KHARKOV No. of Turns: 22 Battle Posture: Axis = Attack Allies = Defense Per Turn Prestige Boosters: Axis = 0 Allies = 0 No.of Units Available for purchase: Axis = 3 Allies = 3 - The German player should have plenty of time to move all the way up to Bolgorad. The terrain is open with roads leading up to the objectives. No. of Objectives: 9 Axis: take all objectives. - All objectives are in the center of the map and in a natural progression toward the Kharkov objectives. Prestige: Axis = 500 Allies = 610 - The Germans pickup good prestige by taking non-objective cities and destroying already weak Soviet units in the beginning of the scenario. New Unit Exp: Axis = 2 Stars Allies = 1 Star Air Superiority - Germans begin with Air superiority with four Bf109s - three are overstrengthed. Neither side really has the luxury of purchasing fighters or bombers. Axis begins with four Stukas so expect them to run fairly free through the skies. Ground Superiority - German units begin overstrengthed. Tigers are not in the army of the Germans at the beginning but are immediately available for purchase. Soviet armor is not capable of really denting a Tiger but the big map will make it necessary for refuelling often for the gas guzzling Tigers. AXIS: This is a highly fluid battle in its early stages as your counteroffensive gains as much ground as possible before the Soviets can consolidate. You need to hurry to recapture Kharkov and especially Belgorod from the enemy. Strategic plans can differ. According to one plan, the westernmost battlegroup advances on the axis Pereshchepino-Krasnograd-Lyubotin and ultimately attacks Kharkov from the west and northwest, the battlegroup at Pavlograd and that at Krasnoarmeyskoye converge on Krasnopavlovka and then drive up to Kharkov from the south, the fourth battlegroup moves through Izyum to attack Kharkov from the southeast, and the fifth battlegroup drives through Kupyansk to Belgorod, which may already have been secured by parachutists taking advantage of bad weather to escape detection by Soviet aircraft.. ALLIES: Your great winter offensive overextended itself and now you are paying the price. You cannot hold your advanced positions, but a precipitate retreat lets the Axis roll forward too freely. Concentrate in defensible positions near Pereshchepino and Krasnopavlovka. Izyum and Kharkov itself are good defensive positions. Use your heavy tanks aggressively in the battle. General Information - - The weather will usually turn ugly during the scenario. But this can be a boon as it will freeze the rivers and allow the tanks to roll across the ice. The terrain is favorable to the attacker because of good road movement. Final Evaluation - Prestige Experience Axis -1 0 Allies +2 0