ArtReg250 - The Halfway Position

Date: December 27th, 1941

History: During the russian winter offensive of 1941 the 250 (Spanish "Blue" Division) hold the western bank of the Volkhov river 
with isolated redoubts held by single platoons. One of these was the "Halfway Position", defended by Alfrez (2nd Lt) Rubio Moscoso, 
II/269 Infanterie Regiment with more or less 40 men.
Attacked by elements of soviet infantry regiments 1002 and 1004, the "Intermediate Position" located between Udarnik and Lobkowo,
hold desperately the position: "Impossible send to you reinforcements. Hold the ground as if you were nailed", was the HQ command. 
Finally the spaniards were overrun and all the defenders were killed, not before leaving 200 russian casualties on the ground. 
Ironically, as a posthumous humillation, the russians nailed the spanish dead with bayonets and piolets to the frozen ground. 
Although the reinforcements arrived too late, the desperate resistance of Rubio Moscoso's platoon allowed the rest of the battalion
to counterattack and push back the russians.
In 1954 2nd Lt. Rubio Moscoso was posthumously awarded with the Cruz Laureada de San Fernando (St. Ferdinand's Laureated Cross), 
the highest decoration of the Spanish Army. Only eight members of the Blue Division received it, most of them posthumously. 


The Soviets attack in a 8:1 ratio, three successive waves. However, playing as spaniard, you have a reasonable chance to win ;)
The grain hexes are the FROZEN Volkhov river. Treat them as open ground.

Units Human Players 

Spaniards: Platoon, 2nd Battalion, Infantry Regiment 269, 250th Spanish "Blue" Division.
Russians: Elements of the 1002/1004 Infantry Regiments.
Maps: 1x2 maps

Terrain: Steep Hills, Rural, Woods, River. The grain hexes are the FROZEN Volkhov River. Treat them as open ground.

Visibility: 7 Hexes

Scenario Length: 9 Game Turns. 

Scenario Configuration Recomendations: 
Difficulty - Hard
Fog of War - Enabled
Path Quality - High
If a SIDE loses all units, a Scenario/CG ends - Enabled.

Victory Objective: The side with the most Victory Points at the end is the winner. Both sides get VPs for owning VP Locations. 

Scenario Designer: ArtReg250.
