Day six - 22 Oct, Idle Day, Overcast, Moist, No wind Germ Reinforcements Assault Engineers 1st Coy (R). Russian Reinforce Rifle 5th & 6th Coy (both R), Heavy Weapon 2nd Pltn (R). Day seven - 23 Oct, German Assault, Overcast, Moist, No wind Germ Reinforce Rifle 5th Coy, Pz IIIH pltn, OBA: Two Nebelwerfer Rockets 150+mm, each with a Pre-registered Hex. German OB, (SAN:2) 25 Leaders, 7 AFVs 3 Pz IIIH, Pz IIIL, StuG IIIG, SPW 251/1, SPW 251/10, 2 Guns 2 GrW34, 72.5 Squad-eq (5 Crews, 8 Ass Eng, 31 Elite, 31 1st/2nd-Line), 44 SWs (1 HMG, 10 MMG, 19 LMG, 3 ATR, 2 Lt MTR, 3 FT, 6 DC). Russian Reinforce SMG 7th Coy (R), Gds SMG 1st Coy (R), Militia 4th Coy. OBA: Two Btln Mtr 80+mm. Fortifications 40 FPP. Russian OB, (SAN:3) 29 Leaders, 6 Guns 4 AT 45mm, 2 MTR 82mm, 128 Sq-eq (15 Crews, 15.5 Elite, 64.5 1st-Line, 40.5 Conscripts), 20 SWs (4 HMG, 5 MMG, 4 LMG, 3 ATR, 3 Lt MTR, 1 DC). AFTERMATH 23 Oct (7 Turns): After a day of rest and the allocation of fresh reinforcements along the front line, the following day sees the front expand southward, west of the railway embankments. A massive assault into the Red October district begins, while the attack on the Red Barricades enters its seventh day. In the Bread Factory area, two Nebelwerfer rocket batteries open fire, destroying several enemy units and forcing many survivors to rout from the blast zones or take shelter in the cellars and basements. A German rifle company then advances across the railway embankments, but as the rocket barrage lifts the assault stalls under stiff resistance and numerous booby traps. Nevertheless, a new front line is established. In the central factory complex the Germans clear several buildings and seize the factory hall amid the vast debris field, where Soviet resistance is relatively weak and control is quickly lost. The long factory hall becomes the new focal point as the Germans throw themselves at it. Desperate Soviet counter-measures, mounted largely by militia fighters, are brushed aside by German pioneers and Stoßtruppen. On the Volga sector the Germans content themselves with holding the line. Sensing this, the Soviets probe the defenses and launch a counter-attack that recaptures several small buildings lost two days earlier. Germ Cas: 7 Ldr, 19.5 Sq-Eq, 9 SWs, 1 Gun, 2 AFVs (one Recalled). Russ Cas: 1 Ldr, 40 Sq-Eq, 7 SWs. Germ OB, end of 23 Oct (SAN:2) 18 Ldr, 5 AFVs 2 Pz IIIH, Pz IIIL, StuG IIIG, SPW 251/10, 1 Gun GrW34, 53 Sq-eq (3 Crews, 7.5 Ass Eng, 27.5 Elite, 16.5 1st/2nd-Line), 35 SWs (1 HMG, 8 MMG, 16 LMG, 2 ATR, 2 FT, 6 DC). Russian OB, end of 23 Oct (SAN:3) 28 Leaders, 6 Guns 4 AT 45mm, 2 MTR 82mm, 88 Sq-eq (14 Crews, 13 Elite, 39 1st-Line, 29 Conscripts), 13 SWs (3 HMG, 3 MMG, 3 LMG, ATR, 2 Lt MTR, DC). LOSSES 17-23 Oct (6+6+6+7+6+0+7= 38 Turns) Total German Cas 15 Ldr, 78 Sq-Eq, 30 SWs, 1 Gun, 11 AFVs (+5 AFVs Recalled). Total Russian Cas 11 Ldr, 139 Sq-Eq, 34 SWs, 8 Guns, 3 AFVs.