Panzer Grenadier Battles on November 23rd:
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Carpathian Brigade #3 - Breakout and Pursuit Panzer Lehr 2 #24 - Plug the Hole
Desert Rats #23 - Te Hokowhitu-a-Tu ("War Party") Panzer Lehr #24 - Plug the Hole
Desert Rats #24 - Hill 175 South Africa's War #7 - Rear Echelon
Dragon’s Teeth #33 - Chickenshit Regulations South Africa's War #8 - Ons Is Helsems
Invasion of Germany #38 - Making Hay South Africa's War #9 - Sunday of the Dead
Jungle Fighting #9 - Another Try West Wall #8 - Making Hay
Hung Up
Author Matt W
Method Solo
Victor Germany
Play Date 2012-12-06
Language English
Scenario CCV1006

This was the perfect scenario to come along at this point. The Germans desperately needed a scenario with a bushelbasket of VPs possible as they were some 70 points behind the Poles in the campaign. The Germans also have a massive amount of OBA and plenty of troops. The Poles have some good defensible terrain and some choke points to delay the German advance.

The Poles set up with a front line manned heavily in the towns and with two entrenchments holding the holes between the towns. Further back a company of infantry was on the larger hill with a company and a half in the large town on board 2 itself. For the Germans to win they would have to pierce the front line and capture a lot of the town hexes on Board 2.

Early on, this looked to be another of the terrible losses for the Germans as they simply could not put enough force onto the entrenchments to get any traction. The first fire continued to result in disruptions and demoralizations which kept them from clearing the entrenchments out. The Germans regrouped and brought up engineer and armor support in order to get the Poles out but this was a big mistake. If they had invested the entrenchments and sent the rest of their force towards Warsaw they could have ended up with a much better result.

Ultimately the Germans did get to the large town and simply had more troops than the Poles could block from entering and holding large sections of the town. The end result was a German victory by 30+ points. The Germans will typically win this one if they are willing to bypass some of the Poles and push on towards the town. I give it a "3".

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