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Russian arty starts up again but this FOO is not as good as the last one close in a couple of places but no cigar. MMG toughs it out losing 2 men, would have preffered him to run. T-26 decides rightly that the pioneer is the biggest threat killing 2 men, pioneer fights back but suppresed best he can do is a handgrenade so T-26 keeps going. The Mk3 has over 40 kills range 150m & yet manages to miss everytime, shocking state of affairs I am going to make him shoot now to make up for it & save the pioneer, finally hit chance had climbed to 95%.
MF> Time to test the metal of my other tanks, 2 move up sharing the fire from T-34 damage & kill, one still has shots left so what the hell go for the other. The Mk3 thats used its shots being the guy to draw fire, this ones tougher plus moved a bit so several misses but he dies eventually. HQ could have smoked if it went a bit Pete Tong, thats another arty plot to cancel at this rate wont need the ammo trucks.
FOO finds a 3rd further West on the train tracks. Respect to deployment here in combo with the other 2 truly nasty ambush for anyone coming down that road. Mk3s are spent & in wrong place now anyway so HT10s try, bless them they brave the fire & score a few hits but the gun just does not pack a big enough punch, withdraw as the Mk3s have just in case.
Back to town or nearly scout heading towards the train station finds another AAgun which Mk4 gives a good seing to before scout finnishes, the other one died when it ran. Maxim recovered & takes some real shifting involving several units, turns out the view down the road only goes as far as the junction so squad heads along, man down BT just past it. Mk3 turns up & a proper tank duel ensues 2 hits a piece no damage but 3rd goes for gold. Have a silly moment move tank forward to let squad get to mortar which he kills but tank has run into 45ATG hidden by arty puff now I have to save the crew. Stupid thing is I know they normally come in 3s just forgot. Its round the back of admin building so scout enters, no good bumps into maxim & routes my only choice now is to come round area covered by T-26. Arty hit him last go so PioLMG moves 100m & assaults, fails but tanks can risk now. LMG recieved fire from squad pinned there but he stuck to his duties. Mk3 moves up damn it shot back wasnt expecting that & the squad wants a piece of the action to. Fire miss MGs only back but what the hell was that Pioneers suppresed so another squad looks 57ATG 5 hexes away manage to route it losing a man to the squad, Mk3 is a bit shaken but gets the job done. Now I am glad my MMG did not run, by the way so long as I can keep contact HQ rally is 95. Turns out these ATGs come in 4s there are 2 behind the admin building now one severly hurting, sniper helped he really is a mean SOB. If anybody is intreasted just looked & elite status as in exp 100 adds 50% to the cost of a normal 70 exp unit. More squads move up & kill that 57ATG also shooting at squad & a maxim they find. Sniper can see a T-26 behind the woods here 2 squad AT move to position one is 100m away in the woods. There is a 57 in the woods its pinned so FOO routes squad kills. Bike as hes the only one that can reach rushes to my crew & attacks maxim & squad to try & prevent rally.
In all the exitment tank got used that was going to hit the other T-26 behind cross buildings, it was hit by arty so time for plan B.
MMG works his way down junction road hoping to suppress more but it shoots at him so fall back it has a go at runners here along with squad that enters last cross building out of LOS of the T-26. 2 Squads work along just North of T-26 one with AT just has to enter trees to get him. They had to smoke on the way as see another T-26 come across some runners & keep them going, 2 had recovered to pinn status but blind & one shot did the trick. Down the side road with my pitifully inacurate Mk3 Pioneer moves 1 hex onto a flag loses a man have to smoke hes realy not having a good time of it. The other squad goes down the other branch of the road & does worse, T-26 & maxim in same hex (well DHSK or whatever call them maxims to as much more common) He is an AT squad so has a go at T-26 then can get help with Maxim. No need tank going bang scares the crap out of him & hes off.
FF> HT tries to keep its distance moving to get position on squad then squad gets him running & moves into woods, scout enters woods & is straight out again 2 men light. One hex move & recieved fire from 2 places as its hilly in those woods. Bugger this for a game of soldiers were off the woods are mainly on rough also so it could get very costly & its nowhere near the objectives. Kill the squad now just need to hang around to extract everyone. a couple can set up at the entrance to town & possibly check out the woods there as a runner went in, think hes gone but unsure. As 2 tubes were plotted to help us in the woods going to let them stay here just shift towards 76 & work slowly back

T13
Having to relocate a mtr arty is a bit close, only 10cm mtr but FOO having LOS to T-34 means got a resounding thunk that should have shook them up a bit. As I thought squad recovered bike & crew unwell, FF halftrack is taking fire new squads. Something else happened but forget what got quite a few runners though.
MF> Result HT10 moves out recieves MG fire, MK3 toasts him in 3 shots then kill the squad here & working West to check the road.
Things slow down a lot now scout checks out the next road over to the North 2 squads & Mk4 get position on little AAgun & mortar here.
The maxim is in trees 1 hex past my destroyed tank its pinned but scout in Admin building can see it, fires at & realise there is a 45ATG there to tanks are stuck. Scout pinns ATG & squads get in position as best as they can.
Now exiting the square & caution is required ATGs are hard to spot so tanks need infantry to head on out for a bit of recon. One makes it to the first N>S road places smoke as recieving fire from A T-26 on the road behind the admin building.
Despite arty hitting it T-26 sees squads sneak move man down squad sends it into retreat Mk3 moves adjacent 3 shots at least the last 2 95% one hit its fine. Pioneer tries twice finaly damaging it. Looks like I am paying for my earlier run of luck its definetly swung the other way.
Next T-26 behind cross buildings same buttoned one hex move man down does not even route it, Mk3 does better though & kills it. Can see another 2 the AI does put them in hard places ones behind a crest the other squad places smoke Mk3 moves behind I can engage it at 300m from here.
On the spur road pioneers luck holds true to form moves 1 hex T-26 down to 7 men now places smoke again, kills maxim. Squads & tank get in place.
FF pulls back under fire.

T14
They have gone on the offensive seems generaly maxims stay put >>
T-34 force carry on moving West slowly now find a squad & maxim on the border of the woods kill the maxim. Relief force scouts see a squad moving in the woods, they have a MMG with them who was in the truck also, taking up position in woods South of road & watching.
Squad moves adj to AAgun it fires but ok so kill, scout moves into the road & dashes across straight by a pinned squad routes it.
Down the road are the mortar 2 squads on the move a maxim & about 500m away a 37AAgun, he can see another just round the corner at the junction so smokes but first Mk4 kills AA & 223Fu kills half the maxim, squad moves to support scout.
<< 150m away at my destroyed tank the ATG & maxim have vanished due to dust 3 squads are now with them 2 pinned the other?
2 BTs around here walked into 3 Mk3s
>> First thing truck gets the crew out of there scout in admin routes 2 pinned squads, My squad moves finding Mr? the hard way leaving 3 men in the street. Squad enters woods & kills ATG. Now view is restricted to about 200m down the road due to a wreck so Mk3 risks moving to my wreck takes on Mr ?. Squad & MMG move forward seeing another pinned squad get all 5 running, think I must have destroyed the maxim to otherwise were is it. Mk3 later moves to the junction.
A couple 100m South squad enters building to assault T-26 ignores squad & routes it while under fire, Mk3 kills & both sort out the squad.
Now crossing N>S road both MMG are following sniper down middle E>W road as can give good covering fire to either side from here, Buildings in lines running N>S, they find & kill a sniper with a squad assist.
Small gap now as jump to cross buildings, a BT showed up Mk3 has to kill it but now have to close to 150m to take on T-26s. They were both hit by arty squad manages to immobilles one later killed. Remaining T-26s 2nd shot from him is 41% do I risk another yes 49% & a kill.
On the spur road pioneer has had enough of taking point hes staying put. Squad damages T-26 but lost a man as missed first time, Mk3 kills, get another squad running not sure but think he appeared from somewhere.
FF Not to good here did not expect them to rush me, can see 5 squads my last squad is pinned & 4 men down one to freindly fire as he has a squad in his hex, another ones adjacent & Mk3 rotes it but was hoping for dust or something. Squads get another running but he is still under threat, Mk3 uses ret of his shots along with Mk4 & a HT on another squad who just fires back, this guy has a load of shots remember he moved, keeps firing in the next bit getting another man. Squad in trouble routes the one in his hex taking fire from 2 places smoke along the road man down. Ends up with 2 routed squads adjacent & under the guns of superman. A squads coming down the road plus anything else that appears out of the woods.
Have to move another mortar kinda worried about position of most as been there a long time & if the AI thinks hard enough it might send a squad or two in the woods that way, thing is right now I need my arty.