DAR - Ratzki vs DasTiger

[Ratzki]

Looks like the enemy finally showed up and wants to fight it out. In this turn I get another Armoured Car of some sort and infantry across the map. It would have been nice to have gotten another turn or two behind me first, but thems the breaks. I have my men on hide on this side of the map, and my armour is on the other end. I am still sneaking a ATR towards these guys but have to be careful he doesn't get shot up. If he advances his light armour a little farther I will be able to get a flank shot with my m39 76mm gun. I am trying to give him targets down the map to egg him into moving his armour a bit more. Overall, unless things go severely off-course, I am feeling pretty good about my position as a whole.

I have enemy infantry here as well. They have better cover then the map shows as they keep popping in view and the popping out again as they advance. I can only harrass them with light fire at the moment, but I have better cover, closer to the flag, so DasTiger will have to dig me out. I will have to see how close he is willing to let his men get before I will be able to know which troops I will engage him with. I am positioning a FO to try to stop him from massing any troops near this flag. I willl not commit the arty unless I start to take a beating. It's the AC and Pz threat that can mess me up here.

On the other side of the map, DasT.'s men pop up and are about to take some SMG fire that I have waiting for him. There is a Rifle platoon of mine moving in for support and I am able to get one of the BA's to fire away as well. I want him to think that this is not the way to go, and will try to keep him in the middle of the map where it seems that I have better cover and position.

Here, it's the same story but DasTiger opens with some small on map arty and advances under this fire. It is not enough to supppress my men for long and most lands well out and away from my troops. The SMG platoon here, sends one of his squads back towards his own lines in short order, the rest are on the reverse slope of the hillside. I am moving my T-34s up here to do some battling with the enemy that my SMG squads cannot see. I want to find out if he has any armour over here as well so it is kind of a scouting mission as well.