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Orzel Bialy -> Ode to My Engineers! (3/17/2003 10:06:31 PM)
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The battle turned very ugly this turn. :mad:
To the north there is a small hill...and I sent a couple units up there first thing to block any flanking attempt. Just as I got into position there...POW!!! Hawk hit the area with some armor. We both took some losses there...but the initial rush was blunted long enough for the rest of my northern force to deploy on the heights just ahead of the Russians! whew! :eek:
I sent a Tiger plowing it's way to the northern most slope of the hill, in order to gain a flanking firing position on the Russian armor that was massed at the foot of the southern tip of the hill. As soon as it emerged on the slope it was greeted by an 85mm round from a SU-85 that was obviously attempting to do the same to my forces holding the southern tip of The Hill. These two beasts traded several shots and at one point I was sure my Kat might have suffered a fatal hit...but it made it through...and killed the Russian monster with it's final shot! whew again!!!
In the center, around the railroad station more Russian armor pushed into the village and I had to rally my infantry units to try and shore up the "hole in the dike" sort of speak. The countryside here is not very suitable for armor...as the terrain is rough, muddy and dotted by trees, making for a very short "LoS".
To the south things are a bit more quiet...although there are some lend lease M-3's milling about, with some T-34's in support. I was fortunate enough to knock out the SU-85's that Hawk deployed on a hill to the south overlooking the southern half of the countryside...as he could have controlled all movement there by holding those positions. The superior velocity of the German guns at longer ranges made the difference there in my opinion!
But, the best show was put on by two units of engineers around the hill to the north. Hawk had a packet of armor up there that was still in position to do me harm after the last of my tanks had fired. A T-34, a Stuart and a SU-85 were still in position to take out a Stug and a Panther...and all that was left for me to utilize were two HT's each carrying an engineer unit. So down the slope they went...surviving a hail of MG fire and some light caliber rounds from the Stuart. The engineers unloaded and attacked without hesitation...knocking out the T-34 and immobilizing the Stuart! Whew for the third time!!! :eek:
However, the battle is far from decided...and there is still a lot of fighting left to be done. :mad:
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