An interesting scenario between second line troops. Americans have service personnel thrown into battle against the German Volksgrenadiers and this time the Germans win the day. But I can see it going the other way. The Germans must capture a road and town hexes and the Americans must deny them the way. American VC's make it more than just a set defense for the Americans and they will need move around to stay in the game.

The Germans have the advantage in numbers, infantry, tanks and onboard artillery. The Americans have OBA and the setup, but the morale is even and the leaders were evenly flipped as well. The Germans will have a bit of visibility hindrance on the Americans with the attack at dawn, but they will need to move quick as dawn is breaking.

The American setup has them attempting to deny the Germans the northern east-west road by deploying entrenchments along the road and a small force to hold the towns on board 22. The southern east-west road will be defended on the hill on board 23 and 25. The Germans will need to fight on the roads to get the victory, while the Americans must be flexible as they will not be able to hold the entrenchments and town forever.

With the scenario, the Germans split their forces with the Stugs with a smaller infantry force move down the northern east-west road, while the larger infantry/artillery force move on the southern east-west road. The Stugs encounter Americans in the town and the small infantry force engages the Americans with OBA and deployed Nebelwerfer's. The Americans low morale shows quickly with disruptions and demoralizations. Soon the Americans are running back to the first set of entrenchment and the Germans control the center towns on board 22. To the south the infantry scale the hill on board 23 to be hit with HMG fire from the entrenched Americans. Return fire demoralizes them but the Americans shift forces are the Germans try to flank them. American OBA finds its mark but can only demoralize the Germans. Good German leaders help the demoralized GREN's get back into the fight. Soon the Germans have the pinned in the two entrenchments and begin assaulting them. Early success with American counter attacks, demoralize the Germans but the number of GRENs overwhelm the Americans and soon the entrenchments are overrun and the Germans are moving on to board 25.

Back on the northern east-west road, American OBA finds the mark, but again it is just demoralizations and the Germans are quick to recover. The American entrenchments withstand repeated assaults and is finally reduced last in the game. The Americans try some gambling by pulling together some reduced and disrupted units to try a dash for the towns on board 23, but German OBA but an end to that gamble.

Meanwhile, the German infantry force clears the last two entrenchments on board 25 and the have the road and enough town hexes to win. The Americans try some last chance OBA to kill German units but come up short. In the end a major German victory.