Panzer Grenadier Battles on March 29th:
Spearhead Division #16 - Final Accounting
Panzer Lion II
Author waynebaumber
Method Solo
Victor Germany
Play Date 2010-12-24
Language English
Scenario AGSU009

A mixture of Soviet Guards and Red Army units have to fight across the length of two boards, capture a town and exit 25 steps for victory. The Germans have some infantry in their order of battle but rely mainly on the Panzers to blunt this attack. In my solo game the Soviet forces slowly advanced up the two main road axis. The advance was slow due to the Fog of War rules which kept ending the turn early. The German forces were dug in on the crest of a ridges awaiting the Russian onslaught. The German off board artillery and on board morters kept disrupting and further slowing the Red Army as it deployed from road march to try and make a combined arms assault on the first German line. By 1030 the Soviet commander ordered the general advance, although the Red Army took heavy casualties the line was breached and there was a gap for the Soviet's to flow through and start exiting the playing area. The Panzer commander reacted quickly , switched his reserves and just plugged the gap in time. (In game terms he won the initative by 4 and using the east-west road moved a Tiger,Panther and 2 PzIV's to block the way). In the next turn the Panzer's shot first and 6 T34/76 and 4 T35/85 became scap metal with not even a scratch on the Panzer's paintwork. This was the turning point as it was obvious that the Soviets would not force a win. I continued playing for several more turns and although German casualties did begin to grow as they retreated slowly back to the town, time was running out and not one Red Army unit was in a postion to exit or take a single town hex. This would be a major German victory. This is an intresting scenario in the mixture of troop types and AFV's but IMO a hard ask for the Soviets to get even a minor victory. However I am ready to be proved wrong!

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