Desperate Measures

 is a scenario in Steel Division II, set at Pleshchenitsy, July 1st, 1944.

Briefing
While the lead elements from 5. Panzer-Division managed to hold back the main Soviet armored forces along the Moscow-Minsk highway, fast-moving cavalry and mechanized troops had forced their way across the Berezina river further north. These units were now bearing down on Minsk. Gathering as many tanks from the front as possible, General von Saucken used his new ad-hoc battlegroup in a desperate counter-attack against the key Pleshchenitsy crossroads - already under Soviet control thanks to the support of local partisans. In the skies above, the Luftwaffe made a special effort that day, matching the Soviet Air Force in aircraft for a brief moment.

Available forces

 * Note: All forces are listed per availability: Phase A/Phase B/Phase C

Soviet
35th Guards Tank Brigade

9th Guards Mechanized Brigade

Panzer-Regiment 31

 * Recon
 * 8// x Spähtrupp ⋀
 * 4// x Aufk. Panzer IV J ⋀
 * 8// x Aufk. Panther D ⋀
 * Tank
 * 12// x Panzer IV H ⋀
 * 1// x Panzer IV H Füh. ⩓
 * /32/ x Panther A ⋀
 * /2/ x Panther A Füh. ⩓
 * //28 x Panther G ⋀
 * //2 x Panther G Füh. ⩓
 * Support
 * 1/2/3 x Maultier Mun
 * /1/ x Bef. Panther A ⩓
 * Anti-air
 * 2/4/2 x Gepard ⋀
 * Air
 * 2// x Ju 87 D-3 Medium Bomber 250kg ⋀
 * 2/2/ x Me 109 G-6 Dogfighter
 * 1// x Me 109 G-6 Dogfighter ⩓
 * /1/ x Me 109 G-8 Recon ⩓
 * /2/ x Ju 87 D-3 Heavy Bomber 500kg ⋀