WG215"Beachhead at Ozereyka Bay-SQLA Revision"

Updated 060227 rev 0

This scenario is a revision of the TAHGC Scenario 106 of the same name. The changes are minor in nature but major in impact (changing the two VC from AND to an OR statement; adding an additional three 447s to the Russian OB). These modifications these are noted in Magenta text below. The scenario record of the original version as of 19Dec2005 an axis record of 8-0-2; which demonstrates a significant imbalance; with the Germans playing for a Win/Draw and the Russians playing for a Draw/Loss. I am currently concluding a match of the TAHGC version versus Chris Stewart which reinforces this opinion of the original balance. The Russians benefited by a significant number of die roll sequences and capitalizing on an German mistake but still trying to gain a likely draw. We collectively feel this modified version would make a worthy tournament scenario. BT/CS

IN THE OZEREYKA VALLEY, February 4th, 1943: In an effort to cut off the seventh Army’s retreat to the Iaman Peninsula, Stalin developed a plan to use the combined efforts of a land and seaborne operation. The Black Sea Fleet would land a force composed of army and navy troops in the German’s rear. This force would smash the coastal defenses at a favorable point and establish a beachhead. Later, this beachhead would be enlarged by follow-up units in a drive towards Volchyi Vorota and eventually link up with the 47th army. The landing point chosen was the area around Ozereyka Bay. After a heavy naval bombardment, the first Russian assault waves landed on the beach in front of Rumanian costal defense units and formed up for the push toward the town of Glebovka, their first inland objective.

VICTORY CONDITIONS: The Russian player wins by eliminating (or capturing and keeping both artillery pieces OR exiting 5 squads off the west edge of board 3 between hexes 3Q1 and 3Y1 inclusive. If neither condition is met, the German wins.

BOARD LAYOUT:
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North
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2
SCENARIO SEQUENCE:
Germna sets up first
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German moves first
AXIS FORCES:
RUSSIAN FORCES:
SPECIAL SCENARIO RULES:
AFTERMATH: With support from their mortars tams and a few light tanks had made it ashore, the Russian assault parties broke thought the forward Rumanian positions and captured the artillery of the Third Troop, 789 Battalion. But the losses suffered in taking the position had been too great. The Russian troops that reached the town of Glebovka amounted to little more than a platoon. Together with the remaining Rumanian units, the Germans dislodged the Russians from Glebovka and pushed them all the way back to the beaches. The defeat like the one suffered by the Western Allies five months earlier at Dieppe, had been disastrous.With support from their mortars tams and a few light tanks had made it ashore, the Russian assault parties broke thought the forward Rumanian positions and captured the artillery of the Third Troop, 789 Battalion. But the losses suffered in taking the position had been too great. The Russian troops that reached the town of Glebovka amounted to little more than a platoon. Together with the remaining Rumanian units, the Germans dislodged the Russians from Glebovka and pushed them all the way back to the beaches. The defeat like the one suffered by the Western Allies five months earlier at Dieppe, had been disastrous.