Dynamic Campaign: Volunteers Wanted

[Skirmisher]

Originally Posted by wulfir

Good work, comrade. The Fashists have withdrawn from ARTEMOVKA. The Party and the Motherland thanks you!

Intel gathered from dead German bodies left behind in the village indicates the enemy troops were SS - beloning to the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler Division. It might explain to some extent why the battle of the ARTEMOVKA village proved to be so bitter.

You push on west, reaching the town of PETSCHENEGI, and Corps orders an assault. A fresh rifle battalion, the only full strenght one left in the entire corps, is brought forward to help with the assault over the frozen Donets river. Some light tanks and what artillery that can be mustered to support you is also brought forward.

The town is likely held by the Adolf Hitler Division. You will have to fight hard to liberate it. Probably even harder than at ARTEMOVKA...

I am currently at turn 20.

The rifle battalion is at the edge of town,backed up by the very effective maxim machine guns. Some elements of the german presence has been eliminated or dislogded.
The battalion is on the north part of the map,hitting the closest part of the town to the deploy area.

In the south are all the mobile units I could muster,including
my core forces as well as all the T-60 tanks and the one mobile
mech truck infantry company to which I added the three Bazooka units and the remaining kosmolets with HQ and scouts.

Around turn 12 as my armored mobile group appraoched the town from the south, two motocycle scouts out front.
A large group,at least three or four companies, of armored
PZkw IIIm tanks appear from the south moving along the parimeter of the town.
Ground troops got out of trucks and we dug in at the frozen rivers edge. After a decent sized battle 5 enemy tanks are burning and one imobilized. Only one more is in close range of my forces.
The remaining german tanks are moving still along the town's edge further up now.
All but 4 of the t-60's were destroyed. 1 Immobile.
one bazooka team was wiped out,the motorcycles gone as well.

These forces will finish of that last tank then regroup and attempt to enter the city from the south.

The rest tomorrow.