First scenario's AAR: viewtopic.php?f=373&p=956828#p956828
SCENARIO 2: SECONDARY OFFENSIVE
With the main assault still raging up north, British Commonwealth's 30th Army launches a second attack on its front to achieve another breakthrough on the old border. Once again, Yugoslavian troops are outnumbered and outgunned, and this time they won't even receive armored support since X Konjica Korpus has already been sent north. Only the elite 5th Tenkovske Division is available to counter the Commonwealth armored forces. The good news is that the British have significantly less armored divisions on this front; they still have a high number of Ironsides Brigades.
Since resisting at the border would be both very hard and ultimately useless if, as it seems likely, the northern flank is forced back, it's time to withdraw. 75th Armija is too weak to resist head-on anyway, so it's better to withdraw in good order, use the Strongpoints and a determined rearguard to slow the British as much as possible, and form a second line of defense further back.
5/1/1940
British heavy and medium guns open fire on the Strongpoints holding the various river crossings as their bombers and fighters join the battle strafing our positions. This time our aviation is ready: the 6° Interceptor Group already has its wings in the air, and they make a fruitful sortie against British 7th Bomber Wing, downing almost every bomber they encounter. Our brave pilots are giving their best to help the troops on the ground, exploiting their frames to swoop on the bombers as they line up for the bombing runs.
The orders are to preserve our forces and form a defense line deeper in our territory, so no river battles this time.
104th and 24th Pešadija will retreat westward from Bracu and form a defensive line between Troesti and Trinitu, on the western bank of the river. 88th and 17th Pešadija will take up their defensive positions around Bracu. 40th, 49th and 60th Pešadija will withdraw as well and form a defensive line north of Brnava. The rest of my forces will hold tight on their positions and slow the British advance together with the Strongpoints and minefields.
6/1/1940
Enemy Figther Wings come out swinging against our Interceptors: in the fierce furball south of Targu an entire Interceptor Wing is crippled and essentially destroyed as a fighting force. The superior maneuverability of the British "Prowler" aircraft is a decisive factor in the dogfight, that sees almost two dozens of CAI-1 plummet in flames from the sky. The rest of the Wing switches to escort duty of 31st CAS Wing strafing British Ironsides near Panciu in the south.
Targu itself is almost surrounded when Ironsides clear a minefield north of the city and a British Motorized Division advances past the riverline. The planned withdrawal is being carried on.
7 to 8/1/1940
The situation is deteriorating faster than I thought: Targu has already fallen, and Calimanesti is about to. The area around Panciu is rapidly filling with British troops, but 51st and 52nd Pešadija Divisions execute a series of firm counterattacks and drive back no less than three enemy Infantry Regiments. 62th Ironsides Brigade, however, approaches the frontline. The situation is made worse when four British Fighter Wings descend on the lone 31st CAS Wing and annihilate it despite a valiant effort from the escorting Interceptors. British bombers pummel my lines.
9 to 10/1/1940
British 43rd Armored Division attacks 5st Pešadija north of Panciu and forces it back, crippling two of its Regiments. 52nd and 53rd are still fighting against enemy infantry and Ironsides. My Interceptor Wings come back from refueling and reorganizing and almost obliterate a British Bomber Wing.
Calimanesti has fallen. Enemy Ironsides are spotted northeast of Crun, advancing toward 16th Pešadija's positions.
