Aaron was the Dutch, I was the Soviets. We played on Map B instead of Map A which made for some interesting choices. I set my Marines and improved positions in Witzhave, south of the east/west river. Aaron attacked across the fields north of Grande, driving half-way in, then coming the rest of the way on foot. My Sagger unit got disrupted by artillery and stayed that way, allowing his forces to close in on the east side of town. He managed to force his way into the improved positions with waves of infantry assaults, until I was left holding the bridge with one dug-in, disrupted Marine platoon. By mid-game the T-80's of the Kiev Guard were arriving from the north and, despite the mild pecking they took from a Dutch F-16, took up position in the northern suburbs. Aaron's Prins Bernhard Stoottroepen stormed over the bridge, suffering heavy fire from lines of T-80's, but managed to get into hand to hand combat with them. In the towns, the lack of infantry told on the Soviet units. All T-80's were forced into the fields north of town and were unable to fight their way back in. At the last moment, Hero of the Soviet Union Sergei Platov launched a desperate charge along the southern bank of the river, breaking into the town just east of the bridge. The Dutch recoiled, and the Soviets began to dig in again.Great scenario. Really tense, and victory came down to a chit-pull. There were four chits in the cup, one of them would end the game, the others would give Aaron a chance to chuck me out of town and win. The game-end chit was pulled! We pulled again to see what would have happened, and he did push me out, which gives you a sense of how close the scenario was. Infantry vs. unsupported armor is super tough. Awesome.
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