BA Sunday School

1250 pts attack/defend scenario on 10x6 table. Defender deployed first, then attack came on their edge.  4 objectives (2 hill crests, bidge & railway station). Defender allowed to be dug in (counts a -1 to kill if hit). Italians v. Soviets. Italians defending.

Game 1: Jim defending.  
The Ities got lucky at the atart landing their mortar & their artiilery on the enmy mortar & artillery straight up.  Without artillery supprt & the enmey raining frie frpom theire, the Sobviets had no chance  & soon conceded.

Game 2: Chris defending.
This time the Soviets made a concentrated attack on the Italian right.  they also got the run of the artillery dice.  They over-ran the ridge on their left.

From that position their fire decimated the Italian force, but ran out of time before taking any more objectives.  The Italians had nuch bbigher casuaties, but still had 3 of 4 objectives.
The Soviet plan to concentrate theri attack was sound enough, but given the time factors & tabrel size, probbaly should have put some pressure on the Itie left to stop them reinforcing their centre.