Objective Grosny - The Matrix Games version of East Front II

(historical scenario: Russia, eastern caucasus, played as axis) The summer was over the autum had begun and the europeen soldiers of the 5. SS-Division WIKING had started to forget their memories about the victorious battle of Rostov and the breathtaking advance through the western caucasus in the gone summer when they received new orders: The advance of the german 1st Panzer-Army in the eastern caucaus with the goal to reach Grosny hab been stopped by the soviets just short before the grusinan highway at Malgobek. The highway was the only usable way who led through the mountains to Grosny and so the Armygroup South gave the ulimative order to the WIKING to capture the Malgobek-heigths to open the door to the highway and push the advance forward again. When the battlewary SS-Soldiers arrived at the scene they found themselfs confrontated with a very difficult terrain and a well prepared strong enemy with elements of 2 Rifledivisions and 2 brigades of the 58th army with reinforcements nearby dug in on the heights and in the surrounding countryside. A direct attack from the north was chanceless and so General Steiner decided to push through the valley of the Kurp and take the heights from the souths. With limited air and artillery support and only weak neighbors (remants 111st ID and elemets of the 3rd PD) the following battle become one of the most difficult, desperative and heroic attacks for the WIKING in the whole war which ended with the capturing of hill 711 by the last remants (80 ! men) of the finnish III./NORDLAND NOTES : (Part 2 of the Wiking-caucasus-campaign) Designed for playing WITHOUT "fog of war" because of the massive soviet artillery - the scenario is difficult enough! and WITH "indirect fire by the map." IF YOU WANT to play it with "fog of war" and for more informations please see "Malgobek42.doc"