Russians vs Ukranains 2014.

This morning Brian and I decided to try something completely up to date and Modern,by pitting a Russian "Recce" force against a Ukranian Border Protection Force.
The Russians (Brian) had to cross a river,by bridge or ford,and establish an HQ and see if the Ukranians would put up any resistance.Brian had 5 tanks,a mortar section and 3 infantry squads,whilst I had 3 tanks,a mortar section,an anti-tank gun and 3 squads of infantry-all hidden!!

Move one,and Brian committed the "grave" error (excuse the pun!!) of sending one of his tanks across the bridge,I opened up with my hidden anti-tank gun,and with a lucky shot(according to Brian) knocked the tank out,thus blocking the bridge to the other tanks queuing up behind it!!-hurrah.Brian had to quickly rethink his battle plan,by sending the other tanks across the ford!!

The Russians are piling across the bridge,intent on making their HQ at the forward farm-one of my infantry squads has other ideas!!The Russians lost a few men on this move,but Brian ordered"bullets and bayonets" on the next move and actually charged the farm-the cheek of the man!!

My infantry in the woods,guarding the ford,have come under mortar fire and small arms fire,and tank fire,so I fired back with my tanks,thus revealing their position-fool!!-we both inflicted a bit of damage to the opposing tanks,but my damage was more than Brian's,so I decided to break cover and get to short range,to try and knock him out-fool!!

Oh Dear,one tank down and another about to go-it was maybe a mistake to break cover!!-however,on the plus side,I managed to stop Brian's infantry from getting over the ford by killing his officer,and forcing him to "dig in" for two moves-a bit of a respite,allowing me to withdraw my infantry to a safer place.

This shows the on-going fight at the forward farm-even though I had more troops,Brian's superior dice throwing,saw me having to retire!! By this time,the Russians seemed to be all over the place,and most of my troops were either dead or going somewhere safe!!

The Russians have captured the farm,reinforced it and are now about to advance and drive the last of the Ukranians off the board-time to say goodbye I think..................

Yes,goodbye!!-my last and untouched tank departs without firing a shot(Hmmmmm!!)
This was a fun game,and a period I know precious little about-did it show??
In total I have 10 tanks,6 infantry squads(12 in each) 6 APC's 6 artillery pieces,2 helicopters and 2 planes,plus lots and lots of "spare figures"(ie unpainted) and the whole lot was bought for under £30 from the Pound Shop!!-it just shows what can be done with a little imagination and a "tight" wallet!!
Roll on tonight,Paul will be joining us for an Ancients game.