My fifth Panzer Lion scenario en route to my ribbon.

The Germans start with 6 VP hexes in their control while the Soviets start with 21. To have any chance at all to win, the Germans must prevent 15 Soviet steps from exiting south on map 9 (15 VPs) and take control or at least contest several 40-meter hill hexes of board 11.

The Germans on map 10 (NE) deploy west of the town as they will need to move forward to help contain the Soviets. The other group which enter on board 11 quickly spread out to prevent the Soviet reinforcements from having a quick path south.

The Germans scored a few hits with their OBA early on the game and had enough time to move into position as the Soviet reinforcements only arrived on turn 5. Unfortunately, this was a thin line with very few units in reserve.

The Soviets decide to push the infantry forward on turn 6 to shut down the German's powerful AT guns, helped by artillery bombardment. The guns are silenced one by one and on turn 15 the Soviets make a big push forward. They quickly punch a huge hole in the German defenses and it's quickly over; the Soviets are 50-60 points ahead by turn 21.

Soviet Major Victory.

While I enjoyed the scenario and rated it a "3", this is a scenario which I believe the Germans cannot win. The Soviets have the stronger force and they control enough victory point hexes at the start to win by 15 VPs if there were no casualties and no unit escaped south; just too big an advantage.