Codename Valhalla - Warfighter WW2

Warfighter WW2 Europe : Codename Valhalla

Finally, unsere Leader has approved release of Wunderwaffe Z. 

The Laboratories of Valhalla have returned Sgt Mayer, Corporal Fischer,

and Privates Neumann and Koch to service.

The first action for Das Untote Korps will be to recover one of the 

Projekt Valhalla scientists from Canadian Commandos who parachuted

into our territory. The Scientist must be recovered or eliminated before

the Commandos reach their Nordsee extraction point near Cuxhaven.

 

As the mission begins, an equally lucky/unlucky draw indicates the

Canadians have established a mortar base at the objective.

Mayer and Fischer push the squad forward, encountering no initial enemies.

An enemy picket snipes at Sgt Mayer, but all the Untote are Fearless, and

press on. The Canadian is confused, as he swore several of his rounds hit or

only nearly missed the German leader. And their rigid gait seemed odd.

Well it’s on now. The Commandos are alerted to the Germans. A massive

firefight ensues. Sgt Mayer Halts the advance so the squad can clear out the

Commandos. The commandos struggle with trying to pin down these German

troops. They’ve never encountered such fearless troops. They did score direct

hits on Private Koch, but Sgt Mayer had some trick in his hand of cards to

protect his charges from such actualities. 

Mayer used grenades to force many of the Canadians to ground. This allowed

him and Koch, who was proving quite the marksman at close range, to press on.

Yet more Commandos kept arriving, desperately trying to stall our advance.

And it was working. Out of grenades, Mayer began to doubt that his first

assignment would end in success.

The squad became bogged down in a running firefight. These Commandos were

well trained. Fischer was pinned well behind the rest, and the Privates were not

able to generate enough fire support to clear out Canadians faster than they

reinforced. Why was the squad not issued one of Hitler’s buzzsaws? Being unafraid

of dying again was not enough to defeat a determined enemy. The Commandos

were confused by our resilience, but did not fear us.

Sgt Mayer leapt forward, determined to reach his objective. Two bounds later, he

was engaging the Canadians as rafts from a sub were heading towards shore.

Private Koch did his best to move forward and support his Sgt. Meanwhile,

Cpl Fischer finally was able to advance, but half the squad was too separated to

help complete the mission. Too many Commandos, too too many.....

Cpl Fischer had eliminated the Commandos who had been driving the timetable

forward at double speed. This gave some hope to their UpFront comrades.

Hope rose as Sgt Mayer recognized that being strung out was working to his

advantage. Commando reinforcements were appearing and moving towards

Cpl Fischer and Pvt Neumann. Missing that Koch and Mayer were in amongst

their own forces. Their fire not being distinguished from their own.

This allowed them to momentarily clear out the LZ, and smuggle the scientist

into the darkness and escape. Fischer and Neumann, totally looking the part,

laid down dead, until the Canadians evacuated the beach. Without their prize.

Aftermath 

The first engagement with Das Untote was a qualified success. While being

Fearless was helpful, the team lacked enough firepower to maintain a good pace.

Time almost failed this mission. 

Great fun playing a mission with Zombie Soldiers. I need more practice with

them to understand Equipment and skill requirements to become a more effective

force. I may needed to merge in some Japanese undead in order to build a strong

team. Only having 8 Soldiers truly left me wishing for more. Maybe we’ll gen up

some of our own using the great support from the group posting resources on BGG.