When first reading the German victory conditions, along with the scenario length(60 turns),I thought to myself -"I've got a very bad feeling about this". So I began with the Indian/Australian commonwealth set-up; placing three entrenchments on the base of the Eastern hill with 2 HMGs stacked and three entrenchments a few clicks further North, below the West hill with 4 HMGs. In the space between hills I built the "traditional" British square with dug-in, double stacked INF units in front and flanks; 2-pounders in the center; and mobile ACWs and Bren carriers to the rearguard, ready to move and dig-in where needed to fill in gaps; with MANY trucks as far back as they could be placed. From the aerial view of the map this somewhat resembled one of those Zulu war classics! With the German 5th Light Division I grouped all the panzers to the West; all 5 HMGs grouped with a (2-10-1)LT to the East flank which would give a right hand punch with a 22-45 effect on the direct fire table. Both sides seemed to have a solid plan of action. The German plan had it's flaws but seemed to work and casualties remained very low from the onset. It seemed as if this ambitious operation might actually work. Then at about 18:00/turn 47, a sandstorm appeared right before dusk and changed both side's best laid plans (gotta love those timely random events!. At first the storm benefited the Germans but ultimately, in the end, worked in favor(as in most cases)for the commonwealth, with the continuing movement modifier of +1. But for a time it still seemed possible that the 5th Light may just reach their objectives. In the end though,the Indian square served it's purpose by way of delaying action though not without outrageous losses (21 steps of INF alone!). At the scenario's end only one of six entrenchments were taken giving India a victory. I rated this scenario a 4 of 5 because it remained tense yet enjoyable until the end though my "very bad feeling" proved legitimate as far as the Germans reaching their objectives though they kept step losses below 10 until turn 58 and only after it was certain they could not occupy or evacuate all the entrenchments.

This is one of those scenarios that I would definitely revisit when I have another spare 5 days to invest and maybe learn a few new lessons and tactics apart from being able to defeat a sandstorm!