Panzer Grenadier Battles on March 28th:
Spearhead Division #15 - Dillenberg
Combined Arms It Was Not
Author Hugmenot
Method Solo
Victor Germany
Play Date 2012-09-30
Language English
Scenario WhEa002

Played solo in 4 sessions (7 hours total).

I didn't think the Poles stood much of a chance in this scenario when I first read it and a quick look at PG-HQ confirmed my suspicion; the Germans were leading 6 to 1 with 1 draw.

The Poles set up the minefields in a long contiguous line to force the Germans to either risk losses or flank them. The AA gun was placed centrally to provide some protection against the German airplanes (the Germans receive 1 airplane every turn).

The German's plan was to use the road to march north quickly and then divide into 3 groups. One small group with 4 HMG and 2 INF would would stay on the road, south of the town, to prevent a Polish sortie. A second group with a dozen or so units would climb the undefended hills west of the town; their goal was to start the assault in town and deny easy access to the town to the ON reinforcements. The last group was to climb the heavily defended hills east of town and take the entrenchment positions via assaults (after first weakening the positions via bombardment whenever possible).

The Germans managed to get into assault position fairly easily but the assaults were quite ineffective. The German INFs are simply not strong enough to dislodge the Poles.

After 12 turns, the casualties were 3 steps on each side.

The Germans give up on the idea of a major victory and send the group defending the road to join the assaults.

After 18 turns, just when it looks like the scenario is likely to end in a draw, disaster struck the Poles. The Germans assault two more entrenchment positions and every pole failed their morale check badly. The Poles do not even have a chance to recover as the Germans rolled fog-of-war in the same activation.

The Germans won the initiative by 2 the following turn and eliminate 5 Polish steps. The Poles lose heart for the most part and except for a small pocket of resistance, their casualties mount very quickly.

The only question remaining is whether the Germans would be able to destroy the last strongpoint, which they did on turn 22.

German minor victory.

I rated the scenario a "3". It's a good study of assaulting fortified positions without combined arms. I did not rate it higher however as the pace suffers from lack of combined arms.

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