This is a large scenario played over 4 maps with 38 Gren platoons and supporting arms including STUGs trying to clear a range of hill and two North/South roads against 27 dug in INF platoons with MTR and ART support. The German plan was to overload the right flank clearing all the hills on board 23 and then dig in for a minor victory, if losses had been too heavy then the Germans would sweep over board 25 and try to claim a major victory. The Soviet plan was to sit tight inflict as many losses as possible and hope the the the 16th Tank Corps would arrive promptly. Neither plan worked, the German juggernaut did roll over the Soviet forces on Hill 192 but losses had been to heavy so the option of digging in and holding was not viable. However the Russian's casualties had been massive. The Soviet commander himself had fallen leading a local counter attack, in a doomed attempt to stop the encirclement of Hill 192 and by GT10 all the Germans needed to do was mop up the remaining scattered Soviet forces on Hill 192, regroup and then strike westwards to take the small 40m hill on board 25. Regrettably for the Germans the mopping up and regrouping just took too long, and with the time ticking away the last attack was a hasty uncoordinated affair as the German Grenadiers advanced towards the hill they met accurate fire which drove them to take cover and the attack was called off. The Soviet 16th tank corps did not arrive promptly in fact they nearly missed the battle completely arriving more than 2 hours late, and then losing 4 T34s to the STUGs who had been waiting for them. Both sides had obtained a minor victory, the Soviets had very little chance of recapturing enough hill hexes for a major victory and the German second attack had run out of both steam and time. A cracking scenario, excellent for solo play as the Soviet's have only limited tactical options. Well worth a look.

Played solo over several 1-2 hour sessions.

This is a large scenario - 30 turns, over 200 units. The plan for the German was to split their forces into three groups: one group east, another west, and a smaller central group to flank the first hill to show signs of stress and to prevent the Soviets from reinforcing the hills.

It almost work as the Soviet defense on the northwestern hill was starting to crumble midway through the scenario. But eh Soviets got their reinforcement on the first turn they were available and these fresh troops repulsed the attack and help stabilize the situation.

The Soviets achieve their minor victory condition on turn 21 and it looked like the Germans would be defeated. As step loses did not matter anymore, I had the Germans close in without prepared fire and have them assault every opportunity they had, The Germans troops must have thought they were turning Japanese on this day as they vaporized stacks after stacks of Soviet defenders in no time flat. The certain defeat was turned into a draw on turn 29 and almost into a major victory on the last turn.

Draw!

I rate this one a strong "4" and thinks it plays well solo or ftf over several sessions. It's also one of those scenarios where playing it safe as the attacker and just aim for a minor victory may not be wise as the Soviet artillery will likely inflict many loses on the Germans.

In retrospect, one thing I should have considered was to use the limited available German air support early in the scenario to try to shut down, or at least reduce, the Soviet artillery hiding behind the wooden 40-meter hill. That group bombarded the Germans on the 42 column until almost the very end and their effectiveness was one reason why I believed the Soviets were in a great position until the last few turns.