Varhof Crossroads

Varhof Crossroads (667.M41)

The town of Varhof,important for its location at the center of five major roads and a railway line, quickly returned to Imperial hands when the citizens rose up and drove the Rebels away, but it would be the location of several battles when they tried to take it back.

Százados  Asmodai Tundrish arrived to reinforce with three Lances of his company. Despite ordering them on constant patrols of the area, he was forced to stay behind as his command tank, A Leman Russ Punisher was damaged in a previous engagement and was awaiting repairs.

The Rebel army, consisting largely of infantry, was able to outmaneuver them and catch the defenders off guard. Tundrish and his crew were forced to defend the railway almost alone, trading Gatling Cannon fire and lasgun shots with advancing Rebel fighters.

Six men held against a force almost eight times their number for twenty three minutes before help arrived and secured the area. Tundrish captured a Rebel autorifle and made his way between defensive positions, helping where he could and rallying the defenders. The other tankers returned four hours later and drove the surviving Rebels away yet again.

Tundrish kept the rifle as a trophy, and for his own personal use.