Crossing the Amur

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Turn 16:
Pretty quiet turn, apart from mild artillery fire from both sides. Spetsnaz eliminate a rifle squad and a recoiless rifle team, while at the west, the flame tank incinerates another rifle squad. Engineers continue clearing the shore and both bridgeheads start to be strengthened.
Turn 17:

My anti-tank guns have reached their overwatch positions and start a duel between them and T34s on the other side of the river. One T34 manages to eliminate 3 crewmen, while from my side one 76mm HEAT round damages a T34 severely. Other than that and the constant shelling nothing new happened.

Turn 18 and 19:

The engineers and spetsnaz on the eastern approach get shelled mercilessly. Despite that, a pathway is finally cleared and one ISU makes its way deeper. One more ISU is disembarked, while spetsnaz find another mortar and a dug in T34. On the western approach, a firefight between a PT-76 and an ISU ends up with the Soviet assault gun out of action. Another PT-76 engages the flame tank on the shore, but is eliminated by anti tank fire from the guns at the other side of the river. These same AT guns also knock out another T34, while the Chinese tanks manage to sink one empty barge. Mortar fire aimed at one of the AT guns platoon adds up to the carnage. Soviet infantry begin to cross the river on rubber boats.

Turn 20:

One more lane is cleared in the eastern approach and two more ISUs disembark and rush forward, together with whoever managed to rally from pinned or retreating status. The spetsnaz units that went deeper destroy a medium truck and engage one more rifle squad. Across the whole river Chinese tanks slug it out with Soviet assault guns and anti tank guns. The result is 2 more T34s and one PT-76 knocked out. Another PT-76 is destroyed by the sole engineer squad in the western approach that advance and knock it out with their flamethrowers. Thing certainly took a turn for the better for the Soviets.

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Screenshot time!



The eastern approach. The engineer and spetsnaz squads trying to clear mines under artillery fire are visible, as are amphibious cars full of infantrymen, a barge and ISU assault guns.







The central portion of the map. As you can see, it is full of T34s, AA trucks and some infantry, which in combination of heavy artillery and AT fire diminished in numbers.





The western approach. Right now the only surviving Soviet troops are the engineer squad and one flame tank. All scout teams are dead or wounded. However, more ISUs and a whole infantry battalion are now crossing the river.





The spetsnaz soldiers that entered further deep into enemy lines. Some of them are engaging enemy rifle squads, waiting for the ISUs that crossed the river to come to their aid, while an artillery observer called for arty fire on the dug in mortar.





A part of the line of AT guns that helped me neutralise a good part of the tank threat across the river

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Eastern approach. Most of the leading company of the 1 /179 rifle battalion is on shore and the two other follow. The ISU visible is stuck in the mud and the T34 is a tough nut to crack, since it has infantry around it (I have lost a scout unit to them.





Western approach. Both flaming tanks are immobilised, the sole engineer unit (down to 3 men) tries desperately to clear as many mines as possible, and the riflemen engage infantry and mortar teams visible. Total chaos.





The assault guns that have went inlands to help spetsnaz and knocked out 3 T34s (one barely visible)