So--- Being a foolish Russian a Leader advanced to the edge of a treeline to observe and reveal
a German Tank in the Treeline two hexes away.....
No other Brave Russian infantry joined him....they waited one hex inside the forest with the hope someone would blow the shxt out of the german first.
The clever German thought---why don't I overrun that guy!??
He's in LOS, he's observed, 1.5mp to clear the open ground, 4mp to get into the woods, 1.5 mp to get back out into the open....7 of 8, np.
But---is it a valid overrun?
Does a Leader in a hex alone --- it is a special condition in Leader casualties(6.71) the lone leader in hex with enemy combat troops,
not an Assault.
So---is it a valid Overrun? Overrun rules go on about it becoming an Assault hex---and lone leaders don't do Assault hex....
At the same time---as that German enters the hex---he's adjacent to a slew of other units---but, it would seem none of them
can take action/fire at him...as they could not see him until he entered the woods--in which point it would be an "assault hex" (but it's not
cause the leader rolls to run or die) and then he jumps out of the woods......
So eventually he decided against it---but...
I'm Thinking that:
1) It would be a valid overrun
2) the Russian would roll two dice >=9 and the leader dies
3) the German cannot be attacked by any of the Russian in adjacent hexes
4) the German can complete his overrun moving back out of the forest to a clear hex
Did we stray from the true way?
cj
