Dog Fight - Ostkreig Tournament Round 2

[Ricky B]

Soviet Turn 14.

The German forces are on the ropes, it seems, but they still have a chance of taking the objective in the center bridgehead. As shown below, my forces along the river are near destruction from the constant battering of the German forces. Soon, I will have to shift some relatively fresh forces over to help out and prevent the collapse of that defensive position. But Brian is putting heavy pressure on the other flank of the bridgehead so I am reluctant to shift forces too quickly.

The encircled units just to the south are in serious danger too, I will use my artillery to support them as much as possible.

In the west, the only Germans in sight are artillery units which should be easy to kill off this turn. And the cavalry is ready to push hard in the east.



I manage to overrun the German artillery as planned. Also, my artillery fire disrupts the 3 German infantry units adjacent to my trapped units. I hope this will buy my forces time to rescue them. And in the east, artillery fire breaks the unit protecting the 25 point objective, allowing my cavalry to move into the objective without a fight.

All in all, while Brian still has a chance of getting back to a minor loss, it will be difficult with such a short amount of time left, as he must capture the 250 pt objective and the forces there are supported by my T-34 flame unit, which is ready for trouble.

Rick