Author	triangular_cube
Method	Solo
Victor	Soviet Union
Play Date	2023-01-12
Language	English
Scenario	TaBa020

The set up for this one feels a bit off. The highway that is being contested is in fact two parallel roads instead of one continuous stretch, and the town on board 4 begins contested between the 2 forces. This doesnt really make sense, but thats what it tells us.

Germans deploy to protect their objectives, with the AA and a reinforced company in the town on board 1, all the AT guns along the road in the woods on 6, and the IGs on the edge of the forest overlooking 4 on 6, and the rest in position to contest the town on 4. The goal is to play aggressive and cut down the low morale soviets before their armor support arrives.

Soviets mass all their forces contesting the town on 4 and ready to make a push into it. Their mortars and some left over bodies hide in the woods on 4, and their AT guns set up on their right flank overlooking the StuGs.

With forces already in contact, this one is just a pure grind with the Soviets throwing their bodies forward. They get lucky shots on the StuGs and take them out and wear down the Germans as the Soviet bodies pile up. There were 4 continuous assaults through most of this all on or adjacent to the town on 4. The company on board 1 moves to reinforce the Germans as the defense thins out.

Eventually the Germans are just too wore down, and the massive amount of Soviet armor enters the board and cleans up. German tanks arent enough to turn it back around, and the Soviets win a pretty convincing win, with a massive body count for the cost of it.

It almost feels like this was intended to be a horizontal rather than vertical set up so the Germans can fire on the approaching Soviets, but im not sure. As I said, something was off with this set up.