordered to counter-attack the paratroopers before
they could be reinforced by German forces attacking across the border.

BOARD CONFIGURATION:

VICTORY CONDITIONS: The Dutch win if they Control

all buildings in the German set-up area at game end. BALANCE:
Add six ? counters to the German OB.
Add one 4-5-7 to the Dutch OB.
TURN RECORD CHART

1 2 3 4 5 6
GERMAN Sets Up First
END
DUTCH Moves First

Elements of II. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger Regiment 1, 7. Flieger-Division [ELR: 4] set up within 2 hexes of 43N8:
{SAN: 4}

2 2

Elements of 2nd Company, 6th Border Infantry Battalion [ELR: 2] enter on south edge on/after Turn 1: {SAN: 3}

7 2

AFTERMATH: The 2nd Company of the Dutch battalion led the attack
SPECIAL RULES: and encountered forward elements of II. Bataillon at the village of
1. EC are Moderate, with no wind at start. Kindling is NA. Zevenbergschen Hoek, approximately five kilometers south of Moerdijk. A
2. Only rows A-P are playable. Dutch flanking maneuver that threatened to cut off the Fallschirmjäger
forced the Germans to withdraw from the village. However, the Dutch
attack was stopped north of the village, as they were unable to advance in
the face of heavy fire over the open ground around the German position at
Moerdijk. On May 13, elements of 9. Panzerdivision reached the bridges at
Moerdijk en route to Rotterdam. On May 14, Rotterdam was bombed and
the Dutch armed forces surrendered that evening, although fighting
continued in Zeeland through May 17.