Kampf An Der Brücke

A photo montage of today’s eastern front game using Battlegroup rules using order dice to decide which side could issue orders during the turn which I mentioned in the previous post..
A totally inept performance by Germans, that would be me of course, gifted victory to the Russians, commanded by Comrade General Bikkliski

The Russians will enter from the top right corner and the Germans from the bottom left.

The Germans failed to take advantage of their early initiative and find themselves hemmed in on the wrong side of the bridge.

Russian reserves surge forward in support of the initial wave.

The Germans in desperation send an ill fated assault across the bridge, a case of to little to late, needless to say it is decisively driven off

The Russians continue to consolidate

A T34 lies in wait to side shot any Stug that ventures across the bridge.

The Pak40 is destroyed by an HE hit from a T34

It became evident before lunch that the Germans were never going to drive off the advancing Russians, but needing to play on to keep the rules fresh in mind we carried on further until time ran out. When time ran out the Germans were two Battle Rating points off breaking, whilst the Russians were over ten away, this will gain them three victory points in our loose ongoing 1943 campaign.

Next game we will continue with the 1945 Rawnstadt campaign where the Russians also have a three to nil lead.

TTFN