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The Attack Rolled 49th Mountain Corps #1 |
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| (Attacker) Germany | vs | Soviet Union (Defender) |
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| Overall Rating, 3 votes |
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3.67
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| Scenario Rank: --- of 940 |
| Parent Game | 49th Mountain Corps |
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| Historicity | Historical |
| Date | 1941-06-22 |
| Start Time | 03:15 |
| Turn Count | 22 |
| Visibility | Day & Night |
| Counters | 68 |
| Net Morale | 0 |
| Net Initiative | 3 |
| Maps | 2: 4, 6 |
| Layout Dimensions | 56 x 43 cm 22 x 17 in |
| Play Bounty | 175 |
| AAR Bounty | 165 |
| Total Plays | 3 |
| Total AARs | 2 |
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| Inflict Enemy Casualties |
| Road Control |
| Urban Assault |
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| Anti-infantry Wire |
| Off-board Artillery |
| Scenario Requirements & Playability | |
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| 49th Mountain Corps | Base Game |
| Fire in the Steppe | Maps + Counters |
| Parachutes Over Crete | Counters |
| Slovakia’s War | Counters |
| Introduction |
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The 1st Mountain Division filtered into positions along the German-Soviet border in the days just before the scheduled 22 June offensive, moving at night to maintain the element of surprise. With the 68th Infantry Division on its right flank and the 71st Infantry Division (from IV Corps) on its left, the division was to drive for Lvov. But first it would have to penetrate the Soviet positions along the border. |
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As the division’s war diary noted, “the attack rolled.” The NKVD border guards put up surprising resistance, but they were badly outnumbered and eventually overrun; “the enemy appears completely surprised,” the division diary also recorded. The division staff decided that they faced a “Siberian” division, since NKVD troopers included men from all over the Soviet Union and some of the prisoners and dead appeared to be ethnically Asian. |
| Additional Notes |
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Gebirgsjäger leaders in 49th Mountain Corps, which are taken from Parachutes Over Crete, use conventional named ranks. The library was setup using German rank references. Players not owning Parachutes Over Crete may substitute counters from Edelweiss, Edelweiss Expanded or Edelweiss IV. Players using Edelweiss counters should download the Gebirgs leaders from Avalanche Press. Edelweiss IV is available through the Gold Club portal. Players not owning Slovakia’s War may substitute the NKVD counters from Sinister Forces. |
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| Heer |
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| NKVD |
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| 1 Errata Item | |
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The movement allowance on the counters in Airborne is misprinted. It should be "3." (rerathbun
on 2012 Jan 30)
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| #1 The Attack Rolled |
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The NKVD troops put up a good fight but were soon overwhelmed by sheer numbers and concentrated German OBA and mortar fire. It took the Gebirgsjager troops a little longer than they would have liked to eliminate the forward NKVD positions but once thru the initial crust of the Soviet defense they regrouped & moved on to clear the town and the rest of the north-south road. Good first scenario that was a lot closer due to stiff NKVD resistance and dice rolls. |
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| Tricky defense | ||||||||||||
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The Soviets decided to defend beginning with the woods on board 6, near the North end. By virtue of the scenario parameters the Germans were forced to clear the woods of all Russian units to be in a position to win anything in the scenario at all. Darkness helped the Soviets hold off the German superiority at first, but as dawn came, the position crumbled. The Soviets did not do a very good retreat to the town but managed to get enough troops into the town to hold off the Germans in their last ditch efforts to win the town. Russians by a hair! |
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