Turn 2 Results:
As we advance across the map, the armored cars spot our first adversary and come under fire. Smoke rounds are fired to cover some open lanes in the south, while the infantry dismounts and occupies their first objectives. A few in-action shots:
Blade’s boys still catching hell from Soviet artillery. Note the flying debris.
A look from the point of the upper south section. In the foreground is a Pz-IIIh with one of Calis’ squads still mounted and one running alongside. Those are Stug-IIIbs in the right background and Pz-IVds on the left.
Both Pz-IVds (SirFozzie up front, Tasan behind) have just fired smoke rounds. Samifan24’s infantry has dismounted from tucker’s halftracks in the background.
Turn 3 Orders Phase:
General game note: Once orders are given, they can carry over to the next turn(s); this is frequently true of any firing and long movement orders. You can countermand any order, but there will be a short lag time (dependent on command) for any new orders. I will try to indicate what your men and vehicles are currently doing so you can make decisions accordingly.
North:
Pskov: Both Pz-IIIhs are in the midst of moving up the left side of that field to the east. Be advised that those are scattered trees immediately to their front, which means you have a great field of view through them, but so do any Russians that may be watching. Also, you might want to get on the radio with sachmo’s armored cars.
RealDeal: Your halftracks are moving north prior to cutting east and heading toward the trees at N-3. It takes halftracks some time to rotate direction, which is why they are not as far along as you might’ve hoped.
Qwikshot/Golden Eagle: Your halftracks are all stopped, awaiting orders.
Travis: Both of your tank-hunters are stopped in good positions with decent fields of fire, but they’ll have to move up to cover much of value.
sachmo71: You’ve got the ball, Chief! What appears (unconfirmed) to be a T-26 (a thin-skinned, obsolete light tank with a 45mm gun) fired at your command car and has been spotted, hull-down, on the low ridge between the two major objective flags. Your command vehicle sees him (though hindered by the scattered trees right in front of you), but you have virtually no chance of a hit. You’re also in the midst of moving into those trees, and were targeted (thus spotted). AC #3 is hull-down on the road with a decent shot (41%). ACs #2 & #4 cannot see the Russian.
The command vehicle.
Got the drop from the road!
The upper southern section:
Calis: Your 2nd and 3rd squads are deployed in the woods of their initial objective, but are currently out of command; the other two squads (HQ & 1st) are riding forward on the Stug-IIIbs.
The view from Calis’ 3rd squad, peering out of the woods.
DeToxRox: Pz-IIIh #5 is in place among the trees, next to Calis’ two advanced squads. Panzer #6 is positioned in scattered trees.
kingfc22: Your two Stug-IIIbs are advancing at speed toward Calis’ objective trees.
The lower southern section:
The Afoci & MrBug708: All four halftracks are in the midst of advancing toward the next group of trees, as ordered.
Blade: Your HQ & 2nd squads are deployed at their objective. 1st & 3rd are reduced to one man each and are routed.
SirFozzie: Smoke was fired as ordered. Pz-IVd #12 is the forward-most unit in this section; panzer #11 is back farther behind the trees.
The view from the point Pz-IVd:
Tasan: Smoke was fired as ordered. Both of your tanks are in support positions in the middle of the deployment area.
samifan24: Your 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Squads are deployed in their wooded objective. HQ & mortar is approaching in their halftrack.
Looking out from the woods:
tucker342: All but one of your halftracks have dropped off the infantry and are free to maneuver.
DataKing & blade6119: The truck drivers must’ve been nervous about the continuing barrage, because they moved the trucks ahead without orders to do so. The two bloodied squads are pretty worthless now, anyway.