On 26 January the breakout attempt of the now-encircled 4. Armee began. The main blow fell on Russian 53rd Rifle Corps of the 48th Army. Two Russian rifle divisions were enveloped and two more driven to the rear. The 131. Infanterie-Division supported by Jagdpanzer IVs and Jadgpanthers of Panzerjager-Abteilung 563 seized the village of Scharnigk after heavy fighting. During the next day the division would attack Liebstadt, heavily defended by Russian infantry and armor.
Attacker: German (131.Infanterie-Division and Panzerjager-Abteilung 563)
Lot's of board area for the Russians to cover. I pushed across a broad front but with only a squad in the back building it was tempting target. Fate with me early game and I pushed up to the edge of victory building compound when the SU85s came on. I knocked out one with a JPz and the game looked within my grasp. However a snakes on a TK at point blank took out a JPz and a bounding fire snakes at a moving JPz took it out. I still had enough infantry in the area to make it interesting but a third snakes on an 8-1 and squad took it out crossing the road and the coup d'etat was a snakes in CC by his 6-2-8 vs 1.5 squads of mine.
Ouch 4 snakes in 2 player turns that totally decimated me...
2021-01-12
(D) Simon Staniforth
vs
Russian win
Tough armour battle vs those Jagdpanthers the Russians got lucky in knocking one out in CC. German infantry squeeze the Russians on the hilltop they look like winning but a lucky snakes MC in the end game Fanatics the 6-2-8 / creates a Hero who are able to withdraw from the subsequent CC and survive fire in a stone building (with heavy snow) to deny the Germans VC
2019-03-23
(D) Andy Beaton
vs
Richard Hooks
Russian win
It was a close fight until a lone German squad failed to find a panzerfaust allowing the last SU-85 to get behind the German tank destroyers and knock them off with successive APCR shots. This freed up the squads held in bypass freeze allowing the massacre of the remaining German troops.
2017-04-09
(D) walter mcwilliams
vs
Lindsey Murillo
Russian win
I am behind on my AAR's. Lindsey Murillo and I sat down to this wonderful offering from FrF last Sunday. It was my first time playing Lindsey and it was an honor and a privilege. He was a great player and resigned to play this scenario even though it wasn't to much to his linking.
This scenario has been on my playlist for a long time. I like the forces involved, the premise behind the scenario and the weather factor. And it was a factor. On turn one the snow amped up and allowed Lindsey to move his force on board unimpeded on the Russian right. He moved cautiously and that gave me a chance to rush some squads over to the second VC building which I had left empty for my reinforcements to occupy.
Lindsey opted not to start any folks on board and I feel this was a mistake, but had my armor not delayed his infantry a two turns it really wouldn't have mattered!
The forces still hadn't made it by the time my armor came on board so they screened the repositioning and turn 2 reinforcements against the wave of German infantry faust's and the JagPanther's which killed them all in the end but they did their job for their comrades, including back-to-back crits on the ITT to put a stop to Lindsey's flanking infantry.
Lindsey changed the axis of his attack and made a rush at the crossroads VC but when the snow finally subsided the HMG in on the high ground blasted him on a sneaky LOS and Lindsey conceded shortly there after.
I can't wait to play this again as either side.
2015-02-16
(A) Paolo Cariolato
vs
Mario Aceto
German win
2014-12-13
(D) Gordon Jupp
vs
Jeremy Shields
Russian win
Interesting game...I got lucky with my AT gun placement when on turn 1 one of the JgPz V came and sat adjacent to it with a flank exposed...It was disposed of in short time. That put Jeremy on the back foot and he never recovered.
2014-06-21
(D) Jeff T
vs
Bruce Billet
Russian win
Game 3 of the BCHW mini-tournament. We diced and Bruce got the attacking Germans. Unfortunately, we also got a superstorm as the weather played a huge factor, increasing the heavy falling snow hindrance to +3. That made it a point blank game as most shots were between +4 and +6, even with leaders. Bruce pushed and had me in a tough spot on the hill after winning a crucial 1-1 CC (5-5 with each having a 4fp squad and leader). But the next turn his JagPz on the hill broke it's main gun and I turned the tables winning another 1-1 CC. My reinforcements were able to get in unmolested due to the weather and they swarmed up the hill to secure the win. I'd like to play this again when it isn't a full blizzard.
2014-04-13
(D) Will Willow
vs
P. Martin
German win
ASL OPEN
2014-03-25
(A) Eric Partizan Eric
vs
Joel Herbelleau
German win
2014-02-22
(D) Fred Ingram
vs
Mike Reed
German win
2014-01-18
(D) Davide Bendazzi
vs
Alberto Biserni
Russian win
2013-11-19
(D) Alessandro Demichelis
vs
Alex Koestler
German win
Russians have to think well how setup the splitted force, the AT gun is not able to cover both buildings alone.
2013-10-10
(D) Kevin Killeen
vs
John Stadick
Russian win
2013-10-10
(D) Don Lazov
vs
Mike Klautky
German win
2013-10-09
(D) Andy Beaton
vs
Derek Ritter
Russian win
ASLOK 2013 FtF
2013-10-08
(D) Jeff Waldon
vs
Jack Daniels
Russian win
FtF-ASLOK
2013-10-08
(A) Michael Rodgers
vs
Jeff Wasserman
Russian win
I had my bad German attack plan compounded by heavy snow.