Author	treadasaurusrex (Soviet Union)
Method	VASSAL
Victor	Draw
Participants	plloyd1010
Play Date	2021-07-25
Language	English
Scenario	PGUM002

Played the Soviet side with my ever patient & helpful mentor. I am still having difficulty cycling the activation and morale flags for individual units. This scenario featured lots of opportunity fire and off map artillery barrages. Both sides lost 2 steps of infantry in what proved to be mostly an exercise in frustration and bad die rolls. Substantial Russian artillery firepower proved generally ineffective as the Germans conducted a stout defense of the SW portion of the infamous hill. We ran out of time to play and decided on a draw as the final result, which was generous on the part of the German Commander. The Soviet movement to contact was ill-organized and sub-optimally coordinated primarily due to a faulty initial setup, as well as the boyish enthusiasm of the 2 Red Army Lieutenants that rushed the assault on the hill. Supporting Russian air attacks and artillery inflicted nearly as much damage on the attacking forces as on the German side.