**Spolier!!!**
ARGG!
This was one of the most annoying battles ive fought in a while.
I crushed my foe 2.2 to 1 in points and still got a draw.
The mission was to link up with the 24th panzer division and bring them some supplies.
One the way we got waylayed by some Soviet rebels with nothing better to do than take potshots at trucks along back country roads.
I deployed my forces in a spear shape with all my halftrack armored cars and tanks as "flankers".
I kept this formation thourghout the whole game.
I moved my kubelwagons and cars forward and began making contact.
I took heavy losses among these forces but it was worth it with the information gained and casulties they caused.
I moved my AUX halftracks and a platoon of infantry first in line, then 2 groups of trucks.
I came up with a plan (and I think its worked pretty well) to wait until all ammo trucks were on the map before I moved them to the exits.
I put all 6 in the same hex and kept all my Pz IV's and 3 rad-8's around to escort them.
This worked very well and kept them from being destroyed piece-meal.
To make a long story short I moved in black-hawk down fashion to the exits and got id say 80% of my group out alive.
The most annoying part was where soviets would "infiltrate" right on top of my ammo trucks and before I could op fire they would fire their rifles and BOOM!.
I lost 3 ammo trucks this way....which sucked...(my superiors are gona tear me a new one over that)
I even employed Gen. Garrison like tactics and didnt leave a single man behind,
One of my Pz IV swept back down the road and picked up the living crews from unlucky vehicles and took them to the exits.
The Soviets were decimated.
I hunted down and wiped out every single unit except their 82mm mortar.
They had around a 2 companies worth of men including a attached sapper platoon.
Along with 2 45mm AT guns (which did nothing for them, I found them and wiped them out before they scored a single hit).
Im pretty pissed about my draw so I handed my prisoners over to the SS (im sure they will be "dealt" with
) and moved out to take my revenge.
Very nice map Bryan....but the spawning right on the road and my trucks kinda sucks....
Final Game stats :
Germany: Soviets:
Losses: 94 224
Arty: 0 2
Soft: 8 0
APC:0 0
AFV: 7 0
Points: 10224 4874
DRAW
On to battle two.
I hope repairs are cheap....
****.....I coudldnt quite repair everything....1 kubelwagon was left dameged..
I didnt get to upgrade anything either.
But on a good note I had 5-6 units become vetreans and 3-4 promoted and gained some skills.
This next battle is suppossed to be somewhat easy (ya right).
Panzers forward....
).
I just checked, that's the main difference in our OOBs.
