THE MAIN EVENT! Walkure vs. Herroberst

[Der Kuenstler]

Here is minute twelve from Walkure's point of view. The fighting has accelerated in the center of town with lead flying in all directions through the billowing smoke. Walkure attempts to squeeze his Flammpanzer between a wall and a building in order to toast some enemy infantry. He smartly sets his area firing line before he arrives - but wait - for some reason he is not respecting the fact that there in an SU-122 pointing at him - buttoned and blinded, his flammpanzer shoots 2 or 3 squirts of hot flame at a cowering Russian squad in the woods. He must have intended for the JPz IV to cover him but it never arrived in position. Boom, boom - the second blast from the SU-122 damages his gun. Now the Flammpanzer is wrecked!

Walkure says: "-d-mn i screwed up the orders for my torch tank.........he was suppose to move further forward to make room for my P70. That d-mn Su 122 has to die! First stupid move of the game goes to the Germans.............that should look good on the board. too bad i can't put any explicative......LOL"



To the south, Walkure's only veteran JPz IV - the platoon leader - swings around the southern flank to take on the area firing T34/85s. (He passes behind the green JPz IV that has just scored a kill the previous turn.) The vet Jag must get the pressure off of his center. "Let me show you how this is done!" the commander shouts to the greens and regulars. He sights a T34 as the minute ends.



Pushed too hard: Walkure has pushed his footmen beyond their limits to get to the center of town. Did he forget to take into account the extra effort required to jump all of those walls? At any rate, almost all of Walkure's approaching men are now very tired, stumbling forward, gasping for air and still exposed. As the minute ends, Russian small arms open up from the woods, as indicated by the red arrow - what the - how did they get in there first? But they did - one German squad is already pinned - it won't take much more to exhaust and panic the rest!



Tired men can't fight or move nearly as effectively...