AAR Vyazma or Bust! #5D: The Outskirts of Vyazma

German Blinds appear

German mountain troops clash with Soviets

Here is an armoured train that the Germans knew nothing about

A mad dash cross country uncloaks German trucks and infantry

Meanwhile, German armour thrusts it way towards the railyards

A nasty shock awaits the Germans: artillery & MGs on the hill overlooking their assault

And more Soviets coming from the East

A German tank pays the ultimate price

Meanwhile, the Soviet guns wreak havoc amongst the massed Germans below

The only two tanks the Russians possess are taken out by German armour

German mortars & MGs are decimated in their exposed positions

The German Gebirgsjaeger mass for an attack

An ill-conceived attack by Soviet infantry leaves few survivors

The train tried to leave the railyards but loses the lead truck

Russian troops de-train and make for the warehouses

Just as another truck explodes

German and Soviet infantry slug it out

A Soviet "human wave" fails to make contact - and they have no ammo either

Tanks & Assault Engineers make short work of them

German horse-drawn artillery deployed beside the railway line

Here the Germans have taken one of the buildings

The Germans close in

This is why the Russian tanks did not survive

Russian troops head for the woods after losing a melee

But some have the courage to attack tanks

The Engineers are in the half-tracks whereas No.1 Platoon is on foot with the HQ men

It was all too much for the Soviet forces in the end