Part 3 of Fighting the Great Patriotic War one battle at a time.
It's early in 1942 and the Soviets are trying a counter-offensive on the Crimean coastline
This scenario features an assortment of Soviet forces trying to combine arms in an attack against a mixed German Battlegroup defending a coastal position.
UP FRONT
I should say straight away this didn't work out very well for the Soviets. I tried a few options for the Soviet attacks but they were very fragmented and all crossing open ground against dug-in Germans. There was a lot of artillery which was fine at the beginning when the Soviets were bombarding the German positions, but very messy when the German FAOs were able to bring their artillery to bear on the Russians in the open.
So, with that in mind, I've kept this fairly short.
http://colinswargaming.blogspot.com/2016/12/bkc-ii-down-by-sea.html (http://colinswargaming.blogspot.com/2016/12/bkc-ii-down-by-sea.html)
The German defence.
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The Russians attack
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Great report! Ouch! ;D
Nice table!
Yep, "Ouch!" sums it up pretty well.