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I wrapped up OTO23 Cooked Hamman out of the second edition of Bounding Fire Production's (BFP) Onslaught to Orsha (OTO). The dr gave me the defending Germans against Curtis Brooks’s Russians. It’s a two-board city fight with the Germans fighting a delaying action with the VC being the Russian captures two factories – one on each board.
Some notable features of the scenario: Russians have 4 x FT tanks + 2 x FTs; 10 tanks in total. 24 squads. Germans have 16 squads, 2 x 122 ART, 20L flak, 75L AT, 2 x dug-in T-34 and various fortifications including 3 x fortified locations.
My plan was to festung the Bd 21 factory and the and orchard area with fortifications and withdraw from BFP bd A factory. I felt the Germans were better served to stall out the Russians there and retreat to the other one.
The Russian attack was powerful and made steady progress through the first three turns while the Germans ceded ground as best it could. Turn four proved to be very difficult for the Russians. Some aggressive moves saw two FT tanks lost to very handy PF attacks in the top half of the turn near the board BFP A factory. Another was knocked out by the 75L in the bottom half. One captured StuG was knocked out by a dug-in captured T-34 - the other fell into a cellar. A further Su-76 was dispatched in turn 5. In the bottom of turn 5 the last FT OT-34 (bogged on wire in the orchard-by-SSR) was eliminated. In the German advance phase, a 247 PSK and 9-1 fired on the bogged OT-34 and scored a hit. There was only one tank remaining, and a lot of German infantry stacked in and around the final factory. In light of the long odds and only having one tank to “ram” the factory, the Russians call off the attack. Final disposition of forces -- Ruussian advance red / German withdrawal blue:
A very intense scenario giving both sides a real sense of what both sides dealt with in Operation Bagration. Russians: succeed at ANY cost. Germans: Stand and die. Lots of great decisions for both sides. Russians need to plan and coordinate their attack very carefully. The Germans need to make critical decisions in their set up and where to allocate their defensive assets and fortifications. It was a white knuckle affair for both sides. We both really liked the scenario. In all fairness, my turn 4 dice were lights out. If they were even a bit more average, it surely would have been a different outcome. Thanks to Curtis for a well-played game, as usual. A highly skilled player and true gentleman. Two big thumbs up for Cooked Hamman. Next up: Berated at Baronovichi!
Some notable features of the scenario: Russians have 4 x FT tanks + 2 x FTs; 10 tanks in total. 24 squads. Germans have 16 squads, 2 x 122 ART, 20L flak, 75L AT, 2 x dug-in T-34 and various fortifications including 3 x fortified locations.
My plan was to festung the Bd 21 factory and the and orchard area with fortifications and withdraw from BFP bd A factory. I felt the Germans were better served to stall out the Russians there and retreat to the other one.
The Russian attack was powerful and made steady progress through the first three turns while the Germans ceded ground as best it could. Turn four proved to be very difficult for the Russians. Some aggressive moves saw two FT tanks lost to very handy PF attacks in the top half of the turn near the board BFP A factory. Another was knocked out by the 75L in the bottom half. One captured StuG was knocked out by a dug-in captured T-34 - the other fell into a cellar. A further Su-76 was dispatched in turn 5. In the bottom of turn 5 the last FT OT-34 (bogged on wire in the orchard-by-SSR) was eliminated. In the German advance phase, a 247 PSK and 9-1 fired on the bogged OT-34 and scored a hit. There was only one tank remaining, and a lot of German infantry stacked in and around the final factory. In light of the long odds and only having one tank to “ram” the factory, the Russians call off the attack. Final disposition of forces -- Ruussian advance red / German withdrawal blue:
A very intense scenario giving both sides a real sense of what both sides dealt with in Operation Bagration. Russians: succeed at ANY cost. Germans: Stand and die. Lots of great decisions for both sides. Russians need to plan and coordinate their attack very carefully. The Germans need to make critical decisions in their set up and where to allocate their defensive assets and fortifications. It was a white knuckle affair for both sides. We both really liked the scenario. In all fairness, my turn 4 dice were lights out. If they were even a bit more average, it surely would have been a different outcome. Thanks to Curtis for a well-played game, as usual. A highly skilled player and true gentleman. Two big thumbs up for Cooked Hamman. Next up: Berated at Baronovichi!
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