Smertniki CBI (id:#56024)
Avalon Hill (ASL 8 - Code of Bushido ID: 59)   [next]   [previous]
See Also: Smertniki by Multi-Man Publishing Smertniki by Multi-Man Publishing Smertniki a Motaoshih by Vae Victis
Designer: Rex Martin
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Balance:
RussianJapanese
45.714285714286%

Overview:

The surprise Soviet blitzkrieg across the eastern border of Manchukuo did not necessarily seal the fate of the Japanese 5th Army. The key was the quick capture of a great railroad bridge spanning the Mutan River north of the strategic city of Mutanchiang. The point unit, the Soviet 257th Tank Brigade, roared into Hualin just over a mile northeast of the bridge. Under orders to maintain the advance with all speed, a reinforced tank company was sent down the road in hopes of achieving a second coup de main that day. . .
Attacker: Russian (257th Tank Brigade)
Defender: Japanese (370th Infantry Regiment, 135th Infantry Division)  
10 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:9.0 D:13.0
AFVs: A:12
T-34 M43 x 10
SU-76M x 2

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:2
Year-41 Type Mountain Gun x 2
Type 89 Heavy Grenade-Launcher x 3

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Treat Grain as Marsh, 1 road only. A: Enter Convoy w Riders. D: MOL
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
ASL 59 (Smertniki): Add an 8-1 leader to the Russian OB. In SSR 3, delete the last sentence.MMP Official errata
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2020-07-15(A) Dan Best vs Paul Works Japanese win
2019-09-23(A) Kevin Duval vs Dwayne Duval Russian winUsed Russian balance.
2019-09-23(D) Dwayne Duval vs Kevin Duval Russian win
2019-02-18(A) Jonathan Kapleau vs Holland, Donald Russian win
2015-11-19(A) Bill Brodie vs Eric Topp Japanese winThis one is very tough for the Russians. They are virtually obliged to drive into an ambush, and face waves of DC carrying tank hunter here's and banzaiing Japanese, probably through clouds of snake wand WP from the mortars and infantry guns.
Any Russian unit that breaks is likely to die from failur to rout, and the Russians also have to worry about the mines.
I had very good luck in the beginning, surviving six consecutive DC wielding anti tank heroes, two got through, but their attacks did not damage the tanks. The following banzai attacks managed to kill four tanks. I then moved off everything I could, but was nine EVP short, on the next turn the Japanese killed two of my remaining AFV with Banzai charges, the last escaped, I then was left with three squads, the exit of any would win the game. It was not to be, all three broke while making a run for the exit hexes, and were eliminated for failure to rout.
A good scenario to test out the Japanese, but not a great deal of fun for the Russian player.
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.50Votes: 14
Views: 8414
To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 10.3 hours
Recorded Games: 12
Archive recorded plays:
Russian4
Japanese7
Drawn:1

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Smertniki [Confirmed]
[A] Russian 28
[D] Japanese 31
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