Death at the Cement Plant ETO (id:#66357)
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Novorossiysk, Russia 1942-09-11 ()
Designer: Mark Harms
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanRussian
63.636363636364%

Overview:

When Axis forces ejected the Soviet flotilla from its Black Sea port, it looked as if the German V Armeekorps would be able to advance along the coast road and potentially drive the Soviets from the Black Sea. But the Soviet 47th Army threw together ad hoc units under the name of the 2nd Composite Naval Brigade that included army regulars, naval marines, and sailors from the dispersed flotilla. The brigade made a stand at the cement plant on the eastern outskirts of the city. The unenviable task of taking it fell to Infanterie-Division 73 with support from an assault gun battalion.
Attacker: German (Infanterie-Regiment 213, Infanterie-Division 73 and Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 249)
Defender: Russian (16th Naval Battalion with Marine detachment of 14th Naval Infantry Battalion)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.5 D:16.0
AFVs: A:2
StuG IIIB x 2

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:1
45mm PTP obr. 32
PTRD-41 ATR

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Bldg 22H4 is Two Story House, only printed stairwells exist. Marsh is Brush
Map Board(s): 22 79
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2023-04-08(A) Camille Garek vs Jean-Pascal German win
2023-03-25(D) Richard Jenulis vs Ron Duenskie German win2023 Nor'Easter (rounds two and three)

I am including the round two scenario write up first since the scenario is not currently published nor included on Scenario Archives.

24 March B'45-01 "...Things are Hot!"
I was the attacking Germans. My opponent (Richard Vieira) was the defending Americans. The Germans need to take 4 of the 5 multi-hex buildings. Richard frustrated my attack with his vehicles acquiring hexes I needed to advance into and slowing my attack. Eventually I took my Panthers and StuG's tank hunting to clear the way, loosing two Panthers to Baz side shots and one Panther and one StuG malfunctioned MA and one StuG to a inglorious kill by a Sherman. The scenario came down to the last turn. The Americans got the balance. A very fun game with Richard. I would rate this scenario very good.

Round three
Lots of grumbling. Apparently, I diced my opponent and he still managed to win. I agree with Andy's assessment. The counter density was very difficult to work around. Stacks kept getting knocked over and rearranged so many times, I lost track of who was where. My opponent was able to keep it straight and make sure his 8-3-8's were alway right where they needed to be.
2023-03-18(D) Paul Works vs Larry Zoet Russian win
2023-03-02(A) Bill Durrant vs Gary Norman German win
2023-03-02(A) Andy Bagley vs Russell Gough German winThe key to winning with the Germans here seems to be to get units round the back of the cement plant to prevent the Russian reinforcements from reaching it. This I just managed to do, and my remaining units took out the last Russian defenders of building 22H4 on the final turn. Yes, in ftf play that building can get horrendously crowded, so we hand-drew a large diagram of those seven hexes to manage this off-board.
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worksp2018 Added a playing2023-05-20 14:41:59
peacmyer Rated the scenario2023-04-21 04:47:33
GOUREAU Added a playing2023-04-10 17:56:10
RJenulis Added a playing2023-03-28 16:01:51
atomic Added a playing2023-03-14 21:28:34
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Avg Rating: 7.47Votes: 15
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Estimated Play time: 4.2 hours
Recorded Games: 11
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