Unternehmen Wintergewitter - The Matrix Games version of East Front II

[ Historical, optimised for teamplay] Location : Kotelnikovo 100kms south of Stalingrad. With sixth army encircled at Stalingrad, a plan was made up to break the encirclement. The operation would be performed by 4th Panzer Army, but most of it's untis were trapped in the beleaguered city. Von Manstein had to wait untill fresh forces would become available. By the the beginning of December, sixth army was in desperate need of relief. The promised airlifting of all needed supplies did not materialise and the Soviets did a wonderfull job of exploiting their initial gains. On December 12th, von Hoth launched his 57th Panzer Korps forward. The objecitve was deceptively simple : reach Stalingrad! From the start all commanders where briefed of the seriousness of their operation. In front of them lay the units of 51st Army and two rivers to cross : Aksai and Myshkovka. Speed was of the essence! A breakthrough must be made before any mobile reinforcements would be able to interfere.