campaign scenario setup help

[valo2000]

After resting just 2 days KG Hauser is thrown back into the line. The mission today is preventing a breakout of a trapped russian tank brigade.

Before reaching the blocking line established by an infantry company Hauser orders his men to spread out a bit. The bulgarians and romanians andvance on the flanks while the gebirgsjaeger and the 1st kompanie try to help out the defenders in the city.

The mobile units will advance along the road to see from where the russians are coming and what they are bringing to the party. Hopefully they can also spoil the attack a bit.

As the sun is coming up katyusha rockets start falling around the entrance of the city causing some causalities among the units in the first line. Hauser orders his men to advance carefully and stay of the road....

[valo2000]

Thirty minutes later with the sun now fully up the fields and woods laying below the railroadtracks are full with russian tankwrecks of all kinds and the many dead and wounded infantrymen that tried to break out of the kessel here.

The cavalryattack in the north is turned back and the bulgarians prepare to move forward and counterattack.

In the center the KV-1 and 2 are burning hulks thanks to 5 cm and 8.8 cm guns. the gebirgsjaegers are getting ready to counterattack here too.

In the south the russian attack never really started as the rumanians are crossing the bridge encoutering some KVs. luckily the heavy FLAK guns are covering them.

Only bad surprise was the high ammo capacity of the katyushas. hauser didnt decide to counterbattery them because he didnt believe the russians would have prepared ammo dumps for the rocketartillery but he was very wrong. This enede the war for the rumanians HMG -group leaving them without most of their heavy weapons for now after loosing the mortars in the last action.

There is still fighting all over the place but it looks like KG Hauser managed to stregthen the german lines enough to stop the russian breakthrough. Now its time for counterattack!

[valo2000]

all bridges are missing one part so its impossible to cross the river rapidly. is this done on purpose or just a glitch?

[Ts4EVER]

That is probably a glitch... hmm will have to look out for that in the future.

[valo2000]

after one hour of intense fighting the russians have collapsed on the whole front. KG Hauser is now advancing in the center and south moving to eliminate the Kessel totally. at least 30 burning tank hulls lie around the road while the russians are taken prisoners by the dozens especially the conscript units are happy to escape the slaughter.

there are still 13 turns left but i dont expect anything to happen besides mopping up

[Ts4EVER]

Can you give me a short overview over your forces at this point and how damaged they are etc?

[valo2000]

here you have my save game from turn 20 the whole kg is attacking with the slovaks and the fallschirmjaeger in reserve since they took some causalities

[valo2000]

i have 2 infantry companies at almost full strength and 2 that have lost maybe 10 men in total the rumanaians lost tehr mg s and mortars.

then i have two platoons that have one or two halfstregth squads and one tank platoon as well as an armored car platoon w one matilda slowely following the armored cars.

also i have 2 of 3 stugs up and running. rater inefective vehicles with the low ammo and ****ty mg. then 7 guns of small to medium size as well as 2 at guns and some machine guns and flak.

transport is done by 3 halftracks and a truck(the american truck represents a captured bedfod with aamg mounted)

i will try if i can somwhow incorporate a flight of messerschmitts into my core probably impossible but we shall see maybe some hexediting can do the trick.

[Ts4EVER]

Even though casualties are mounting, your unit is back on the advance, without time for refitting or to take in replacements. Our next objective is a bridge over a major river. The Bolshevists are wiring it for detonation. It has been suggested to form a small, mobile task force to seize the bridge before they can destroy it. (On turn 6 several explosives will spawn on the bridge, which will then be blown by the Russians, destroying it)

If this coup de main fails, we still have access to barge carriers and some assault pioneers. This should help us to conquer the heigh ground on the other side of the river.

Spare your core forces, the road to Moscow seems longer and longer...

[valo2000]

After the surrender of the russians KG Hauser was given one afternoon rest and refit (ammonition) before starting on a night march to the front that already had moved a few kilometers further east during the day. HQ had a special mission for them was the rumor.....