This is a delaying action by a Soviet cavalry force supported by a BT tank company of dubious value, couple batteries of ATGs and 76mm field guns up against elements of a German panzer division with a plethora of OBA and the potential for Luftwaffe support. If the cavalry can hold out and delay the Germans long enough for Soviet armored reinforcements to arrive they might have a chance, slim but still a chance.

Depending on your playing style you as the Soviet player have a couple of options for your defense, do you defend the major river crossing with all your forces or do you spread them out along the E-W road in favorable terrain or a combination of the two.

This fight is going to come down to how soon the Soviet reinforcements enter the battle, they were an hour late, but once on the field of battle the T34s and KVs dominated.

In the end the German infantry was in control of the two towns and the woods on the west side of the minor river, but the Soviet tanks controlled the open spaces in between, what doomed the Germans was their tank losses, which did not give them the 2-1 advantage in steps lost.