DAR - The Cauldron Of Fire

[Cole]

Turn 30 End of German turn

West Sector - Russians holding their new positions. Germans cautiously advance and consolidate their newly won objective.



N. Ponyri - Russians able to hold on to the VP hex this turn. Germans spend the turn rallying disrupted units and moving up armor and more infantry for the final push. The Germans have almost cleared the valley to the south of the State Farm and will soon be able to advance on N. Ponyri from another direction.



Hill 253.5 - Russian artillery saves the day again. German infantry slowly pushes forward and more panzers are assigned to this sector but the Russian artillery keeps the majority of the enemy infantry unorganized in their assault. Germans using more smoke this turn to cover their advance.



Artillery disable results against armor - Lot's of disable results against the German panzers for the past few turns. I know a lot of folks dislike the new odds for a disable but after reviewing the replay the thought came upon me that if a commander wants to mass his armor in a zone that is constantly under artillery barrage he has to be willing to suffer some losses. I'm think that armor would quickly try to vacate an area if they found themselves under sustained and accurate artillery fire. Obviously Larry has a strong reason to keep his armor in these dangerous positions as his armor commands all below it but I'm glad for the price he has to pay and really do think that this is not out of the historical boundaries.