Assal Uttar - part 2 - a spirited defence

We rejoin the action as the Pakistani advance continues - there are shedloads of Pattons just off camera to the right.  In a fit of blind optimism the Indian Centurions opened up at extreme range - each needing a '1' (or less...) on a D8.  Readers familiar with my appalling dice rolling may be as surprised as was I by the result:

The fateful dice which started a few Pattons smouldering!

Even better was Will failing both saving rolls. 

While that bought me a bit of time, the Pak battalion in the north was still working round my flank....

...but the Brigadier calmly contunued to direct operations.  Now then, what is the Hindi for 'get that old pile of junk off the road'?

As the game progressed it was clear that the Pakistanis weren't going to press home their attack.  Or so I thought.

Soon the M48s surged forward again and even the Centurion crews' morale went a bit wobbly after they took a casualty.

Worse still, the enemy soon lined up the M47 battalion alongside the M48s.  By this time the Shermans had been moved out and replaced with the infantry battalion.  The scene was set for the Pakistani onslaught...