Stalingrad 42 Breakout Group Zhuravlev

[Plain Ian]

Turn 21 Russian


In the pocket I keep shuffling my units south. I attempt an assault. The 2/84th is the best unit 284 men Fatigue 67 but it fails the assault and disrupts. Nothing ventured I try the 3/753rd 234 men Fatigue 117 No Morale and surprisingly it wins? 

South of the pocket the 650th joins the 378th. The 378th moves over just in case the tank unit to its right (397th) is hit by artillery and assaulted which threatens isolation. The battered 379th is pulled back.

Edit: map amended 3/2 and text above updated. The 378th and 650th were wrongly labelled.

In the south the 166th Motorised assaults after the 59th Guards Artillery Rgt inflicts enough damage to disrupt the unit. The 177th pulls back to its TRENCH after the assault.

The only other notable move is the advance of the 2/863rd. 5th Gds Mortar Rgt had hit his 305th unit and it Broke? The 2/863rd moves up and fires to make it withdraw. This will isolate the artillery/ATG group to the south. He will be able to rescue it though. 

At Verkne I pull back the 3/884th which was Low Ammo.

So this high tide I think. The assault from the pocket is just to distract Mike.