1119_12: Too Little - Too Late - PzC 15 Stalingrad '42

Perelazovskiy, Nov 19th 1942:The 22nd Panzer Division had recently been positioned at the rear of the 3rd Rumanian Army to provide anti-tank support to the poorly equipped Rumanian infantry divisions. Previously, it had been lying scattered to the west, behind the Italian Front, where it received no fuel for training, or even for turning over the engines of its panzers. So when the time came to move, over half the division's strength was left immobilized. Then, when the attack came, the division was order to move eastward toward Kletskaya (see scenario 1119_13). A short time later the order was countermanded to the new axis of advance, in the opposition direction. As a result, the luckless panzers flung themselves into the path of the 5th Tank Army as it streamed south through the gash it had cut in the Rumanian Line. But alas, it was to be Too Little - Too Late! [Size, medium] Designer Note: This scenario is intended to be played as the Allied player, and depicts the first two days fighting, where the 22.Pz Division comes to the aid of the Rumanians in an effort to halt the Soviet advance. Players who wish to focus on the actual breakthrough of the front line are referred to scenario 1119_11.