Fall In 2022 - Game 4 - Planes, Trains and No Automobiles
Game 4 – Planes, Trains and NO Automobiles
My fourth and final Wings game I ran at Fall In has a French bomber force sent to stop a German train carrying something secret to the front. The French have intel on where and when the train will pass but when they arrive, they are met by not one, not two, but three trains passing through the area. Which train has the secret cargo? (flatcars on the train carry a ‘B’ firing AA machine gun.)
You will occasionally see train cars off to the side of the tracks. I use a train card for the train position with the train model on another card positioned on top of that. When planes overlap the train model, is removed and the card left in position so the plane can fly on.
8 pilots flew in this scenario with French bombers piloted by (2) Kris, (4) Mike, (6) Scott and (8) Angelo, and the German air escort, (1) Aiden Hell Spawn, (3) Ally, (5) Jeff and (7) Rob.
As the French Breguets gain visual contact with the train they are met by a flight of Fokker D.VIIs
What's that? A second train?
The first Breguet overshot and held on to its bombs. AA fire from the train is accurate and sets the flight leader on fire,
The Fokkers give chase, hoping to keep the French bombers too busy to hit their targets.
A Breguet lines up a run on a train from directly ahead while another comes in from the tail.
The first train heads south after going through two switches.
A third train chugs along. Which train carries the secret cargo the French are to destroy? Needless to say the French pilots were not too happy with the game-master.
Train number 2 has been cut in two, only the engine and AA flatcar still in motion. Rumor has it that the Kasiser’s favorite pet, a monkey, is driving the train.
Train number 1 has nowhere to hide from the Breguet closing in.
The Breguet takes heavy AA fire from two machine guns on this particular train. The bomb drop lands on the car just after the AA.
A third train with no AA takes the middle route while the aircraft twist and turn in a deadly game above.
The engine of trains number 1 continues on as the cars left behind are strafed and bombed.
The Germans put up stiff resistance defending the last whole train.
More Breguets appear as the sun sets. Too late to finish off the third train.
Not knowing if they were successful, they had to give up the attack and return to base.
As it turned out the first train heading south carried the secret weapon prototype. It was destroyed and the war continued on as usual.
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Originally Posted by Stumptonian
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