Late War Meeting Engagement

Panzergrenadiers vs. Russian Infantry

After a long, long time without an update (vacations, playing the new Divine Right, etc.) we were back at it with BKC IV. This time it was an April 1945 scenario with a German armored force moving up to block a Russian thrust near Berlin. The Germans got a pretty good start, easily taking three of the five objectives while the Russians were having issues just moving! By mid-game the Russians, however, had two of their objectives and the big battle for objective #3 was about to begin. This was a seesaw affair, with a battalion of Russian infantry going at it with German panzergrenadiers. Although the casualties were frightful, the Russians did take the woods (objective #3) and looked like they might win the game. However, the next turn a major blunder sent the JS-2 company right into the open where the Germans knocked them out, ensuring that they would be able to take the rest of the board fairly easily and win the scenario. For coming up with the scenario at the last minute, things worked out into a very fun and exciting game! There were still the usual problems with the rules, but the end result was pretty good this time.

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