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Firestorm Turn 2 Games
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Game 1: Bykhov to Dobryna
Rob (British) versus Ken (German)
Free-for-All, 4-3 British Minor Victory
Report:
The German pioneers attacked into the Soviet area with Brumbars and heavy artillery. Unfortunately, when they thought they were going to encounter thin Soviet resistance, they instead charged head-long into the British Expeditionary Force! After a tough fight, the British Expeditionary Force dutifully defended against the cunning German plan to cut off the Soviet supply route in Dobryna.
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Game 2: Borizov to Lepel
Phil (Soviet) versus
Mike Haycock (British, playing as German)
Encounter, 5-2 German Major Victory
Report:
Mike’s British troops responded quickly to the threat against Minsk. He charged in, reinforced with Panthers from the Firestorm campaign map. A desperate fight over an objective left Mike in command of the battlefield, and Phil and his Soviets were thrown back to regroup for another attempt!
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Notes: This match up was quite unique. We had a shortage of German players during this game day, so Mike and Phil ended up playing each other. This is a completely acceptable situation in Firestorm, as we understand that sometimes the Axis to Allied ratio can be a little off balance!
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Game 3: Bykov to Zhlobin
Ken (German) versus Chris (Soviet)
Encounter, 5-2 Soviet Major Victory
Report:
Decisive Soviet action wrested the territory of Zhlobin from German hands. Accurate fire from Chris’ T-34/85 Tankovy engaged in a long-range dual and knocked out Ken’s Luftwaffe 8.8cm FlaK36 anti-aircraft cannons. Despite this loss, Ken’s engineers were resolute and managed to see off a Tankovy assault and forced a company to break and retreat, After a series of small fights the German rear-guard was forced to retreat, losing Zhlobin, but having inflicted casualties on the Soviets.
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Game 4: Gorki to Chausy
Rob (British) versus Andrew (German)
Encounter, 5-2 German Major Victory
Report:
Rob’s British Expeditionary Force launched a counterattack to halt Andrew’s aggressive and successful march from last week. The timing was perfect, Gorki was out of supply, cutting Andrew's force size down. Furthermore, Rob was reinforced the with Sturmoviks and IS-2 heavy tanks from the campaign map. But Lady Luck abandoned Rob, and his Brits failed stop Andrew. The BEF couldn’t push the Germans back and as a result had to fall back towards Krichev. In a strange twist of fate, the Germans have found themselves in a position to launch an assault to cut Soviet supply lines!
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Game 5: Dubryna to Orsha
Mike Haycock (British) versus Shane (German)
Encounter, 6-1 British Stunning Victory
Report:
With Bykhov in Soviet hands, the commander of Festung Orsha decided to prepare to break out. While he manoeuvred his forces, a joint Soviet-British attack crashed into the city from the north. The Allies managed to find a gap in the line and sent their fast Cromwells in to exploit the weakness. They managed to secure the objective. German resistance broke down, each reinforcing platoon arriving at unfortunate locations, completely helpless to stem the Allied onslaught! Orsha falls to the British and Soviets, and their supplies can now flow to the front line!
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Game 6: Tolochin to Berezina
Chris (Soviet) versus Kyran (German)
Free-For-All, 4-3 German Minor Victory
Report:
The overly confident General Chris Townley charged into Berezino with every intention of rolling the Germans back to Minsk. However, after being held up by some tenacious SS troops, the Soviet general was forced to retire for the afternoon, leaving Tolochin in German hands.
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Game 7: Sumalina to Vitebsk
Mike Haycock (Soviet) versus Phil (Romanian)
Cauldron, 6-1 Soviet Stunning Victory
Report:
The city of Vitebsk fell under the Mike’s lustful eyes and he decided to make it his. Phil’s Romanians were ordered to stave off the insatiable Soviet general. The prospect of being out of supply and handled roughly by the Soviets stirred the Romanians into a Fearless frenzy. They fought hard, taking refuge in their fortified safe places. However, in the end, Mike dominated the feisty and defiant Romanians and the city fell under Soviet control.
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Game 8: Chausy to Sozh
Rob (German) versus Sam (Soviet)
Free-For-All, 6-1 Soviet Stunning Victory
Report:
Rob’s Germans attempted to strike deeper into Soviet territory to further cut off Allied supplies despite being horribly out of supply. Sam was given a rare chance to correct his failure the previous week and was ordered to halt the cowardly German advance. His tanks enacted some brilliant manoeuvres and liberated the Chausy from the marauding Krauts.
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Game 9: Karpilovka to Lyuban
Chris (Soviet) versus Tony (British/German)
Free-For-All, 5-2 German/British Major Victory
Report:
Due to his excessive failures, Stalin decided to ship General Townley south, where hopefully he couldn’t do much damage. He was ordered to take Lyuban from the Germans and force open an attack route towards Minsk. Tony’s British volunteers for the Wehrmacht went into action and quickly forced the hapless Soviet general to concede the very territory he had gained in the early days of the campaign!
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Sumalina to Polotsk
Jochen (German) versus Andrew (Soviet)
Hold the Line, 4-3 Soviet Minor Victory
Report:
The defection of Andrew to the side of the Soviets benefited the Allied advance. Andrew’s Soviet force rushed to confront Jochen’s German infantry in Polotsk. The Soviet infantry were ambushed while on the march and weathered a hail of fire from StuGs before turning the assault guns into scrap and effectively securing the region in the process.
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End of Operations: Turn 2
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Last Updated On Thursday, November 27, 2008
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