Long campain, Soviet mech battalion, Nov 1941

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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.

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Brigade get upgrade:
4x GAZ AAMG -> 4 GAZ 37mm AA Guns trucks

2/12/41
The enemy have no continuous line of defense here.
Brigade ordered to make fast advance into gap, before mans time to react. The snow is heavy, so we should be careful. There is the panzer division around.

Meeting engagement, visibility 10

To move faster we have some forces attached from from the army reserve :

Cossak squadron
Understrength Ski company - 10 ski secions, 1 scout section
1 halftruck plt 4x halftrucks
4 light trucks plt

The terrain is not very good. There is a big forset in the center and narrow strip the north. All objectives are to the north of the forest, but what if Fritz try flanking in south or attack through the central sector ? There will be huge losses - our infantry is not expirienced enough to fight in the forest, and tank wouldn't be able support it efficiently.
After some thinking Dolya put two ATG and platoon of T-34/57 with infantry riders to the south sector. They are separated from the mian forces and should fight retreat if attacked. If not attacked they will be in reserve.
Another four T34 with rider and two ATG deployed in the north forest strip, blocking the road. Ski troops deployed on the edge of the central forest. Main force is completly mobile and deployed in the center. Several ATG deployed in the back. Dolya is worried that his T-34 are too disperced, that could cause big losses. But he think that with such a low visibility he should try to cover as much of the front line as he can to prevent or at least detect german infiltration into the rear area.