In the town of Shklov, the German advance
was frustrated by the determined defense of a handful of young Soviets. Skillfully
using every advantage, the young officer cadets, known as “Stalin Scholars”,
were able to beat back the advance of the regular German forces. In order to
break the deadlock the Germans ordered the crack Infantry Regiment “Grossdeutschland”
to clear the town.
Attacker: German (Elements of Infantry Regiment Grossdeutschland)
This was a great learning scenario. One of my first Full ASL scenarios. The Russians managed to hold the buildings, running upstairs to the second floor in two of the 5 buildings. One CC was won by Russuans rolling a 2. The scenario was fun, not long and had some armor. Learned a few things. Bob Trufano is a great teacher and we enjoyed the battle. Looking forward to more battles at J&D on 3/3
2023-09-06
(D) Craig Renier
vs
Jim Vasilou
German win
The Germans ordnance smoke and smoke dispensers were used with great effect, failing only once. Russian defensive fire was ineffective from beginning to end. But, the Russians were able to manage to maintain a defensive line, relying solely on the commissar to rally the many broken squads. The Germans made one mistake which cost a broken 10-3 and 3 MMCs, but this was very late in the game. For the first 2 turns the Russians averaged 7.43 IFT garning 1 German MC, which was easily passed. For the last 4 turns the Germans average rolls were 6.29, 5.61 on IFT while the Russians averaged 7.88, 7.67 on MC and 8.12 on IFT. Despite the huge difference between rolls, the Russians somehow managed to hold out until the German Turn 6 CC phase.
2023-07-08
(D) Yuqi Xiong
vs
Warf
Russian win
I deployed my forces in the 3 VP building behind, since M5 and M7 were traps for defenders.
Both sides had a formidable 10-3, making the city-fight completely different. My 10-3 stood on from German offensive fire and knocked down German 10-3 in DFPh on turn 2.
Later, lucky SAN took away German 9-2 leader, significantly slowing German push in the south. One of the stug MALFed its MA and recalled. FL attack also killed a berserk German squad.
On turn 5, I dispersed all my forces, German had hard time wiping them all out and forfeited the game.
Quite dicey but a relatively balanced one.
2023-05-20
(A) Craig Renier
vs
Tony Fermendzin
Russian win
The Russian set up the bulk of their defense behind the front two VC buildings. The Germans advanced carefully using ordnance smoke to protect the advance. The Russians withdrew in good order with minor losses. The Germans shifted the bulk of the attack to the left which placed them in front of the bulk of the defenders and open ground to cross. The Russians skillfully avoided Defensive Fire leaving the Germans with few options. The few shots available with the 10-3 leader were ineffective. In addition, the Russians eliminated the German 9-2 leader in CC. With time running out, the Germans made a push for the final building. While one Stug was moving to place smoke, a Russian squad entered CC Reaction Fire and successfully wrecked the vehicle. Pressing the attack, German squads with the 10-3 leader still failed to get any appreciable result. There was one faint hope when the Russian 10-3 leader pinned and the accompanying squad broke. But that was remedied quickly with a rally under the commissar. When the Russians broke 4 more German squads and a leader, it was clear the game was over.
2023-01-14
(A) Jonathan Plott
vs
Steve B
Russian win
One of the games I played at Winter Offensive 2023!