Somehow, at the conclusion of 36 turns, there were still a few Soviet units left in town hexes stubbornly resisting overwhelming numbers of German units which had encircled the entire town after eliminating or pushing back the rest of the defending forces.

A German victory was secured as soon as the reinforcements of the 20th Panzer Division arrived at 15:15/turn 1 and made their way, slowly but surely, across the river to assist their beleagured comrades. Initally 8 of the 10 Soviet T-26 tanks were deployed on the southern hill and had enough time to dig-in before attacked. This gave them the best defensive advantages possible, provoking the Pz38s of the 7th Panzer Division to roll up to adjacent hexes to get the best possible results of having to roll 11s instead of 12s for Soviet tank step losses. At first the T-26s had some intial success in eliminating 4 steps of Pz38ts but before things got much worse, the German armored reinforcements arrived in time to bail the 7th Division out of it's predictament.

By 20:45/turn 23, all T-26s had been eliminated including the two units left defending the town and the Luftwaffe attacks had cleared the way of the 45mm AT guns and mortar units before nightfall. Soviet resistance from that point on was futile but all 36 turns were played out regardless. The final German step losses were: 1 x Lt (deserted), 1 step INF and 7 steps of Pz38t. Soviet losses were: 1x CAPT, 2x LT, 21 steps INF, 6 HMG, 2x 82mm, 3x 45mm, 20x T-26, 4x FAI, 3x KMS and 12 trucks. Despite the the overwhelming advantage that the Germans had in this one it was, for me, a fun scenario to play solo. The fact that it favors the Germans so much is what kept me from ratibg it a '4'. The only thing I think I may have been able to do differently with the Soviets would have been to deploy most of the T-26s further north in the forests or northern town, hoping that they would hold out longer before German reinforcements arrived. Having those reinforcements arrive on the first turn really worked in Germany's favor as they showed up just in time when the other Pz38ts from the 7th Division had taken enough losses to make the tank battle almost even. The only case where the Soviets have a chance of winning this is if they are able to eliminate the first 6 Pz38t units before the other 6 arrive, otherwise the sheer numbers of panzers will tip the scales.