Situation:
Axis defending(Reg)me, against Russian(Reg).
Night, rain and visibility down to 50 metres.
First contact, 1 of my sentry squads come up against almost a coy size force.
This skirmish result in the destruction of my squad but interestingly almost routing/breaking an entire Russian Rifle Coy.
My opponent was most distressed when further contact in another part of the front had the same result. Two Russian Coy routed or broken without any significant casualties.
So my question is:
Is moral a huge factor in night battles so as to cause such massive breaking of troops? Or is there another explanation.