The Soviets moved onto the eastern board in three big groups: near the north edge 3 T-34 and 2 BT platoons, along with an HMG and five or so infantry; on the south edge, most of the artillery and a few light tanks; in the middle was the bulk of the infantry all of the T-26s and the heavy KV 1s & KV 2s.

The Germans seemed overly cautious early on and allowed the Soviets to get into the small city on the middle board. Eventually, the mortars were brought behind the city, the AT guns were moved into the city, and a number of infantry and light tanks rounded out the garrison. Soviet positions basically formed a line defined by three battle groups, one centered on board 8 around 0503 or so, one on the crossroad and one in the city.

In the center of the board, the Soviets initially dug in. But as the Germans drew closer, the Soviets slowly pulled back to stay out of assaults for the most part. The Germans took the bait, massed their tanks and infantry at the crossroads, and inflicted significant losses on the Soviet tankers- 16 Soviet step losses were accumulated in just two turns! However, by the time the Germans conceded, they had taken 26 step losses, mostly due to getting themselves caught in the AT crossfire that was allowed by pulling back the Soviet center, and even a few T-34s were completely behind the German positions.