GREEN LIGHT TOURNEY

[PoorOldSpike]

THE RUSSIAN STRATEGY

Some results have still to come in, but the screenshots below give a good idea of how things have gone in the tourney, the shots are from different games when I was Russian, my strategy was simply to put the infantry and guns in cover and try to hold on by their fingertips.
Usually the guns arriving as reinfs had no time to be pushed anywhere before the Germans were on them, so most of the time I just pivoted them to face the expected enemy approach route and left them sitting in the open ready to fire at the first Germans they saw.
My Russ infantry reinfs were usually able to scramble into cover before Jerry arrived, but I ordered them to hide on short arcs and only fire when/if they were spotted, or if they had a good shot at a laden truck etc. But their main task was to lie unseen on 'hide' til the end of the game to keep flags neutral and it worked on quite a few occasions.
But overall the green Russians usually had little chance to survive, breakiing, running and/or surrendering as soon as they began taking fire.
As for the 8 Russian tank reinfs that arrived in the town, they were mostly green and no match for the crack German panzers, so I usually held them back in the town as a last line of defence.



The River- A typical Russian setup, I placed the infantry at the back of the woods shielded by the trees between them and Jerry so they'd last a little longer.
The MG-bunker I placed smack in the middle of the road, it only lasted about 10 seconds of course because it was in full view of the panzers who quickly blasted it to matchwood, but its main purpose was to partially block the road and cause delay which it did even when knocked out, though units can still squeeze past wrecked bunkers/pillboxes with careful move plotting
The Russian 76mm ZIS-3 gun at bottom right usually knocked out at least 1 panzer before quickly being put out of action by return fire.
(Incidentally the circled guy is the Russian inf platoon commander, he quickly discovered his foxhole in the open didn't give him as much protection as he'd hoped)




The City- My Russian infantry have run into buildings but the 2 guns have no time to go anywhere except stand in the open and slug it out with the panzers..




The Wheatfield- Again the Russian infantry scurry into cover while the guns must fight where they stand as the panzers quickly overwhelm the garrison..




The Woods- Plenty of trees here to protect the Russians and help them survive a little longer..
The 2 guns just had time to get into the trees and are now on armour-arcs to stop them wasting shots on infantry and blowing their cover, it's panzers they're after.
The Russ infantry are on 'hide' and short arcs, I just want them to quietly sit out the game without firing so that they'll keep the flag neutral. However they have no choice but to fire to protect themselves when the enemy gets close and spots them..




The Hill- Same as before, most of the Russian garrison (ringed) have had time to scramble into the trees and lie low on 'hide'.




The Town- In most games my usual drill was to leave the Russ infantry and gun near the flag and then either deploy the Russian armour in a linear formation ready to clobber Jerry as he entered the town (top pic), or split the armour into two groups (bottom pic) one to plug the road exit from the woods (left) and the other in linear reserve (right)