General Ernst Busch's Sixteenth Army was maintaining defensive positions around Leningrad to prevent Russian forces from relieving the besieged garrison. The 250th Infantry, The Blue Division, made up of Spanish volunteers, joined the I Corps' line north of Novgorad facing east toward the Volkhov River. Defending the east bank
was the Soviet 267th Rifle Division. Here, the Russians were believed to be weak. The 250th Division was ordered to cross at Udarnik, establish a bridgehead, then drive south to open the Novgorad bridgehead. The initial
crossing was made by a small group from the Spanish 269th Infantry Regiment.
Attacker: Spanish Blue (6th Compañia, 2nd Battalion, 269th Regimiento de Infanteria, 250th División de Infanteria (División Azul))
This is a fine scenario that can be skewed by off the chart results. That happened here. Boyce had a good attack, but fell just short of getting the win. First IFT shot by me was a natural 3. That wounded his 9-2 and that guy never got back into the fight. But would play again, either side!
2024-10-10
(D) John Garlic
vs
Ron Kyle
Russian win
Very tight quick scenario. Time put pressure on Germans, and Russians were able to hold out with one squad of conscripts.