The Romanians had three approaches to Odessa. A frontal through open terrain exposed to powerful Soviet OBA. East route through forest. Slow. Would give Soviets plenty of time to shift troops. After a flirting with the idea of splitting its force (nearly always bad unless you are Bobby Lee) the Romanians chose the east route behind a small high and a dash into the fields and east to town.

They were bloodied but managed to make it to the fields. The fields obscured them from the Soviet HMGs but, with the FOs at the tops of the buildings, they were still exposed to artillery. No time to catch their breath. So MARCH!

They managed to circle the town and approach from the south. Human wave tactics allowed them to enter the southern two town hexes. Now they just didn't have to die. Controlling the hex wasn't required to win. It was time for the Soviets to be on the offensive.

The Soviets began grinding the Romanians with repeated assaults. Soviet OBA stifled Romanian attempts to reinforce and on turn 35 the Romanian were pushed out of the town hexes and handily machine gunned.

I thought this would be an easy Soviet win but once they had to go on the offense in a city fight I realized it was harder than it looked.