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A Rout before Breakfast
Author Schoenwulf
Method Solo
Victor Germany
Play Date 2018-09-15
Language English
Scenario EFDx002

Shortly before dawn on June 22, 1941, troops from the German 575th Infantry Regiment moved forward to attack the Soviet Naval Base at Liepaja. En route, they encountered an understaffed Soviet 114th Rifle Regiment near the town of Vindava. By 0730 hours, most of the Soviet troops were demoralized and incapable of stopping the German onslaught. The skirmish was essentially over at 0845 as the Soviets were unable to slow the German advance towards the Naval Base.

This 2-map scenario has primary objectives that involve very limited German step loss count for Allied success or unit exit for Axis victory. The German setup involved placement of all mobile units east of the town on Map #2, with the howitzers in town for bombardment of Board #8 once Soviet units were spotted. The Soviet placement is pretty restricted, so as many units as possible were spaced between the road and north edge of Board #8. With Soviet morale at 6/5 and the Germans having OBA plus the combined howitzer bombardment, once units were spotted, they were being attacked on the 21 (dug-in) or 30 column. Using their INF/HMG range advantage coupled with the bombardment options, disruption and demoralization of Soviet units occurred fairly quickly. Recovery of Soviet units was difficult since they start at 6/5 morale and are effectively 5/4 as soon as they are demoralized. By game end, the Soviets had lost 4 steps and only had one good order and one disrupted unit; all the rest were demoralized. In contrast, the Germans were all in good order, had exited 9 combat units, and only lost a single step to a very fortunate Soviet opp fire (“snake-eyes”) roll. Had the Germans lost another step, they would have lost the scenario, but once the path was cleared and well protected to the north, there was little resistance to their advance. The scenario probably well from an historical standpoint, but it's no fun being the Soviets in this one.

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