Somewhere in France, 1940

 My Father's Day gift of five Italian minifigures arrived in time for me to stage a little skirmish in the first hour of the day.

The Italians had installed a howitzer on a hill close to the front lines in anticipation of a coordinated bombardment of the French reserves.  A French recon patrol spotted the position and two squads of a nearby platoon were dispatched to neutralize the enemy.

Defenders of the gun of dubious origin.

Not a fan of the grey helmet for the NCO, but it beats wearing a field cap on the lines with bullets whizzing around - even if he is in the relative guarded safety of a ruined French farmhouse.

French squads move up on the left and right - one for the gun, one for the farmhouse.

The squad creeps up to the edge of the woods undetected. They fire and immediately kill one of the guards outside the house!

After intense fighting squad on the left captured the gun, but lost their NCO and another rifelman in the process.

On the right the house was secured, but another dead NCO, and two riflemen were added to the toll. Perhaps some good came of it, as Italian maps indicating other artillery positions were recovered.

Rules used were One Brain Cell Toy Soldier Rules with the Overwatch and Wounds options. 

Playing time was maybe 30 minutes? I don't know, I was having too much fun to keep track!

Happy Father's Day!