A5: Resolve stalled combat with supporting fire

When combat attacks do not yield an immediate winner and loser then the combat is stalled. Units from other nearby formations may be able to add fire in support of their comrades.

Call in supporting fire

Both sides may call in supporting fire from other friendly units that are near to the action in the assault. This means that units from other nearby formations that are not engaged in this assault can attack with their Firefight value if they meet all the following criteria:

• The supporting unit is within 15cm of, and has a line of fire to, at least one enemy unit that was Directly engaged in the assault during the A4: Resolve combat attacks step.
• The supporting unit is not in a formation that is Broken or that took a March action this turn.

Make supporting fire attacks

Both players:

1. Roll to hit using the Firefight values of your supporting units.
2. Allocate the hits you receive against your units and make saving throws, in the same way as for hits from shooting (except do not carry over any hits to units that were not directly engaged).
3. Remove casualties and add to your running total for this assault.
4. Continue at A6: Work out the result of the stalled combat.