Campaña: Korsun-Cherkassy #4 - Smella
Misión: No Retreat (alemanes defienden)
Resumen: Con el avance alemán detenido, Konev lanza un contraataque en fuerza al sur de Smella para romper el frente antes de que la Wehrmacht consolide sus líneas.Campaign: Korsun-Cherkassy #4 - Smella
Mission: No Retreat (Germans defending)
Briefing: With the German advance halted, Konev launches a full-force counterattack south of Smella to shatter the front before the Wehrmacht can consolidate its gains.
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Gvardeyskiy Strelkovy Batalon
| 1. / I. Füsilier-Regiment 'Feldherrnhalle'
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The Battlefield
| El campo de batalla, de Oeste (izquierda) a Este (derecha) The Battlefield, from West (left) to East (right) |
El área al sur de Smella es una llanura abierta cruzada de Norte a Sur por el arroyo Sukhoy Tasklyk, con granjas dispersas, colinas suaves, bosques y caminos de tierra. Tras el fracaso de la ofensiva, los Panzergrenadier de la División 'Feldherrnhalle' son los encargados de cubrir la retirada de las maltrechas tropas alemanas ante la inminencia de un contraataque encabezado por los nuevos IS-2. Si los soviéticos consiguen la victoria, la retirada alemana se convertirá en una desbandada; en caso contrario, los Panzergrenadiers ganarán un tiempo precioso para reposicionarse en nuevas posiciones defensivas.
| El campo de batalla, visto desde el Este The Battlefield, seen from the East |
The area south of Smella is an open plain crossed from north to south by Sukhoy Tasklyk, a narrow stream, with scattered farms, gentle hills, forests and dirt roads. After the failure of German offensive in Smella, Panzergrenadiers from 'Feldherrnhalle' Division have been tasked to cover the German withdrawal under the imminence of a furious Soviet counterattack spearheaded by the new IS-2 tanks. If Soviets grasp victory, German retreat will turn into a rout; otherwise, the stubborn Panzergrenadiers will gain precious time for the rest of XLII Korps to build new defensive positions.
Objectives
Deployment
In order to deploy, I made some combat attachments from the Heavy Platoon: 1x HMG to 1. Zug and 2x GW 34 to 2. Zug. These two Platoons will hold the line, reinforced with the HQ Panzerfaust teams. Taking into account that Soviet Artillery would begin game in Prepared Positions I chose my 12cm Mortar Platoon to make some counterbattery fire. Two surviving Nashorns from 525. sPzJAbt will hide in a wooded hill, waiting for the Soviet tanks to appear. Finally, The Pak 40 Platoon will remain in Ambush, hoping to get some nice side shots on the Soviet behemoths.
On the other side, the Soviet commander decides to deploy his forces along the entire front, placing the IS-2 on the road in a predictable move towards the closer objective.

