Panzer Grenadier Battles on April 24th:
Grossdeutschland 1944 #17 - Spoiled at Pascani Road to Berlin #72 - What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor?
Accurate Slovak artillery plus numbers win the day
Author waynebaumber
Method Solo
Victor Slovak Republic
Play Date 2014-02-10
Language English
Scenario FiAx006

This medium sized 4 map scenario has a large Slovak battle group take on well armed Polish mountain troop with good morale. The Slovaks have to take town hexes and inflict losses to win the day. The key to the Slovak attack is to not get into a slogging match with the Poles but use numbers and the mobility of the cycle troops to move round Polish troops and force them off the board 16 & 14 hills to defend the towns in the rear. The Slovaks advanced in three groups with the central group of ENG,INF and CYC making for the centre of the board while the other two groups pinned the Polish defenders. The Poles reacted by pulling back from the front line dug outs and retreating to cover the towns. However this exposed them to the Slovak OBDA which proved to be very accurate causing Polish losses which could not be afforded. As the scenario developed into a straggling group of small skirmishes spread all over the board it was obvious that the game was slowly swinging the way of the Slovaks as the rear towns on board 17 were captured by the CYC who were now deep in the rear of the Polish lines. The Poles counter attacked where they could relying on better morale and firepower to win the assaults this worked for a limited time but could not compensate for the numbers of Slovak troops who managed to replace the losses in those assaults. I had been keeping tabs on VPs from about Game Turn 7 (of 24) and for a long time the VPs for each side matched each other. At one stage the Slovak artillery which had done so much damage nearly turned the battle back in favour of the Poles when a salvo dropped short causing friendly fire casualties, however the Polish ground troops were unable to press home that temporary blip and by game end had lost control of three of the four towns and had suffered a major defeat. This is a good scenario, possibly favouring the Slovaks. Recommended.

1 Comment
2014-02-10 18:22

I strongly agree. This and the river crossing scenarios were some of my favorites in the packet along with the Hungarian battles.

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