In this hypothetical scenario, the Lithuanian government declined to participate in the German attack on the Soviet Union. They had two main reasons why they believed that Hitler wouldn’t launch the attack. Firstly, Germany and Stalin had just formed an alliance and secondly, because of the vast economic benefits that Hitler was receiving from that same alliance. However, a Finnish tip confirmed that Germany planned to march through Lithuania and as such they quietly mobilized and prepared for war.

Late June 1941, the Lithuanian Mechanized Brigade is ordered to blunt the spearhead of the rapidly advancing German 8th Panzer Division. During this engagement, just about all armour units involved on both sides were Czech build, with the Lithuanians having the best and most modern T22 in their ranks.

Both sides move on the battlefield. The Germans are coming from the south with the objective of breaking through the Lithuanian line. The Iron Wolves ride on from the east and have to quickly form some kind of defensive line. Luckily their movement is augmented by a conveniently placed road. They also send a T22 and LT38 platoon to the southeast to try to flank the oncoming German juggernaut. The Germans respond to this threat by sending 6 units of Pz38T to counter this move. Meanwhile, all German infantry disembarks their transports in fear of incoming artillery fire. This buys the Lithuanians more time to dig in at key locations along all possible German routes of assault.

For more than an hour, a splendid flurry of chess like moves are going on between the 2 harassing Lithuanian tank units and the 6 Pz38Ts that try to constrain them. In the end, the Iron Wolves decide that withdrawal is the better option before the Germans are able to crossfire them out of action.

During all this, the other half of the German armour are surging forwards to probe the centre and west flank. In the west, German infantry units are following on close by. In the centre, the infantry support are prudently awaiting the outcome of the imminent tank duels.

Opening shots come from the 6 Pz38Ts that are in hot pursuit of those pesky 2 tank platoons that dared defy them. Twelve shots for an 11+ to hit, not a single hit! Frustrated, the German CO orders his other tank units forward into a gauntlet of Lithuanian AT fire. On the west flank, the Iron Wolves open up with 4 shots on also an 11+ to hit. They hit twice and follow up with another hit on a 10+! The German armour on this flank is not only stopped cold, it is obliterated! The German commander can’t believe his misfortune. To top it all off, the Lithuanian tanks now start skirting along the edge of the wood towards the centre, creating deadly crossfire paths to seal the doom of the other German tanks.

Needless to state how the battle faired from that point on. The Lithuanian commander used small LTL units to keep the Pz38Ts occupied from the front, whilst picking them off with devastating crossfires from the lethal T22s. From noon till 13.00 hours, only 4 German tank platoons got through the Lithuanian line unscathed. The other two thirds were either burning or hopelessly trapped. The German infantry was not going to assault the tankers. So they retreated into the only town on the battlefield, turning it into a veritable fortress. With the Lithuanians being content to just mop up scattered German remnants, the German CO threw in the proverbial towel.

As such, the Germans had been repulsed on this front, yet Lithuania had only one mechanized brigade, while the Germans deployed 6 larger, better equipped Panzer Divisions just against Lithuania alone. The Lithuanian Mechanized Brigade could not stop them all.