Dog Fight - Ostkreig Tournament Round 2

[Dog Soldier]

German turn 8.
18:00 PM December 12, 1942
Snow Conditions
Dusk Visibility 1km.


Victory points after the German
turn eight.


The Russians broke through from the Sulatskiy bridgehead with two units, an armored car and some T-70 tanks. I surrounded them and sealed the breach. I lost two 88mm guns from a battery that they bumped into that was still limbered. The 88mm AT guns backed up a hex and allowed the infantry to isolate the Russian armor. In this way I allow the AT guns to deploy out of LOS, so no defensive fire and set a trap for the isolated T-34'ws should they come here to aid the now isolated units. When the daylight returns I may recover the AT guns lost in the Russian turn. I will certainly recover fatigue for the AT unit. The 88mm battery will then be able to fire at a two hex range without defensive fire from the Russian armor. Only artillery from the bridgehead will be able to reach the 88mm battery, and then maybe not as the Russian armor may not spot for the longer range guns. This is a chance I will have to take. Soviet artillery is the only thing my 88mm AT needs to fear.

I drove along the river from Gelovsky. This is risky. If the Russians get a ZOC behind my troops there from across the river, I could be surrounded and isolated. Still I need to push to the bridge so I finish the Russians here.

I continue to damage any T-34 unit I can reach with my armor on the western side. I expect RickyB will wait until all his infantry up north crosses the river before continuing the attack there.


The cavalry have broken into the village I was using to contain them. Now I will be in big trouble there. I pulled my units back. The Russians will have to come to get me. I disrupted the Russian lead unit. Ten turns to go and I think the Russian T-34 unit that is still hiding in the low visibility behind my lines will show up over there to spring the cavalry loose. Then, I will be in big trouble.

Dog Soldier