Burning Fields AAR

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My Lmg opens up on the Russians in the wheatfield.
There happens to be 2 Rifle squads in that hex.
I score 1 hit and a miss.
Firing again on my next turn, the Lmg kills 1 squad and leaves the other wounded.

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As my Rifle squads move forward, the Russian scores a hit on one of them.
Being outnumbered I can't really afford many losses.
I play my Auto Rally card to bring him back to health.

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As I continue to move forward, more hidden Russian squads are revealed.
Another of my Rifle squads takes a hit .

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The squad fails to rally.
And the Russian player eliminates it on his turn.

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My SS Elite Rifle squad presses forward, being missed by a Russian attack, and close assaults the wounded Russian squad.
The Russian squad is eliminated.

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My Elite squad is out of action points but I still have a Command Action card.
I play it and score a hit on the Russian Rifle squad in the barn.

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At turns end, I manage to wound the Partisan squad on the North edge of the map with a lucky shot.

Casualties:
1 German Rifle squad

1 Russian Irregular squad
2 Russian Rifle squads

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TURN 4

The Russian player receives his final reinforcement of 2 Rifle squads.

I begin my turn by moving my Elite squad into the barn and close assaulting the wounded Russians.
They are eliminated.
One of his Rifle squads takes a shot, but miss.

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The SS Elite Rifle in the barn fires at the adjacent Russian Rifle squad in the other barn and scores a hit.
The Maxim fires at my Elites but misses.
I fire again at the wounded squad next to me, but I also miss.
The Maxim fires again, but misses a second time.

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I play a Hasty Defense card to protect my Elite squad holding onto the Victory hex.
The Russians come out of the heavy woods to take back that barn.
But my Lmg opens up on them.
I score 1 hit.

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I score a hit on the second advancing Russian Rifle squad.
But I miss on a third crack at them.

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My SS Veteran Rifle squad moves forward to the barns.
It is a swarming bee's nest around the Victory hexes.
The Russian squad along the South edge pivots and takes a shot at them, but miss.
A Russian Rifle squad emerges from the wheatfield to their North and takes a shot. Another miss.

The Veterans move next to the second barn, stepping into a hidden minefield which the Russian laid earlier with a card.
They are lucky again as the minefield also has no effect with its' attack.

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My Veteran squad moves into the second barn and close assaults the wounded Russians, eliminating them.
Another Victory hex for the SS.
I give 2 CAPs to the Lmg and he fires, killing another wounded Russian squad.

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I give my final 2 CAPs to my Elite Rifle squad to give him another shot.
It only costs 2 APs for the Elite unit to fire.
It's not wasted as the other wounded Russian Rifle is destroyed.

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My remaining SS Rifle in the South moves forward and close assaults the lone Russian squad there.
As that Russian squad had previously fired, I believed it was out of APs.
The SS squad moved in unopposed and scored a hit.

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My Rifle squad on the North flank moves forward and eliminates the wounded Russian Partisan squad.

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This is how the battlefield looks at the end of Turn 4.

Casualties:
3 Russian Rifle squads
2 Russian Irregulars

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TURN 5

I open up the final turn by firing at the flank of this Russian Rifle squad with both my Lmg and Mortar.
The attacks miss.

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My Rifle squad on the North flank moves forward.
But it's attacks have no effects on the holdout Russian squads.

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The Maxim in the farmhouse pivots and fires but misses.

My Rifle squad on the South edge mops up by destroying the wounded Russians in its' hex.