Difficulty: Field Marshall
Map/Scenario: Bagration
Outcome: Decisive victory.
My core
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[Infantry]
** Wehrmacht infantry
** Wehrmacht infantry
*** Wehr Grenadiers
*** Wehr Grenadiers
* Fallschirmjager
* Fallschirmjager
** Gebirgsjager
* Brukepioneer
** SS Grenadiers
[Tanks]
* PzIV-J
* PzIV-J
*** Panther G
** King Tiger
** King Tiger
* SS PzIV-J
* SS Panther G
[Recon]
** SDKFZ 232 (Recon)
SDKFZ 233 (Recon) (Didnt participate)
[Anti-Tank]
* Elephant
** JagdPanther
[Artillery]
** 21 CM (Artillery)
** 21 CM (Artillery)
** 30 CM Nebelwerfer
* Wurfrahmen
* Wurfrahmen
[Anti-Air]
** 8.8CM Flak
[Fighters]
* BF-109K
* FW-190-D-9
*** FW-190-D-9
*** FW-190-D-9
[TAC]
*** Ju-87G
*** Ju-87G
*** Ju-87G
** Ju-87G
** Ju-87G
[Level Bombers]
*** Me-410A
*** Ju-188A
Defensive strategy.
Most of the green line is covered by a river. Any Soviet attempt to cross it result in cannonbird attack followed by tank assault. 1, 2, 3 and 4(The red line) is simply delay action. I stay here for 1-2 turns max, then retreat to the second line of defense where infantry is already waiting. I make cannongbirds attack anything in sight that could threaten my big tanks/AT's.
1. King Tiger, Grenadier and 21CM Artillery. FW190 above protecting from air strikes. The grenadier will take a beating early on so i move King Tiger and artillery one hex back. This will keep artillery safe while it can still protect the King Tiger. The Grenadier i wrote off for the rest of the scenario and i move them safely behind the front line.
2. Jagdpanther, 30CM Nebelwerfer, 8.8CM Flak.
3. Elephant and 21CM artillery. Elephant have no protection against air strikes, but anyone attacking will get an answer from the 88 and a fighter plane asap.
4. King Tiger and Grenadier. FW190 Protected. Grenadier was encircled and killed in the retreat. Most cannonbirds are also stationed here while being protected by the FW190.
5 and 6 i improvise based on how retreat goes. For me the Elephant was broken so badly i couldnt repair it so i wrote it off and moved it away from the frontline. Jagdpanther also took a breating but made it back and could still pack a punch, it was later destroyed thought.
At 5 Bridgeengineers are held up in the woods, regular infantry in the city(Lepel) and a reserve PzIV-J awaiting orders next to bridge.
At 6 the mountain troops are set up in Borisov. There is also a reserve PzIV-J awaiting orders in Minsk, which is just off the map.
7. i put my SS units here. (I like to keep them together) SS-PzIV-J, SS-Panther G, SS-Grenadiers and Wurfrahmen. A sdkfz-232 as reserve FW-190 protecting skies. This is mainly where Ivan concentrated his attacks and the SS-PzIV-J was destroyed.
8. Panther, Wurfrahmen and regular infantry. BF-109K and a cannonbird in the skies. This front saw little action so the Panther moved up to 7 and the cannonbird assisted whenever the remaining 2 was attacked. They turned back atleast 2 Stalin tanks.
In addition there are 2 Ju-52’s with Fallschirmjagers waiting to drop where needed. In my case they ended up at 5 and 6 because these lines were hit hard by Stalin tanks early on.
Priorities early on.
1. Air superiority. By turn 3-4 there isnt many VVS planes left to worry about.
2. I send cannonbirds to destroy kates and other artillery pieces. Kates seem to tear up infantry pretty good so i got rid of them fast.
3. I also took the juicy opportunity to destroy the AA tanks when i got the chanse.
I also concentrate cannonbirds to attack heavy tanks/AT’s that threaten to breach line or destroy my retreating armor
I ignore infantry, scout vehicles and light/medium tanks for the first turns.
My casualties were
*** Wehr Grenadiers.
* SS PzIV-J
** JagdPanther
May they rest in pieces.
Ill finish by saying i do not think this map is to hard.
