Erik's Nygaard BLITZKRIEG (1939-40) AAR

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Hi !!!

I'm PanzerCorps veteran and long time Order of Battle player. I want to show how play this magnificant game and in the same time try to test Erik's BLITZKRIEG custom camaign. BTW thank you Erik for your effort and time, it will be pleasure for me to test your hard work

OK let's get started

For new players in this game very importent are artylery and infantry I will show it to you, do not buy tanks in large numbers, this is not PanzerCorps where tanks was most importent

Turn 1

In south I place 2 x Pz I, 1 x Mountain Infantry, 75mm arty with transport, 1 x Infantry, 1 x Bf 109E, 1 x JU 87 B

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In south my plan is take ail Station, Ostow, Kalisz

In north I place: 1 x 75mm arty without transport, 2 x Infantry

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In north our plan is take Nowy Tomysl and Poznan

Turn 5

Turn 5 we take Nowy Tomysl and stop becouse polish have some force in this area, in the south we take Rail Station and prepere to take next objectives

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Turn 12

In Nowy Tomysl area my force still fighting with polish forces, I managed to destroy most of it and cut form supply last two, second grupe take Ostrow and Kalisz and prepare to attack Konin (btw Konin is city where I live now ) I will show you how to prepere attack on Konin to avoid losses, I do not attack fronatlly but cross the river first......

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Now I ready to attack Konin, tanks destroy artillery with easy and Infantry attack polish infantry in city, btw first grup are ready to attack Poznan...

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Turn 15

Konin taken without losses and we start attack Poznan, our forces win already

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END

Won but only Minor Victory ?? I take all primary and secondary objectives and shotdown all polish aircraft something is not right here, but Victory is Victory and we taken minimum losses

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Please let me know your opinion of this AAR and rate it I'm open for suggestions

Take care.....

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First battle behind us and time is now for some tips (like I will doing):

- do not buy transport for basci infantry, they are mobile enough

- always reinforce your core with elite replacement

- do not attack if your predicted loses are higher than 2

- try to isolate enemy unit, cut it form supply


more will come .......

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DANZIG scenario nr 2

after first scenario we have 729 requisition points it is a lot

My core force:

1 x artillery upgraded to 17cm arty (best unit in this game becouse of range 8 !!!)
1 x 75mm arty with transport
1 x Pz III E with Guderian (upgraded from Pz I)
1 x Pz I
2 x Mountain Infantry
3 x infantry
2 x Bf 109 E one with Barkhorn
2 x JU 87 B

My forces was place like this:

Both corps will advance to east.

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This force will take Danzig and then advance south

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Situation on turn 1 end, I show yellow circle where I bait enemy to cut my force and abadon defenive position, enemy take a bait and was easly destroyed.....

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Situation on turn 2 end we nearly linked our forces

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Situation on turn 3 end: two forces are linked and we can start turn south

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And southern trust - so far so good

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TURN 7 suprise plish have significant forces in the south with tanks and artillery !!!

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TURN 8 we have no choice and must crack this nut, on this screen you will see how good 17cm arty is and that range....

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TURN 13 my forces capture all objectives but something is broken with triggers.....Erik must comment this

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Secondary ojective never trigger for me I connect this two citys on turn 6.....

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TURN 17 Capture Vistula Bridges don't trigger too.......

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Scenario finished but bugs prevent me from Victory - outcom was DRAW ?!? but it will at last allow me continue of campaign

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For both Poznan and Danzig the objectives must be cleared of enemy units in a 2-hex radius. Sure this is true?

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For both Poznan and Danzig the objectives must be cleared of enemy units in a 2-hex radius. Sure this is true?

Yes I cleared all enemy, in DANZIG scenario I take Torun too, but it was not needed.


BTW I finished LODZ scenario MAJOR VICTORY there very good scenario no problem with bugs, but polish Cavalry do not want to attack my forces I'm not complaining I think that primary ojective shoud be set like capture and hold, becouse when I capture it and lost still have fulfille objective - it is capture only now.

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LODZ scenario nr3

372 requisition points to spend

My core force:

1 x 17cm arty
1 x 75mm arty with transport
1 x 75 mm short without transport (new)
1 x Pz III E with Guderian
1 x Pz III E (upgraded Pz I)
2 x Mountain Infantry
5 x infantry (2 x new)
2 x Bf 109 E one with Barkhorn and second with Rall (only one placed)
2 x JU 87 B
1 x SdKfz 231 free (not placed)

My forces was placed like this:

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Plan is simple, we must avoid frontal attack on LODZ, take all primary objectives (not hold only take) and fulfill secondary objectives, save SS units.

Situation on turn 1 end:

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no losses ......

TURN 4
our forces encounter large polish cavalry detachment, but this cavalry not attack at all - good to us

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TURN 7
my forces take Brzeziny and prepere to attack LODZ it was fast, I place two aux infantry unit on Sieradz and Lask to protect our flanks, always secure our supply line

suprise attack on Lask, good that I place unit in that city

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TURN 11
totally suprise attack form polish large armor forces (btw polish have more tanks than us!!!!) I don't imagine that from that direction, Sieradz is impossible to hold, but aux unit must hold temporary

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TURN 19
polish trains to slaughter.......

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I manage to finish scenario on turn 22 - very good scenario with some suprises, but we have lots of turns to secure all objectives with slow advence

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Please let me know if that AAR is helpfully to you ?? Is anybody read it ?? I waiting for yours comments guys

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PIATEK scenario nr4

597 requisition points to spend

My core force:

1 x 17 cm arty
1 x 17 cm arty upgraded from 75mm arty
3 x 75 mm short without transport (2 x new)
2 x Pz III E (Guderian and Bolter)
2 x Mountain Infantry
5 x infantry
2 x Bf 109 E (Barkhorn and Rall)
2 x JU 87 B (Batcher)
1 x Arado
1 x SdKfz 231 (not placed)

My forces was placed like this:

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German HQ want to defend bridges on bridges what is not aceptable, my plan is defend behind river and take bridges on last turn, but you will see that this plan will cost me Victory and I only manage Draw, but I take Draw and save lives of my troops

Polish troops attack mostly in southern region and only one infantry unit attack in northern region Erik please look at this scenario it need rebalance I think, I placed in north strong force in front of bridge (only in this sector) and polish troops never attack there, later I redirect my force to the south

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TURN 20 start

In defence do not attack enemy only reinforce and deffend, attack only if you destroy enemy unit or attack predict no damage to you, shell with artillery and attack enemy artillery with Stukas (I buy 1 new JU 87 B) place aux pak's behind infantry

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WYSZOGROD scenario nr5

528 requisition points to spend

My core force:

2 x 17 cm arty
3 x 75 mm short arty
2 x Pz III E (Guderian and Bolter)
2 x Mountain Infantry
5 x infantry
1x engineer
2 x Bf 109 E (Barkhorn and Rall)
3 x JU 87 B (Batcher)
1 x Arado
1 x SdKfz 231
1 x Sdkfz 10/4

My forces was placed like this:

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TURN 2
situation on start.......river crossed

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TURN 6
nice progress, some objectives taken but game didn't recognizes it AGAIN :/ Erik updatet this scenario after this.........

polish tanks out of supply easly destroyed this turn

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TURN 15
strudy deffence of WYSZOGROD...........but we crack this.......

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END
we manager take all primary objectives but non secondary :/ game punish me again and don't recognize that, no matter we take only minimum losses and can continue

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MODLIN scenario nr6

826 requisition points to spend

My core force:

3 x 17 cm arty (1 upgraded form 75mm short)
2 x 75 mm short arty
2 x Pz III E (Guderian and Bolter)
2 x Mountain Infantry
5 x infantry
1x engineer
2 x Bf 109 E (Barkhorn and Rall)
3 x JU 87 B (Batcher)
1 x Arado
1 x SdKfz 231
1 x Sdkfz 10/4
1x Sturmpanzer (free)

My forces was placed like this:

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TURN 4
Offensive is going well, only aux units take minor losses, we are closer to Modlin fortresses......

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TURN 8
On this screen you will see how good is 17 cm artillery, we can shell fortresses and don't worry to take any return fire.........but in this scenario Modlin fortresses did't shoot at all I don't know why ????

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