Replay of Panzer Corps Gold Grand Campaign West 1945 W-7 Colmar Pocket Ultimate Chess

Replay of Panzer Corps Gold Grand Campaign West 1945 W-7 Colmar Pocket Ultimate difficulty with Chess mode combat.

00:00 Intro
01:44 Setup
16:16 Turn 5
32:14 Turn 10
43:22 Debriefing


Core Change:

Overstrength:
M1 Grenadier 43 (Sdkfz.251/1) +1 (13)
Hummel +1 (13)


Intro:
The victory conditions instruct you to hold all objectives. But actually this is not meaningful as once you defeat the first wave. It will unleash a major enemy attack and the VC will change to evacuate at least 20 core units (beware auxiliaries don’t count) east of the Rhine before loosing all victory hexes.

Large air waves are a serious issue, so I take a pair of Flak to soften the stronger enemy fighters and to make setup safer. Early on, I can use my auxiliaries to absorb some attacks.

Considering there are 5 turns less on the clock, I want to quickly eliminate the first wave to activate the major attack as soon as possible. Then I plan to destroy the second wave methodically before performing the mandatory withdrawal. Meanwhile I will keep some units in the west to grab all possible flags.

There are no very strong enemy unit but the large amount of self propelled artillery and the pair M-36 require special attention.