Roads to Pabianice - The Matrix Games version of East Front II

Pabianice, 15km SW of Lodz: [Best played against Human opponent or as Allied] It had been less than a week since the invaders of Germany's Army Group South had violated the Polish border yet already they were closing in on Lodz. Both the Germans and the Poles knew Lodz was the last stop before Warsaw! Along the highway leading into Lodz from the southwest lay the town of Pabianice. The II. Battalion of the 1st SS Regiment "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler" was ordered to cut off Pabianice from the south, denying that route to Polish units streaming northward toward Warsaw. Meanwhile, the I. Battalion of the "LAH" was ordered to isolate Pabianice from the north. The III. Battalion remained in reserve along the Pabianice-Lask highway supporting the artillery. For the Germans the end was in sight. However, the Polish units in the area were ready to surrender neither themselves - nor these vital roads - to Hitler's rampaging legions.