While the Romanian forces waited patiently south of the woods on Map 4, the Soviet column emerged on the road between the two woods on Map 6. Taking the gamble that the initiative would begin to swing their way, Romanian CAV blocked further Soviet progress up the road while more massed on their flank. MTC units and R1 tanks waited for the chance to exploit the havoc that the CAV would create.

The gamble paid off. As the CAV charged, Soviet DF managed to eliminate two steps, demoralizing and disrupting two more units. The eliminated CAV was to be the only casualties the the Soviets would manage to inflict.

The Soviet hodgepodge of mostly single step units meant that they broke easier and rallied later. The Romanians used it to their great advantage. They would assault, assault, assault. When they inflicted step losses, the surviving Soviets fell faster prey to the resulting morale checks and their consequences. So often as the final demoralized Soviet unit would try to flee from an assault hex, they would be methodically picked off by the Romanians.

The routed Soviets fell back to the southern woods on Map 6, fighting for time until the expected tank support arrived. The Romanians pressed on with the assaults, decimating the enemy. The tanks finally showed up an eternal hour and a quarter behind schedule. Meanwhile, after seeing the KOM killed by Romanian horsemen, the Soviet CO quietly deserted. All the while, Romanian air support harrassed the Soviet survivors.

As the Soviet tanks took positions near the southern woods, most Romanian forces slipped into the safety of the woods to the north. Those still in the southern woods would simply fall back, out of reach from enemy armor. It was time for the Soviet tanks to gather the shattered remnants of the column and fall back.

I'd like to play this scenario again, only next time have the Soviet tanks show up in a designated time frame rather than as a random event. Given the amount of half steps the Soviets have and the resulting disadvantage in morale, having the tanks come in between 1030 and 1100 would make a little more balenced scenario.