Scenario #2 has an infantry regiment of the German 20th Motorized Division, supported by a company of assault guns, attacking across a minor river against a smaller Polish Infantry force dug-in on the east side and covering the single bridge, there is a rumor that Polish reinforcements from the Wielkopolska Cavalry Brigade are heading to the area, will see if they can arrive in time.

The German infantry, led by the assault guns, attacked south of the village with the goal of getting across the river and into the woods out flanking the Polish defenders covering the bridge. A Polish ATG opened fire on the lead StuG platoon but missed, the Germans quickly brought down concentrated OBA fire and with a lucky hit (snake eyes) eliminated the ATG, thus removing the AT threat on this section of the Polish defense.

Under intense Polish OBA and mortar fire the German infantry crossed the river, eliminated the dug-in defenders and began advancing on the woods in order to clear them of Polish infantry. It was at this time that the Polish armor reinforcements arrived, two reinforced companies, one of S35’s the other 9TP’s, they immediately started moving southeast to attack the German infantry in the open disrupted & demoralized by the Polish artillery when they come under fire from the German regimental AT company that had deployed in the village and in the woods just north of the village.

The combination of the PaK 36’s on the flank and StuG’s to their front caused the Polish armor to retreat to a more favorable position, minus several steps. The Polish artillery assets shifted their fire from the German infantry to the ATG’s to try and silence the guns. The shift in fire allowed the German infantry that was disrupted to recover and advance once again to help the platoons clearing the woods of Polish infantry.

Have to say the StuG’s with their short 75L24 guns (4-4) & armor of 4 held their own against the new Polish tank forces and only lost 1 step during the engagement. The combination of German leaders, artillery assets & the StuG’s tipped the battle to the Germans in this scenario, who achieved two out of the three victory conditions for a minor win.