To win the scenario the Russians have to hold at least three of their own objectives while taking one German objective. The Germans have to capture two Russian objectives while holding two of their own, both before nightfall on the 16th turn:
Looking at the map I couldn't really see much of a plan for the Russians, the forces available were fairly even in numbers but the German's had veteran tank crews compared to the green Russian crews and some armoured Panzer Grenadiers available. The Germans also had the initiative and would move first.
It looked as if trying to defend all four Russian objectives would spread the available force far too thin so I decided to abandon (initially at least) the one in D2 as the Germans could get to it first.
The river, while crossable everywhere, greatly disrupted the Russians, isolating the centre Russian objective from the ones on either side and giving good protection to two out of the three German objectives.
As a result my 'plan' consisted of attempting to hold the three Russian objectives and seeing if any opportunities arose to capture anything else!
German deployment suggested that unsurprisingly they were concentrating on the Russian left:
The Germans rush forward , starting to outflank the Russian left and attacking the centre Russian objective. Already the Russians will find it very hard to break through to the German objectives as they are well to the rear and covered by terrain and the river:
On the Russian right they have a slight advantage in numbers but are faced with trying to cross the river to get at the Germans:
On the Russian left the Germans have a large numerical advantage and begin their attacks:
In the centre both sides take losses but the Russians (just) manage to hold on to the objective:
Having survived the initial German onslaught the Russians call 'All workers to the front' and deploy some defences to help them hold the objectives:
The centre objective looks reasonably secure but an attempted counter attack by tanks from the right has failed:
The Germans have been repulsed in the centre but the few Russian reserves have been used up:
On the right the Germans cross the river:
On the left German attacks continue, if they take this objective they will win and they look like they have the numbers to do it:
On the right the Germans are quickly repulsed but the Russians are not strong enough to cross the river and threaten the German objective themselves:
The Russian left holds on against the odds:
The Russian defenders are battered but still holding, can they last until nightfall?
On the right the Russians do cross the river but can't make it to the objective:
Still the Russian left holds, night is approaching:
The Germans finally capture their second Russian objective, the defence was valiant but couldn't quite hold on:
The Russians attempt to take back the objective but they are not strong enough:
Night falls and the Germans are victorious:
Another hard-fought game where the Russians almost held on. Andy didn't make any mistakes that I could exploit though, he had a good plan and carried it out well. I'm not sure what else I could have done, perhaps deployed the centre further forward but I'm not sure that would have helped much.
The German advantage in armour was hard to overcome without the massive artillery support I had in the last game at 5-4-3 strength compared to the Russian 3-2-1 the German tanks were still viable after a hit or two while the Russians are largely useless after a single hit. Added to this the Germans often have better armour than the Russians.
Still a very enjoyable game though and looking forward to the next one which will probably see my Germans taking on Andy's British.
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