Played J183 A Real Barn Burner, from Journal #12, with Robin (Swiftandsure). A very fast scenario (4 1/2 turns), no vehicles. The French start with a small (2.5 squads, with dummies) Elite and Fanatical force surrounded in a farm, the Germans have 10.5 squads and a small AT Gun, and the French have a larger (10 squads) relief force; VC are that the French need to hold on to one of the farm buildings and get at least one MMC from the relief force into them.
So it's one of these scenarios where one force has to quickly overwhelm a small defense while trying to slow down a bigger attack on the same objective. The VC farm is a bunch of buildings, surrounded by Walls, and most of the surrounding terrain is open ground and plowed fields - not something you like to advance into.
I was the Germans, and chose to use a total of 3 squads plus the 37L AT Gun as a delaying force, with all the others closely surrounding the farm, to try to eliminate the defenders before the rest of the French troops could get in. One squad and the two HS broke on the first turn, but the last squad remained concealed in a stone building with Open ground that the French had to attack through, and the Gun also got pretty good shots, so the French relief force was very much slowed down. On the VC farm, my plan was to try to get them in CC, since the whole force was in Stone buildings and had 9ML. But overall, just 2.5 squads, even with high morale and good TEM, makes for a very dicey situation; in our game, one squad broke on a FPF, another on a lucky streak of my MMG, and by the end of turn 3 the whole farm was in German hands. Meanwhile, my small defensive force worked beautifully; the Gun crew died in CC, but the remaining squad managed to survive a lot (FPF, Heat of Battle/Battle Hardening, two CCs).
Overall, the game went very much in favor of the Germans. I liked the unusual situation, but it's likely to be very dicey one way or another - if the Fanatical French manage to hold, things are bound to become very hot for the Germans; OTOH it only takes a few bad rolls for the defending platoon to crumble, and then the French will be assaulting stone buildings through open ground...