Lone Leader after AT Attack in Assault?

[tlangston28]

Hello all,

Here is one that just came up in a PBEM Panzer Lehr game I am in:

2 units of M4s adjacent to an assault hex are firing AT into the assault. The assault hex contain a German Leader and PzIVF and a Disrupted US INF and the entire assault hex is surrounded by US forces. On their shots, the M4s destroyed the PzIVF, leaving the German leader in the hex with the U.S. DIS INF.

Is the Leader considered captured since there are no German combat units in the hex or do I have to actively "Assault" with the DIS INF unit to trigger the capture roll? Does that hex cease to be an assault hex when the AFV is destroyed, leaving the leader forced to either flee or surrender?

Remember, the hex is surrounded so the leader cannot flee anywhere.

My thought on this is that the leader is gone as well since he could not leave the hex. If there was an open spot, I would think that he could go there without triggering the capture roll since all the fire was AT.

Thanks,
Tony