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The Marder II of the reserve platoon scores a kill on a Soviet light tank. It's a difficult shot through the heavy woods.

A second tank kill for the reserve platoon Marder...

Kill number three as the 4th Soviet tank races up the road in an attempt to get in a flanking shot.

I order the Marder to traverse right and Boom! Sparks fly from the Soviet machine.

It keeps on coming until three hits in succession by the Heavy APC knock it out.

I have managed to fight off the Soviet attack but one of my precious Pioneer platoons has been decimated - only 5-6 men and a single APC survive.

The body count. Most of my losses came from the right hand Pioneer Platoon. That platoon has been annihilated and is no longer shown on the ops map.

G'day,

Great story!

Cheers,
Lancer

The time now is 00:00 and I need to shift my armor over to the eastern side of the battlefield in order to drive up the road to the final objective. I will probably only have time for one big heave before the game ends, so it needs to be a maximum effort.

My supply column and repair units are now available to move but my replacements are still fixed.

I prioritize my Pioneers for replacements and supply.

My replacements move up to a position adjacent to the infantry platoons that suffered the heaviest losses. Not enough move points to take it closer to the Pioneers and I need them in the assault, so I can't afford to pull them back.

My armor is up and I specify three attacks intended to break the Soviet line.

My on-map artillery are in support, one square behind the front line.

ORIGINAL: Kanov


One thing I want to ask is what are those big blue/red circles for example under platoon Krapp or at the right of landmark gully rakityanskoe?




Cheers and keep posting your tutorials!

I am now not so sure what those blue/red circles are. They aren't mapping onto the flags on the 3D map at all, in fact.

Any ideas anyone?

Good job Red. Have you ever figured out what all the categories refer to in the victory calculation page?
What do the numbers in () signify?
How are the score and score modifier calculated?

I was banking on a bit more light. There won't be too many screenies of this engagement, but at least I can concentrate my forces with reduced risk.

ORIGINAL: GBS

Good job Red. Have you ever figured out what all the categories refer to in the victory calculation page?
What do the numbers in () signify?
How are the score and score modifier calculated?

Sorry - I haven't got a clue what they stand for or how they are calculated. I'm just happy to be getting 'Draw' results after taking such a pounding

Hey diddle diddle, straight up the middle...

The infantry secure the river crossing but Soviet troops are spotted heading towards it.

I order my troops to halt and defend and call up an artillery strike (pre-planned fire).

Pioneers moving up in the pre-dawn darkness.

Did you ever see such a thing in a game before?

Headlights in the woods. Anyone feel like a singalong?

The Soviet defenders at the River Crossing are knocked back with ease. I seem to have achieved total surprise.

With the threat of a cell in Gestapo HQ in Kiev hanging over my head, I decide to risk everything with a final throw of the dice - a blitzkrieg-style exploitation to seize the remaining objectives by coup-de-main.