The Russians waited patiently while the German LMG edged into position , coming in on the Northern end of the map edge. The German LMG maneuvered to keep out of the LOS of the Russian Maxim until they were in position in the woods. At this point the Russian MMG opened fired but to no effect.
The LMG gained 6 more APs from an action card and commenced to lay down fire on the Russian MMG. The Russians were lucky to emerge from that hail of bullets with just a broken unit.
The second German MG then moved onto the board and the Russians were relieved to see that they were not moving in to have another crack at the Maxim. The German LMG moved into the central woods obviously preparing to bring some firepower to bear on the Russian rifle squads.
The Russians were worried; they could not just allow the German LMGs to pummel them from long range, so the Rifle squad on the Russian left started advancing to the small copse , screened from the advancing German LMG, to distract the Germans from the objective and to close the range.
As follow on German squads started moving up to join the LMG more Russian squads threw caution to the winds and moved up out of the woods toward the German LMG. German CAPs had been spent on the Maxim MG gun battle so the LMG could only respond by adjusting its facing, to avoid being outflanked. This helped as one Russian squad fired at close range, did not get the flank advantage and did not affect the German LMG unit. The German squad coming up in support of the LMG was more accurate and broke the Russian rifle squad. A second Russian squad advanced into the same hex as the German LMG, gambling on gaining the initiative next turn, as it could not do no more that turn.
At the end of turn 1 the Russians gained 1 VP for holding the objective. No losses at this time, but two broken Russian units and 1 broken German.
Both sides commited 2 CAPs to the initiative roll and it went to the Russians. The melee occurred and the German LMG squad was broken. The Germans decided that discretion was the better part of valor and the German LMG advanced out of the melee hex, toward the Russian objective, keeping its front facing toward the hex it has just left.
This allowed the Russian Rifle squad nearby to recover. A German Rifle squad moved into extract revenge for the death of the German LMG team but it did not go well for them and a heroic Russian response killed the German squad. To add to the Russian successes, the Maxim recovered.
The German LMG moved into the objective , but kept their facing toward the rear where the nearest Russian squads were celebrating their successes. However the Russian reinforcements entered the map and group moved up the road until they were in LOS and range of the German LMG on the objective hex. A group fire eliminated the Germans.
In a coup de grace a Russian squad moved in from behing the copse on the Russian left and, braving manchine gun fire from the surviving German LMG , reoccupied the objective as the last act of turn 2.
At this point the Germans, face with havely losses and reducec CAPs, surrendered.
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