McIvan's View - Clash at Pavlograd - McIvan v [hirr]Leto

[McIvan]

Mmm.....this could be very tasty. But what's this? The percentage counter shows 73:2 at the bottom....practically no change for the Germans and I've definitely lost something. But what? Hitting the play button with trepidation, we watch the action unfold.

Down by the riverside, almost immediately the Psw222 gets a phaser lock, and lets loose a burst of 20mm...


The shells go straight and true, smacking home through the T60's front turret...which proceeds to take no notice of it whatsoever, reversing back out of the line of sight of my PIII's to the right. The PIII's promptly retarget on the T70s behind the Small Arms Factory, which leaves the now hunting Psw222 to the tender mercies of the T60s all on its lonesome.



Two bursts of 20mm later and the Psw222 explodes in a fireball, without getting off a shot in return. The only fortunate thing about it is that the adjacent Sd251/10 survives, for now at least. It moves up the bank with the two additional PIIIs close behind.

Meanwhile, the PIII's on the rise are hammering away at the T70s behind the factory...



One of the T70s attempts to duke it out. After a couple of misses, two 50mm AP slam into the T70 and after a short while the Russian crew abandon.

However, the second T70 is moving fast. My veteran PIII fires five times in a row...hitting with the 4th shot for a partial turret penetration, but the T70 shows no effects and races out of sight, hiding behind a Russian house.



Over at the Small Arms Factory, you can see that the halftracks and infantry have repositioned. The Russian halftrack has gone down the eastern side of the railway embankment and my PIII lost track of it after a second missed shot...it's bearing a charmed life so far.

Not sure whether you can see it, but the yellow box is where the surviving T70 ended up.