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We had an excellent 6 member turnout for the January 2014 edition of the Red Barricades Project. Scott Thompson, Jim Cotugno and I had the Russians against Dan Plachta, Henry DeVries and John Lehman as the Germans.
The action resumed with the top of turn 2 of the 10/29 CG date. I must say, this turn went much better for the Russians than the Germans. On the east flank, Dan consolidated his first turn gains and solidified control of the Kindergarten, while supporting the German assault into the central factories. John continued to press his Germans forward in the factory sector, with casualties heavy on both sides. On the southwest flank, Henry’s assault in the Bread Factory was held up from my extremely effective 70mm OBA and sniper fire. The OBA immobilized a 251-1 and KIA’d a squad, a 75L AT gun, and its crew. The Russian sniper was equally effective; mortally wounding a 9-2 stacked with two 8-3-8’s, who both failed their LLMC’s. Shortly after, it KIA’d an 8-1 stacked with two more 8-3-8’s. Henry’s luck was crap all day; later on his 2 HMG kill stack broke both MG’s. He continued forward out of my OBA, and pushed another 251-1 with more 8-3-8’s into the block of wood building on the south board edge. His 80mm OBA pounded my defenders in the building east of the Bread Factory. On my half of the turn, I slipped a 4-5-8 with a 9-1 across the street and burned his forward 251-1 in CC. Meanwhile, Jim brought our reinforcing T34 M43’s in on from the east edge. One is positioned behind Workshop 32, with the others covering the ground in front of the Tank Farm.
By the end of turn 2 the Germans have secured the Kindergarten and made some headway in the central factories, but the price has been high. The Russians have lost about twice as many squads as the Germans, but the Germans have lost a 9-2, two 8-1’s, two and half 8-3-8’s, a 251-1 (with another immobilized), and a 75L AT gun. The Russians have not lost any leaders at this point, and both sides have lost about 45 CVP.
We will resume the blood-letting at the top of turn 3 next month. Stay tuned!
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