Panzer Grenadier Battles on March 28th:
Spearhead Division #15 - Dillenberg
And Then There Were None
Author Matt W
Method Solo
Victor Germany
Play Date 2011-07-07
Language English
Scenario FiAx025

This scenario is quite simiilar to the previous one where a reasonably sized German force has to enter a four board area, clear the entry area of Slovak troops and then march a portion off the opposite edge. The Slovaks, without foreknowledge of the entry spot for the Germans need to cover the entire board to try to stop this and, in so doing, leave themselves open to being defeated in detail.

The Slovaks again drew leaders without, by and large, any modifiers. While the German leaders were not conspicuously better they did have some morale modifiers and were able to concentrate them with their offensive units.

The Slovaks concentrated a large force in the swamps in order to avoid detection as long as possible. Unfortunately the spread nature of the Slovak deployment permitted the Germans to concentrate against individual pockets of Slovaks and destroy them in detail. Unlike the previous scenario, however, the Slovaks were able to cause several losses to the Germans but not enough to change the final results.

By 1/3 of the way through the scenario the Slovaks had caused 9 German step losses but were down to 7 steps of infantry. The Germans did expose their armor to shots from the Marder and the 75s of the Slovaks but only took one step loss from that fire and were able to destroy all of the antitank capability of the defenders by the 10th turn.

From what I can see the Slovaks have little chance in this one if they try to fight. Perhaps a deeper deployment with widely spread units with the capability to move back onto the entry areas would make the scenario last longer and entice the Germans to move into a "contain" mode but if the Germans look to eliminate the Slovaks there seems to be little that the Slovaks can do to stop it.

A shorter scenario would give the Slovaks at least a chance at avoiding the destruction. I give this one a "2".

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