Turn 15
The lower group made rapid progress after breaking out but has now hit the wall of AT units that has been giving the centre trouble & slowed progress to a crawl.
The next line of defence mainly consists of AT Teams & HMG with the odd squad thrown in.
I cannot remember the position of all the AT Teams but most are shown, we also killed a few squads & HMGs that I cannot recall in heavy fighting.
Spotter plane made its pass okay revealing some of the T-34s.
A few turns back we had about a 10:1 kill ratio now its jumped to 15:1 - Losses stand at 4:60 currently.
We have lost quite a few men though probably adding up to at least another 3 squads.
From the top
Its quiet here we have killed the Mortars & are moving onto another bunker but now need to wait for infantry to catch up as we ended up supporting action further South
At the next crossroads I think we can move on the T-34 without interference from other units however its not ideal.
Our AT Teams are several hexes away & the other T-34 there will move at some point.
At A fighting has been heavy got both ATGs & all the AAMGs but most any action taken around here drew fire from a hidden unit.
The squad at A took the worst of it, the AT teams were dead or routed when he moved & got cut down to 7 men, tank placed smoke, not the best way to find enemy units.
The T-34/85 was also hidden & the tank fired dischargers before it could score a hit.
Lastly the bottom group finally made contact after killing the AT Team infantry moved back into cover so the vehicles can lay some firepower before they take up positions again.
The VHexes are tantalisingly close but getting to them is no easy matter.