20 Sept - Turn 5
No RE for the RU. RU errant Artillery Strike continues to hammer the water.
KG1
A lone and fanatical 458 is proving troublesome in the GE effort to clear the riverbank. Despite enduring tremendous fire, some of which turned it fanatical (else it would have failed the PAATC), it entered CC with the StuG B in FF9 and kills it easily. Additionally, in its preceding AFPh, it was able to cause many GE units to break in GG8 (that's right, a 2FP attack caused a 1MC and broke almost everything). I had made a foolish move in moving the StuG B to FF9 (probably FF8 was a better option) to bring fire onto DD9, where the 458 had been activated. If I had moved it to FF8, it would have provided a +1 DRM to the 2FP attack, and an NMC might have proved better than the 1MC dealt to the GE in GG8. Not too mention the RU squad would have had to enter open ground to approach the tanks and possibly easier to kill.
Meanwhile, the detached pioneer platoon continues to cover the NE flank of KG2, but they may have to turn more eastward to help secure the riverbank.
KG2
The Brewery is almost attainable, with a lone Good Order 228 (and several broken RU MMC) in a fortified CC16 holding firm. The concentrated firepower of Y15, will hopefully break the unit and then the adjacent Stosstruppe members can begin to push into the building. The State Bank building, is also occupied by broken RU units and a concerted push across the intervening Krasnozavoyskaya will see it fall to the Germans...provided they don't PANIC on Turn 6.
KG3
The progress continues to be glacial in this sector, though some forward movement has finally been achieved, after 5 turns of effort. First, a GE MG stack (T47) manages to turn a fortified 458 (V27) berserk, which subsequently moves out into U27 on its subsequent MPh. Here iit is slain with a 2 KIA result, while other ROR kills the 1st floor 426 in the same location. This blockhouse can now be occupied on the next turn. Meanwhile, a fresh 247 scout from the reinforcing Rifle Coy 12, CX's and is able to enter the vacated V29 which had been a thorn in the GE side for some time, and doubtless would have entered CC with the adjacent RU 127 had it not been CX'd. Unfortunately, three other scout units in this sector did not fare so well, all being KIA's by accurate DFF. In the South of the sector, GE forces, after breaking the opposing RU MMC and forcing them away to cover, are able to push across Khalturina and have occupied another strongpoint (W31). This action activated a S? which produced a roadblock, 628 and 37L AA gun in X30, but the fortified building managed to protect most of the advancing GE and they were able to break the adjacent squad and gun crew, saving themselves.
KG4
Russian defense has complete collapsed in this sector, and spearheaded by the pioneer platoons and the reinforcements of Rifle Coy 11, a wall of GE MMC occupies the long block of buildings East of the Square of Fallen Heroes. A PANIC free turn will see the GE occupy these five small blocks up to Sovietskaya, in preparation for further action.
Tallies
CVP:
GE 183
RU 38
VP:
GE 27
RU 0
S? Activation: 14
Dummy 4 (1 Reserve)
Successful 10 (2 Reserve)
End Scenario die roll is a 2 so we go on.