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

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Sitrep : Turn 9 Oberst vs Macnab

After the last turn I knew that this was gong to be a critical one for the Allies. No Axis arty at the beginning of the turn, an omen? Observed an engineer plt join the ATG unit & Panther plt in the strongpoint just W of the factory complex. A Tiger plt advanced and occupied the strongpoint on the Eastern edge of the ridge where opp fire from a T34/85 plt failed to cause any serious damage. The retaliation shot from the Tiger caused only a disruption and a withdrawl. Lucky! Otherwise fairly quiet for the Axis. The start of my turn say the arty barrage I preplanned hit with some minor results against the forementioned strongpoint. Both the engineer and ATG units lost 1 sp each. I decided to begin the turn in the area along the flanks of the ridge just N of Krupki. A 1 sp M4 slowly moved up the paved road heading for the 25 VP hex, last observed occupied by a disrupted 1 sp TD Panzer. As soon as it cleared the top of the hill there was a sharp crack, the unmistakeable report of the dreaded 88 from a Tiger plt hidden in woods just NW of the VP hex and the M4 exploded in mangled ball of twisted metal and flames. Concentrated fire from several M4 plts at 500 m range destroyed 1 sp of the Tiger plt located in the exposed strongpoint, disrupted it and it retreated duw W. In an attempt to draw enemy opp fire and also to see what else the Axis was hiding, a 1 sp T34/85 advance into the vacated stronpoint just to the N, previously occupied by the lucky German officer and am rewarded with the second shot from the hidden Tiger plt that destroyed the M4 unit. Now I decided to push an engineer unit into the strongpoint previously occupied by the retreated Tiger plt. Upon moving up the road they came under fire from the TD unit with no results but a Sdkfz 6/2 37 mm AA ht unit located in a stand of trees just W of the strongpoint disrupted them. Another T34/85 moved into the strongpoint to the N and was fired upon by another Tiger plt in the VP hex. Only a disruption though. Fire from the T34 was enough to retreat the AA ht out of LOS to the W. Another T34/85 barrelled into the strongpoint (sp) in the N and engaged the TD unit, destroying it with 1 shot. A second chancey and lucky shot took out 1 sp of the Tiger unit and caused it to retreat into the woods just NW of the VP h. So far 3 Tiger plts discovered, was there anything else? Only one way to find out. A single M4 plt began the slow climb up the paved road towards the VP h. Past the disrupted engineeer unit and into the VP h. No enemy fire! To their utter amazement they now gazed at the backsides of 2 Tiger plts as well as a third facing E but with no opp fire remaining. Choosing the Tiger unit in the woods NW of the VP h they fired and only disrupted the Tiger plt. Two more M4 plts roared forward to join them and chose the Tiger unit in the woods just W of the sp. Nothing! Faulty ammo? Two T34/85 plts now moved forward and who advanced 250m beyond the VP hex and in unison fired upon the Tiger facing E NW of the VP hex. Another damn disruption! Now all three Tiger plts where disrupted but being in woods there was no way of surrounding and assaulting them. Before retiring they came upon the 37 mm AA ht. Another M4 plt moving up the road quickly dispatched it. A single T34/85 with a Leader advanced up the road now and firing at the Tiger in the woods NW of the VP hex with its rear in the air, scored a solid hit, destroying another 1 sp and forcing its retreat to an orchard W of the woods. Another M4 with a Leader got into range, fired and was rewarded with the destruction of 1 sp of the Tiger in the woods just S of the VP hex. All units now pulled back to rearm for the next round. The disrupted engineer unit then popped smoke to maintain an LOS on top of the ridge. Not to bad so far. For the loss of 1 M4 sp and a few disrupted units, we had knocked out 4 Tiger sp's, 1 TD sp, an 37 mm AA plt and momentarily seized the 25 VP hex. Remaining action occurred in the area of teh factory complex where an engineer and motorcycle plt occupied the Southern area of the complex provideing a good LOS to all open areas E and S of Krupki. Opp fire results from the ATG plt and Panther plt in the sp just W of the complex where negligible and several T34's then sniped away destroying the ATG plt.

Oberst