The German forces started massed together in the southwest corner stretching to just beyond the western hills with the intention to move as a long lever clearing the southern half of the battle not leaving Soviet forces behind us as we moved North. The Soviets were not at all visible since the game is played Double blind with night vision of only 1 hex, Therefore the requirement that the Soviets place observation points was lifted until a unit was spotted. The German however still needed to observe the rule of placing observations points in the usual manner. At 03:45 the Germans had reached the road and secured the Western half of the southern section. At 04:00 a minefield was discovered on the road directly in front of the northern most town of the southern section slso Soviet observation point were noticed around the town. The Germans left a gap open along the western edge were existed N/S dividing line. Soviet forces tried to slide through this gap but were discovered by an officer sent over to investigate the area. The Soviet smg and infantry units were surrounded by 04:30 and removed. Near the town a Soviet T-34b and 3 infantry units were discovered, assaulting a dug in infantry a single german infantry unit was able to disrupt it. The Soviets assaulted back adding a leader and the T-34b destroying 1/2 the infantry unit and demoralizing it. However the Germans moved up into a death grip around the town and the Soviets left the field of battle. Since the rules of engagement change drastically for night battles, careful consideration must be used before entering into such battles.