Game 1 and it was Poland
My Strelk vs Reese's armoured DAK, we did a 4x4 table so lowered points to 900, which is probably a few too many for such a table.
Needless to say we rolled a mission we had to play length ways, as we did in the second game as well despite no one being on the 6x4, so adjusted some measurements accordingly.
Strelk defended
Should have read the rules, it said I had to hold half my platoons in delayed reserve and could have two of the ones on table in ambush. Thought it said immediate ambush so only put on one blob with the second in ambush, thought it too dirty to put 8 T26 in ambush against an armoured opponent but after nearly loosing I am not so sure I will be nice again. Actually says ambush so once the recce and platoon of tanks roared across the bridge there was considerably less space I could deploy.
Platoon of PIII, disguised as IV's advanced but actually managed to take one out with an ATR, think it is first time I have done that
That kid is dangerous as he nearly wiped my T26 in one turn of shooting and killed many stands in assault, fortunately the 2 45mm ATG swung the game and ended with the strelk chasing off the last 222 and blasting it.
Poland was in Russian hands
Next game was against Colins FJ, never seen such a despondent look on a para as he saw the might of two strelk companies. Soon changed to excited glee as he slaughtered one of them though
Again a lengthwise deployment with two of Colin's platoons dug in as mine advanced
MMG and heavy mortars faced off against two strelk companies, eight T26's and two 45mm ATG, hoped to get there before the FJ platoons arrived
Assault force one captures the objective just in time to get assaulted by the reserve FJ
Second blob of death gets caught in a crossfire, was hoping one or the other would return as a wave but neither did. Heavy mortars took out both ATG but luckily for me the commander survived and went to hid at the back of the board to avoid a platoon kill
My dead pile which had Colin calling for the press corps to capture the moment
All that survived of the company was the 2IC and the company command team
Battalion commander hiding behind a house orders the T26's to attack and they ended up using MG fire to kill off the FJ and win the game by capturing the objective as the Heavy Mortars could not kill em off quickly enough. Colin had right idea to try to get the MMG's into my side armour but the tanks kept moving and don't think they ever used the main guns
Belgium now in Russian hands as well without even going into Germany, this crazy war hey. Even Jobbers rolling my armour saves couldn't put off the reds