Historical Background:
Paulus’ 6th Army has been stuck in the Stalingrad pocket since November 27. Soviet Operation “Little Saturn”, launched December 16, smashes through the front lines of Italian 8th Army, letting several Soviet armored divisions roll through. At the head of 24th Tank Corps, General Badanov breaks through on a distance of 150 miles and reaches Tatsinskaya. His T-34s roll onto the airfield that is littered with Junkers-52 refueling to resupply Stalingrad and cause widespread havoc. The Germans immediately counter-attack with elements of 11th Panzer and 306th Infantry Division. Despite horrendous tank losses, Badanov holds the airfield another 4 days before escaping back to the Russian front lines. The German efforts to relieve Stalingrad have been badly disrupted.
The stage is set, the battle lines are drawn, and you are in command. The rest is history.
Briefing:
Axis Player [Germany] : Take 5 Command cards.
Allied Player [Soviet Union] : Take 6 Command cards. You move first.
Conditions of Victory:
10 Medals.
The Tatsinskaya Airfield is a Permanent Medal Objective for the Allied player.
Special Rules:
Russian Command rules are in effect (Nations 2 – Red Army).
The Bystrava is frozen (Terrains 47 – Frozen Rivers).
All German units are camouflaged at the start of the battle (Actions 16 - Camouflage), except for the units in Tatsinskaya and in the field bunkers.
Air rules are optional. If used, shuffle the two Air Sortie cards in the deck, at game start.
Update 2023: New Flight Plan rules are optional and replaced the rules of the Air Pack.
Scenario link
For the first game I took axis side and my opponent took allies. He advanced his armor but I bring my own armor in battle and luck was on my side, making the score 8-3. After this fierce armor battle, We both took 2 medals and the battle ended with score 10-5.
End photo:
All t-34 tank units destroyed!
For the second battle my opponent (axis) brought only 1 armor at a time and I destroyed them all. I took the Tatsinskaya airfield and won again by 10-5.
End photo:
Conclusion: this is a very good scenario, it is an exiting tank battle but I think that the Tatsinskaya airfield medal must be temporary not permanent this improvement would make this scenario more exciting. If you have another ideas or if you played this scenario please write a comment.