THE MAIN EVENT! Walkure vs. Herroberst

[Der Kuenstler]

THE LAST POCKET

Lt Katukov hunkers down in a small patch of woods. He and his men are the last surviving platoon and Herroberst's only hope on this side of the map. (They are listed as surviving/killed-ammo left) Beside him a regular T34 continues to fire at the tormenting MG42s in his support but the tank is now down to only 5 HE. The Germans are busted up too, and can't advance much further, but they don't really have to - they are already sitting on the flag. Even from the Russian view it appears the Germans have total control of it- it doesn't even appear neutral. Herroberst's other T34 on the ridge is also down to five HE. Walkure's vet JPZIV is out of HE but his green one still has 25 HE.



Herroberst's Company HQ led super-platoon is moving towards Walkure's rear but they are still a good 350 meters from town center. He has them all walking at this point.



Looking from Walkure's side, we see he has two HQ led MG42s in place guarding that rear 100 point flag. It's hard to think that the Russian super-platoon will get much farther once those MG42s spot them and start firing. Too much open space and no HE support.



How about Herroberst's last 57mm ATG? It has been mysteriously sitting idle for the last couple of minutes. Did Herroberst forget about it? Looking farther out, we see Company HQ Kuliev walking towards town. Has he been sent ahead on foot to find a spot for the gun? Since the gun would likely take 2 minutes to set up once unloaded, it's almost no use to try to move it now.



Stalin begins work on the papers to transfer Herroberst to Siberia.