The Battle for Karpova Station - The Matrix Games version of East Front II

Karpova Station,30km NW of Odessa: [Best Played vs Human Opponent]: At dawn on the morning of August 18th, the Rumanian 3. Army Corps launched an attack to seize the Karpova Railway Station. The 3. Dorobanti Regiment of the 11. Infantry Division was to advance towards the Russian positions without preliminary artillery bombardment. The Russians were holding the line with the determined 97th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division whom were standing firm in their trenches and bunkers. An hour after the attack began, the Rumanians supported the stalled attack with a battalion of armour from the 1. Armour Division and an assault battalion. By 07:30 the station had was captured, but at a high cost to the Rumanians. Thirty-two tanks lay damaged or destroyed on the battlefield.