Yow, what a wild flurry of action! We are really in the thick of a raging battle, with Russians popping up all over the place.
North:
I continue to be impressed with Travis' panzerjager. It gets into position, hunkers down, and then just consistently drops accurate shots on the enemy armor. Due to the number of tanks we have spotted, I am uncertain if/what we killed, but we are raining fire on their positions.
Coffee's Pz-IIIhs pressed forward and fired a few shots as well:
The pioneers advanced in good order. RealDeal's halftracks popped off a few MG rounds at the Soviet tank(s), but the enemy eyes were looking west rather than north.
The T-34 pumped another round into GoldenEagle's dead halftrack for good measure, which took out a couple more of his squad. Qwikshot's halftracks dashed across the open gap under fire, but have made it safely so far:
The south is ablaze! In addition to the AT gun, T-34, and BT-7, more light enemy armor keeps popping up on the road and immediately south of it. Kingfc22's Stug laid some smoke rounds in front of the AT gun, and blade6119's tanks kept that T-34 under fire (and hit it again), but one Pz-IIIh finally got knocked out.
Calis' platoon began to engage the enemy infantry nearby. His 50mm mortar (which couldn't reach the AT gun) and 1st Squad provided cover fire for 3rd Squad's advance:
Another enemy infantry position was spotted, and Russian mortar fire is coming in on Calis' position:
We've finally got 81mm teams on the ground, and The Afoci's halftracks in position to assist the advance. The platoons of Blade & samifan24 pressed into the woods on foot, while other elements pulled up in halftracks. One of SirFozzie's Pz-IVds rotated its turret to shell enemy infantry in the lower south:
Tasan's Pz-IVds began to turn the right flank, spotted a light tank (T-37), and quickly dispatched it:
Finally, our southern-most halftrack took some fire from infantry hidden in rocky terrain. No damage, but a nuisance.