Panzer Grenadier Battles on April 20th:
Road to Berlin #70 - Gasoline Alley
Nicht so schnell, mein freund
Author Schoenwulf
Method Solo
Victor Finland
Play Date 2017-02-13
Language English
Scenario LioF010

As the Germans retreated from Finland on October 4, 1944, units from the Finnish Armored Division moved to cut them off near the port of Kemi. A German Machine Gun Ski Brigade tried to keep an east-west roadway open, and a skirmish commenced around 0815 as the Finnish attempted to eliminate the hostiles from the road. The Germans positioned their units on both sides of the road, with a 50mm emplacement in the woods on either side. Two Finnish Stu-40 platoons moved west on the road, while two others moved north of the woods on the north side of the road. As Finnish Jägers moved west through the woods to neutralize the gun emplacements, they were hit by OBA. However, they succeeded in destroying the north woods emplacement by 0900 hours, The one in the south woods fell to combined Sturmi and Jäger unit fire at 0945. German grenadier and HMG units assaulted a Finnish HMG group adjacent to the north side of the road. At 1045, the Germans made a last-ditch attempt to get to the road, but were unsuccessful; two HMG platoons were suppressed by Stu-40 fire, and the assaulting German units north of the road were disrupted in a final charge by a combined Sturmi and Jäger force.

This quick, 12-turn scenario, which is played on a single map, was won by the Finnish forces. The sole objective is to not have any good order German units adjacent to any road hex by the end of the scenario. Both sides have strong forces and good morale, so it boiled down to a high stakes firefight at the end. The game had great tension, as the Germans could have pulled out a victory if they could have hit smoke on the last turn, or survived four separate morale checks. The final step losses were 4 for the Finns and 6 for the Germans. This one is highly recommended for a short, intense game with multiple strategic approaches.

NOTE: This scenario was played using updates and corrections from the PG-HQ site contributed by plloyd1010, rerathbun, and Shad. Maps from Eastern Front and German units from Road to Berlin were used, and Finnish units were from Arctic Front Deluxe and a Finnish Supplement created by plloyd1010. The scenario was played with 4th Edition rules.

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