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| 'Aerial Photo' of Battleground. Soviets have to deploy 1st Mechanised Brigade on Hill 243, and 49th Tank Brigade in the woods to SW, their other forces can deploy where they like except for the reserve Guards Tank Brigade. Germans are arriving from East (right side). |
-You also have the 1707th AA Regt with 2 AA batteries, where do you want those?
-It'll be further away, that is the nature of geography
Yes but range to give cover
-Nope
-Yup
-and it's also hill 243!!!!-...I'm now imagining your staff looking confused, calling for the map draw to be rifled, in an effort to locate hill 242....
-You have no targets for your artillery, and you didn't preplan any fire-You can move the tanks in the woods whenever you like
-It was in the briefing you didn't bother to read
-I quote "...you can also 'preplan' bombardments before the game starts, particularly useful for putting down smokescreens etc when you haven't spotted anything but suspect where the enemy are."-Otherwise you call in artillery when you see something
Oh ok
I can see a smokescreen
-You are welcome to bombard the smokescreen, but your artillery (who are in general support as you didn't attach any so therefore covering the whole front) will tell you to f**k off and not waste shells until you can see an actual target
-No you only have 10 rounds for each battery
-Exactly Comrade!
-Glad to keep you on the Party line...-...Stalin's Party Line, Phone 0800-USSR-1917 for some Comradely advice
German Orders for Turn 2
Text book picture of Panzers advancing across a Steppe!
Has the Gruppe HQ , mortars etc reached that little low hill?
How long does the smoke last?
-Gruppe hq are at the low hill, mortars will disembark next turn. The smoke will dissipate unless you keep stoking it each turn
All HQ units halt to call in support fires. Forward armour elements to split 1/2 and 1/2 cautious advance and stop and overwatch.
Tigers cautious advance following Panthers.
Fusilers ........cautious advance and dismount to support the armour they are with.
Kleinwald m/c recon the southern road until contact.
Pzr Bttn. Pzr IIIs to be bulk of cautious advance. Pzr IVs bulk of overwatch.
Vorwarts!
Take the hill. Schnell! Schnell!
Report to Germans after Turn 2
Mein General!
The smokescreens lift to reveal the slopes of Hill 243 swarming with Reds!
A brief but fierce firefight ensues!
To the North with Gruppe B, A PzIII spots multiple Tanks behind the ridge, before it is taken out! It is almost as if they were expecting some kind of envelopment!
The Red infantry to the front open up with everything they have, but hit nothing!
You then return fire! Casualties amongst the Soviets are severe. It is too much for them, as if by an agreed signal, the remnants arise with their hands held high, throwing their weapons to the ground, and slowly move towards your panzers, shouting "Kamerad! Kamerad!" surrendering!
To the South, Gruppe A, A Panther is peppered by multiple ATR fire, a last lucky shot finds its mark and the Panther bursts into flame!
But your counter-stroke is terrible!
You mow down Reds like flies! It is too much for them and they flee over the other side of the hill!
Further back your Fusiliers come under desultory Mortar fire as they dismount, but I feel this fire won't continue for much longer
Kleinwalde reports he can see nothing.
What Orders Mein General?
Orders From German Command for Turn 3
Are there targets available and spotted for artillery and mortar stonking? Ivan appears to be pretty packed, making for a plum target if so. Also any word from the fly-boys?
-Gruppe A have no targets, they've all run. Gruppe B can see the aforementioned tanks. No sign of the Luftwaffe as yet
-You don't have any stands that can see the tanks to call in fire
Gruppe A. Armour Cautious advance onto the hill and start fish in a barelling. Any that already have spotted targets halt to shoot.
Gruppe A Infantry close up with the armour. hasty.
Gruppe B. Armour already with targets to halt and destroy. Any without cautious move to contact.
Gruppe B Infantry dismount and close up with the armour cautiously
Pack my maps up from the bonnet. Looks like I'll be moving forward soon.
Kleinwalde can continue recon, but advise some caution.
Vorwarts!
I fear Kleinwalde will need another pair of new glasses soon :)
Report to Soviets After Turn 2
Comrade!
The curtain of smoke lifts to reveal Panzers! Panzers everywhere!
Stalin save us! We have taken out one or two, but they are making the hill a hell!
An entire battalion to the North surrenders and one to the South flees in panic!
Your reserve, waiting for an envelopment is facing the wrong way! The Fascists have treacherously tried the direct approach!
What Orders Comrade?
Orders from Soviet Command for Turn 3
14th and support sweep round to into the plain and go NE to flank them
Artillery rain fire on the Hun!
Tanks in woods come out!
Report to Germans after Turn 3
Herr General!
Your troops continue their cautious advance, as all the Reds have run they have no targets to engage.
Gruppe B to North, They advance over the crest of Hill 243 to see a mass of Reds, some fleeing to the west but most are hastily redeploying to the North, including a large force of tanks.
They immediately engaged the tanks and within a few minutes half of the Red armour was blazing, and the other half have abandoned their tanks and are moving towards you with their hands held high!
The plain here is now littered with burning and abandoned tanks!
Kleinewalde reports another large force of tanks, with infantry in trucks supporting, have debouched rapidly from the woods! Fortunately they were too distracted by your Tigers and Panthers on the Hill to pay him much attention. A desultory long range duel has commenced, but no casualties on either side so far.
And now I have to report a most shameful episode!
One of Towan's Panther Kompanies clearly did not get the memo and have pulled back in a bit of a flap towards your HQ!
What Orders Herr General?
German Orders for Turn 4
I Love the smell of burning T34s in the morning!
Gruppe A Command track halt to shoot and direct fires. Panthers and Tigers commence long range duel with newly arrived Soviet armour. .
Gruppe A retreated Panthers rally and get them into the wheatfield to their front to form left flank.
Gruppe A infantry close up with their armour and go to ground
Gruppe B armour. Half shoot to cover cautious advance in pursuit of broken enemy armour by the rest. Command track to halt to shoot and direct support fires
Gruppe B infantry close with their armour and go to ground
(expecting the Stalin's Organs any moment)
HQ gruppe hot tail it forward to Hill 243. Mortars to stay where they are. A/T gun to move forward with the 2 Panthers into the wheatfield to prep an A/T ambush on flank.
All Fusilier trucks to close to within a move to rear of their dismounts.
Kleinwalde is free to find cover from which to spot fires from
Feuer, wie du sie tragen!!!!
Report to Soviets after Turn 3
Comrade!
We have attempted to redeploy your reserve to the NE, but the Fascists are advancing too fast!
They have taken out almost half of the 14th Tank Regt, and the rest have abandoned their tanks! They are walking towards the Fascists, their hands held high in surrender!
Your infantry continues its redeployment to the NE, but is now very much in the open and at the mercy of the Panzers!
Mumvyod's 14th Tank Brigade have debouched rapidly from the woods and have started to engage the Tigers and Panthers on Hill 243, but the distance is very great
What Orders Comrade?
Soviet Orders for Turn 4
Hummm the table is a lot smaller than I had imagined
Anyway
Tanks from woods continue to deploy
All we can do is fight it out at the centre and bring up the other tanks
Soviet courage and the fighting spirit of the working man will win the day!
Report to Germans for Turn 4
Herr General!
A huge stonk from Stalinorgel has hit the Hill around Gruppe B!
However no damage done, your panzers are too tough and you infantry halted at the edge of the bombardment.
However a couple of Red armoured cars took out a PzIII before we turned them into blazing wrecks!
A Stuka has also made an appearance, but, as usual, has not hit anything!
Having no armour left to target, your panzers have turned their attention to the infantry, causing another battalion to surrender!
There is nothing much left to shoot at here now!
Over at Gruppe A, our Tigers and Panthers have taken out most of the T-70s and a few T-34s causing some of them to pull back.
The Shaken Panther Kompanie is starting to pull itself together, after you have done a bit of shouting and pistol waving.
Kleinwalde reports an armoured car skidded to a halt right in front of him, and shot wildly over his head, he has observed a battalion of Red Infantry dismount from their trucks and march towards the hill, he regrets to inform you he doesn't have the authority to call in artillery, that must come from an Oberst or higher.
None of your commands managed to call in artillery this turn, the batteries are clearly having some difficulty in hearing instruction over the din of exploding T-34s
What Orders Herr General?
German Orders for Turn 5
Anyone who can call fire on the new infantry to the south? If so.....do so. Arty and mortars. Panthers and Tigers on hill continue to pick off enemy armour....and if they run out of that lay on with HE into the infantry
Gruppe A, 1 company of fusiliers to shift left to support A/T gun and the panthers moving into the wheat field.
Kleinwalde will no doubt do what Kleinwalde does. If he can bag an a/c all the better.
Kampfgruppe HQ continue to close onto Hill 243 to get a good view over ground beyond. 2nd coy of Fusileers continue to move to provide infantry support to panthers and tigers on hill then dig in.
Gruppe B Armour to advance half hasty westward with half including HQ providing covering fires. Stonk with arty any enemy visible
Gruppe B infantry skirt around the barrage to support their armour.
Get the mechanics and recoverers up to start recovering usable wrecks and abandonments
Vorwarts!
How many Ivan wrecks and prisoners? Start questioning some of the latter and look for operational maps to give clue as to numbers etc. Intelligence, intelligence, intelligence
Report to Soviets after Turn 4
Comrade!
A huge Katushya stonk has finally been called in by Skoravitch on the hill!
My it looks impressive!
But as there are only Panzers on the hill we fear it has not done much damage
Skoravitch's Katushyas only have enough rounds for one more round of fire, and it will take them all the next turn to reload.
Bashvyod's AT guns are at extreme range so are holding fire so as to not reveal their positions
Given no further orders Homesvitch has attempted to continue North-East, but another battalion has surrendered !
He has now lost all his armoured cars as well as all the tank crews surrendering, and is under air attack!
He is preparing to make a last stand with his Brigade Staff
Mumvyod reports a third of his tanks now lost, and he has had to regroup.
His infantry have finally arrived and are making their way towards the hill.
What Orders Comrade!?!
Soviet Orders for Turn 5
Rows of little lorries on the hills...
Anyone in the plain get to the hills in good order
Everyone else hold
Report to Germans after Turn 5
Herr General!
Gruppe B continue to advance cautiously, the barrage here as lifted.
They have spotted a group of mixed tanks and infantry advancing towards them, and have engaged.
It seems the enemy managed to pull back some of their abandoned tanks and recrew them.
If you wish to issue the order we can regroup some of your own panzer companys
We have called for an interpreter to come forward to interrogate the captured russkies, no maps have been found and we suspect none were issued. There are approximately 40 enemy tanks burning to your front.
We have finally managed to call in the artillery, who are targeting the two infantry groups to their front.
However some of the Red artillery has found it's range and has started to pummel your fusiliers in Gruppe A.
Your Panthers and Tigers continue to pick off the enemy tanks, and have also taken out a fair few infantry
The AT gun should be in a position to set up in the wheat field shortly, the supporting Panthers have now pulled themselves together and will also advance shortly.
Your HQ is now in position and has a good view from the top of Hill 243
What Orders Herr General?
Orders from Germans for Turn 6
I am looking forward to reading Simonski's comms logs ........I have to wonder why Ivan is now coming to us rather than waiting. Hey ho! Come on in the same old style.......etc.
Yes recover, repair and re-crew usable non runners.
Quickly paint Iron Crosses on any T34s that change ownership.
Ach Zo!
Gruppe A. Continue to deploy a flank Fusilier company with the A/T gun in the wheatfield backed up by the Panthers to their rear
Gruppe A Tigers and Panthers otherwise continue to engage enemy armour at suitably lovely long range and when they run out of tanks shell enemy infantry.
Gruppe A Arty and Mortars stonk the enemy infantry that will insist on pressing forward.
2nd Fusileer company dig in in support of Panthers, Tigers and HQs. Expect a pasting any moment from arty and no doubt some damn Stormoviks.
Gruppe B: Leading armour halt to pick off enemy armour at range. Rear echelon of armour and infantry to close up with the lead elements (cautiously). Except any tracks that are directing fires, which are to continue to bring down the 150s on the nearest enemy infantry.
Use our advantage in long ranged tank gunnery to maximum advantage.
Try and raise Kleinwalde and check nothing is slipping around our extreme left.
Engagieren, zerstören und brennen!
Report to Soviets after Turn 5
Comrade!
Good News!
No one ran this time!
We have also managed to salvage some of those who abandoned their posts on the hill, and have sent them forward again, they were only too delighted, after Commissar Formanov gave them a pep talk.
However, the Fascists continue to pick off our tanks
And have now ranged in their artillery on our infantry
But we have managed to range in our mortars on their infantry, who are now on the hill
and have still managed to pick off one or two of their panzers.
Mumvyod continues his advance
What orders Comrade?
Soviet Orders for Turn 6
Mortar and rocket their infantry to pulp
In the centre close and destroy their tanks, concentrate on tigers and panthers
Tank infantry swamp those tanks close in and destroy. Rush them and destroy, destroy, destroy! Use vehicles to close if possible, get close... swamp the fascists!
Mumvoyod must advance!
Report to Germans after Turn 6
Herr General!
Over at Gruppe B we have a text book advance, the infantry are closing with the tanks who are leapfrogging across the steppe
The Reds opposite them continue to advance, harassed by more ineffective bombing from the Fliegers.
and they continue to be grist to out meatgrinder.
We have even taken out one of their few staff radio trucks!
Progress is more mixed over at Gruppe A
Here we have come under equally ineffective jabo attack
But another huge stonk from Stalinorgel has caused one of your fusiler company's to fall back demoralised after taking casualties
As has Von Spandl, who is showing equal coolness under fire
The other Fusilier company (the one heading towards the flank) has been completely wiped out by a combination of mortar fire and the advancing Red Infantry here.
However we continue to steadily take out everything that moves with our panzers and artillery
and the Panthers have now pulled up in the wheatfield in support of the AT gun on your flank
Kleinwalde apologises for the delay in his report, he has had a duel with some enemy motorcyclists! and has come off the better.
So far his spectacles are intact, but he reports he cannot see any more than you can from the hill
What Orders Herr General?
German Orders for Turn 7
See how I predicted the Organista! Getting a bit windy up here on this hill!
Gruppe B. Continue their leap frog attack towards the road maintaining the 150s on enemy infantry. Half and half cautious moves and overwatch fires all round.
Gruppe B. Rally that infantry company and see if we can form an ersatz replacement platoon from survivors of the other. Otherwise Panthers and Tigers continue to destroy anything in their sights.
Two panthers and A/T gun in the wheatfield ambush at effective range.
Kleinwalde carry on!
Continue to bring 105s and mortars down on enemy infantry approaching the wheatfield.
Gott Mit Uns!
Is Counter-battery a thing? Or send the fly-boys looking for the Organs?
-Well, in theory not a thing if off board...but you have noticed an immense amount of flash coming from behind the small rise to the NW...
Stonk it! He brought them on? He's mad!
-he wanted pictures of them...of course I'd have taken pictures of them anyway!
Shift the 150s onto them.
Report to Soviets after Turn 6
Comrade!
Homesavitch continues to desperately throw men and tanks forward, but the fascists are relentless!
His entire staff have been consumed in a ball of flame!
They even shower his men from the skies!
However our own flyboys have finally put in an appearance, even though they cannot seem to hit anything!
Skoravitch has placed another massive Katushya bombardment on the hill, and he is rubbing his hands in glee!
Surely nothing can live in such a sea of flame!
The armour on the hill continues to whittle away your forces, but Mumvyod reports he is now ready to recommence his advance in support of his infantry with his tanks
His infantry report a short but sharp engagement with some infantry to the S of the hill, who they have wiped out to a man with the assistance of Benvorod's mortars.
and we have a message from Yantoveyn
His Crack Guards Tank Brigade are ready to take the field
Homesavitch sent one last appeal for help before we lost radio contact!
What Orders Comrade?
Soviet Orders for Turn 7
Where do the guards arrive?
-From the West edge, as detailed in the briefing etc etc
Problem is with briefings is as they aren’t emailed I can only read them by scrolling up and up on my phone
Then zooming in to tiny tiny writing
-well if you wanted it emailed why didn't you ask? It was you who wanted these things to run on messenger rather than email in the first place!
Did I? I mean the background stuff... it’s always tricky, but it adds to the fog of war hell. Anyway .. I will ponder
[Some time later]
-what have you pondered?
[some time later]
-Well, anything?
[I wait, time passes...]
-I might have to start imposing deadlines
Ughhh
Oh this is a nightmare
-Quite
They come from the NW to the N of the small hill. Mortars and AT guns make for small hill and deploy
3 tanks Batts with infantry support lay into the main body of Hun in the valley, try and get them in the flank
Let’s have a lady stonk and barrage in that area first though, rain down shot on them
But before the tanks go in (I know you)
Others hold as best they can until the reinforcements arrive
Mymbyvod however presses on
-see, wasn't so difficult now was it?
-lady stonk?
Yes
That’s what I said
Make it happen
Have I crushed him yet?
I’m utterly confident of final victory
Report to Germans after Turn 7
Herr General!
Gruppe B (by which I assume you meant Gruppe A) have started to regroup some of your infantry, but the heavy Mortars which took out one company have shifted to the demoralised one, and are starting to pick them off.
More Tanks have attempted to advance against us but we have picked them off easily, however the Reds shower us with fire so we have had to button up.
However the panthers towards the centre are still well clear and have taken out the remnants of the infantry battalion to their front.
Over at Gruppe B (by which I assume you meant the actual Gruppe B) your steady advance continues. However here also the Reds have also caused us to close hatches.
and to your front you see more tanks advancing, supported by infantry! However your tank gunners have already started to take them out, even though they are somewhat harassed by jabos.
What Orders Herr General?
German Orders for Turn 8
Gruppe B. Rally as much of the infantry as possible. Shift the 150s onto the infantry closing with the armour. PzrIIIs HE and MG infantry. PzrIVs continue to pick off enemy armour.
Gruppe A. Rally as much of the infantry as possible. Get the 105s and mortars onto the infantry harassing our armour. Panthers and Tigers .....as you were keep destroying anything and everything in sight.
Frankly overrrunning enemy infantry with armour as soon as they come under our barrage can be countenanced. 75 AT gun and supporting Panthers, target of opportunity.
Kleinwalde to do as Kleinwalde does.
Report to Soviets after Turn 7
Comrade!
Spasibo for you clear yet concise instruction!
Mumvyod has thrown forward his tanks once again but the hated Fascists have picked them off, he now has only his own platoon left, and that harassed by airstrikes!
However he is harassing the panzers enough for them to close their hatches, this will no doubt make their fire less effective, if only we still had some tanks to take advantage of this!
Yantoveyn's Guards have arrived on the field with much elan!
But their panzers are already eating into his tanks like so much Borscht!
Here also we harass the panzers enough for them to button up!
Your 'lady stonk' also seems to be doing much damage to his infantry!
But I fear we put the katushyas too far forward as the very noticeable flash from their launchers has attracted a massive counterbarrage taking half of them out, Skoratvitch has withdrawn what is left, shaking his fist and ranting at the krauts!
Luckily he was out of ammo anyway!
What Orders Comrade?
Soviet Orders for Turn 8
This is going so well
I dread the crowing
All the other victories will count for nothing!
There is no way out now
We continue the attack in the north. Can we lay down smoke on the big hill? despite the smoke wreckage etc they seem to be playing sniper sniper with panzers, which is annoying. We still need to close and cut a furrow through them. So continue to attack on all fronts, no retreat
-Unfortunately you didn't tell your artillery to bring any smoke rounds
hummmm
-Ok well I might let you have one round of smoke, or it's going to be a rout
yes...we don't want to rout him
-Careful I might change my mind!
Report to Germans after Turn 8
Herr General!
Before we could even pick up the radio receiver to our batteries smoke was dropped in front of our north flank and centre.
However all is clear on our S flank and here we continue our duel with his infantry with our artillery and panzers.
Our AT gun crew have been taken out by the fierce combined rifle fire of the Red infantry though.
and we have rallied as many of Wahler's fusiliers as we currently can
What orders Herr General?
German Orders for Turn 9
Excellent! Introductions and pleasantries are over. Time to dance a waltz with Jonny Ivan in this field!
Gruppe A. Continue stonking the infantry with the mortars and 120s. Panthers on the flank and Tigers to commence cautious advance towards and even into the barrage to close assault enemy infantry. Panthers on the hill to provide overwatch and a rally point for rallying infantry. Kleinwalde if he has nothing much to do can start to scout along the road to his front rounding up labour, letting tyres down and ripping magnetos out. Infantry to rally in front of the HQs and dig in.
Group B. If we can, call the 150s in immediately on our side of the enemy smoke screen. If that's not an option shift their fire onto the infantry in front of gruppe A if we can. Rally any infantry we can on northern end of Hill243 and dig in. Armour: Rapid re-position at a sprint SW onto the hill to close up with HQs and prepare to join the armoured left hook.
Time to drive for the road and encircle!
Vorwarts!
I believe I mean SE!!!!!!!! Close up with HQs should be clear enough!
-By Gad that was close! I did wonder about charging off to SW!
Report to Soviets after Turn 8
Comrade!
After some persuasion from Commissar Formanov, backed up by the sinister Munbski and Gillovitch of the NKGB, the batteries of Benvorod and Fimystor miraculously found enough smoke rounds to cover the most vulnerable points of the N flank and centre.
-Yessssd
-Victory!!! At last
-Tell me of the victory
Your tanks and men have used the cover to rush forward, despite some harassing Hun artillery fire, but the smokescreen will lift next turn.
To the S, Mumvyod continues to do some harassing of their own against the enemy panzers, and have also taken out an AT gun crew, whilst he rallies his tanks once again.
They are gradually being worn down however.
What orders Comrade?
Soviet Orders for Turn 9
All we can do is keep going, get close and start knocking out panzers
Make contact with the nearest enemy on that hill and lock them out, then hold the hill
In the north just keep attacking
The German ranks actually look pretty thin, keep pressing
Can we have air and artillery attacking their rear units too
In fact bombardment of their southern units, the ones on the S part of the hill
-Air support is random and you can only call in artillery on what your troops can see, but TBH you were already hitting his infantry quite far back before you switched to laying a smoke screen.
-The Germans may be thin, but their armour is thick
Report to Germans after Turn 9
Herr General!
To the North, Gruppe B just got your order correction in time and were long gone when the smoke screen lifted, revealing some very surprised Soviets!
Our pummelling of their front elements with our 150s put them off their aim so they failed to hit a single of our redeploying panzers!
your infantry here are now recovered enough to move forward in front of your HQ
In the centre the smoke lifted to reveal a force of T-34s, who proceeded to make a terrible, rattling din on our armour as their shells bounced off our Panthers whilst we coolly picked off three quarters of their battalion
Your Tigers and Panthers to the south advanced to close quarters, but could see little through their vision slits and, despite being shelled by our 105s, it gave the opposition an opportunity to break out the molotov cocktails and toast the sides of our panzers.
Kleinwalde reports he has started to machine gun the trucks along the road, and some have started to pull back
What Orders Herr General?
Orders from Germans for Turn 10
How can you send forward the Panzers without infantry support!! .......oh.....there is no infantry support. No matter. Carry on.
-ve ver juzt vollowing orders
Gruppe A. If Spandl at Gruppe B can draw a bead bring the 150s as well as the 120s and mortars down on the infantry causing havoc with our tanks
Gruppe A armoured assault through the barrage may as well continue until they clear the other side with support fires from their back ups on the hill. Gruppe A infantry to continue to dig in in front of my HQ.
Gruppe B cautious advance onto the forward slope; leap frog attack and continue to demolish armour as priority. If any of their infantry can move up in support all the better. If Spandl can't shift the 150s onto infantry in front of Gruppe A then hit any infantry to his own front.
No enemy artillery or mortar fire at the moment?
Kleinwalde. Cause havoc and recon towards the road that is our final objective.
How many turns left and how many rounds for the artillery? Count up how many prisoners we have and no. of enemy wrecks that are visible.
Vorwarts!
-this will be turn 10 of 16
-you have 3 rounds of HE artillery left
Any Guards Armour taken out yet?
-the ones in front of the Panthers were Guard
Excellent! Is it easier or harder to close assault tanks with their pedals to the metal?
-makes no difference
In which case sprint out of the otherside
This is fun.
Not for the chaps bailing in flames of course
-which way are B panzers advancing?
-Yes, it's really kicked off!
Why straight forward to be sure! Don't get them enmeshed amongst enemy infantry though but approach, battering then with HE and Case until own infantry get up..
Report to Soviets after Turn 9
Comrade!
To the N, the smokescreen lifted to reveal the fascists panzers have scooted!
We tried some long shots, but their artillery barrage is spoiling our aim.
In the centre the smoke dissipated to reveal a company of Panthers.
Your tank battalion here immediately opened up but all their shells bounced of the Hun armour!
The Panthers returned fire and have taken out 3/4 of the battalion!
To the S, we have tried raising the artillery, but clearly they are delayed switching back to HE shell and no fire came in this turn.
The Panzers here charged into their own barrage to get to close quarters!
We greeted them with a heady mixture of mines and molotov cocktails!
Within minutes we had almost half their panzers ablaze!
Za Rodinu!
Za Stalina!
Mumvyod reports a Fascist motorcyclist has started riding up and down his trucks machine-gunning them.
What orders Comrade?
Orders from Soviets for Turn 10
Send our own brave motorcyclist Timonovich to harass their rear
-You have Litwodskya's entire motorcycle battalion sitting cooling their heels behind that hill!-In fact they seem to have got bored and been at the vodka
Are they? send them forward they must attack his rear!
CHATCO!
Litwodskya....sounds unreliable
CHATCO!!!!!!!!
sat the centre it is madness, but we must close with those panthers, the shots won't bounce off at close range....forward!!!!
swamp them with infantry too...if there are any?
CHATCO!!! sung in deep manly voices
CHATCO!!!!
-whatabout in the N?
Look, there is the Quisling SS man Alun Fjordisson
KILL HIM!
Kill Kill
FORWARD
CHATCO
H
A
T
C
O
!!!!
bring up some AT too
-your AT is already up (what's left)
super!
-Everything is up except that skulking Litwodskya-and your personal command tank
oh send me up too
to inspire the Soviets
C H A T C O !
CHATCO!
I have no regard to my personal safety...send me forward
-oh and your 85mm AT guns, I nearly forgot about those. They've been waiting patiently behind the hill crest as well
-You might as well leave them there, he'll only take them out whilst they are moving otherwise
-He almost moved close enough to see them then skedaddled, his centre just needs to close a little to make it worthwhile revealing them.
-Then Bashvyod can open up!
-Classic maskirovka!
well...too late....CHATCO!!!!
they're behind the crest thing was for 257
my really clever tactic of leaving a force to sweep out and deal with his encirclement went very well
-257?
-when I say behind, I mean on just behind the crest
ahhhh
great
Report to Germans after Turn 10
Herr General!
To the S, the remnants of your Panthers and Tigers here have broken through to the Soviet rear!
But at great cost.
Isaksen's Tiger company is destroyed, although we may be able to regroup some of them
The Panther company that was so reluctant before however are the ones are in the rear, led personally by Panzer ace Jan Towan himself.
He reports that he passed a smouldering motorbike and sidecar and fears for the safety of Kleinwalde!
In the centre your other Panther company, now reinforced by Gruppe B Panzers, hold back all that the Reds can throw at them.
They now have a nice row of burning T-34s to their front.
Not such good news to the N though, as the reds have made a dash for your flank and have, despite some losses themselves, taken out more of Gruppe B's panzer force, including the Staff radio Pzbef III of Von Spandl!
What Orders Herr General?
Orders from Germans for Turn 11
Any enemy infantry still to the front of the left flank?
-You still have plenty of enemy infantry on your S flank
-And your N flank
How much infantry do we have to hand and where is it?
-You have two platoons on n flank-The rest are gathered around your HQ-About 5 platoons
Ach Zo!
Gruppe B Panzers towards N end of hill swivel to bring enemy on flank under fire.
Gruppe B Panzers near my HQ stay to engage enemy infantry on S flank.
Gruppe B Infantry hold their ground. If there's anyone to call the 150s in call it onto the nearest enemy infantry
Gruppe A Panthers on hill shift cautiously northward to bolster that flank and bring enemy flankers under fire.
Try and rally a Tiger or two on my HQ.
Gruppe A infantry support left flank Gruppe B Panzers in holding off enemy infantry on that side. Continue stonking said infantry with the 105s and mortars.
Jan Towan advance cautiously northward along each side of the road seeking enemy tear echelon targets of opportunity. He is particularly directed to pay attention that suspicious little knot of people on top of the ridge behind which the hopefully wrecked Stalin Organs were.
Try and raise poor Kleinwalde on the blower
This is getting like Starship Troopers with the constant tide of foes!
They must surely break soon!
All very realistic.......so much so I may go and soak a rag in diesel and set fire to it
Report to Soviets after Turn 10
Comrade!
To the S, We have taken out many of their panzers, but a small group have broken through!
Homesavitch has sent his recon scout car over who has put paid to that pesky motorcycle machinegunner though!
In the Centre we continue to throw T-34s at their Panthers, but they are like a wall of steel!
But to the N, we made a dash for their flank, and are poised to round on it, despite some losses.
We have given a few in return!
Your personal example of heroics, shouting patriotic slogans through your megaphone as you advance, has greatly inspired us!
What Orders Comrade?
Orders from Soviets for Turn 11
My orders!
CHATCO!!!!
Flank them to the N
Elsewhere keep pushing them
Send mobile units or use AT to crush any who have made it though
Onwards! To the inevitable victory of the proletariat!
Report to Germans after Turn 11
Herr General!
They immediately open fire, but Towan goes into Battle Rage!
He fires off in all directions!
A T-34 sneaking up on his flank is the first to go!
Next one of the AT guns bursts into flames!
Surely the rest cannot have long to live!
Your HQ and surrounding fusiliers have also come under renewed mortar fire as well!
In the centre, some of the T-34s have charged past and are opening up on the flank of your tanks!
One of the Panthers gets it as it turns, as does a Panzer IV!
But their isn't much left of the enemy armour here either!
A battle royale is occurring on the S flank
The Reds have also rushed you here in a suicidal charge with tanks and men!
You take out many of them, but they also take advantage of your vulnerable side armour and take out many of your panzers!
Including Von Spandl's Command tank!
Two Panthers, and a Panzer III feed the growing conflagration!
Leibe Gott!
You have managed to regroup a Tiger platoon but you are now losing armour fast!
What Orders Herr General?
German Orders for Turn 12
Gott unt Himmel! Is there no end to them?
Jan Towan. Pause to take out those A/T Guns and anybody wearing a larger than normal hat.
Tiger. Pull up alongside me. Time to have a command tank! Then engage all comers. Gruppe A infantry support HQ and Tiger. Rally any of the panthers that we can. Keep stonking the approaching infantry with 105s and mortars.
Gruppe B mop up break throughs in the centre turning to cover north flank and taking on the rest of that flanking. Support with what infantry there is available to keep enemy infantry at length.
If any one can spot for Gruppe B bring the 150s down onto closest infantry
Any crews without tanks......take T34s if you have to!
*Grabs Schmeisser and a bandolier of potato mashers*
Report to Soviets after Turn 11
Comrade!
The panzers are right up our rear!
They have discovered Bashvyod's AT guns!
He reports he has opened up, but has already lost one gun!
In the centre and N your brave comrades have conducted a suicidal charge!
They have taken many casualties but this allowed them to get around the vulnerable rear and flanks of the enemy armour, who also being on the move thanks to your inspired flanking manoeuvre could not just sit their and pick them off before they could get past!
We have finally taken out the Panthers who have cremated so many comrades in the centre!
You yourself personally directed your command tank into the fray...before you wisely pulled back to preserve your person, at the pleadings of Commissar Formanov!
Orders from Soviets for Turn 12
the pictures are indecipherable .....HURAHHH!
You know what we must do....don't you?
how many panzers are in the rear? Only one on that picture
-two panthers in your rear, there are two if you look carefully!
oh sod them...the at guns can play with them
charge the tanks! charge the infantry! we will crush them
lay on!
-The Panthers are Jan Towan's crack panzers!
-He went into a fuhrer like rant when he saw Bashyod's AT guns!
2 85mm to knock them out
hahaha
have we got anything to send back to help them?
-Hahaha
-Mumvyod might be able to reach him
I take that as a no
no....we press forward
-That's one of his T34s. Burning in the picture
that's what they are for
onward!!!
-Mumvyod and Bashvyod ganging up on Towan!
it has a certain appeal
ok send mumyvod back
the rest (if there is a rest) person
press on
and your Artillery chief, Greigputsch, reports his ammunition is now exhausted!
As you ponder from the back of your newly requisitioned Tiger, Kleinwalde suddenly appears!
and to the West Jan Towan reports he has taken out another kamikaze T34 and the AT guns are silenced, either destroyed or their crews have run.
What Orders Herr General?
-No Pz III left, otherwise correct. You can not see any T34s anywhere except to N...none -that are not burning that is...-...there may be a few T70s lurking somewhere, but none that you can see-you only have one mortar, a 120mm, which may have a couple of rounds left-you have a couple of platoons of fusiliers left, and might be able to regroup one more
Litwodskya has overun much of their rear!
and to the South Mumvyod's infantry continues to close on the Fascist HQ
The remnants of Mumvyod's and Homesavitch's tanks made another suicidal charge and their deaths for the motherland where spectacular
More Fascist tanks have also regrouped in their centre on the Hill
-yes, but it would supress them, however if I were you I'd concentrate on the hill. If you recall in you have to throw with 50% chance of success
At least you are now in a good position to pick them off in flank!
What orders Herr General?
-Yes you have infantry coming in on all three sides!-Except to SW-PzIII has rallied next to sdkfz 250/1 of Vormann (should be in the pictures?)-ah, it is but obscured by the barrage!
-Yes-Current tally, 3xpzIV, 1xpzIII, 4xpanther, 1xTiger-Actually if you do lose another couple of panthers you might be able to rally one more-And you would need to lose 1 more pzIV before rallying one back.-You can rally back at the rate of 2 losses to 1 rally, but can't regroup the same stand twice
-Nope, you only had one, and can only do the 2 for 1 deal with stands of the same type
-Three
-Depends who does the rallying, has to be under cmd it started at so basically either you, Vormann, Spandl or the company commander-If the company commander hasn't been toasted-Or any of the other aforementioned for that matter-You can't move and rally
-Well that's ok then!-Technically I don't think you are supposed to shoot either, but that's too boring so I've used Bradspiel privilege to ignore that!
-West?!?
-Nearly had them heading off in the wrong direction!
Meanwhile your infantry close on all sides!
Their leader looks furious!
-Yeah good luck with that! Pretty much everything has been bouncing off!
-Just Yantoveyn's lot of T34s left, 5 or 6?-You have 1 45mm AT gun-1 85mm AT gun, which may be remanned after next turn-And a clutch of ATRs
-Yes the 85 is miles away!
-His HQ has decamped to a Tiger, you can tell by the black flags raised high above it.
-He has 4 panthers, 2? PzIVs, 1 pzIII and a Tiger, that you can see
Wow
Hideous slaughter
Great!
Hummm
He must be furious
And that’s so important to us all I think
-No, he's thoroughly enjoying it!
-Who take on the Tiger?
-The wrecks don't give you any cover
Then they hunt the Tiger
If they are close enough
And my tank too
So it’s a win win
Vormann had been at your side since Poland in '39.
You yourself managed to jump off before it brewed up.
and although we have taken out more of the T-34s, some still remain.
But Yantoveyn has showered the Tiger with every gun he has available!
CHATCO!
-yes you have tanks-all his infantry are toast as far as you can tell
-It's a pzr III left-You have about 6 T34s and 2 T70s
-They were probably all on amphetamines!
-2 turns left, yes they can, if you manage to call them in, but you have three mortars that can self spot, two of which are already supressing them
-You or him?
-Litwodskya is intact-Apart from a couple of stands-Frankly the krauts don't have much left that you can tell
You can now regroup a remaining Panther, but it will be too late to do anything
-No, if you had I would have mentioned it!-You scared off one T70 with your PzIII, and took out a few of the suicidal infantry-Your panthers were too busy keeping the reds from climbing on their turrets and tossing grenades through the hatches!-Your aim is also being put off my the constant harassing artillery and mortar fire-If any of your boys get out of this they're going to have to hammer out a few dents
However another of your T-70s has taken out a staff truck just as the previously mentioned spectacled officer was about to climb aboard!
Last Turn
-The AT gun was recrewed, currently trundling across the steppe towed by a tractor. Your air cover is long since exhausted
and in a truly sublime ending, both commanders engaged in a personal duel, taking out each others tanks!
At the end the German assault on Hill 243 has been repulsed and thrown back
-No Kraut infantry survived-You even took out Wahler's Fusilier HQ-And Greigputsch's artillery OP
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