ASL09 To the Square

Played ASL scenario 9 on October 9th and the following couple weeks using VASL against Jay.  A fun and large scenario of the old school  (can't get much more old school then scenario 9...)

Setup at Start of the Game.  Russians have to capture the building with a squad in it at the top of the map (error!  see below for where it really is!).  The other option is to get X number of VP off the top of the map.  The T34s with a leader and squad would do that nicely.

End of Turn 1.  Not a whole lot happening yet.  Russian is pushing out slowly being nervous of the two HIP squads.  (I had them at the top of map 1 to cover a possible AFV bum rush.

First shot of the game!  Game turn 2 with a 6-3 shot ends up only causing a pin...  I will not whine!

End of game turn 3.  Russians are still pushing ahead slowly but are close to being able to breakout.  The only problem is those HIP units could show up in their rear.

OOOPS!  The VC building with the extra level is in H3, NOT N3!  We moved the extra level to H3 and the squad and leader would have to hoof it to there next turn...

End of Turn 4.  Russians did searching in the buildings to the right and moved their tanks forward to breakthrough the woods!  (not there yet though)

Turn 5 Russian movement phase and a CE tank with the Russian OBA observer leader come in range of the 9-1 and his MMG.  A roll of snakes!

Later that turn the same squad and leader KIA an enemy squad entering a building with a roll of 1,2.  This causes a sniper that whacks another leader right behind said leader!  ASL givith and ASL takith away...

The end of the very active turn 5.  My boys have started to skeedadle.  Probably a bit late.  Russian armor is about to swarm on my left flank!

Another German leader whacked by a sniper!  (with a 3 activation number this gives an idea of how lucky my dice were.  Though in this case I think it was making a MC that would have passed on an 8 or lower...)  Yup that is my leader that took out the OBA observer and a tank with well aimed IFT fire...

 

A Hero of the Fatherland is created!  Woohoo!

End of Russian turn 6.  They have started a trail break on the extreme right side of the board.  Also note that the hero in question was killed in CC...  Put up a good fight though, well at least till the CC when he went out in an instant.

End of German turn 6.  My boys in 1N9 got DM'd by and 8+3 shot.  (I'll pass on the whine Icon this time...)  I place Infantry in position on the German left flank to take PF shots at approaching enemy tanks.

The Russians push forward and DM my stack that was in N9 once again!  I do have a sneaky LOS shot and DM them as well.

The first enemy tank charges out of the woods and goes right by my squad that tries two PF shots.  Can't find the first one and can't hit with the second!

End of game turn 7.  The Russian armor swarms up the right side of the board (we forgot that armor using a trail break has to use half MP to go through...)  Alas, no tanks were hurt (by fausts) in the execution of this manuever...

And here my log got lost (BOOHOO!).  Highlights.  First off my opponent new that he needed to take the building in order to win.  He moved the T34 at the top of map to where it is and fired at my guy with an area shot.  After much fussing about we figured out it was a miss after rolling for improbable hit.  (I was the more experienced player and should have remembered the extra plus for firing in AfPh if you actually moved, otherwise a 2 would have been a crit rather then a miss).  To hit was 7 (area) -2( turreted moved) -2(concealed) -1(BU) -2(AfPh) meaning a 0 to hit.  If that shot had hit it would have killed the HS or leader (or both) and then his crew could have gone in to take possession before my squads ran back.  Instead my squads ran back and got into the building leaving no time to pry them all out before the end of the game.

A fun scenario that I may play again someday, which is saying a lot since I have so  many ASL scenarios I have not played yet...