Playing as an American mechanized force against a soviet mechanized force, with the soviets on the defense. I randomly select a location for a map. It's mostly plains, with a single small town in the middle, but it's close enough to my side that it doesn't really affect the battle. I have two platoons of mechanized infantry, two mechanized scout units, five self propelled mortar sections, one platoon of main battle tanks, one mechanized command unit, one heavy machine gun section, and four platoons of infantry (Don't ask why my mechanized infantry force had more regular infantry then mechanized infantry). Neither side has air superiority. I begin my assault. My tanks bypass the town and travel along the southern edge, following behind my scout. One of my mechanized infantry platoons goes along the northern edge, again following behind a scout. One mortar follows each of these advances, while the rest of my forces quickly occupy the town to use it as a command and artillery post. My two flanking attacks have differing levels of success. On the southern approach my scout hears enemies ahead, and I dismount my scout section, who then continues advancing and spots a unit of enemy APCs. While my four tanks get into position my mortars adjust their aim and get ready to fire. I give the order, and while the APCs and their infantry are suppressed my tanks quickly take them out, beginning their advance, driving all the way through their southern defenses. At this time my forces in the north make contact. I order my scout to retreat while I begin retargetting my mortars and prepare my mechanized infantry, thinking this will be an easy mop-up. They quickly advance up the road, but are ambushed by three soviet main battle tanks. Two of my APCs are demolished before the infantry can dismount. I attempt to have them take cover in the nearby trees, but only one can retreat before being gunned down. I order all my mortars to open fire on the locations of the tanks, and leave them targeting there for a while. At this time I order my infantry in the town to advance, attacking straight down the middle of the enemy defense line. They make contact with a few scattered forces, which are taken down with few casualties on my side. When they finally run into stiff resistance , I get my mortars into position and open fire, while my tanks continue their drive from the south. Being in the open the soviets don't stand a chance, with machine gun fire from the west, tanks to the east, and my mortars raining down from above. My victory is absolute, with the majority of my casualties being from the tank ambush.
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