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The Soviets set up entirely to enter from the east. The Germans setup largely on the small hill north of the road, and also in the woods to the west, and field to the south. The Soviet attack failed to gain any momentum, as they tried to flank the hill feature around to the north, from the east, and also from the southeast. The Germans opened fire with a tank and ATG on the hill and focused on the weaker BT7's. After the destruction of a BT7 platoon to the east, the Soviets crossed the minor river and moved onto the hill with two T34's, a second damaged BT7 having retreated off to the north after heavy losses. To the southeast the Soviets tried to engage Germans dug in, in the field. This attack failed badly when the Germans bravely assaulted the T34 and eventually retreated and destroyed it. The attackers had some success in the north with the sole success of the day, blowing up a PzIIIH. In the end, the Germans won, inflicting 9 VP losses to 5. Thanks again the excellent guidance from treadasaurusrex.
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Oddly, the darn German side had amazing luck throwing initiative die rolls in this relatively short, and rather gamey scenario. This factor led directly to a fair measure of their success in long-range AT fire. The Russians horde mounted a 3-pronged armor-only attack that successfully exploited their superior mobility and also forced the Germans into splitting their relatively limited fire power. The Germans were not able to develop any armor piercing, crossfire opportunities by mostly holding their initial positions.
Unfortunately for the well-led Soviet attack, there were no accompanying infantry units to support the T-34A and BT-7 platoons as they moved west across Map 5 and into decisive engagement range. This is a decent instructional scenario and I agree with my worthy & determined opponent's rating of a 4.