Strategy - Smolensk Op. Situtation #3

[GerryM]

Hello All:

Looking for tips for how a player tackles a scenario like this. This is my first operational WW II wargame. (I have played ASL, Squad Battles, and CMBN. Also chess.)

I played through the Mius getting started scenario using the Getting Started guide and the Playing Guide. That was more of a slugfest with the 2 armies facing each other.

This scenario is different as it involves maneuver. Sometimes in these kinds of games I think I am just shuffling counters forward. But there has to be a lot more strategy to it than that. Any do's and don'ts would be appreciated.

Here is the scenario briefing:
"Orsha, 85km WSW of Smolensk: In this Operational Situation, which simulates an armor breakthrough against an armored force, the 17th Panzer
Division attacks the Russian 5th Mechanized Corps holding at Orsha. [500 sq Km - 13 Turns]"

Thanks,

Gerry