TWO LONG BARS
BP/MICHICON ‘88 SCENARIO B1
Kalinin, Soviet Union, 26 November 1941: Kalinin fell to
the Germans in the early winter of 1941. By late November,
the German formations were on their last legs. The bitter cold
and incessant counterattacks had taken their toll. Into this
situation flew pilot Hans Ulrich Rudel piloting a Stuka, in-
stantly recognizable by the two long vertical bars painted on its
tail. As he landed on the outskirts of Kalinin, tank shells
started to fall on the runway. The Soviets were attacking the
thin screen of infantry covering the approaches to the airfield.
In a flash, Rudel was back in the air, accompanied by HS-123
fighter bombers, determined to stop the Russians before they
could overrun his base.
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VICTORY CONDITIONS: The Soviets win the INSTANT BOARD CONFIGURATION:
they move, with either an infantry unit or AFV, through all hexes
of the Runway (B7). This movement does not have to take place
in the same turn, or be performed by the same unit, but must, in
BALANCE:
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total, traverse all hexes of the Runway.
German: The FB enters WITH bombs.
Soviet: Add an 8-0 leader to the Soviet OB.
TURN RECORD CHART
GERMAN Sets Up First
SOVIET Moves First
1 2 3 4 5 6 END
Elements of 161st Infantry Division [ELR: 3] set up per SSR 2: {SAN: 3}
5 3
Elements of 30th Army [ELR: 3] enter on turn 1 anywhere on south board edge: {SAN: 2}
10 2 3
SPECIAL RULES: 4. All Soviet forces have Winter Camouflage (E3.711).
1. EC are Snow. Ground Snow (E3.72) is in effect. Extreme 5. The Soviet T28E M40 is considered to have a radio, and
Winter rules (E3.74) are in effect. Note all aircraft are immune to consequently be immune from the effects of D14.
the effects of Extreme Winter. There is no wind at scenario start.
2. All German forces must set up on hexrows S through W, in- AFTERMATH: The thin line of infantry bent, but did not break.
Despite subzero temperatures, weapons that would not fire, and being
clusive, EXCEPT one squad (or equivalent), one SMC, and one heavily outnumbered, the efforts of Rudel and the Luftwaffe, with
SW, which may set up anywhere on or north of hexrow W. their steady attacks on the Soviet armor, saved the day. The Soviets
3. The Germans receive Air Support (E7) on Turn 1 in the form would have to bring up fresh forces to throw the Germans back from
of one Stuka with bombs and one FB without bombs. the gates of Moscow.
