Losing an
Oberleutnant could have been disastrous for the Germans, as it meant the Wehrmacht would now have to allow their Order Hand to dwindle
down to five instead of seven cards. Fortunately for von Rundstedt there was a
“Feldwebel” (deputy platoon leader) who stepped up to the challenge and reduced
this penalty by one card; the German Army could now only use a hand of six
order/tactic cards.
Determined to take the central objective with Light Tanks,
the German’s deployed another Panzer Mark I unit from its reinforcements.
Accompanied by Waffen-SS, and Panzer Mark II tanks, the armoured fighting
vehicles were driven straight towards the Russian Major and his Communists
forces occupying the small hill.
Battered
by the combined incoming German fire, the Soviet Major declared his unit of
Regulars as being the “Defenders Of Russia” so reducing his men’s fatigue.
Unfortunately it was never going to be enough, as the nearby Waffen-SS
concentrated their firepower upon the gallant unit and finally broke them;
killing the Russian Major, and reducing the Red Army’s Command Hand by three
order/tactic cards.
The battle
was almost at an end, but a final unit of Russian Conscripts were in range of
the now unoccupied Central Objective and clambered to the top of the hill.
However, the ‘green soviet troops’ quickly faltered and momentarily retreated
as the bullets of some nearby German Heer took a savage toll upon them. But
this was the last chance for a Communist victory over Fascism and with almost
the final move of the battle, the Conscripts grimly climbed back up the hill to
secure an impressive victory against the Wehrmacht invaders.
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