McIvan's View - Clash at Pavlograd - McIvan v [hirr]Leto

[McIvan]

Right, first order of business is what to do with Leto's T34. The overhead shot below also shows, right at the top, the second approaching T34, and also the M17 over by the church.

The shot shows various infantry and the flamethrower team closing in on the T34, mostly on sneak orders, while others try to set themselves up for, hopefully, a shot at the second T34 should it decide to join the first. I suspect it may go left round the woods to try and come up behind the armoured cars and the 251/9. Because of this, I decide to give the armoured cars and the 251/9 hunt orders toward the T34. Hopefully something will take down the T34 before the next one arrives.

The panzershrek team (just out of shot below the road) are 113 meters away with a 27% shot. I decide not to open fire with them....we will see how the infantry teams get on. The way Pete is pushing armour forward I'll bet they get a better odds shot than that before the game is over.



On the right there's not much happening. I give hunt orders to a Sd251/10, hoping it can get a shot at the rear of the M17, but the most likely result will simply be a welter of waypoint confusion.

Unfortunately our HMG 42 on hill 161 is still panicked from the 50mm mortar fire it has been under these last few turns....the M17 would have been easy meat for it.

In the middleground you can see infantry starting to arrive at the bridge, and a bunch of movement tracks for infantry following behind.



On we go then, to see whether our valiant troops can succeed against the evil Russkie T34.....