Main Event IV: M1A1 vs. Schwerpunkt

[Ratzki]

Mr. X comments -

'Well Fellows...
We near the end. Those of you that bet against me, well, I hope you lose lots of money! Those that kept the faith, you shall be rewarded!
Seriously. We are 3 turns from the end. As I reckon, the entire thing hangs on a thread. I am afraid now that it is a draw. He holds 1 large flag and 2 small flags. The third small flag is in my possession, but those tanks can simply move there and take it, although he still has to face my "crack" tank, manned by Michael Wittmann!
At this point, I have to hold every flag I have, inflict more casualties and take little or none myself. If that happens, then I will win this game. I am assuming that he is low on infantry - still, and his tanks have little or no HE rounds. That may be wishful thinking, but he has not engaged my infantry with tank fire (perhaps because my Panzers are nearby) and I know my HMG's are still bothering him.
To accomplish my mission, I am using infantry that has not engaged and using their weapons to lay suppression fire on those little red stars. That should keep him from shooting at me. I am also moving a few of my units forward to secure the center flag and to keep him from moving on them. I have set my tank to watch that narrow avenue of approach. I have used my Regular tank to fire smoke in front of his AT gun - which I assume he is moving forward as he has no LOS right now. That should keep him from using it, and my Reg tank has only 2 smoke rounds left. That will keep him from shooting smoke for 60 seconds in case his armor moves forward.
Rigth now, I think he has only 4 tanks left. I am on either side of him with two tanks. Hopefully that will divide his firepower. All this hangs on a razor's edge...
ONE last thought. If he did not have those flame tanks, this would have been a very different story!

Cheers! "