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1500 points each. March '44
German defending south road and woods.
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I imagined the scenario I was dealt as the counterpunch of a retreating decimated Pz Divison.
"Aufklaarung Counter 44"
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March 4 1944
X D.Pz
Oberst Spellir commanding.
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Situation as of 12:40PM.
After being routed, most of division destroyed.
Operations Stabff nowhere to be found. Myself and Major Befel the only Command officers left; and a Major Schmet recently in charge of what remains of regimental artillery.
Once the withdrawal affored time and space, I re assembled two makeshift KGs: mine and Maj Befel's.
Seeing as there was nowhere left to retreat to (marshes to south west [off map]) and seeing a summit, with Divisional Stab's MG Kompanie stranded there --and knowing the Soviets had to proceed down the only road through the marshes-- I decided to mount a counter attack: I hold the only road off that plateau through the marshes.
The plan was to sweep around south-east and occupy the summit plateu denying it to the advancing soviet armour so that korp command could retake the entire area unmolested.
I took all the Aufkl and most Pioniers in my KG and swept around to link up with Stab MG komp near the summit.
I ordered Maj Befel's KG to dig in in place to my north west [off Map] and protect my north flank. Ultimately he would draw fire from the advancing Soviets that I --being deployed on the summit --would be able to decisively respond to.
I ordered Schmet's Artillery, which was far ahead into the Southwest marshes --busily bogging itself in-- to deploy for fire missions.
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Divisional Assets:
..Most of Shutzen Regiment anihilated.
..Most Panzers destroyed.
..Most Pz Jg destroyed.
..Much of artillery rgt captured.
..Stab and Nachrichten etc unaccounted for.
..Remaining, under my control--
-Auflk elements --including light tanks
-Combat Engineers
-Pltn Pz IVG
..Some Haubitz (contingent on Schmet)
..Remaining, in summit area, when I arrived there--
-Stab's Maschinen Geweher company (w/ PzShrk)
-Some Mortars
-remnant one Pz Gren Kompanie --unmounted
-PzV(Panther) (recovered)
..Remaining, under Maj Befel (to my north)--
-Combat Engineers
-Pltn PzIV
-PzJg
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Action at 1:10PM.
[Map 0+1]
When my KG arrived at the summit's vicinity, it was _already_ being occupied by Soviet SP artillery! Radio link with Stab's MG komp dug in due west of summit informed me there were pltns of T-70 and British mediums assembling, along with some Inf and medium ATG already there.
South of that summit, a Sov probe was approaching from the east, threatening surviving PzGrn pltns and our stranded recovery maintainence personnel. In that south area -- back behind the PzGrn positions-- there were three PzV(Panters) recently repaired, and a le.mtr platoon.
My KG, arriving in the SW, was in two prongs--North and South. The north prong --PzIILuchs, PiWg, Pionier and ATR-- was set to link up with southern wing of Stab MG Kompanie. My southern prong --PzIV, one heavy recon vehicle, Pionier, Recc truppen and MG-- was to advance east to SE Woods --bringing ammo to PzGrn there-- then ultimately north for flanking run on summit, after linking up with PzV(Panthers) and le.mtrs.
But that Sov south probe was a full on Sov Inf btn advance supported by tanks!
I needed that SE area secured if I was to move on the summit before the Russian artillery got fully set there and started to decimate the area for kilometers...
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