This Mius river crossing is just 10km north of city of Taganrog with it's port and airfield. A vital objective for the advancing German army.

The battlefield is still under development. I've done very little to the eastern bank.

A view of the German setup. Those two panzerschrek teams in the upper field need to be moved too.

A German MG section is moved forward to provide some covering fire on the river crossing. The Soviet defenders are hard pressed from the moment this scenario begins.

My blogging and gaming have taken a substantial hit over the last 6 weeks or so due to a string of family birthdays, trips and events. My work has also picked up substantially and so I've been left mostly on the sidelines thinking about gaming.I have dabbled here and there and I am currently working on a Combat Mission Red Thunder scenario set here:I feel like I know this area of the Mius river after the three Command Ops scenarios I've created that are set in and around Taganrog. A substantial amount of real fighting occurred in this area between 1941 and 1943. The Germans defended the western bank of the river twice and the Soviets defended the eastern riverbank once in 1941. This scenario is fictional however.The scenario is about a hard charging German reconnaissance company in 1941 that tries to seize the crossing in a coup de main nearly two days before the anticipated German arrival. The Germans attack at dawn and catch a Soviet supply company loading their trucks and racing for the relative safety of the eastern bank. A beat up T-34, a machine gun platoon and a sapper platoon are all that stand between the Germans and glory.I hope I can figure out the Soviet AI plans enough to make this playable as the Germans. Stay tuned!