Ivan Wins By Assault |
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Romanians set up in two lines of defense. The forward line contained the AT units, the HMG's, and some infantry, while the second line consisted purely of infantry. The artillery and mortars set up behind the second line. The Soviets entered and moved west with their tanks using the fields in the south to cover their advance and their infantry split into two groups, one in the middle and one south with the tanks. The Romanian artillery was accurate, and the Soviet BT-5's and 7's were no match for the Romanian 47mm AT guns, so the Soviets took two AFV step losses in their advance. Also, with many turns ending prematurely due to fog-of-war, the Soviet advance was slow. Eventually the Soviets reached the Romanian defenses and eliminated all the AT guns via assault. They then moved through the Axis defenses systematically, eliminating each unit in turn. As the game approached the halfway point, both sides had eliminated ten steps of their enemy, the only question was whether the Romanians would be able to hold out until the end. As the turns passed the Soviets whittled away the Axis defenders so that by turn 28 they had all been eliminated, securing the Soviet victory. All in all not a bad scenario, but the Romanians need to hit the Soviets hard during their initial approach, as they simply don't have the numbers to hold on for 36 turns. |
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