This scenario pits a mob of Austrian Schutzbund against Austrian Federal troops during the Austrian Civil War of 1934. The Schutzbund entered from the western edge and took two turns to contact the Austrians (who wisely took that time to dig in). The Schutzbund had a very ominous start in that upon first contact, two of their platoons were demoralized by well placed Federal fire. The Schutzbund sent the majority of their troops (4 companies worth) to invest the Federals in the larger town, and 2 companies against the smaller outpost down the road. Right from the start, the Schutzbund had difficulty in coordinating attacks with the routing on one of their officers (demoralized during a fire attack and then rolling a 12 to rally). This would repeat itself twice more during the scenario as a total of 3x Schutzbund officers deserted, leaving below average troops leaderless. A fourth officer would be KIA later on in the scenario.

Attempts to position themselves for assaults were thwarted at every turn. Nearly every assault was stopped in its tracks and those that did succeed in closing with the Federals were subsequently driven back. When I say every assault was thwarted, I mean EVERY single assault. The Schutzbund did not register a single success in this scenario. Once the Heimwehr arrived and released the Federals from holding the towns, it was good night for the Schutzbund, as the Federals went over on to the offensive against a largely demoralized force.

Schutzbund Slaughter is the title of this AAR. The Schutzbund lost 21 steps of troops and 4x Officers in their repeated assaults. Not a single Austrian Federal step loss occurred. Even the Heimwehr were unscathed in this scenario. A lack of artillery and heavy weapons made assaults against dug in troops a suicidal proposition, which the Schutzbund learned the hard way.