Fire In The Steppe, scenario #5: Recon Routed

Needing to start 2024 off with a PG game played and picked this one, as I was reading the book Meat Grinder, which put me in the mood for an Eastern Front scenario.

The spotting range for this turned into 1 hex, via scenario rule #6. Not sure the purpose of scenario rule #7, as all the victory conditions are centered on whether the Soviets control all the town hexes or not. The Russians can move right up adjacent to the defending Germans with one hex visibility and take their lumps as there is no off-map artillery for either side. They did have to fight off some flanking German Cavalry.

At about the mid-game point I didn’t think the Soviets could take all the town hexes but with so many Infantry units, they just kept feeding in new units to replace their casualties and finally on turn 19 they had control all of Lokachi town hexes for the Soviet Victory but at a heavy cost in casualties. The reducing German morale from scenario rule #4 made this possible.