Panzer Grenadier Battles on May 2nd:
Army Group South Ukraine #5 - Not as Planned Broken Axis #20 - Târgu Frumos: The Second Battle Scenario 9: Day of the Gunners
Army Group South Ukraine #7 - A Worthless Diversion Broken Axis #21 - Târgu Frumos: The Second Battle Scenario 10: The Lion's in Town
Army Group South Ukraine #8 - Panzer Lion I: The Main Thrust Broken Axis #22 - Târgu Frumos: The Second Battle Scenario 11: Valley of Fire
Army Group South Ukraine #9 - Panzer Lion II: Targu Frumos Grossdeutschland 1944 #18 - Mount Hushenei
Army Group South Ukraine #10 - Panzer Lion III: A Promising Start Grossdeutschland 1944 #19 - Tank Battle at Ruginoasa
Broken Axis #15 - Târgu Frumos: The Second Battle Scenario 4: Questionable Effort Panzer Lion #1 - Those Brave Boys
Broken Axis #16 - Târgu Frumos: The Second Battle Scenario 5: Failure on the Flanks Panzer Lion #2 - Corntesi Town
Broken Axis #17 - Târgu Frumos: The Second Battle Scenario 6: Primary Objective Panzer Lion #3 - Facuti Town
Broken Axis #18 - Târgu Frumos: The Second Battle Scenario 7: Târgu Frumos Panzer Lion #4 - Polieni Town
Broken Axis #19 - Târgu Frumos: The Second Battle Scenario 8: Combined Arms Panzer Lion #5 - Clearing the Valley
A Minor Victory is still a Victory
Author gulatum (Soviet Union)
Method Dual Table Setup + Voice Chat
Victor Soviet Union
Participants davidthedad
Play Date 2014-12-21
Language English
Scenario KurS024

This one was a pleasant surprise. I was sure the Germans would wallop the Soviets. Again, I was the defender; so I set up the four minefields in a sort of J shape right in front of the town, on the road and on both sides of it. Two entrenchments were next to the town, and the third was set back in the little field to the south of the town.

For some reason, a few turns into the game, the Germans balked at the opportunity to go North around the minefields. The entire attacking force shifted to the south. This kept them bottled up way too long as they spent time trying to take out the big 76.2mm guns. It also allowed me to make a small (eventually completely defeated) counterattack in the north- I drove the Grants and two T-34s toward the far hill on his starting board. Though defeated, this attack did keep a few HMGs and at least one heavy PZIV away from the town. At one point, the Tigers were completely separated from everybody else in the German force. I jumped into assaults on those guys! It cost me probably six full platoons to knock out one and a half Tiger platoons, but after a certain point, casualties didn't matter to the Soviets- but they did to the Germans. The German attack on the town finally came from the WEST! They had swung all the way to the far side and were taking the town easily at game's end. But time ran out- there was no way they could get the needed steps off the west edge.

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