Long campain, Soviet mech battalion, Nov 1941

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Difficalty: Normal
AI Advantage: 200%
November 1941
Lt.Colonel Dolya oredered to take forward element of the 134 separate tank brigade and assault the enemy postion

Core:
KV-1 company: 7x KV-1/1941
Tank Destroyer company: 9x T-34/57 TD, HQ 1x T-34/1941+ HQ
2 Rifle companies
SPAA platoon: 4x GAZ-AAMG
AA Gun battery: 5x 25 mm AA Guns
Art Observer
Hvy mortars battery 5x 120mm mortars
howitzer battalion assigned to provide fire support:
Hvy howitzer battalion 4x 152mm battery

Temporarily attached :

T-34 company: 10x T-34/1941+
1 Flame Tank plt 3x OT-132
Marine engineer company:Eng, FT Eng, 8x Marine Eng plts
2 cavalry Sqdns
7 light trucks plts
203mm howitzer bn 4x battery
152mm howitzer bn 4x battery
122mm howitzer bn 4x battery


0000. Force deployed. Cavalry screen ordered to locate the enemy line. Engineers on trucks, from the Baltic Fleet Marines should clear the mines if any found. After that tanks and infantry should go into action.

0000. Force deployed. Cavalry screen ordered to locate the enemy line. Engineers on trucks, from the Baltic Fleet Marines should clear the mines if any found. After that tanks and infantry should go into action.
0100. By sheer chance couple of BF 109 stamble upon brigade and attaked. One T-34 immobilized, one truck is lost. Now enemy is aware of the task force psition. One BF-109 is shot down by AA gun. Lt.Colonel Dolya ordered to move column as fast as possible in the hope to get away from ineviatable second strike. Our howitzer stated to hit the space before our force.
0500. BF 109 strike again and escape. One GAZ-AAMG and one truk are lost. AA fire was not successful.
Scouts report contact with germans. They are getting fire from the pillbox and infantry, but unable to locate them.
Engineers dismounted from trucks and ordered to clear the way for tanks.

[PanzerBob]

Excellent, awaiting further Sitreps

BTW, your attachments are not working

Eternal War(gaming) PanzerBob

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0700. Cavalry on the forward point located, and after repeated attacks managed to push back enemy infantry section. Pillbox seems blocked by smoke. Engeneers located several mines, but it's still not clear if there is a continious line of mines before our force. German 7.5 cm guns hit the tail of our column, some infantry and trucks suppressed. Commander of GAZ-AAMG plt Lt. Avdeenko paniked and tried run from the buttlefield. L.Colonel Dolya made him a stern warning and ordered to bring AAMG truck back. Geman BF-109 may return any moment. German tanks tried move forward on the north flank and got immobilized by their own mines. Seems the coordination between engineers and armor formations is not good in german ranks now. Our mortars continue drop smoke. Fire support howitzers also continue their work, creating wall of fire before our advance.
0800. May be that was a mistake to advance on the so narrow front. German artillery hit the middle of the column and suppressed infantry dropped from the tanks. Two tanks paniked. SPAA platoon is not functional any more. Nebelwerfers continue to pound tail of the column, but there were only several rifle squads there. Something shooting at the cavalry. Should drop more smoke. Engeneer can not locate any mines before them. May be we are in the gap ? Cavalry odered to slow down dress ranks before next adavnce.

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1500. Our force punched through german defence and now closing to the objectives. German Pz T-34a 747(r) destroyed by coordinated attack of tanks and infantry. German tanks on the north flank suddenly hit our HQ. Lt.Colonel Dolya retreated and relocated HQ away from the battle.

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1800. We hit the main line of the German defence. Two Pz 38(t) destroyed, but two T-34 lost. One was lost by sheer stupidity. The commander thought Pz-38(t) will not be able to penetrate T-34 armor and just moved in front of it. He was mistaken. Two T-34/57 and six trucks of infantry sent to deal with german panzers in our rear area.

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2000 German tank conterattack from all directions. Heavy fighting. Trying to use heavy artillery to suppress German, without much success.

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Enemy was not able to push our forces from the central and south objectives. After enemy attacks lost momentum we had taken the last north objective.

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Core force expanded:
2 ATG battery 10x 57mm ATG

Meeting engagment
Assigned by Front HQ
KV-1E company: 4x KV-1E
6 mech scout on the bren carriers
2 enf plts

Brigade commander divided forces into tree part
North - KV-1E coy, T-34/57 plt, Rifle coy, 2x GAZ-AAMG, 2x 25mm AA Gun in the truck, 6x 57mm ATG in the trucks.
Noth force should move along the road and take North objective.
Central - KV-1 coy, 7KV-1, T-34/57 plt, Rifle coy, 2x GAZ-AAMG, 2x 25mm AA Gun in the truck, 4x 57 ATG in the trucks. Should close center and take central objective
South - engineers, T-34/57 plt, T-34/76 command tank. Should take south objective and help protect center.
2 57mm ATG put in the center on the overwatch

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0030. Noth force deployed 2 ATG to watch the road
Soon German armored cars appeared in the center and some PzKw-38b(t) on the North road.
ATGs and tanks went into fight.
0500. Everything is good. Both german SdKfz 231 and three PzKw-38b(t) are burning.

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After sometimes all objectives were taken. Frtiz tried several peacemeal tank attack on Central and North objective without any success. Infantry without tank support tried attack the center and was annyhilated by artillery our fire. The only serious situation was on the south flank, wher German elite mountain troops attacked thorugh the forest. After some time two T-34/57 with infantry riders were sent and situation stabilized.

What follow was prolonged period of halfhearted attack and artillery fire from German. At last another tank attack - about half company of Pz II and Pz IIIj, wich were defetaed in details by our KV.
Decisive victory.