Battle of Wizna, Sept 7-10, 1939 Poles vs. Germans

[NOTE: This is part of the continuing project to rescue as many scenarios from the original Forumini as possible. This was originally posted by Snippersly on April 17, 2010].


Battle of Wizna - Poland
September 7-10, 1939
The Polish Thermopylae




7 Turns


Maps:
Map #4- The number is in the lower right corner and placed above Map #2.
Map #2- The number is in the upper left corner.

The River (Narew River) is the east edge of the map. ½ Hexes are in play


Setup: Place pillboxes as follows: On Map 4, place one pillbox on hexes containing a hills. On Map 2, place one pill box on the single hill hex, and a second pillbox on the double hill hex. Use trenches to connect all the pill boxes.


Pillboxes take up the whole hex and can hold 3 infantry units. Trenches provide a +1 to cover only.

Polish Cavalry & Polish Kb ppanc Wz.35 7.92mm AT rifles deploy in any forest hex on Map 4. All other Polish forces deploy in a trench or pillbox hex.


Germans enter on Turn 1 on the East edge of Map 4 behind the Narew River. The Germans have initiative for the first 2 turns.



German Forces

General Heinz Guderian's XIX Panzer Corps


SS-Haupstrumfuhrer- Use General Card:





20th Motorized
Motorized Schutzen X3

MG34 (Proxy Finnish MG) X2

SD KFz 251 X2

BMW R75 X2

SD KFz 222

Slovakian - Motorcycle Recon X2


XIX Panzer Corps
Panzer II Ausf C X2

PzKpfw 38(t)

Motorized Schutzen X2

Opel Truck X2


Lotzen Brigade
Mauser Kar X3

Disciplined Spotter

MG34 (Proxy Finnish MG)

81mm Mortar X2

LEL G18

Kubelwagen


ME 110 - Enters on Turn 2


10th Panzer Division

Enter at the start of the movement phase on Turn 3
Panzer I B

Panzer II Ausf C X2

PzKpfw 38(t)

Motorized Schutzen X3

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Polish Forces:

Wladyslaw Raginis' Narew Defense Corp

Infantry:

Polish Officer - Use Custom Card by Sharpe:


Determined Infantry X3
Polish Mauser X3
Hotchkiss MG (Proxy) X4


Cavalrymen X4


Artillery:
Polish 75mm- Proxy: French Cannon De 75 Modele 1897
WZ.36 37MM ATG X2 (Gains Crackshot SA against vehicles)
Kb ppanc Wz.35 7.92mm AT Rifle- Proxy: PTRD-41 Anti-Tank Rifle X2



Obstacles:
Barbed Wire X4
Mine Field X3


Special Rules
If a Polish unit is in a pillbox he automatically succeeds on the first cover roll made each turn. Subsequent attacks must make cover as normal.

Trenches- Polish units do not provoke defensive fire if moving in a trench hex.

MG34 Machine Guns (Finnish Proxy) gain the Suppressive Fire SA


Victory Conditions:
Polish Victory: Hold the line and do not let the German Forces breach the fortifications.

German Victory: Kill the Polish Officer. Breach the Polish line and control 3 of 5 pill boxes uncontested.

Partial Victory: Kill the Determined Infantry. Contest all five pillboxes.