1201_01a Close Call solo

[Plain Ian]

erman Results for Turn 2



Firstly here is 7th Division, its moved up but is not quite in position to make any attacks.



Here are the results at Myakshovo. The town was bombarded and 11 losses were inflicted. (it Rubbled after 4 losses) II/508 fired then assaulted. Despite heavy losses the Russian were pushed back north. 

The I/508th was able to take advantage of this and moved up and despite taking losses from the Russians in the woods assaulted the same Russian unit again pushing it further NE.

A third assault was attempted using III/508 and Auf 292 (map shows II/508 which is wrong) but this failed miserably. Artillery was used before hand but obviously did not effect the defender. 

The rest of the 292nd and 258th advanced taking losses. 

The Germans are quite happy with the situation. Losses were heavy in all 3 assaults but ground has been taken and the 292nd is well concentrated for further advances. Aufklarungs Bn 292 has taken the biggest losses but shouldn't really have been included in the failed assault.



The situation in the Naro-Fominsk sector is above. 

After using as much artillery as possible and again one round of ground fire the III/8 along with I/29 and the Pioneers crossed their fingers and assaulted the Russian Gds. Despite heavy losses (-71/-43) they won the hex. 

The MG Bn was brought across for support, leaving the II/29 and III/29 the short straw of pinning down the two Russian Bn's in the north. Despite the Russian terrain advantage they managed to kill -53 and only lost -26 between them in the fire fight. 

The 19th Panzer tanks were brought forward and were rashly exposed in my rush to get them deployed and in action as quickly as possible. 3 tanks were needlessly lost.

The II/8 moved south to free up the road. 

The Aufklarungs Armoured car unit and the Pz jagaer Bn were moved south to put ZOC on the southern hex and prevent the Russians moving easily. This was also a costly move as another armoured car was lost and two guns.

The 3rd Motorised have had a lucky break and now have a foothold in the city. The Germans dio not want this to become a war of attrition. They want to trap the Russians and use assaults to kill as many as possible. 

The II/8 has taken the most losses. Its fatigue 108 and down to 468 men.

VP's and losses (Note VP chart corrected 19/10 )



I'll roll the turn on tomorrow night and show the position from the Russian side going into turn 2.