Panzer Grenadier Battles on May 2nd:
Army Group South Ukraine #5 - Not as Planned Broken Axis #20 - Târgu Frumos: The Second Battle Scenario 9: Day of the Gunners
Army Group South Ukraine #7 - A Worthless Diversion Broken Axis #21 - Târgu Frumos: The Second Battle Scenario 10: The Lion's in Town
Army Group South Ukraine #8 - Panzer Lion I: The Main Thrust Broken Axis #22 - Târgu Frumos: The Second Battle Scenario 11: Valley of Fire
Army Group South Ukraine #9 - Panzer Lion II: Targu Frumos Grossdeutschland 1944 #18 - Mount Hushenei
Army Group South Ukraine #10 - Panzer Lion III: A Promising Start Grossdeutschland 1944 #19 - Tank Battle at Ruginoasa
Broken Axis #15 - Târgu Frumos: The Second Battle Scenario 4: Questionable Effort Panzer Lion #1 - Those Brave Boys
Broken Axis #16 - Târgu Frumos: The Second Battle Scenario 5: Failure on the Flanks Panzer Lion #2 - Corntesi Town
Broken Axis #17 - Târgu Frumos: The Second Battle Scenario 6: Primary Objective Panzer Lion #3 - Facuti Town
Broken Axis #18 - Târgu Frumos: The Second Battle Scenario 7: Târgu Frumos Panzer Lion #4 - Polieni Town
Broken Axis #19 - Târgu Frumos: The Second Battle Scenario 8: Combined Arms Panzer Lion #5 - Clearing the Valley
Well I messed that up!
Author waynebaumber
Method Solo
Victor Germany
Play Date 2023-08-21
Language English
Scenario ReWa020

This scenario has an interesting situation, the Soviet 81st Tank Brigade is encircled behind German line the 16th Guards have to breakthrough and rescue the entrapped tankers. Facing the Soviet relieving forces are elements of the 14th and 6th German Infantry divisions. The Germans set up first and have to cover the Northern and Eastern approaches to the town where the tank units are. What the Soviets should do is probably chose one point to attack and commit all their forces to that point. Alas I actually split the forces into three groups which enabled the German unit to defeat each attacking column in turn. On GT5 the Red Army commander had been killed by artillery this initially had little effect but as new filtered through the command chain the assault definitely wavered, and by GT8 the result of this battle was in little doubt. I actually played on for another 12 turns to see if any forces could be rescued and in fact 2 BT7 tanks did make to safety however the rest of the 81st Tank Brigade was eliminated along with 75% of the relieving forces. Not the Red Army's finest hour. The main issue with this scenario is the imbalance in forces German units not only outnumber the Soviet forces they have massive OBDA which can lay 2 x 55 Bombardments per turn enough to cause casualties every two turns given average dice. I certainly did not play the Soviet side well but this is scenario is a very tough ask for the Russkies. Ok for solitaire play though

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