ASSAULT ON ROUND TOP SCENARIO 3000 BOARD CONFIGURATION: [Nate tha Scenario 3000 uses the mapboard from DEVIL'S DEN (see chart {for adaprations of terrain features). Compass points are as shown on the ‘maphoard Devil's Den A N BALANCE: 1h Add one 4-4-7 to each Russian infantry group. AF Reduce Game Length to 18 Turns Terrain Chart DD Term ASL Term LOS Obstitind Fence Rocky Rocky Hall-Level Mere | Hinrancet “TeM/Indirect ME Estey Cost $241 Caray ine NA MF Ey Cat } 3 North of RIGA, 31 September 14: Is liste known fact of geography thar tothe west of Leningrad lie small arc that duplicates the terrin get the Pennslyvania town of Getysburs in exact etal hs supporting the Theory (of Paalel Topography caret popular among cera wargamers. ARNCAgh Bypasied inthe inital ivasion and fighting of 1941, the Soviet offensive of ‘mid I44 in the rion brought de bl tothe fore in the plans ofthe generale ‘of bot skdes. Given the ode o siete crest, Cpt Dukvsk was permited {o select the offcers to whom would go the honor of liertng this of Mother Russia, He vas also offered armor sppor,indeating the desire Of STAVKA that he seize the symbolically and stestegically importa Enmacljenkal Kaerugeli ejersaujaka without delay. Dukovsti pave orders {atthe atackbe launched at dawn on 31 September without arllery prepa falon to achive maximum surprise. Meanwhile, at dunk the day Before reinforcements forthe weary platoon of Lt, Steinicim curently encamped onthe lower slopes_had been di patched from he paver division reserves Picking their a through he allen {Ember in the dark, the reinforcements Became spit into two uneven forces. Worse, some of tc equipment wat lot hog mtadvertues of vais wre But thir officers drove them on toward where Steinhsin’s men hd taken ponitions that dembnated the field called "Slaygher Pen” (or the anol teresting matches held there bythe nearby Vilage) Siciabeim, unaware of ll ts as enjoying a morning cup of eras coffee and dansh with his troops. Huddle around tee campfires (he ngbs were flready growing colder than was cornorable), the odd inte of Veteran Survivors and tesn-aged conscripts hoped the ay would be ss peaceful as the previous week ha beon, Conversion was spre, light ead and low Steinheim didnot fea! much ike cating himself, he'd spend the week scout ing the woods behind his poston for routs of retreat. He knew that ithe Rsskies came in fore, i small Dit well-fed band could ot hope to alt them. In contravention io sanding odors, he'd rereat ll the way to Berlin ifoeed be to sve this handful of men. [As the sn rose, 30d the Russians hatha crept rear. As the enemy troops ran shouting toward the dubiows shelter ofa series of ral fences, Stinheam tnd his men leaped wo thee gns and poured Frlous fre ito them. The Aseaul on "Round Top” had Begun VICTORY CONDITIONS: The Russian player must have more unbeoken squads (or their Equivalent in HS) on Litde Round Top (elevation 640) hexes than the German player has on that ievel a: the conclusion of play +20 — ‘MF Entry Cost iscor cor 32c0r aa, ine NA MP Entry Cost MP Entry Cost cyte S4cor itcor 2heor ieor ‘Armored Car Fully-Tracked Bren Haack Track Fortifable ines the frog wt on clan Wall Avantge slong Nexo, Players may fini aser to mai tain the turn Record onthe Track found on the DEVIL'S DEN ‘mapboard MP Entry Cast Secor x, 3cor 6B isco BB 22cor 8B ‘SHOT 8 NA NA NA NA NASCENARIO 3000, Elements of 112794th Rifle Regiment [ 3006: {SAN:2} Group A ASSAULT ON ROUND TOP [ELR:3] setup as per Special Rule Group B Rule 3007: {SAN:2} Group 1 ‘Elements of “Der Scher2” Panzer Division [ELR:3] set up as per Special Group IL Meade 4 2 SPECIAL RULES: ‘MOL, All ules for ADVANCED SQUAD LEADER are in effect. Optional rules tein effect only if all players agree to such ‘M02. To represent the fictional terain, players must utilize the mapboard irom DEVIL'S DEN. Compass directions areas shown onthe compass symbol foan on that map. Terrain equivalents, in ASL terms, are found in the “Terrain Chart” on the facing page. .IW2.1 Place vehicular Trailbreak counters in hexes 0108, 0208, 0309, 0409 ‘ed 0810 so that a continuous “tral” extends from offboard to hex O41 Place vehicular Trailbreak counters in hexes 1204, 1205, 1206, 1207, 1208 sad 1209 o that a continuous trail extends from hex 1203 to hex 1210. All ‘Trabreak rule are in effect except that vehicular movements only 4 MP. 03, Environmental Conditions are Moderate with no wind at scenario start. ‘MOM, Prior to placement, the German player must determine the leadership asd support weapons foreach of the tree infantry groups shown in his OB. ‘This is by means of random DR. All dice rolls are made in secret, recorded, sad revealed to the opposing player upon conclusion of play M041 Roll rwice for each infantry group, and apply the results to the chart, below. Add the specified leaders to each group: Leader: DR Type 103 0 1 2 6+ 3004.2 Roll rwice foreach infantry group, and apply the results to the chart below. Add the specified support weapons to each group. Flvand 8-3-8 sapper MG. Simm MTR and 2-2-8 crew ‘SOmm MTR LMG IMG IMG MMG PSK’ 50mm MTR no weapon ‘3005. Prior to placement, the Russian player must determine the leadership ‘and support weapons for each ofthe tree infantry groups shown in his OB. ‘This is by means of random DR. All dice roll are made in secret, recorded ‘and revealed to the opposing player upon conclusion of play. 3005.1 Roll once for each infantry group, and apply the results to the chart, ‘below. Add the specified leader to-each group: Leader: DR’ Type 2 Toe 3 102 4 ‘9 531 10-2 tig et 6 81 ina tor 2 he Rea pier cet 7 #0 1 oa ae odo Oe 103 wees & 80 9 80 10 70 i 49 RB 6s 3008.2 Roll wie for each infantry group, and apply the results tothe chart irelow. Add the specified support weapons to each group: Support Weapon: DR 2 HIMG S0cal ("8") and 2-2-8 crew 3. Ram MTR and 228 crew 4 HMG ("6") and 2-2-8 crew 5 no weapon 6 LMo 790 weapon 8 50mm MTR and 22-8 crew 9 MMG 10 B2mm MTR and 2-2-8 crew L176" INF Gun and 2-2-8 crew 12 FM and 6-2-8 sapper 3005.3 If « Gun is received, it (and its crew) may nor use HIP. ‘3006, The Russian player begins the scenario with all three infantry groups fon the mapboard. The three Russian “jump-of?"” hexes are 0230, 1636 and 3038. At each ofthese points one group (Russian player's choice) will be Set up, maximum of one MMC counter per hex, in a series of connected hexes that includes the *"jump-off hex’. No Russian unit may be placed eas of the ence-line runing 0130-2337-3139-2942. Leaders and support weapons must be stacked with a MMC. ‘3007. The German player begins the scenario with only one infantry group ‘on the mapboard. Rolls die to determine which group will be placed: 1-2, place Group I; 3-4, Group Il 5, Group IL. The units ofthe on-board group ‘may be placed in any hex within three hexes of hex 2228. A maximum of fone MMC may be placed per hex. Leaders and support weapons must be stacked with @ MMC.ASSAULT ON ROUND TOP SCENARIO 3000 [3007.1 The remaining two German infantry groups eter play on Turn 1. One ‘group (determined by dr) will enter a hex O108, The otber enters atone of thre points, again determined by a dr: 1-2, enter at hex 1202; 3-4, at 2502: 56, a 3318 3008. No HIP (412.34) is allowed to either side. 3009. Reinforcements. During the course of play, each side will receive ran ‘domly determined armor reinforcements. These reinforcements must enter upon a DR fess than the current game turn, Each player makes his DR at the beginning of his own Player Turn Rally Phase 3009.1 The Russian player must make two such Reinforcement DR—first one for a Tank group, and then one for an Assault Gun group. Should one be received, he will continue to roll as per SSK 3009 until the other arrives. 3009.11 Upon arrival of each armor group, the Russian player makes one {to determine the point of entry. Ia ""13"" ig rolled, the vehicles may only fenter on any of the hexes numbered 1 on the mapboard (southwest coraer): ita “46",the vehicles may only enter on any of the hexes numbered 2 3009.12 The composition ofthe Tank group is determined by a random DR (agin kepe Secret and recorded), with te results applied to the following ble: ‘Tank Group: DR Type three 15-2 four T43 five T3485 four T-34/85 five T-34 Ma3 four T-34 Ma3 five T-34 Ma3 five KY-1S 10 five T-aies 11 three 152 12 four IS-2 3009.13 The composition ofthe Assault Gun group is determined by’ a ran- dom DR (kept secret and recorded), with the results applied to the following table ‘Assault Guns: DR. Type 2 one ISU-152 and two SUS 3 two 1SU-122 4 5 6 three SU-76M 9 three SU-76i(@) ‘3009.2 The German player must make one Reinforcement DR (as per SSR 3009) until the arsival of his Tank Destroyers. 3009.21 Upon arrival ofthe German armor group, it will enter play directly ‘upon hex O108—as per standard offtoard setup and movement (A2.51)—a though it occupied continuous offboard portions ofthe Tralbreak, The Ger man player may, however, chose to enter his armor reinforcements on hex 1202'by delaying their entry for one turn ‘3009.22 The composition of the Tank Destroyer group is determined by random DR (kept secret and recorded), with the results applied tthe follow- ing table: ‘Tank Destroyers: DR’ Type 2 three JgdPe V 3 three JgaPz 1V/70 4 wo gee V 5S two JgaPz IV 6 two Hetzer and one Marder It 7 8 9 two StuG ING and one Marder 1()M three StuG ING three Hetzer 10 three StuG NGL) 11 thee JgdPs IV(L) 12 three JgdPz V 3009.23 Upon determining the actual composition ofthe amor reinforcements, itis necessary tht the presence of any German armor leader must be estab- lished. The German player makes a single DR on the “leader table above (Gee Rule 3005.1). The armor leader indicated isthe type received (although roll of "8+" indicates that no armor leader i present withthe reinforee- ments). Note that a "2"" DR results in the presence of a 10-2 armor leader (since no 10-3 exists). This leader i entered withthe armor in ay ofthe AV. 3010. The streams on the mapboard are shallow and easily crossed. AFVs ‘must roll for BOG (320.46) immediately upon crossing a stream hexsde, If the vehicle bogs, it is immobilized in the hex it was attempting to enter. See accompanying Terrain Chart for movemeat costs 30LL, Fires may not be deliberately set 3012. Concealment may be grown (per A12.12) inthe following new trr ‘ypes, as wel as any currently allowed by the ASL rules: Rocky, Rovgh, and Rocky: Woods. AFTERMATH: Among the first to fll was Cpt. Dukovski, whose body was bypassed by the Soviet soldiers now scrambling for cover. Bu, within momen of Dukovski's death, Lt. Steinheim also fellpicked off by a sniper as he bent to lift a wounded man, Meanwhile, in the confusion ofthe developing firefight, the German breakfast vas forgotten and assauled by various denizens of the woods ina well-timed rush led by a maddened squirel reportedly a "Pennsylvania provacateur” ‘With his commander dead, with the screams of frantic wildlife, with enemy te0ops rushing scross open ground to the north and a sporadic fuslade com- ing from the Russians hiding behind the fences, an experienced NCO seized the intstive and ordered the surviving Germans to begin a fighting withérawal ‘hough the woeds. With the enemy fire from their right flank now stopped, ‘he Russians raced forthe fot ofthe slope that led to "Round Top”. Haried by the continuing pressure—Russian solders had plunged int the woods behind them—and the trackless woods, the German squads became dispersed and a Series of small bitter fireights broke out oa the wooded slopes tothe south But one squad managed to slip in among some rocks bordering the open field inthe valley tothe south, "The first chatter of automatic fie from these Germans broke the impetus of the Russian rush, as men tumbled into the high grass—some dead, and ome hugging the ground for their lives, At the tame momeat, one of the German reinforcing columns appeared on the slope above and proceeded to take up postions atthe crest. Even as Russian soldiers coming up through ‘he woods behind the poston overwhelmed Steiheim's men among the rocks, the Germans on the erest opened fire, Now indeed the hilltop looked lmpregnable, One of those inexplicable moments of peace fll upon the bal field, broken only by the occasional nervous shot "The impasse lasted only a few minutes, forthe arrival of Russian armor again changed the balance. Smashing down fences and rumbling across the ‘rocky ground, th behemoths rook up firing positions in the open and proceeded to shall the hilltop with impunity. Meanwhile, the Russians who had pursued ‘he fleeing German platoon arrived atthe tee line near the 600-fot level of “Round Top". Signalling the armor to cease their barrage and advance Jn suppor, the Soviets burst ftom cover to stiike the Mask of the German position along the eres. ‘Suddenly, the other contingent of Germans dispatched the night before also ‘harged—-ino the flank of the charging Russians! A swislng melee developed ‘on the southern end ofthe hilltop. Machine pistols and knives were the order Of the day among the boulders and scree. The Russian armor, with the su ‘viving infantry from the "Valley of Death”, pressed up othe large boulders atthe northern end. And straight into the furious fighting onthe hilltop drove Several German AFVS dispatched when reports of the attack reached divi sonal HQ, “The progress of events much beyond this point remains unclear even yet ‘Only a dozen wounded survivers (on both sides) struggled back to Tiendly| Hines. It appears that anihilation was nearly total. Among the unconfirmed reports of the stunned solders that came back: the lst panzer and last Soviet ‘ank firing at each other point blank; a German NCO with a captured Soviet [EMG shooting into a struggling knot of German and Russian soldiers; a Russian tank commander standing on his blazing tan, sereaming asthe flames reached him and firing his pistol at German wounded on the ground around: a Russian private killed trying to drag a bleeding German to shelter, a Russian gun crew handoning tet artery pice and struggling to reach their commander, dying ‘one by one: stragglers from beth sides plunging into the bloodbath as they reached the crest; a maddened squirrel leaping into an empty machinegun nest and carrying avay bullets. Whatever the series of events, It seems that both Sides were vitally wiped out "The next day, German reinforcements reached the scene. Awed by the carnage, moc of i hidden by a Blanket of new-fllen snow, they were ordered into positions to once again defend the hill-if need be, tothe last man. Three days later due to Soviet advances to the north, the hill was abandoned in the general retreat. After the war, modern farming methods in the Soviet Union transformed the hillslope, which now bears no resemblance to its appea ance that bloody dey. Nothing today remains to show the biterest fighting ofthe war (although reports of a ghosly squire ambushing lone Soviet police men in the woods persisted for years *