This scenario is one the Soviets have the greatest chance of victory in these early scenarios of EFD. I played this many years ago but found the notes and will turn them into AAR's. The Soviets have a great advantage in this game as they get to pick the German leaders, so all the bottom of the barrel leaders are in play. There was only one leader with either a morale or combat bonus. The Soviets have the setup, heavy weapons and the numbers. The Germans need to run head long into the Soviets and need to kill steps.

Our play had the Soviets smartly grouped together in the woods on board 6. The Soviet mortar is off to the side with with some INF's while the main group is together around the HMG's. The Germans slowly enter the board from the west and it takes several turns before they start to close on the Soviets. By turn 8 the are in range and the Soviets fire with the OBA and mortars disrupting the German INF's. Several German INF's move to the north to try to flank the Soviets in the woods, but the Soviet quickly shift and HMG to cover the north and the German units disrupt and demoralize from the OBA fire. Regrouping and a lot of recoveries the Germans move again to flank the Soviets but again Soviet OP fire disrupts and demoralizes. The Soviets hit the recovering units with OBA and mortars for the first step losses.

After recovers the Germans move up again, this time they get close to assault the Soviet units, but without good leadership the German units disrupt and are stuck for several turns trying to recover. Meanwhile the Soviet artillery and mortars pick away at the demoralized German units with more double demoralization step losses. By turn 23 it is apparent that the Germans are not going to win. They have lost 12 steps to the Soviets 1; most of the German INF's are in some sort of recovery and the Soviet defense was intact.

Another example of a historical scenario, but though to play as a game with the Germans having such a big handicap.