Read Bear Heavy Tankovy (FT)
HQ IS2 (+1mg)
3x IS2 (+1mg)
3x IS2 (+1mg)
5x T34 (+2x85 upgrade) (CT)
10x Sappers (CT)
2x Katjuscha
Home army battalion (FC)
HQ
Sniper
Piechoty company
Kedyw Company (FT)
Kedyw Company (FT)
3x Pak38
6x Mortar
3x10,5 cm
4x HMG
Armored car platoon (FT)
Tiger tank (FT)
So onto to the first battle of 2016... This battle takes place in the outskirts of Warsaw, between the Red army and the Polish home army. The scenario is a "no retreat" mission with modified deployment areas. The Poles holds half of their platoons in reserves and the Soviets takes the first turn.
Turn 1
The Red horde rolls onward to the Polish line and opens up with the heavy breakthrough guns. One unlucky team of Poles are killed in the fire.
The Polish sniper reveals itself and destroy one Katjuscha. For the infantry the order is "No Retreat"!
Turn 2
Quite some lucky shooting from the T-34:s destroys all three captured Pak AT guns. The IS-2:s are now close enough to make an assault and force the Poles to break off after initial causalities. One IS-2 is however destroyed by the Piat and Panzer-faust armed militia. On the right flank another IS-2 manage to scare the Sniper away.
The Polish defenders are reinforced by an infantry platoon of Kedyw from the reserve.
Turn 3
The lone Katjuscha unpin and kills a Kedyw team in its return fire. The IS-2s and the T-34 advance further into the Polish lines.
The Poles now calls for their secret weapon, a Tiger tank borrowed from the Germans. The polish Kedyw at their left flank advance towards the middle with a "on the double move". The Tiger sadly fail to hit anything with its RoF 1 8.8 cm gun. The sniper takes up a new position but fails to hit the Sappers with its rifle.
Turn 4
A very lucky shot from a T-34/85 penetrates the armor of the Tiger and the Poles have to abandon the machine almost as fast as they got it. The IS-2 platoon accompanied by the CiC attempt an assault over the rail tracks but the Poles are quick to reinforce their lines. After 5 or 6 round of combat from each side, the last surviving Polish, the CiC captures two bailed and one bogged IS-2 himself! The soviet CiC flees to a Nearby T-34 where he takes up new headquarters. The Sniper is chased off by the Sappers.
The poles now bring forth another secret weapon - a group of homemade mortars. On the left flank the Poles charge the unit of Kedyw towards the mighty IS-2, but in faith that Stalin wont notice their actions, they IS-2s cowardly retreats from the assault.
Turn 5
The Soviets reinforce their position by filling up with more infantry on the objective. The Heroic Polish CiC, sadly out of command, is obliterated by the heavy gun from one of the IS-2. Or maybe he is just good at hiding?
A Squad of captured German Scout cars arrive to support the lines, but with little power to deal with the IS-2. Close enough to contest the objective the Poles still have not lost their faith. Artillery fire proves useless in an attempt to destroy the T-34:s and the "home made" mortars manage only to blew one of their own crew member to pieces.
Turn 6
With combined fire from the tanks and the infantry the Kadyw Squad is reduced to half their numbers and forced away from contesting the objective with an subsequent assault from the Soviet Sappers.
After a good Piat-hit that bail one of the T-34:s, a last attempt is made to retake the objective by assaulting the defenders. The assault is however stopped after heavy defensive fire from the tanks and sappers. The Poles retreat to the ruins of Warsaw while Stalin will be delighted to hear the news.
Soviet 5-2 victory.
