Fall Weiss Campaign Plan for KG Klink

My plan for Poland.

1.  Frontier, 1 Sept 1939, 

KG Klink forces crossing against defensive positions of Border Guards and National Defense units.

Date - 1 Sept 1939, 0500
3rd Grenadier Company (CO, 9 x Rifle Squad, 2 x MG, 1 x Field Gun) vs. Pole Border Guards (CO, 4 x Rifle Squad, 3 x Support roll)

2. The Battle of Mokra, 1 Sept 1939

2.1: KG Klink recce elements clash with defensive positions of 19th Uhlan Regiment in forest.

Date - 1 Sept 1939, 0630
(CO, 3 x Armored Car, 4 x Motorcycle Squad, 3 x Rifle Squad, 2 x Panzer vs CO, 5 x Rifle Squad, 4 x ATG, 2 x MG, 1 x Mortar)

2.2: KG Klink mechanized attack on defensive positions of  21st Uhlan Regiment in village.

Date - 1 Sept 1939, 0800
(CO, 5 x Panzer, 6 x Rifle Squad, 1 x MG vs CO, 6 x Rifle Squad, 4 x ATG, 1 x MG, 1 x Mortar)

2.3: 21st Armored and 12th Uhlan Regiments counterattack KG Klink in village.

Date - 1 Sept 1939, 1000
(CO, 8 x Panzer, 4 x Rifle Squad vs CO, 10 x Tank, 3 x Cavalry)

2.4: 21st Arm and 12th Uhlan fall back, 2nd Mounted Regiment carries attack on KG Klink in village. Date - 1 Sept 1939, 1100
(CO, 6 x Rifle Squad, 3 x Support [rolls] vs CO, 9 x Rifle Squad, 3 x Cavalry)

2.5: KG Klink mechanized attack on defensive positions of 2nd Mtd Regiment at railroad embankment. Date - 1 Sept 1939, 1500
(CO, 5 x Panzer [Hvy Tk Plt], 6 x Rifle, 1 x MG vs CO, 6 x Rifle, 4 x ATG, 1 x MG, 1 x Mortar)

The 4th Panzer Division fell back at 1700, minus the 12th Schutzen Regiment, which remained in the village.  However, due to 1st Panzer Division pressure in the southeast, the Poles withdrew during the night of 1 Sept 1939.  Following the capitulation of Mokra the 4th Panzer Division regrouped until 4 Sept 1939, then began its sprint for Warsaw, arriving at the southwestern suburb of Wola at 1700 on 8 Sept 1939, and immediately launched into a hasty attack, which was not seriously pressed.  An attack was conducted again on 9 Sept 1939, and suffered heavy losses.

3.  Assault on Warsaw (Wola suburb), 8-9 Sept 1939
3.1 KG Klink recce and armored elements launch hasty assault on defensive positions of National Defense troops in suburbs of Warsaw.  Date - 8 Sept 1939, 1700
3.2 KG Klink mechanized attack on defensive positions of 31st Infantry Division in suburbs of Warsaw.  Date - 9 Sept 1939, 0800

Following the unsuccessful assaults, German infantry units begin to filter into the suburbs to assume the attack, taking over from 4th Panzer Division, which is pulled out of the fighting as a reaction to Polish Armies Pomorze and Poznan concentrated near Kutno, first to counterattack the German forces, and when this proved impractical, in an attempt to break out and join friendly forces at Brest.  However, the 4th Panzer Division arrived on the east bank of the Bzura River (near its juncture with the Vistula) on 11 Sept 1939, trapping the Polish armies at the rivers.  4th Panzer Division skirmished with Polish forces from 12-16 Sept 1939, then participated in heavy fighting to reduce the pocket, which capitulated on 19 Sept 1939.

4.  Battle of Kutno, 12-19 Sept 1939
*This set of battles is un-numbered as I don't have a set of historical set of scenarios to use, so I will take into account the forces available (discounting casualties from previous fighting) then roll on the scenario and force generators from the rules ("5Core Company Command").  I anticipate playing at least one fight per day during the 'skirmish period" (12-16 Sept), then two or three fights per day during the "heavy fighting" days (17-19 Sept).*

Incidentally, during this battle the Soviets invaded Poland from the east (17 Sept 1939), sealing the Poles' fate.

4.1 and so on

Following the capitulation of the Polish Pomorze and Poznan armies, KG Klink is released from the operational control of the German 10th Army  on 20 Sept 1939, and is assigned to the German 3rd Army, so the KG immediately makes its way to western Warsaw, arriving on 21 Sept 1939, then east to the outskirts of Praga on 24 Sept 1939.  KG Klink moves into the attack on Praga on 25 Sept 1939, which is repelled.  Polish forces counterattack on the night of 26 Sept 1939, and KG Klink went over onto the attack one last time on 27 Sept 1939, before all Polish forces in Warsaw surrendered that night at midnight.

5. Battle of Praga, 25-27 Sept 1939

5.1 KG Klink recce and armored elements launch hasty assault on defensive positions of National Defense troops in Praga.  Date - 25 Sept 1939, 1000
5.2 Polish armored forces counterattack KG Klink infantry forces.  Date - 26 Sept 1939, 2300
5.3 KG Klink armored elements launch assault on defensive positions of Polish infantry in Praga.  Date - 27 Sept 1939, 0900

So, there's the entire campaign plan for Poland.  It looks like about 20 fights, and it's probably the shortest campaign of the entire war.  Let's see where this takes us.

V/R,
Jack