Panzer Grenadier Battles on March 28th:
Spearhead Division #15 - Dillenberg
Necessary but not Sufficient
Author Poor Yorek
Method Solo
Victor Soviet Union
Play Date 2012-12-24
Language English
Scenario SiFo039

Set-up and attack as per forum post.

Early German OBA success paved the way for good initial advance on the western flank. The westernmost outpost was DEM and forced away into the frozen swamp north of the E/W road.

Soviet OBA scored DEM/DIS on the German HMG stack making its way northward. Soviets reoriented their cross-roads force to face attack axis from the west.

The second soviet outpost on the western board proved more robust and the Red God of Artillery awoke when the SS horsemen appeared.

Main German attack moved easterly with the major battle taking place for the crossroads. The Soviets recognized that whilst for the Germans possession of the crossroads was a necessary condition for victory, it was not in-and-of-itself sufficient. Soviet OF, especially with the 10-1-1 captain's ability to combine fire, wrecked havoc: but the Soviets also performed a withdrawal from the crossroads with a pair of INF's going north and another west.

The Germans required sufficient time to recover and reorganize (especially with leader casualties) that the Soviets could dig-in again in their new positions. The SS could not dislodge them by game end. Also, the Soviet units from the westernmost outpost, eventually recovered themselves requiring the SS to send units to engage them. As the eastern board units held their roads, these soviet units could afford to play cat-and-mouse, but they were capable of making a dash for either road over the last 4-5 turns.

So the SS held the crossroads, but had not cleared either road; and suffered dearly for so doing.

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