So who’s been in a good fight lately? Lets hear about your army, how they did and why. If you can list it go ahead! If not a good summary, containing why you either won or lost from a tactical hindsight would be awesome.
My last battle was against a highly skilled player using the Russians for the first time over his usual US Army.
150 points.
His army: Russia
2 Fanatical Snipers
7 PPSh-41 SMG
3 Cossack Captains
1 Commusit Partisans
5 PTRD-41 Anittank Rifles
4 Mosin-Nagant
4 T-70 Model 1942 Tanks
My army: Germany
1 L3/35 Tank (Italian)
1 Stumpanzer IV Bummbar
1 Elite Panzer IV Ausf. D
1 Sd Kfz 234/2 ‘Puma’
3 MG 42 Machine Gun Teams
1 SS-Panzergrenedier
1 Blackshirts (Italian)
1 Mauser Kar 98k
1 Wehrmacht Veteran Infantryman
1 Wehmacht Expert Sniper
1 SS-Haupsturmfuhrer
1 Wehrmacht Oberleutnant
7 turns with an objective in a grass hex, adjacent to a large city.
His tanks made quick work of my vehicles and all that remained were my Bummbar and his last T-70
His troops advanced from a forest and slaughtered most of my men in a gunfight from forest to city (1 hex distance)
We fell back defensively and his anti tank unit took the objective in turn 6 with 2 MG’s and another anti tank following behind.
In the end, my Brummbar Bombarded and killed his last 2 SMG’s and was killed by his T-70.
His troops from the forest, rushed the city and were slaughtered by my Sniper, mauser Kar and Oberleutnant, All my MG 42 teams were killed early on defending the edge of this town.
My oberleutnant made 3 succesful cover saves in his rush for the city. We were surrounded on both sides. The good roles I made, saved the last 4 untis I had in there and we focused on the objective for the last 2 turns.
All his men were killed and it was only his T-70 holding the objective in turn 7. I used my Oberleutnants angriff ability to move my sniper and Weirmacht Veteran Infantryman into his hex with +1s. We destroyed his tank with those 3 units remaining. The Veteran had been running accross the board the past 3 turns, trying to make it to the city after unsuccessfully trying to engage his disrupted T-70.
The closest game we’ve had yet. I believe I won because I picked off his officers one by one which gave me the initiative in turn 6 and we were able to move into the city hex adjacent to the objective losing my Mauser Kar and Haupstermfuhrer while killing his anti tank gunner occupying the space. My Sniper, the last 3 games has always been one of the last surviving units.
I was ready to admit almost certain defeat as we entered turn 5 but our defensive move into the town to regroup, saved the game. He got very unlucky moving into the city, being disrupted and killed and my Oberleutnant passing 3 cover rolls in a row. My Brummbar also did an amazing amount of damage before being killed. Another mistake he made was the misplacment of his snipers. They were not in cover and were killed my my machine guns early on.
He won coin flip and should have chosen the side of the board that gave him the quickest access to the city but he didn’t. The forest tripped up his men and slowed his advance. However, he used his tanks brilliantly. With a move of 5, they were all over the board destroying my vehicles. He won the tank war but lost against my infantry.
This is the second game where my Germans have won against literally 2-1 numbers by taking a key defensive position and using it aggressively towards the end of the game.