Author	treadasaurusrex (Soviet Union)
Method	VASSAL
Victor	Soviet Union
Participants	Sonora
Play Date	2023-06-21
Language	English
Scenario	PaGr015

This was a fun-filled, 3-session, play-through with the hard fighting, Sonora, leading the German defenders in a night action against a godless horde of Siberians. There were hidden units & minefields to make things interesting!

As others have reported, the German objective was to outlast the Soviet tide armed with armor and plenty of OBA. Thankfully, the Soviets have decent morale in this scenario, and both sides drew relatively good leaders. This being a shortish scenario, we chose to ignore the FOW rule, but did use the consolidation, smoke-illum, tank riders, strategic movement and excess initiative optional rules.

My clever opponent created a strong Axis position straddling the center of the battle map, with his minefields properly deployed and covered by HMG and AT guns. The Bolsheviks came on like Hannibal, but in a rather slow, double envelopment, movement to contact, with a very strong central column and weaker forces on both the southern & northern flanks. The snow made things tedious, at first, but as the turns accumulated, things got faster & deadlier in a hurry. The minefields had to be crossed in a very costly fashion, but Soviet OBA was remarkably accurate in this, decently-balanced scenario. I give this one a 3, but my opponent felt that it deserved a rating of 4, on the basis of balance and how enjoyable it was to play.