Firestorm Bagration - 26 June 1944 - Other Moves - Campaign - Turn 1

The Soviets move their forces in Rogachev to Slavgorod. 

And Gorodok to Sumalina. 

The Soviet phase of turn 1 ends. Time for the Germans to respond. 

Firestorm Bagration - 26 June 1944 - Vitebsk - Campaign - Turn 1

The Soviets use their other firestorm troops from Dobryna to make as assault on Vitebsk. 

The panzer pioneers prove more than a match for the Soviets. They destroy the T-34 company and force the artillery to retreat. Festung Vitebsk remains in German hands. 

Firestorm Bagration - 26 June 1944 - Orsha 2nd Attack - Campaign - Turn 1

Their attack from Dobryna proving unsuccessful, the Soviets attack from Gorki. 

The Soviet planes prove ineffective against the defenders in the rubble strewn city of Orsha. The panzer pioneers force the IS-2 firestorm troops to retreat back into Gorki. 

Firestorm Bagration - 26 June 1944 - Orsha - Campaign - Turn 1

Having cut off the railway that runs through Mogilev to Orsha, the Soviets attack from Dobryna. 

The Germans are ready for them. Although the Germans are out of supply, they fight fiercely to hold on to Orsha. 

The Soviets can't break the defenders and retreat back into Dobryna. 

Firestorm Bagration - 26 June 1944 - Polotsk - Campaign - Turn 1

The Soviets make an unopposed river crossing and move into Polotsk. The capture the area with little effort. 

Firestorm Bagration - 26 June 1944 - Mogilev - Campaign - Turn 1

The Soviets continue to attack. Their next thrust is in Mogilev. As they will be fighting in a built up area they send in a combined force of IS-2s and an engineer company - Urrah!

The German defense is already stretched to the limit. The can only respond with a pioneer platoon. The Soviets barely manage to overcome the German defenders, but eventually push them out of the city. The Germans fall back on their forces in Bykhov. 

Firestorm Bagration - 26 June 1944 - Lepel - Campaign - Turn 1

The Soviets launch their next attack into Lepel. They add 1 x T-34 and 1 x T-34/85 to the assault. The Germans only have a battery of 10.5 cm guns to repel the attack. 

The Soviets overwhelmed the German defenses. Luckily, for the Germans, their firestorm troops manage to retreat in Smolevichi.