Into the Valley of the Shadow at Ilovaysk (Counterstroke)

[Jim von Krieg]

I stand corrected... Petrol... not diesel...

though it gives my opponent little comfort as the burning T-34's and KV-1's litter the battlefield... I caught them in the flanks from long range... they'd retreat and expose their back side... which was hammered home by ALL my other armor...

I was actually pretty shocked in how quickly it was over... I almost didn't send my Mk-IV's to the position on the wing... I had originally planned to lay back so I could catch him as he came down into the valley...

It would have been a head on slugfest... a tough nut because of the T34s and KV1s, but the unscreened flanks just screamed for me to push my unseen long range killers quickly to his flanks...

It was the large recon element that Ilovaysk gives the German player which allowed me to quickly ID and adjust my plan to my opponent's attack...

Regards,

Jim