From the very beginning
of the invasion, Polish defenses had proven to be woefully unprepared for
the German onslaught. The blitzkrieg tactics employed by the German armored
columns allowed great territorial gains in just a few short days. As the panzers
raced across the Polish countryside conducting their breakthrough-and-pincer
maneuvers, it ultimately fell upon the German infantry to mop up areas of
bypassed Polish resistance. One such operation occurred in the farm community
of Pabianice, just outside the city of Lodz. As the German Eighth Army
advanced along the eastern and western flanks of Lodz, the grenadiers of Die
Leibstandarte were sent into Pabianice to clear out its staunch garrison.
Attacker: German (SS) (SS-Regiment Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler)
Defender: Polish (2nd Infantry Division, Army Lodz)
7 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.0 D:9.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0
Misc Rules:
A: Leibstandarte units treated as non-SS German w D: Elite and 1st Line squads Assault Fire
Map Board(s):
43
Overlays:
NONE
Errata (source)
Delete the two Allied Minor LMG and give the Polish Elite and 1st Line squads Assault Fire.
MMP
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Despite taking little risk, the Germans were cut down on the first 3 turns, losing 2 1/2 squads and a leader before Turn 3. The Poles followed this up by breaking the German 9-2 leader and 2 MMCs with MGs on Turn 3. The Germans pressed on, a now tiny flanking force moving around the Polish left and a paltry strike force pushing up the right. Finally having closed the distance, the Germans were able to make some attacks. The Poles were slowly whittled down and the Germans scratched their way forward. On the final turn, the last two good order Polish MMCs were surrounded in the stone building. But, on the RPh, a broken Polish MMC within the 2 hex radius rolled snakes, the only possible roll to rally. With no German unit in LOS, the Germans had no choice but to concede.
The Polish MMG/8-1 in Level 1 of Building 07 severely attritted the German's flanking force to the East and blunted the German's Schwerpunkt in the West with RoF tears and hot dice, eliminating the 8-0 and breaking the 9-2 leaders, respectively. When the MMG malf'd, accurate long-range inherent from Level 1 of 07 and 008 further stymied the Western thrust. By mid-game, the Germans began to turn both flanks, with the Poles retreating the village, with several DM'd, FTR'd, or No Quartered. The Poles entered their Player Turn 7 with the one remaining GO MMC in O7 facing enormous FGs and long odds of remaining intact, but a leader rally and freak HoB rally by a HS just outside the village but within 2 hexes of N8 sealed the game. An absolute nail-biter than would likely not have been this close absent the Poles' hot dice in Turns 1 and 2.
