Firestorm: Red Thunder

The Royal Dragoon Guards took position in the early hours of the morning. The Infantry from the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment occupied the forward edge of the town. In the pre-dawn hours the 48th Tank Regiment Recon pulled forward on the Dragoons left.

Hanover Rearguard: Dragoons Hold!

AAR:
The Royal Dragoon Guards took position in the early hours of the morning. The Infantry from the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment occupied the forward edge of the town. In the pre-dawn hours the 48th Tank Regiment Recon pulled forward on the Dragoons left.
The Soviets decided to avoid the minefields and move down the road or in the opening on their right. The BMP company was reluctant to breach the hedgerows initially (Commander bogged when try a Cross Here order).
Initial fires from the Soviets destroyed one tank in 2 Troop. Follow up fires from 2 Troop destroyed 2 T72 and bailed out 2 more. B Troop and Bulldog6 retired behind the ridge and Smoke.
The BMP and other tank companies moved forward to bring fire onto the Lancs. The Tank Company near 2 Troop pushed forward and destroyed the remaining two tanks. Fortunately for Bulldog6 1 Troop arrived from the Right rear of the position and took the remaining tanks of the Soviet company under fire, destroying 4 and the remaining tanks fled (1 tank “running” and two bailed he failed his morale roll).
Artillery fire caught those elements of the BMP company in the open forcing them to dismount several vehicles. These dismount, reinforced by more BMPs and their infantry then assaulted the Church removing a Carl Gustav team and occupying the Church. Soviet tank on the Road pushed forward and took out an FV432 in the town square.
1 Troop was able to come on line with Bulldog6 and bring the BMPs under fire killing 2. Artillery was able to repeat and took out another BMP and 2 squads of infantry.
The Soviet Left had stalled as the BMP company still had elements hung up in the treelines, including one still on the start line. The Center Tank company pushed forward to the side of the Church and the Right company pushed into the town, both threating the Objectives.
Darkness still held as 3 Troop arrived and was able to cover the Objectives and add their fires to 1 Troop and Bulldog6 against the Center Tank company (destroying it and the Battalion Commander) and tank 32 was able to assist the Milan section on the left taking out 2 tanks in the Right Tank Company.
As dawn broke The Soviets pulled back to lick their wounds as the Lancs crowded into their remaining FV432s and withdrew.
Game Over