I would like to say that the Soviets didn't have a chance but they did, for maybe about two activations apart from making morale checks and recovery rolls. A '2' rating for obvious reasons but actually enjoyed playing this short scenario out. It was more of a show of strength with finesss for the Germans than an actual battle. I can't even count on one hand the amount of times the Soviets had good order units capable of returning fire, when in range before getting annihilated or ending up in some state of shell-shock.

Not one German unit was so much as even disrupted and there were no step losses either. On-board and off-board artillery easily battered, flattened and/or scattered Soviets out of the way clearing the way for foot units at a steady pace. The Soviet morale of 6/5 also contributed to an easy rollover. Every, not just 8, units were able to exit the north edge without the threat of any opportunity fire at 08:15/turn 14. The German forces may been able to roll on through to Liepaja earlier but I wanted to conduct a casualty-free and near-flawless operation. The only thing the Soviets had that may of slowed down this blitz was one 82mm mortar unit but it never got a chance to fire before it was disrupted right away, then recovered and then eliminated by 05:30/turn 3.

Not much else to say about this one other than it was a nice, brief excercise in preparation for future 'Eastern Front' scenarios to come, at least for the Germans. Perhaps there is a chance for the Soviets to inflict 3 step losses and prevent 8 units from exiting the north edge of board 8 other than sheer luck. This was hard to contemplate spending almost every activation attempting to rally or regroup units.