Canadian Armoured Recce Squadron Versus German Kampfgruppe

The Canadian continue their push into Holland. As happy Dutch villagers cheered their recce troops entrance into the village the cheers changed to screams of terror as incoming rounds landed. The Canadians quickly realized the war wasn't over yet. 

The Canadian force consisted of a Sqn HQ of 2 Shermans, 2 troops of 3 Shermans and 1 Firefly, 1 Platoon of RAM Kangaroo APCs, 1 Platoon of Infantry, 1 Battery of M10 SPs, a Recce Tp of 3 Stuart Light Tanks, a Hawker Typhoon, and a battery of Land Mattress Rocket artillery. 

The Canadian Land Mattress Battery was ranged in and began laying down fire on the German positions. The Stuart Recce troop advanced under the cover of this barrage while the M10s covered their advance. The careful advance was warranted as Hetzers were lurking in the wheat field. The light armour of the Stuarts offered little protection against the tank killing gun of the Hetzers and soon the Stuarts were all burning wrecks, but they had done their job in helping the force to identify where the Germans were located. 

Burning Canadian and German tanks litter the battlefield.

The Hawker Typhoon was called in to hit them hard with its rockets. This knocked out some of the German armour, but it turned out that this was more than an isolated defensive position. As the Typhoon flew away it report more German armour moving up. started to

As the Land Mattress Battery continued to pound the German positions, German infantry appeared near the M10s and tried to assault them. In the ensuing fight the Germans and Canadians suffered heavy casualties. The Hetzers that survived the Typhoon rocket attack moved to support the German infantry. 

The Germans moved more of their armour up in the center, but the Canadian managed to get some tanks into a position to catch them side on. The German Marder III were no match for the 17 pounder gun of the Firefly. 

With German tanks burning in the fields and the Canadians continuing to advance, the remainder of the Kampfgruppe began to withdraw. As the firing petered out an altogether different sound was heard - the cheering of the jubilant Dutch.