Jobu and MrYormsha 1941

[Jobu88]

Arrrrrrrgh! It's a good thing there's 70 million Russians and an endless supply of tanks being cranked out of the factories.....not that any of that does me any good right now.

Two of my T-26's are killed by German tank fire. In each case they took multiple hits, but the hit that produced the "Knocked out" message was 20mm fire. Who designed these freakin' tin boxes & why isn't he in a labor camp in Siberia???







My remaining T-26 has taken three hits but he's still rolling. He may just make it behind the buildings that will block LOS from the panzers.




As if I didn't have enough headaches, this turn Mr Y starts dropping 81mm mortars all over my boys. They all come through OK however, just a couple squads that are taking cover. None of the squads in trench positions are so much as scratched.





I expect Mr Y will try to run his panzers up close and start blasting my trench positions shortly. I am going to keep my three surviving BT-7s behind the hill as a fleet in being, rather than continuing to provide cooperative target service for German gunners. He will at least have to consider the threat of presenting me with side shots as long as the BT-7s are still alive.

I need to reposition my HQ / mortar spotter to get a LOS through a keyhole to the woods where the Krauts are massing, so no mortar fire this turn. Mainly just keeping up moderate fire on the Germans in the woods and keeping most of the boys hunkered down.