Friday Night, round 2 - The Battle of Salyan

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Comment by Brant Guillory on August 7, 2009 at 10:26pm

Even with a prodigious casualty pile, the Iranians are not yet out of it, since you get 2VPs for each hex of Salyan you hold at the end of turn 8. It'll take a decent counterattack to pull it off, but the Iranians could still do it.

Comment by Brant Guillory on August 7, 2009 at 10:22pm

Comment by Brant Guillory on August 7, 2009 at 10:11pm

The Azeris have a toehold into Salyan, but can they take the rest of the city before the time runs out?

And the Azeris - those sneaky bastards - snuck an understrength tank platoon around the flanks to support the local insurgents in their stand against the Iranians.
Look for the little blue counter on the right...

Comment by Brant Guillory on August 7, 2009 at 9:31pm

The Azeris are breaking into the city. The Iranian armor is mostly gone, and the infantry reinforcements were bogged down with civilians outside of Salyan, rather than bypassing them.

Comment by Brant Guillory on August 7, 2009 at 9:21pm

The Azeri counterattack starts to break thru, but the Iranians still hold the city of Salyan and are attriting the Azeris enough that the big assault might be a tough one. Iranian casualties are piling up, but they hold the city.

Comment by Brant Guillory on August 7, 2009 at 9:07pm

The Iranian reinforcements are bogging down with the civilians, but are finally stunning them.

Meantime, the Iranian armor holds the bridge.

And they are holding the bridge with some kick-ass combat rolls...

Comment by Brant Guillory on August 7, 2009 at 8:53pm

Next turn, the Azeris move in some more, as the Iranians anger the local civilians, who take up arms. (Yes, the counter colors are too close, and need to be adjusted).

Tank-on-tank casualties start to pile up...

Comment by Brant Guillory on August 7, 2009 at 8:37pm

The first battle results in a few stunned units and the loss of the Iranian

recon company's sniper.

Comment by Brant Guillory on August 7, 2009 at 8:34pm

The first shots, as the Azeris hit the outskirts

Comment by Brant Guillory on August 7, 2009 at 8:33pm

The setup has the Azeri Horde in moving onto Salyan