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.6 Using the AK A V rule. a weak screen ojRussi(Jr/ 2·)·6'$ Con nO longer slow Ihe German BIII7.kri.., 10 a one hex "(1",,1. (Withoullhisrule. STALINGRADremoinsodecem simuln/ion of World War On" combat (III the EaSlern FrOn!, ai/hough Ihe o/(oc/( IUClorso! Russian cooolry/(ar. mar) IInils Should behalfoftheirdefenwfactors. insteadof 1>''Q.thirds.) A unit beginning its movement in one enemy zoe may nOl move into a different enemy zoe, unless one or both of those enemy laCs have already been nullified by an overrun altack. (EX CEPTION: See Rule VII.) This encourages a rea/iSlic relention ofrewnlt'sjor al' lack and ce,mlerallae/( purposes_ A unit must use normal operational movement factor{s) at the install! it moves out of an enemy zoe hex, although it may use its (strategic) Rail Movement Bonus thereafter. A unit using or having used Rail Movement Bonus movement factors may not move into the ZOC of any enemy unit (which has been overrun or nOLl In Snow weather turns, the Rail Movement Bonus for Russian units remains unaffected and for Axis units is reduced only to "6" instead of being halved to "5". These are simply realistic restriclians on stralegic moW!ment capabilities. The Russians had had much eX/Hrience maintaining railroads in Russian winteT$. V. Terrain Effects on Operational Movement and Combat: Any armor, armored infantry or cavalry unit must expend two movement factors for each mountain hex it enters. Any armor or armored infantry unit must expend two movement factors for each unfrozen swamp hex it enters. (These rules replace the previous "one-hex-per-turn" rules.) All other units move through swamp hexes as though they were clear terrain hexes. (For movement purposes only, frozen swamp hexes are treated as clear terrain hexes.) These lerrain movemenl penalties are a little more reQ$anable than the original ones. In auacks against units which are defending in mountain hexes, are being anacked solely from unfrozen river hexes or-for Russian units only-are defending in swamp hexes (which are frozen or not), the initial combat odds are reduced by a onecolumn shift downward for each such terrain advantage to obtain the final combat odds. Before computing the initial combat odds ofan altack, however, the combal faclors ofany Russian infantry unit are increased by a maximum of two and the combat factors of any Axis infantry or armored infantry units are increased by a maximum of one-for both combat odds and exchange cost calculation purposes-if defending in any of the above-described advantageous lerrain situations. Before computing lhe initial combat odds of an attack, each Russian infantry unit defending in a Russian victory city hex or in Sevastopol has its combat factors increased by (an additional) lwo and each Russian or Axis infantry or armored in. fantry unit defending in any othergrid-type city hex situation has its combal factors increased by (an additional) one-for both combat odds and exchange cost calculalion purposes. (This is in addition to any terrain-induced combal factor bonus described in the above paragraph.) Furthermore, a "D back 2" combat result against any unil defending in any kind of city hex-dot· or grid-type-is nullified, with no losses or retreats being innicted against either side. During the owning player's player-turn, any ofhis units which are in grid-type cities are relieved oftheir normal obligalion to participate in some attack if enemy units arc adjacent to them. A "D Elim" combat result against defending infantry or armored infantry units which arc in any of the defender's own victory cily hexes is automatically converted toan "Exchange" combat result instead. The above lerrain effeets revisions properly refleet the defensive combat capability differences beiWCI'n tM differenl combat armsandput terrain effeetson combat into a more balanced and judidous perspective. VI. Combat Results: In the case of an "A Elim" combat resull, the attacker's units which are lost need only equal the exchange value ofthe defending unites). (A unil's allack factor is still used as its exchange value-factor-modified by any terrain advantages if it is an infantry-type unit, of course.) Any surviving auacking units are retreated as with an "A back 2" result. 1:/ al/acks are now cost-effective. On a "D back 2" combat result, the defending units arc now retreated twO hexes away from the defended hex as the defender wishes. (See Rule V. above about terrain situations which rclease the defending unites) from this obligation to retreat.) A unit receiving an un-nullified "D back 2" combat result is still eliminated ifit is unable to relreat a full two hexes away from the defended hex because of impassable hexsides, enemy ZOCs, etc. Defending units receiving a "D back 2" combat result-nullified or not-are "dispersed": they may not move during the defending player's own immediately following player-turn, and they may be compelled to auack adjacent enemy units at that time. To signify their dispersal, units are faced towards the opposing player immediately after they have been relreated. Dispersed unils are recovered to the owning player's control (and refaced) at the end of his normal movement phase. Von Moltke the Elder reputedly refused the mantle oj "military genius" with the reply thai he had ne"er con· ducted a retreat. Few things in wargaming haW! been more absurd Ihan the relreal rules ofthe old ....argame "classics" which enable the de/eMer10 operalionallydisengage at wUl and eOlt'n to redeploy and re-engage stralegi
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