DAR: USSR vs Poland

[RERomine]

Turn 41

All quiet on Hill 1.

Clobbered enemy squad coming out of the smoke. Now one showed up out of the smoke of my burning armored car.

All quiet around West Woods.

All quiet around small hill.

Casualties

Friendly: Zero casualties.

Enemy: Estimated 10 casualties.

[RERomine]

Turn 42

Quiet at all locations.

Casualties

Friendly: Zero casualties.

Enemy: Zero casualties.


Turn 43

Quiet at all locations.

Casualties

Friendly: Zero casualties.

Enemy: Zero casualties.


Turn 43

Traded shots with another enemy squad approching the flag near the bend of the South Road on the north side. No casualties.

Casualties

Friendly: Zero casualties.

Enemy: Zero casualties.


Turn 44

My light tanks opened up on the enemy squad and sent him running into the woods.

Casualties

Friendly: Zero casualties.

Enemy: One casualty.


Turn 45

Another squad approaching the West Woods. My covering infantry and armored car sent him running.

Casualties

Friendly: Zero casualties.

Enemy: One casualty.


Turn 46

Yet another squad approaching West Woods. He received the same treatment as the last one.

One enemy squad approaching small hill. Kosmolets opened up, without affect.

Casualties

Friendly: Zero casualties.

Enemy: One casualty.

[RERomine]

Decisive Victory!!!!

Turn 47

I put everything I could into the only two squads I could see because I was getting tired of them running behind the trees, rallying and charging again.

Casualties

Friendly: Zero casualties.

Enemy: Estimated 10 casualties.

Total Casualties

USSR

Men: 36
Artillery: 0
Soft Vehicles: 0
APCs: 0
AFVs: 2
Air Transports/Helos: 0
Aircraft: 0

Poland

Men: 456
Artillery: 4
Soft Vehicles: 0
APCs: 0
AFVs: 14
Air Transports/Helos: 0
Aircraft: 0

Score

USSR: 3679
Poland: 68

Final Comments

This battle went pretty much according to plan. There were a few areas that things didn't work out. The main one was the fire fight in the North Woods. If I had done what I said I would and had Force 1 patrol the woods, I might have been able to head of the fight that occurred. I even identified the possibility that the enemy would move infantry into those woods, but I was late getting my recon out there.

The ambush didn't work out, but it didn't really need to. Force 4's main objective was to cover the southern flank and my three medium tanks and two recon elements did that just fine. That left five machine guns and an engineer squad with very little to do, but better too little than more than they can handle.

If anything surprised me at all, it was how soft the more experienced Polish force seemed to be. Their 19-man squads ran after only taking two or three casualties. And then they would rally and come back again and again and again! I didn't bother pursuing them too much because I was trying to keep my infantry force intact. Somewhere in my future is the Winter War against Finland and I don't need to be diluting my experience with level 50 replacements.

One other thing that did surprise me was the lack of cavalry. Not one horse on the battlefield. That is very unlike the Polish military. Maybe they are more expensive and the limited points made them prohibitive.

My next battle is against Finland. Ughh!!! I was hoping to get one more against Poland before taking on the Finns

I've attached the save just before I ended my last turn. Enjoy!

[runequester]

I know this was a pretty old game, but just wanted to say I enjoyed reading your report