Dundradal
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Tigercub had asked me to start a GC so I obliged him this morning (his evening). We didn't start grabbing screenshots until the third map which was just a stupid oversight on our part. Here's how the first two maps went down.
The first map of DOF has 2 bridges and one ford connecting the two sides. Long story short I held Tiger at the two bridges for a while but he flanked using the ford which I could not protect with my limited BG (1 command T-34 '40, 1 command team, 1 maxim, 1 LMG squad, 1 militia squad). I had most of my teams defending the central town covering the two bridges. By flanking up the bottom and right side of the map and then pinning my T34 between an AT halftrack and 2 MK IIIs he killed it before I could return the favor. I lost 2 squads KIA and almost my entire BG until time ran out.
The second map of DOF features a single bridge crossing. Since Tiger did not control the bridge we agreed he would not deploy on the small chunk of land on my side of the river that was his because of how the attack zone was drawn. He captured the bridge on the first day but was not able to force a crossing. I lost a few men the first day, but nothing substantial. His losses were also minor except for a command MK III I managed to kill with a KV-1 I had acquired. The second and third days saw more excitement near the bridge as we both tried to get flanking positions on the river to lay fire down on our opposing forces. The third day proved pivotal as Tiger managed to kill my 76mm AT gun, maxim team, LMG team save one man, a T-34, 2/3rds of a secondary command team and needless to say this left me with little after. I was forced to flee the next day for lack of strength as I received 39 req points after that bashing.
The third day took us to a modified classic CC3 map. I do like this version with the hills in the south as they allowed me to give Tiger quite a lashing this day. I knew I couldn't defend everywhere so I chose the hills and woods in the south to make a stand. I granted him the woods and tractor shed VLs. I also let him inch across the southern bridge however I had an LMG squad and T-34 behind the ridge line waiting to ambush them. As they cross I managed to get a few but Tiger was able to get 2 or 3 squads across the bridge in the following minutes. I watched as he shelled then captured the woods and tractor shed in the north. I had squads positioned on the stream to watch that flank in case he tried to swing down again, but I only saw 1 or 2 squads moving through the buildings so I knew they wouldn't be a threat with a T-34 and KV-1 hiding between the hills.
Near his southern VL, Tiger kept moving a MK III around. At first I tried to kill it with the T-34 from the ridge but that didn't seem to be working. So I thought I'd move both my tanks to better firing positions and hope to catch it in a pincer. However as time went by I noticed that it seemed Tiger was trying to bait me with the MK III. It kept creeping out close to a position I could fire on it, but would then back away as if asking me to move closer. My suspicions proved right when I had inched my T-34 onto the forward slope of the hill when a heavy round emerged from the hill across the river. A self-propelled piece had attempted to ambush me. My KV-1 was still coming out from behind the hill and could offer no help. I reversed my T-34 behind the hill after exchanging a few shots and told it to drive down the hill and come around the edge of it behind the KV-1. The KV-1 had moved close to the bridge and was out of LOS for the self-propelled but then another MK III appeared and tried to light up my still retreating T-34. I reversed the KV-1 into a firing position and after several shots killed the arty. I then maneuvered for a shot on the 2nd MK III. By this time by T-34 had redeployed and gained a solution on the bait MK III. After a few shots it also started to burn. I then moved my KV-1 to recapture the bridge. After I had done that several squads of infantry from the woods to the south rushed my tank. Luckily my T-34 and the remains of my LMG squad were nearby and slowed their assault enough for me to get my KV-1 out of dodge. Those squads were completed destroyed by my combined fire. The attached image shows the ends of this fight for the southern area. This is where 99% of the action occurred. I've added a few markers to show positions and paths.
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