Author |
waynebaumber
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Method |
Solo |
Victor |
Germany |
Play Date |
2023-08-21 |
Language |
English |
Scenario |
ReWa020
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This scenario has an interesting situation, the Soviet 81st Tank Brigade is encircled behind German line the 16th Guards have to breakthrough and rescue the entrapped tankers. Facing the Soviet relieving forces are elements of the 14th and 6th German Infantry divisions. The Germans set up first and have to cover the Northern and Eastern approaches to the town where the tank units are. What the Soviets should do is probably chose one point to attack and commit all their forces to that point. Alas I actually split the forces into three groups which enabled the German unit to defeat each attacking column in turn.
On GT5 the Red Army commander had been killed by artillery this initially had little effect but as new filtered through the command chain the assault definitely wavered, and by GT8 the result of this battle was in little doubt. I actually played on for another 12 turns to see if any forces could be rescued and in fact 2 BT7 tanks did make to safety however the rest of the 81st Tank Brigade was eliminated along with 75% of the relieving forces. Not the Red Army's finest hour.
The main issue with this scenario is the imbalance in forces German units not only outnumber the Soviet forces they have massive OBDA which can lay 2 x 55 Bombardments per turn enough to cause casualties every two turns given average dice. I certainly did not play the Soviet side well but this is scenario is a very tough ask for the Russkies. Ok for solitaire play though
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