Bucha, Ukraine - 27 Feb 2022 - 15mm
It has begun!
The Panzer Leader battle staged between myself and @elessar2590 is now underway. Because of his location in Australia (and the time zone considerations therein), and because of how long these Panzer Leader games can take, the first 2 1/2 turns of the game have been played out ahead of time.
This means we should be done with the “meat” of the game within 3 hours or so, resulting in a more reasonable stream for all involved.
The Russians are not playing around, that’s all I can say so far. Looks like they’re not stopping until those T-90As are knocking over Brandenburg Gate! The Lithuanian “Iron Wolf” Brigade have given them a good bloody nose, but they’re crumbling fast. The Poles are about to arrive with a powerful armored battlegroup, but has too much damage been done already?
TUNE IN in at 10PM UK – 5PM ET to find out!
The Russians strike hard, strike deep, slashing out of the northeast in three basic axes ... to the north with motorized infantry in BTR-80s, in the center with the bulk of a reinforced tank battalion of T-90As, and in the south with VDV Guards Airborne Assault troops in Mi-24 Krokodil attack helicopters.
Lithuanian light infantry with American Stinger MANPAD missiles knock down one of the Mi-24s!
Lithuanian infantry of the "Iron Wolf" Brigade, with "Vilkas" (Wolf) IFVs and Javelin ATGWs, take out a platoon of T-90As! The Russians take steep losses elsewhere as well. But it's not nearly enough ...
The Russians and Lithuanians are trading heavy losses in a vicious street battle here, with the brave (but doomed) Lithuanians trying to defend an objective hex from a determined SOviet assault. Assualts and counterassaults rip through the streets, but with the Russians folding up the south wing and now crashing down from the high ground to the north ... it doesn't look good.
The situation at the end of Russian Turn 3. The Lithuanians have given the Russians a good bloody nose, but aggressive Russian tactics have split the Iron Wolf Brigade wide open in the center. Russian tanks, airmobile troops, and helicopters are camped on overlooking the Polish entry zone. The Poles will now arrive with the main NATO force ... can they save the situation?
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