"Come back here ya coward, it's only a flesh wound..." SFS Round 2 Sitrep Thread!!

[Rasputin]

SITREP Turns 3-4....somewhere IVO Krupki
Rasputin-v-Ed

.....I am going to have to give a bit of wall-to-wall counseling to a certain inexperienced tank gunner and 88mm crew....or at least I would had they not stupidly opened fire too soon and got themselves blown apart for nothing.....between that and having to duck incoming rockets and artillery randomly splashing about the landscape these damn reds are starting to really hack me off. My intel chief creeps into position by the mapboard after frantically trying to keep up with the radio traffic......

....wave....wave.....

"Sir....further heavy ruski probes in the north and center are coming in. To the north of Krupki one of our heavy tank units broke cover and fired on an advancing infantry unit. In the ensuing exchange of fire with previously concealed allied armor another pair of Tigers was blown apart from across the valley. The surviving radio operator mentioned the cannon sounded different from the usual...indicating a new type of tank has been deployed......at least another attempt to turn the northern flank was identified and pushed back...but Ivan appears to have elements of two tank companies pushing forward on the other side of the valley.....light artillery fire and Stalin Organs reported also firing in the area to little effect....."

Damn that idiot gunner for blowing the ambush early....and getting his tank and wingman killed. Still...the northern flank remains relatively secure and I don't think Herr "Akula" is going to enjoy crossing that valley.....

...wave....smoke ring....wave....

"In the center sector due east of the factory complex an 88mm battery opened fire on a red penal engineer unit that is being forced to clear mines from the road network. After revealing it's position the gun and crew were obliterated by massed and repeated tank cannon fire. A taunting message was recieved over the open radio net inviting us to "come out and play"......"

Heh heh....and we played alright. Sending forward a Jagdpanzer supported by heavy tanks my big cats managed to blast a red tank platoon clear off the planet and forced another to maneuver out of sight. A third soviet tank unit was left disrupted. This levels the playing field a bit more and some judicious artillery fire mixed with smoke should give Ivan more problems approaching the center. One of my forward infantry teams also managed to force the penal engineers off the road and into cover. I am not pleased with that 88mm opening fire early...if the gun commander had not been blown to atoms I would have had him shot.....IDIOT!

...wave...wave....

"...errr...reports from the areas south east of Krupki indicate the presence of at least 2 more platoons of red tanks lurking in the woods before contact was broken....no further activity observed....."

This sitting around waiting on Ivan is tough being an offensive-minded commander. Still....trading long distance fire benefits my side as I only need to hold for a short while...I hope! I know Herr "Akula" will soon have to commit to the attack-it is just a question of where will the shove come from and will I be able to hold in place against the onslaught or will a space-for-time tradeoff need to happen. Perhaps a little probe in force south of Krupki might place Herr "Akula" off balance...or perhaps not.....in the meantime I need to consult with my artillery chief to plot some H&I fire along Ivan's lines of approach.....

Rasputin out