Panzer Grenadier Battles on April 25th:
Army Group South Ukraine #2 - False Hope Hammer & Sickle #39 - Insanity Laughs
Army Group South Ukraine #3 - Expanding the Perimeter Iron Curtain #20 - Insanity Laughs
Broken Axis #12 - Târgu Frumos: The Second Battle Scenario 1: Preliminaries New Zealand Division #10 - Medaglie d’Oro
Broken Axis #13 - Târgu Frumos: The Second Battle Scenario 2: Spoiling Attack
SHOOTING GALLERY
Author splat99
Method Solo
Victor United States
Play Date 2008-11-01
Language English
Scenario ElsR015

In my limited PG experience, this is the most one-sided scenario I've yet played. Which still made it interesting and fun as a solo player; my impression was that a German FtF player might find this a very tough go. (Though I see in the results that one player so far has won with the Germans...)

Essentially, a bunch of Luftwaffe infantry - with just 1 81mm mortar and one 75mm ATG in support, plus 1 x 16 OBA - faces an American force about half its size - but a force supported by 1x24, 3x18 OBA. The Germans have to cross two boards and take a town on the second one. But they enter in an open area, subject to DF from defenders in woods and the powerful offboard guns. The Germans did their best to spread out, presenting many target hexes but usually doubling up units in a hex to maximize firepower (but never three in a hex!) The result was a slaughter - I think the Luftwaffe boys lost half of their number, and very few penetrated past the first belt of woods. None made it anywhere near the objective town.

It might be a better plan for the Germans to just advance quickly in a flood, no more than one unit per hex - too many targets for Opportunity Fire, and minimal return for OBA efforts. But in this first playing, the result was pretty much as listed in the scenario's "conclusion": The Big Red One's 16th Infantry Regiment easily fought off their attacks.

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