Grand Campaign East 39-45 Manstein level

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Here is the Manstein Army Imported into 1944 88 Core units and 6 SE units 103025 prestige with 115 heroes (I cannot wait to see what I am able to accumulate for that final 1945 year)



16 Total Infantry 20 heroes
This is 4 more than my Field Marshall run.
+1 Att 2 Stars 1939 Gebirsjaeger
1 Star Bruckenpioniere

5 Gebirsjaeger: 4 Stars all of them Oleh Dir with +3 Att 2nd Hero
+1 Initiative
Bruno Sutkus
Josef Allenberger
+2 Attack

2 43 Pioniere’s:
1 Pioniere +1 Att/+1 Movement 4 Stars and 1 with +4 Def and 3 Stars.

3 43 Grenadier’s
Freidrich Pein with 5 Stars
Helmut Weinsberger with 4 Stars
the other is +3 def and 4 Stars.

2 43 Regular Infantry:
+6 Def with 4 Stars
+3 Att with 3 Stars

2 Kradschutzen: both with 4 stars
1 with +1 Spot/+1 Initiative other with +1 Spot still hoping to get 2nd +1 Spot hero with him. (Actually received it in Vilna)


21 Tanks 30 heroes
This is 3 less than my Field Marshall playthrough as I am selling extra’s to maximize prestige

3 captured French tanks 1 Somua with 3 stars +1 Att hero, and 2 Char B-1’s 1 with 2 Stars and +1 Att hero the other with 3 stars and a nice +3 Def hero. (I have not updated or used, just waiting to see if needed at all)

3 Flamm’s that I am still utilizing sparingly 4 stars Heinz Rondorf with +1 Att/+1 Def/ +2 Init/+1 Movement/+1 Spotting; other 4 stars +1 Movement; other with 3 stars and +2 Defense.
(I basically am keeping them to help in city fighting, especially in the final Berlin scenario)

+2 Att Tiger with 3 Stars
1 Pz 4D 1 Star +1 Def (probably not going to use)
Pz4H Albert Kerscher with 2 Heroes and 4 Stars +5 Att/+2Def/+2Spotting

+3 Def T-34/41 with 2 Stars

3 KV-1B’s all with 3 Stars 2 with +2 Def the other with +1 Movement.

2 KV-1C’s both with 3 Stars 1 with +2 Def and the other with +3 Att.

6 SE Tigers all with 4 or 5 stars
+2 Def 6th SE Tiger
+1 Movement/+1 Initiative 5th SE Tiger
+1 Initiative/+3 Att 4th SE Tiger
+3 Att/+2 Def/+1 Initiative 3rd SE Tiger
+2 Att/+2 Def/+1 Initiative 2nd SE Tiger
+3 Att/+1 Initiative 1st SE Tiger



1 4 star recon with a +1 Spotting hero
(Still using only sparingly)


5 AT units 3 heroes
1 3.7cm Pak with 2 stars that will be 8.8cm Pak.
1 Panzerjaeger 2 with Stars
1 StuG 3g with 4 Stars and +3 Att
2 Elephants 1 with +2 Att and 4 Stars the other with +2 Def and 3 Stars



19 artys 23 Heroes
5 17cm artys +1 Movement/+2 Att, +3 Att/+3 Def, +1 Def, and 2 with no heroes
3 30cm Nebelwerfer’s 1 with +1 Movement/+3 Att other with +2 Att/+3 Def hero, and the other with +1 Range/+1 Movement.
5 StuG3B’s with +1 Def, 2 +2 Def heroed units, 1 +3 Def, and 1 +1 Range hero.
1 sIG38(t)M with +2 Att/+2 Def
2 Wurfrahmens +3 Def/+1 Range heroes other with +1 Range/+1 Att heroes.
1 10.5 cm Polish arty with no heroes
2 SU-122’s 1 with no hero the other with 4 Stars and +1 Movment hero.
These are pretty awesome and only getting stronger, these have been very fun to play around with.



5 AA units 7 heroes
+2 Movement/+2 Att 88 (He now waits for 45 as I enjoy building up as many heroed units as I can.)
+3/ +1 Range Attack this is 2nd best hero and shredder.
+1 Movement 88 (My Newest one that I am trying to build up)

+3 Defense Mobil AA and 1 star greenie Mobile AA.



9 Fighters 9 Heroes
(So hard getting a 2nd hero for these guys)
3 Bf-109’s all with 4 stars +1 Att, +1 Init, +3 Def. (Will be saving for emergencies, most likely to sit until can upgrade +3 Def to an Me-262’s)
(All the rest are FW-190a’s and have 4 Stars)
Otto Kittel +3 Att/+2Init/-2 Def, Heinrich Bar +2 Att/+1 Def/+2 Init; Walter Nowatny +3 Att/+3Init/-2 Def, +3 Att; and 2 +2 Def.




10 tac bombers 5 Junkers 4 Fighter Bombers 18 heroes
5 Junkers
Recon Rudel with 2 Star (Earned in Minsk using just to max out heroes)
All others Junkers have 3 or 4 Stars
+1 Def ; +2 Def/+2 Att; +2 Att; +2 Def/+2 Att
My 4 Fighter Bombers are the absolute best
All with 4 or 5 Stars 1 Helmut Lent 3 heroes +6 Att/+6 Initiative, 1 with 2 heroes +5 Att, 1 with 2 heroes +5 Def, Uber Rudel with 3 heroes +13 Att/+9Def/+1 Movement



4 Strat Bombers 4 heroes
+1 Def, +2 Def, and +2 Att that is my main guy used to diminish frontline of the enemy.


I wonder what max I will hit for my army in terms of heroes imported into 1945…(150…maybe even finish the game with 200 heroes) No way, just no way.

Next Time Korsun Pocket

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Manstein Korsun Pocket 1 time reupload of ai’s turn around Day 15 because I thought I would need to restart the whole stinking thing but reloading that one time did the trick so I could finish successfully…:mrgreen:
Starting prestige 103025 after replacements 101380, upgrades 101088, and some Overstrengthening 98481.
Upgraded Albert Kerscher to a Pz4 H and my 3.7cm Pak to an 8.8 Pak.
All units deployed and at 81% Softcap.

Here is what I brought to get this done:

Bringing in the air 4 Fighter’s as FW190a’s inc Heinrich Bar, +3 Att and 2 +2 Def Fighter’s; 1 Fighter Bomber +5 Att Me-410A; 1 Henkels +2 Att.

Near Korsun East nearest Smela: +1 Spot Kradschutzen; +1 Range StuG3B; +1 Init/+2 Att/+2 Def 2nd SE Tiger; Mobil AA; +3 Att/+1 Movement Nebelwerfer; +2 Att/+1 Movement 17.5cm arty; +1 Movement/+1 Initiative 5th SE Tiger; and Joseph Allenberger.
Around Vyazovokand Olshana: +1 Movement 88; +6 Def Regular Inf; Helmut Weinsberger as a Grenadier; +1/+3 Att Initiative 4th SE Tiger; 2 SU-122’s.
Around Zvenigorodka: +3 Def Grenadier; Freidrich Pein; +2 Movement/ +2 Att 88; +3 Att/+1 Range 88; +3 Def StuG3B; +1 Spot 8 Rad; Albert Kerscher; +2 Def 6th SE Tiger; and +1 Movement/+1 Range Nebelwerfer.
Around Morentsy: 3rd SE Tiger +3 Att/+2 Def/+1 Initiative; +3 Def/+1 Range Wurfrahmen.
Around Meovin: +3 Att Regular Inf; +3 Def/+3 Att 17cm arty; +2 Att/+3 Def Nebelwerfer.
Around Boguslav: +4 Def Pioniere; +2 Def Elephant; 1st SE Pz Tiger +2 Att/+1 Init; and +2 Att/+2 Def sIG 38(t)m.


Battle Report:
Day 1 ai CA:
1 Fighter and 1 Bomber Trap Sprung and a whole bunch of attacks on auxiliary units.
Yekaterhopoi; Novomyrhorod, Tashlyk, Lebeoin and its airfield all seized and pressuring Smela.
Day 1: Sunny (81)
Destroyed Yak-7, BT-7, La-5, Hurricane Mk1, Pe-2, and 2 Paratroopers.
Bought 9 reg reps for aux 5cm AT.


Day 2 ai CA:
Enemy destroyed 2 aux AT’s; BA-10 Self-emulated against Tiger; T-70 ambushed -13 them; T-34/41 hit aux T-34/41 -1 them -4 me; Bomber and Fighter Trap sprung; Enemy seized Shpola and Novaya Greblya.
Day 2: Sunny (81)
Destroyed Yak-3, Hurricane Mk1, Engineers, Pe-2, SU-76, Katyusha, T-70, and T-34/41.
6th SE Tiger awarded Knight’s Cross.
Bought 9 regular reps for aux 5cm AT.



Day 3 ai CA:
AA nicked Heinrich Bar; Fighter Trap Sprung; aux T-34/41 destroyed; Mobil AA hit +5 Att Fighter Bomber -2 me; ambushed Lieutenant Shishkin with Helmut Weinsberger in the Forest -5 them -1 me; 6th SU-122 ambushed a SU-85 and then hit by SU-76 -6 me -2 them; SU-122 seized airport next to Vyazovok.
Day 3: Cloudy (69)
Awarded Matthaus Hetzenauer +3 Def/+3 Initiative/+1 Movement and Eric Litzke Tiger +4 Def/ +2 Initiative/+1 Spotting.
Seized Yekaterhopoi and Novaya Greblya.
Destroyed Lieutenant Shishkin, SU-76, LaGG-3, Reg Inf, M16MGMC, Engineer’s, T-34/41, and Paratrooper’s.


Day 4 ai CA:
Enemy seized Vyazovok and Olshana.
IS-1 ambushed by Freidrich Pein in Novaya Greblya -3 me -8 them; Para’s hit aux AT-2 me; Engineers tried hitting Elephant guarded by 2 arty’s -14 them.
Day 4: Snowy (70)
Seized Gnilov Tikich River Hex.
Destroyed Paratrooper’s, T-90 SPAAG, 85mm AT, and Engineer’s.


Day 5 ai CA:
Aux T-34/41 reduced to 1 Str and aux AA reduced to 6 str and the enemy seized part of Korsun.
Day 5: Sunny (71)
Seized airfield near Novaya Greblya and Olshana.
Destroyed Conscript, SU-85 BA-64, IS-1, M16 MGMC, and BT-7.
Bought 6 reg reps for aux T-34/41 and 1 for aux Flak.



Day 6 ai CA:
Enemy nicked 1 off aux Flak and 1 off Elephant and seized nothing and all other attacks repulsed.
Day 6: Sunny (72)
Gained a lot of prestige for 2 Transports escorted and seized Vyazovok and its airfield.
Destroyed 76.2mm arty, T-34/43, 2 SU-122’s, SU-76, KV-1B, and T-70.
+3 Reg Reps for T-34/41 and 2 for aux Flak.


Day 7 ai CA:
+3 Def Stug 3B nicked; Matthaus Hetzenauer nicked; Fighter Trap -12 them -1 me; Enemy destroyed aux Flak; Enemy retook airfield near Novaya Greblya and Primary airfield in Korsun.
Day 7: Sunny (73)
Reseized Korsun.
Destroyed Conscript, SU-152, BA-10, T-34/43, LaGG-3, and Yak-7.


Day 8 ai CA:
(Brutal Round)
IS-1 hit 5th SE Tiger -4 them -2 me; Conscript hit +1 Movement 88 guarded by 2 arty’s -4 them -5 me; and Joseph Allenberger nicked by 2 attacks mostly stopped by StuG3B.
Day 8: Snowy (79)
Seized airfield near Novaya Greblya and took Shpola and Velykyi Khutir.
Destroyed Engineer’s, Conscript, SU-76, and KV-1B.
Bought 2 Elite Replacements for Joseph Allenberger.


Day 9 ai CA:
Bomber nicked Nblwf and Conscript hit SU-122 -7 me -2 them.
Day 9: Cloudy (82)
Seized airfield next to Korsun.
Destroyed BA-64, Conscript, Katyusha, SU-76, IL-2 Sturmovich, KV-1C, and Pe-2.


Day 10 ai CA:
Conscript tried hitting recon guarded by Nblwerfer -8 them and T-34/41 ambushed by +6 Def Regular Inf -9 them -1 me.
Day 10: Sunny (85)
Seized Zolontonosha.
Destroyed T-34/41 and 3 Conscript’s.
Iron Cross 1st Class awarded to Joseph Allenberger.
+1 Initiative/+2 Def/+2 Att 2nd SE Tiger awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.


Day 11 ai CA:
T-34/41 hit +1 Range StuG 3B -4 me -2 them and Conscript hit aux Gepard -5 me.
Day 11: Sunny (87)
Destroyed Engineer’s, Conscript, and Colonel Shalikov.


Day 12 ai CA:
Lieutenant Yakhovlevich ambushed by Tiger -9 them; M16MGMC ambushed by Elephant -9 them; and IS-1 hit Joseph Allenberger guarded by StuG3B -3 me.
Day 12: Sunny (forgot to write down soft cap )
Destroyed M16 MGMC, 2 Conscript’s, Lieutenant Yakovlevich, and IS-1.


Day 13 ai CA:
Bomber trap worked.
Nblwerfer nicked; Yak-3 hit ME-410A -8 me -4 them; SU-76 hit Mobil AA -8 me; and IS-1 hit +1 Range StuG3B guarded by 2 arty’s -6 me.
Day 13: Sunny (100)
Pressuring Medvyn.
Destroyed La-5, Yak-3, SU-76, and Katyusha.
+1 Initiative/+1 Movement 5th SE Tiger awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves.


Day14 ai CA:
T-90 SPAAG ambushed -8 them; aux T-34/41 ambushed a SU-76 -5 me; ; Eric Litzke nicked by IS-1; aux AT hit by SU-152 -2 me.
Day 14: Snowy (100)
Destroyed T-90 SPAAG, IS-1, T-34/43, and SU-76.
+2 Def Elephant 12th awarded 2nd +3 Def hero.


Day 15 ai CA:
2 arty’s nicked +3 Att Reg Inf; Regular Inf hit BruckenPioniere -8 me -2 them; a few ambushes and a few minor attacks.
(I had to reload this round to get this result)
Day 15: Sunny (100)
Brought over 2 remaining supply carriers for the win.
Destroyed 2 Regular Inf’s, SU-85, 57mm AT, IL-4, Yak-9D, SU-85, and IL-2M3.





Decisive Victory with 100,782 ending Prestige
This battle was going to go very, very badly, very, very soon so better part of valor is to tuck and run…as such was about to restart whole game but instead just reloaded enemies playthrough for Day 15 and was able to squeak out without much of a problem. Thank God!

Next Korsun Breakout or breakout South of Uman with 10 Core units in Sector C with 101,782.

Until then…Stay Lutheran My Friends.

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2 "new" replays for all

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strange the forum let me upload more than 1 replay as usual, but it swallows the 2nd file somehow

so sorry for the spamming here is the 2nd replay

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Yep time enough today to type up another
Manstein Korsun Breakout
Lost my layout and first 2 days that I wrote down so just started from Day 3 with 98637 in prestige and 59% soft Cap.

I am currently pressuring Shpola and almost everything near Sector c has been seized by the Russians.

Here is what I brought to get this done:
Bringing in the air 4 Fighter’s as FW190a’s inc Heinrich Bar as well as +3 Att and 2 +2 Def Fighter’s and brought newly awarded Gerhard Barkhorn in Bf-109, also brought 2 ME-410A’s 1 with +5 Def the other with +5 Att, and +4 Att Henkel.

On the Ground: All SE Tigers (still awaiting the 7th SE Tank); 3 88’s; +3 Def SdKfz 7/1; Eric Litzke in Tiger; Albert Kerscher in Pz4H; +3 Att and +6 Def Regular Infantry; Helmut Weinsberger as a Grenadier and Freidrich Pein; +4 Def Pioniere; Joseph Allenberger; +2 Att Elephant; Matthaus Hetzenauer
All units used as artillery:
+2 Att/+2 Def sIG 38(t)m; +1Range and +3 Def StuG3B’s; +1Range/+3 Def and +1 Range/+1 Att Wurfrahmen’s; +3 Att/+1 Movement, +2 Att/+3 Def, and +1 Movement/+1 Range Nebelwerfer’s; SU-122(r); finally +2 Att/+1 Movement and +3 Att/+3 Def 17.5cm arty’s.



Battle Report:
Day 3: Rainy (59)
Seized Shpola.
Destroyed 37mmAA, 4 Conscript’s, and SU-85.
Day 3 ai CA:
Enemy seized Hrebinky along aux Hungarian inf and aux KV-1A nicked.



Day 4: Snowy (60)
Seized Yekaterhopoi and airfield near Lysyanka and now pressuring Lebeoin.
Destroyed 85mm AT, 2 37mm AA’s, SU-76, and SU-85.
Day 4 ai CA:
Enemy destroyed aux inf and seized Stari Babany.


Day 5: Sunny (61)
Pressuring Lysyanka.
Destroyed ISU-122, 85mm AT, SU-76, and Conscript.
Freidrich Pein awarded +3 Def 2nd hero.
Day 5 ai CA:
Mobil AA nicked +5 Att ME-410A.


Day 6: Sunny (61)
Seized Lysyanka, Lebeoin and its airfield, even beginning to pressure Rozkishna.
Destroyed SU-85, BA-10, M16 MGMC, and Conscript.
Day 6 ai CA:
T-34/41 hit +3 Def Mobil AA -8 me -3 them.


Day 7: Sunny (63)
Seized Rozkishna and Gniloy Tikich River Hex.
Destroyed M4 Sherman, LaGG-3, Yak-9D, T-34/41, BA-10, Mtn Troop, and 76.2mm arty.
Day 7 ai CA:
Mobil AA nicked +5 Att ME-410A.


Day 8: Snowy (56)
Awarded Captured KV-85.
Seized airfield next to Rozkishna so pressuring that city.
Destroyed 37mm AA, 2 T-60’s, and M16MGMC.
Day 8 ai CA:
Joseph Allenberger hit by 2 tanks in hills even though I was guarded by an artillery -7 me -8 them.


Day 9: Rainy (59)
Pressuring Zhashkiv.
Destroyed 2 T-60’s, M3-Lee, 76.2mm arty, and T-34/41.
+3 Att/+3 Def 17cm arty awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves.
Day 9 ai CA:
nothing


Day 10: Sunny (59)
Destroyed IS-1, Mtn Inf, M3-Lee, T-34/41, and Engineer’s.
Eric Litzke awarded Iron Cross 2nd Class.
Day 10 ai CA:
Bomber hit KV-85 -3 me; Regular inf hit +1 Movement 88 guarded by an arty -4 them -3 me.


Day 11: Sunny (63)
Seized airfield near Taine.
Destroyed 2 T-34/41’s, T-34/43, Katyusha, and M3 Lee.
Day 11 ai CA:
Fighter nicked Matthaus Hetzenauer; Fighter hit Nebelwerfer +1 Movement/ +1 Range; 3 tanks converged on Elephant and arty nicked +3 Att 88 Pak -2 me…


Day 12: Snowy (67) (I reloaded back to this moment after Day 13 ai CA for a reassessment of how to best play those 2 rounds.)
Seized Taine.
Destroyed KV-85, T-34/41, Katyusha, and Reg Inf.
Day 12 ai CA:
T-34/43 ambushed -9 them; Arty nicked +3 Att/ +1 Range 88; and T-34/41 ambushed by Tiger -9 them.


Day 13: Sunny (67)
Seized last 2 airfields near Taine.
Destroyed 2 T-34/41’s, La-5, T-34/43, IL-2 Sturmovich, SU-85, 2 Katyusha’s, KV-2, and Regular Inf.
Day 13 ai CA:
Ambushed Guards in a halftrack -9 them.


Day 14: Sunny (67)
Seized Maidanets’ke.
Destroyed Guards in half track, T-70, and T-34/43.
Day 14 ai CA:
Yak-3 out of sun on Heinrich Bar -1 me -9 them.
IS-2 hit +4 Def Pioniere guarded by arty -2 me.
Regular inf hit +2 Movement +2 att 88 -3 me -9 them.
Guards in Halftrack hit +2 Att/+1 Movement 17cm arty -6 me; 76.2mm AT hit my KV-85 -4 me.
(Rough Round)


Day 15: Sunny (77)
Destroyed 2 Guards in halftrack’s, 2 Regular Infantry, 2 Yak-3’s, La-5, 2 Yak-9D’s, and IS-2.
Day 15 ai CA:
KV-1C and Engineer’s hit +3 Att Reg Inf -5 me -2 them and ISU-152 hit aux AA in truck guarded by 2 arty’s -1 them -6 me.


Day 16: Sunny (81)
Seized Stari Babany and Denykhivka.
Destroyed Yak-9D, IL-2 Sturmovich, 2 T-34/43’s, KV-1C, BA-10, Reg Inf, and ISU-152.
Day 16 ai CA:
Matthaus Hetzenauer hit by arty -1 me and Fighter and Infantry traps both sprung.


Day 17: Cloudy (82)
Destroyed Yak-9D and Reg Inf.
Day 17 ai CA:
IS-2 hit Albert Kerscher -4 me -2 them and +1 Range/ +1 Att Wurfrahmen hit by T-70 -3 me.


Day 18: Sunny (87)
Pressuring Uman and Khrystynivka.
Destroyed 76.2mm AT, T-70, and 37mm AA.
+3 Att Fighter awarded +1 Def 2nd Hero. :ugh:
(So hard to get a 2nd hero and then BOOM! +1 Def )
Day 18 ai CA:
Enemy destroyed aux AA.
T-34/43 ambushed by 88.
Enemy seized Maidanets’ke and hit aux inf -8 me.
SPAAG hit +5 Att Me-410A -3 me.


Day 19: Snowy (89)
Seized Krystynivka and Buzivka.
Brought 3 to Sector C.
Destroyed T-34/43 and Mtn Troop.
Day 19 ai CA:
Enemy destroyed aux inf and seized Yekaterhopoi and Gniloy Tikich River Bridge.


Day 20: Sunny (89)
Seized Uman and airfield and brought a ton of units into Sector C.
Destroyed 2 Mtn Troop’s, IS-2, T-70, BA-10, and SU-122.




Decisive Victory with 91% Softcap 100281 ending Prestige

Next Jassy Kishinev with 103901 Prestige to start with.

Until then…Stay Lutheran my Friend’s.

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Manstein Jassy Kishinev 2 back up reloads to replay after certain counter attacks needed to be reconsidered Round 10 after Round 12 ai CA and Round 12 after Round 13 ai CA…:mrgreen:
Starting prestige 103901 after replacements 103272, and some Overstrengthening 101472.
Awarded SE Panther A and I am leaving as such until I can turn into a Tiger 2.
Holding Back 6 units 97% Softcap but bringing out Kradschutzen after Round 1 ai CA and then will bring out artillery and planes as am able.

Here is what I brought to get this done:

Bringing in the air: 5 Fighter’s as FW190a’s inc Heinrich Bar, Otto Kittel, and 2 +2 Def Fighter’s; 1 Bf 109-k Gerhard Barkhorn; 1 Fighter Bomber +5 Att Me-410A; 1 Henkel +4 Att.

In Butor: (After Round 1 +1 Spot Kradschutzen)
In Tiraspol: +3 Def SdKfz 7/1
Near Bozieni: +1 Movement Su-122.
Near Kishinev: 1st SE Pz Tiger +3 Att/+1 Init; +1 Init/+2 Att/+2 Def 2nd SE Tiger; 3rd SE Tiger +3 Att/+2 Def/+1 Initiative; +1/+3 Att Initiative 4th SE Tiger; +1 Initiative Gebirsjaeger; Helmut Weinsberger as a Grenadier; 88 PAK AT; +1 Movement 88; +1 Movement/+1 Range Nebelwerfer; +2 Att/+3 Def Nebelwerfer; +1 Range StuG3B; +2 Att Tiger; +3 Def/+3 Att 17cm arty.
Near Nisporeni: +3 Def StuG3B; +3 Att Regular Inf; +1 Movement/+1 Initiative 5th SE Tiger; +2 Def 6th SE Tiger; 7th SE Panther; +5 Def Elephant; +3 Att/+1 Movement Nebelwerfer; Joseph Allenberger; +2 Att Gebirsjaeger; +3 Att StuG 4; +3 Att/+1 Range 88; Eric Litzke; and +3 Def Grenadier.



Battle Report:
Day 1 ai CA:
Destroyed a ton of auxiliary units and seized Liteni and Calaiasi.
Day 1: Sunny (100) Brought out +1 Spotting Kradschutzen (97)
Destroyed Yak-7, Pe-2, and IL-2 Sturmovich.


Day 2 ai CA:
Enemy destroyed a lot more aux Inf and seized Ulmi Liteni, Baiceni, and Munteni.
AA hit Heinrich Bar -3 me and +3att/+1 Range 88 in a truck hit by fighter -3 me.
Day 2: Sunny (100) Brought out +3 Def/+1 Range Wurfrahmen (94)
Destroyed 2 Yak-7’s, IL-2 Sturmovich, M4 Sherman, and 2 T-34/41’s.


Day 3 ai CA:
Enemy destroyed 4 aux units and seized Bogdonesti.
Josef Allenberger hit for -2 from SU-152.
Day 3: Sunny (95)
Destroyed T-34/43, T-34/41, 122 mm arty, and T-70.
Bought 3 Regular Reps for aux AT.
+3 Att 26th Regular Infantry awarded with a Knight’s Cross.
+3 Def and hero awarded to +2 Def SE 6th Tiger


Day 4 ai CA:
Enemy destroyed 3 aux units and Fighter nicked +3 Att/+2 Def/+1 Initiative 3rd SE Tiger.
AA hit Otto Kittel -4 me.
Day 4: Sunny (98) Brought out +2 Att/+2 Def sIG 38(t)M
Seized Calarasi.
Destroyed 122mm arty, 4 Conscripts, 2 T-70’s, 2 T-34-41’s, La-5, and T-34/43.
5th 8.8cm Pak 43/41 awarded Iron Cross 2nd Class.
Bought 5 Reg Reps doe aux AT.


Day 5 ai CA:
Enemy destroyed 4 aux units and seized Targu Frumos and they nicked +3 Def StuG3B and AA hit Gerhard Barkhorn -2 me.
Day 5: Cloudy (94)
Destroyed 2 Conscript’s, 3 SU-76’s, T-34/41, ISU-152, and T-34/43.
Bought 8 reg reps for aux arty.



Day 6 ai CA:
Enemy destroyed 1 aux inf and nicked 1 off of +1 Movement 88.
Day 6: Sunny (94)
Destroyed 2 M4 Sherman’s, 122mm arty, Engineer’s, 2 T-34/43’s, SU-76, SU-152, T-34/41, and Conscript.
7th SE Panther A awarded with a +3 Att 1st Hero. Yay!
+4 Reg Reps for aux Inf.


Day 7 ai CA:
Enemy destroyed 2 aux Inf units.
Day 7: Sunny (95)
Seized Orhei and nearby airfield as well as Mindresti.
Destroyed 2 Conscript’s, 37mm AA, 85mm AA, M4 Sherman, and SU-76.


Day 8 ai CA:
Aux inf destroyed.
+1 Movement SU-122 hit by Conscript -2 each and T-34/41 hit Josef Allenberger in Forest -1 me -7 them.
Day 8: Sunny (96)
Seized Munteni, Jora de Mijloc, and Krasni Okny.
Destroyed Engineer’s, Conscript, BA-10, T-34/41, and ISU-152.
Bought 2 Reg Replacements for aux inf.


Day 9 ai CA:
Fighter Self Emulated on an unexpected encounter with our Fighter and no other attacks that did any real damage.
Day 9: Sunny (96)
Destroyed 4 Conscript’s, T-34/43, and 122mm arty.


Day 10 ai CA:
Here comes 2nd Wave
Arty and Conscript reduced +1 Range +3 Att 88 down to 7 Str.
T-34/43 ambushed by my Towed 88 Pak and was destroyed and based on this they were awarded with a +3 Att Hero
+3 Def StuG 3B hit by Engineer -2 me -8 them as I was guarded by 2 other artillery.
Day 10: Sunny (100) Brought out +2 Att Elephant (95)
Destroyed T-90 SPAAG, SU-76, ISU-152, M4/Sherman, and 3 Engineer’s.


Day 11 ai CA:
Several attacks on my Kradschutzen in Krasni Ok’ny -3 me.
T-34/43 hit Helmut Weinsberger in hills guarded by StuG3B -3 me -10 them.
KV-85 hit Eric Litzke -1 me -5 them.
T-34/85 and SU-85 hit +2 Att Tiger -1 me -11 them.
They seized Orhei and nearby airfield pressuring Mascauti.
Day 11: Rainy (Brought out Oleh Dir and +3 Att KV-1C 87%)
Backed out of Krasni Okeny
Destroyed Guards, 2 Conscripts, 2 Reg Inf in half track’s, T-34/85, and 122mm arty.
+3 Def 9th Grenadier awarded 2nd +3 Def Hero. Yes! (This makes him an absolute wall in close defense terrain)


Day 12 ai CA:
Enemy seized Mascauti and Parlita and Calarasi.
T-34/85 hit Kradschutzen guarded by 2 arty’s -3 me -2 them.
Bomber hit +3 Def/+1 Range Wurfrahmen -2 me.
Fighter hit +4 Att Henkel guarded by Otto Kittel -5 me -9 them.
Day 12: Cloudy (93)
Seized Targu Frumos.
Destroyed KV-85, Reg Inf in half track, La-5, Yak-7, 2 IL-2 Sturmovich’s, Conscript, T-90 SPAAG, T-34/43, and 122mm arty.
8 reg reps for aux Marder 3M.

Day 13 ai CA:
Bomber trap worked and several ambushes.
Enemy seized Kishinev.
KV-85 hit Eric Litzke -1 me -2 them.
T-90 SPAAG nicked Henkel.
Day 13: Cloudy (96)
Seized Kishinev, Orkhei, Baiceni, and Ulmi Liteni, as well as pressuring Rauseni.
Destroyed Regular Inf, Yak-7, SU-85, T-90 SPAAG, Regular Inf in Half Track, T-34/43, 122mm arty’s, 2 Pe-2’s, and Guards in half track.
+3 Att Regular 26th Infantry awarded 2nd +3 Att Hero.
+2 Def 13th Fighter awarded +2 Att 2nd Hero.


Day 14 ai CA:
Enemy destroyed aux Marder.
Day 14: Sunny (97)
Seized Mascauti and other parts of Kishinev as well as Bogdanesti and even Likeni.
Destroyed T-34/85, T-34/43, 37mm AA, 2 Guards, and SU-76.


Day 15 ai CA:
Heinrich Bar hit by Mobil AA -2 me; +3Att/+3Def 17cm arty hit by T-34/43 and Guards in half track -5 me; T-34/85 seized Kishinev and attacked Oleh Dir in other part of Kishinev -1 me -8 them; Fighter nicked my SU-122 -1 me.
Day 15: Sunny (100)
Seized Botosani and airfield and retook Kishinev.
Destroyed Guards in half track, T-34/43, Yak-3, 37mm AA, 122mm arty, Reg Inf, and T-34/85.


Day 16 ai CA:
T-34/43 ambushed by +3Att/+3 Def 17cm arty guarded by arty -4 me -3 them and weakened T-34/85 hit aux arty -2 me.
Day 16: Sunny (100)
Seized Suceava, Pepeni, Rauseni, Balatina, and its airfield also retook Krasni Okny and Mindresti.
Destroyed Guards in half track, T-34/43, Yak-3, 37mm AA, 122mm arty, Reg Inf, and T-34/85.


Day 17 ai CA:
Only thing left was a KV-85 that was ambushed by Eric Litzke -3 them.
Day 17: Cloudy (100)
Awarded SU-122 for capturing Suceava.
Seized Balti and airfield also retook Parlita.
Destroyed Engineer’s, 37mm AA, T-90 SPAAG, and KV-85.


Day 18 ai CA:
Nothing
Day 18: Sunny (100)
Seized Katousk and airfield as well as Ribnita and Rauseni.
Destroyed IS-1 and T-34/85.


Decisive Victory with 107,389 ending Prestige
I did it! Took it all over, which feels great.

Next Poltava with 111,389 to play with and yes! !! Finally upgrade to King Tigers .

Until then…Stay Lutheran My Friends.

[goose_2]

Manstein Poltava 1st Time
Starting prestige 111389 after replacements 110764, and after upgrades no Overstrengthening 107979.
Upgraded 7th SE +3 Att Panther and +3 Att/+2 Def/+1 Initiative 3rd SE Tiger to King Tiger’s and 1 Overstrength.
Also upgraded Panzerjaeger IB to Jagdpanther.
99% Softcap but as AA’s are awarded expecting soft cap to drop to amazingly low levels.

Here is what I brought to get this done:

Bringing in the North around Velyka Bahachka: Freidrich Pein; +3 Def/+3 Att 17cm arty; +2 Att/+3 Def Nebelwerfer; +3 Att 32nd StuG 4; +3 Att 88 PAK AT; Eric Litzke in Tiger; 3rd SE Tiger2 +3 Att/+2 Def/+1 Initiative; and Matthaus Hetzenauer.
West of Saha River: Bruno Sutkus; +1 Range StuG3B; +1 Movement/+1 Range Nebelwerfer; +1/+3 Att Initiative 4th SE Tiger; and +2 Def 6th SE Tiger.
In Ivanhoe Selyshche: Joseph Allenberger; +1 Spot Kradschutzen; +3 Def/+1 Range Wurfrahmen; and +2 Att/+2 Def sIG 38(t)m.
South of Sukhora Bivka: 7th SE +3 Att King Tiger; +1 Movement/+1 Initiative 5th SE Tiger; Jagdpanther; +3 Att/+1 Movement Nebelwerfer; 2 Green SU-122(r)’s; +1 Initiative Gebirsjaeger; and +2 Att Gebirsjaeger.


Battle Report:
Day 1: Sunny (99)
Destroyed 57mmAT, 2 152mm arty’s, 76.2mm AT, and 85mm AA.
Day 1 ai CA:
SMG tried attacking Jagdpanther -3 them and arty missed Kradschutzen.


Day 2: Sunny (99)
Destroyed SMG, 76.2mm arty and 76.2mm AT, and 2 85mm AT’s.
Matthaus Hetzenauer 13th Gebirsjaeger awarded Iron Cross 2nd Class.
Day 2 ai CA:
Nothing arty missed 88.


Day 3: Sunny (99)
Destroyed Reg Inf, 85mm AA, 122mm arty, KV-1C, T-34/85, 152mm arty, and 76.2mm AT.
Day 3 ai CA:
nothing


Day 4: Sunny (99)
Seized Reshetylivka.
Destroyed 85mm AT, T-34/43, and 2 SMG’s.
+1 Range 21st StuG3B awarded Knight’s Cross.
Day 4 ai CA:
nothing


Day 5: Sunny (100)
Destroyed 57mm AT and 2 T-34/43’s.
Day 5 ai CA:
SMG failed to hit Nblwf because of unseen arty.


Day 6: Sunny (100)
Seized Zhovtneve.
Destroyed KV-1C and SMG.
Day 6 – 12 ai CA:
Nothing


Day 7: Sunny (100)
Seized airfield near Armory (14,14).
Destroyed T-34/43 and 37mm AA.

Day 8: Sunny (100)
Seized Armory (14,14) and another airfield near it.
Destroyed SMG and Engineer’s.

Day 9: Sunny (89)
Seized Main Airfield.
Destroyed 76.2mm AT, 2 T-34/85’s, 37mm AA, T-34/43, and SMG.
Awarded 12.8cm FlaK.

Day 10: Sunny (89)
Seized airfield.
Destroyed 85mm AA, T-34/43, and SMG.

Day 11: Sunny (89)
Seized another airfield.
Destroyed SMG, T-34/85, 85mm AA, and KV-1C.

Day 12: Sunny (89)
Pressuring Poltava.
Destroyed 76.2mm arty.
Day 12 ai CA:
Arty’s whaled on my Kradschutzen -8 me.


Day 13: Sunny (92)
Seized 4 different airfields in and around Poltava.
Destroyed 152mm arty, 122mm arty, 37mm AA, 85mm AA, and 57mm AT.
Day 13 ai CA:
Guards and 57mm AT hit JagdPanther -3 me -4 them and arty and AT hit aux recon -3 them -4 me.


Day 14: Sunny (97)
Seized Armory (18,24) and airfield as well as parts of Poltava.
Destroyed Soviet Engineer’s, 57mm AT, and Guards.
Day 14 ai CA:
Aux Luchs reduced to 1 Str.


Day 15: Sunny (97)
Seized Mashivka and Poltava, also seized Armory (21,14) and airfield.
Destroyed 76.2mm arty, Engineer’s, 76.2mm AT, and Guards.
Day 15 ai CA:
Aux recon destroyed and SMG retook Mashivka.


Day 16: Sunny (77)
Awarded 8.8 am FlaK and Wirbelwind.
Bought 1 Extra Tiger 2 replacement.
Day 16 ai CA:
SMG destroys recon.


Day 17: Sunny (77)
Seized Armory (19,8)
Destroyed 3 SMG’s, T-34/43, and B-17G.
4th SE Tiger 2 was awarded Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.
Day 17 ai CA:
Auxiliary Bruckenpioniere destroyed.


Day 18: Sunny (67)
Destroyed KV-1C and 57mm AT.
Awarded 8.8cm AA.
Day 18 ai CA:
T-34/43 hit SU-122 -7 me -1 them and arty hit Nebelwerfer hit by arty -2 me.


Day 19: Sunny (74)
Destroyed B-17G, 85mm AA, 76.2mm AT, and T-34/43.
Day 19 ai CA:
Arty nicked Joseph Allenberger and IS-1 nicked Eric Litzke.


Day 20: Sunny (77)
Seized Armory (24,26) and Kachivka.
Destroyed122mm arty, Engineers, B-17G, and ISU-152.
Day 20 ai CA:
IS-1 nicked Freidrich Pein.



Day 21: Sunny (69)
Awarded Mobelwagen
Destroyed SMG, B-17G, and IS-1.
Day 21 ai CA:
Nothing


Day 22: Sunny (69)
Seized Popivka.
Destroyed 2 SMG’s.
4th SE Tiger awarded 2nd +3 Att 3rd Hero.
Day 22 ai CA:
nothing


Day 23: Sunny (69)
Destroyed SU-76 and 76.2mm arty.
Day 23 ai CA:
T-34/43 hit Bruno Sutkus -5 me and Nebelwerfer nicked.


Day 24: Sunny (74)
Destroyed T-34/43, Reg Inf, and 85mm AA.
Day 24 ai CA:
3 attacks against +1 Initiative Gebirsjaeger -8 me and T-34/85 hit Joseph Allenberger guarded by 2 arty’s -3 me.


Day 25: Sunny (79)
Destroyed 2 37mm AA’s, Reg Inf, 122mm arty, SU-122, and last B-17G.
+2 Att 29th Gebirsjaeger awarded 2nd hero +1 Initiative.




Decisive Victory with 79% Softcap 109697 ending Prestige

Next Mogilev with 112056 Prestige to start with.

Until then…Stay Lutheran my Friend’s.

[goose_2]

I find it interesting to see that my playthroughs from the 1939 Campaign have over 100 downloads, and they progressively get fewer downloads from there...where as the downloads hurly posted for me from my 1944 playthrough have a single download...maybe people have lost interest, or maybe most people are interested in watching those early war playthroughs.

Manstein Mogilev This turned out to be really tough and reloads and retrys 4 separate times Turns 5, 7, 8, and 16
Starting prestige 112056 after replacements 111449, and after Overstrengthening and upgrades 106794.
Upgraded 1st, 2nd 4th SE Tiger’s to King Tigers
Holding Back 2 units 99% Softcap but bringing out planes as warranted.

Here is what I brought to get this done:

Bringing in the air: 4 Fighter’s as FW190a’s inc Heinrich Bar, Otto Kittel, Walter Nowatny and +2 Def Fighter’s; 1 Henkel +4 Att.

North near Kpyrnae: +1 Spot 1st Recon; +1 Init/+2 Att/+2 Def 2nd SE Tiger2; +1 Movement/+1 Initiative 5th SE Tiger2; +3 Att/+1 Movement Nebelwerfer; +1 Movement 88; green SU-122; +1 Movement/+1 Att Pioniere; +1 Initiative Gebirsjaeger.
Reserve to rush into Mogilev and Bialynichy: 1st SE Pz Tiger2 +3 Att/+1 Init; +1/+3 Att Initiative 4th SE Tiger2; 7th SE +3 Att Tiger 2; Joseph Allenberger; +6 Def Grenadier; and Eric Litzke.
In the South near Shalayouka: +5 Def 6th SE Tiger2; 3rd SE Tiger +3 Att/+2 Def/+1 Initiative; +3 Att/+1 Range 88; Polish arty; +1 Movement/+1 Range Nebelwerfer; Matthaus Hetzenauer; +1 Spot Kradschutzen; Heinz Rondorf in a Flamm.
Around Mogilev proper: +3 Att 88 PAK AT; JagdPanther; +5 Def Elephant; +2 Att Elephant; new 12.8cm Flak and 8.8cm Flak from Poltava, and Wirbelwind; +3 Def SdKfz 7/1; 2nd SU-122; Bruno Sutkus; +2 Att/+2 Def sIG 38(t)m; +1 Range StuG3B; and +3 Def StuG3B.



Battle Report:
Day 1 ai CA:
Enemy attacked hard but only hit aux units with AA traps galore.
Day 1: Sunny (99) Brought out Gerhard Barkhorn (98)
Destroyed 2 Yak-3’s, T-34/43, and SU-76.


Day 2 ai CA:
Couple of ambushes and 2 aux 5cm Pak’s destroyed, along with 2 Strongpoints destroyed and their T-34/85 hit core sIG 38(t)m -4 me.
Day 2: Sunny (94) Brought out +5 Def ME-410A (93)
Destroyed Conscript, IL-2 Sturmovich, T-34/85, and 4 T-34/43’s.
Bought 4 reg reps for aux Hetzer and 7 reg reps for aux Me-163B.


Day 3 ai CA:
1 Bomber trap.
2 Bombers nicked -1 off 2 different Elephants.
AA hit Walter Nowatny -5 me.
Rest of attacks were against aux units or stymied by our defense.
Aux Gepard destroyed.
Day 3: Sunny (94)
Destroyed 5 T-34/43’s, T-34/85, Regular Inf, 2 IL-2 Sturmovich’s, and 3 Conscripts.
+2 Att 49th Elephant awarded +1 Movement 2nd Hero.


Day 4 ai CA:
Aux Strongpoint was destroyed.
Bomber Trap worked, but still got my recon hit -2 me.
And a bunch of movement.
Day 4: Sunny (94)
Seizing Kopys.
Destroyed Regular Inf, 37mm AA, 2 IL-Sturmovich’s, 2 Conscript’s, SMG, IL-2, T-34-43, La-5, and T-34/85.


Day 5 ai CA:
Aux AT Hetzer destroyed.
AA hit Strat Bomber.
Day 5: Sunny (99)
Destroyed 2 SMG’s, Conscript, T-34/85, Yak-3, Yak-9D, Pe-2, M4 Sherman, and Regular Inf.
Bought 3 reg reps for Nebelwerfer.
27th JagdPanther awarded Iron Cross 2nd Class.




Day 6 ai CA:
T-90 SPAAG nicked +5 Def Me-410A and a whole lot of movement.
Day 6: Sunny (100 and from here on out)
Seized Horki and airfield.
Destroyed M4 Sherman, 3 SMG’s, 2 IL2M3’s, and Regular Inf.
Heinz Rondorf in the Flamm awarded with a +3 Att 2nd Hero. Yay!
9th SU-122 awarded a +1 Range hero.
8th 12.8cm FlaK 40 awarded Iron Cross 2nd Class.


Day 7 ai CA:
Captain Andrevevich shot down aux Me-163B.
Day 7: Sunny
Destroyed Conscript, Captain Andrevevich, 2 Regular Inf’s, M4 Sherman, and 2 SU-85’s.


Day 8 ai CA:
Allowed 2 Command Posts to be seized which led to almost the complete destruction of 2 recons.
Josef Allenberger nicked by SU-85.
Attacks left auxiliary Nblwf with just 3 str left.
Day 8: Sunny
Retook both Command Posts.
Destroyed IL-4, SU-85, 2 BA-64’s, and M4 Sherman.
Bought 7 Reg Replacements for aux Nblwf and 1 regular rep for sIG38(t)m.


Day 9 ai CA:
SU-85 nicked Jagdpanther all else defended like champs.
Day 9: Sunny
Seized Bykhaw.
Destroyed Conscript, 2 Katyusha’s, Yak-7, La-5, Pe-2, and Regular Inf.
Bought 1 regular rep for Josef Allenberger.
+3 Att/+1 Initiative 1st SE King Tiger awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds.
11th Fighter Gerhard Barkhorn awarded Iron Cross 2nd Class.


Day 10 ai CA:
Arty reduced aux Nebelwerfer to 2 Str left.
Enemy seized Command Post.
Day 10: Sunny
Destroyed SU-85, M4/Sherman, and Katyusha.
Bought 1 Reg Rep for +2 Att/+1 Movement Elephant.


Day 11 ai CA:
Auxiliary Nebelwerfer destroyed.
AA hit +2 Def Fighter -4 me.
SU-85 hit JagdPanther -1 me – 10 them.
ISU-122 hit 5th SE Tiger -2 each.
Regular Infantry nicked +2 Att/+1 Movement Elephant.
Day 11: Sunny
Destroyed SU-85, SMG, and Reg Inf.


Day 12 ai CA:
ISU-122 hit 5th SE Tiger -3 them -2 me.
7th SE Tiger2 hit for -2 from various attacks.
Josef Allerberger (Just found out was misspelling his last name) hit -2 from arty’s.
Day 12: Sunny
Destroyed IL-4, Reg Inf, ISU-122, Conscript, and 152mm arty.
Bought 5 Elite Replacements for +2 Att/+1 Movement Elephant and 3 Elite for JagdPanther.


Day 13 ai CA:
7th SE King Tiger hit for -2 me.
T-90 SPAAG nicked Gerhard Barkhorn.
Day 13: Cloudy
Destroyed Regular Inf, 2 Katyusha’s, 85mm AA, and 152mm arty.
Bought 2 Elite replacements for 5th SE Tiger.


Day 14 ai CA:
SU-76 hit Heinz Rondorf in Flammpanzer -4 me -7 them.
AA hit +5 Def Me-410A -2 me.
Arty nicked 8.8cm FlaK.
T-34/41 hit SU-122 -4 me -1 them.
Day 14: Sunny
Seized Seized another 4th Army Command Post.
Destroyed SU-76, T-34/85, Conscript, Katyusha, and SU-85.
Bought 3 Regular Reps for +3 Att. 7th SE Tiger and 4 Elite Replacements for Heinz Rondorf.


Day 15 ai CA:
IS-2 and Guards hit 5th SE Tiger guarded by a StuG3B -4 me -7 them.
AA hit +2 Def Fighter -2 me.
SU-76 ambushed by +1 Initiative Gebirsjaeger. -7 them.
SU-76 seized airfield next to Horki.
Day 15: Sunny (100)
Seized back another 4th Army Command Post.
Destroyed 2 SU-76’s, 3 T-34/41’s, Guards in half tracks, 152mm arty, Reg Inf, M16MGMC, and T-34/85.
+1 Initiative Gebirsjaeger awarded +2 Att 2nd Hero.
Bought 2 Elite Replacements for Josef Allerberger and 4 regular reps for 3rd SU-122.


Day 16 ai CA:
Many, many ambushes. YESSS!!!! :shocked:
SU-76 ambushed by +1 Movement 88 -9 them.
T-34/41 ambushed by +5 Def 6th SE Tiger 2 -6 them.
IS-2 hit +3 Att/+1 Range 88 -7 me -6 them.
T-34/85 hit Bruno Sutkus Guarded by 2 arty’s in entrenchment -2 me.
Day 16: Sunny Reloaded and Refought this Day again based on Day 17 ai CA.
Retook airfield near Horki.
Destroyed 2 Guards in half track’s, T-34/41, 2 IS-2’s, IS-1, SU-76, Katyusha, Reg Inf, and T-34/85.
+1 Movement 18th 88cm FlaK 36 awarded Iron Cross 1st Class.


Day 17 ai CA:
4 attacks on Kradschutzen leaving me with just 2 Str left.
Guards hit Jagdpanther in Swamp guarded by 2 arty’s -5 them -3 me.
Guards hit +3 Def StuG3B -3 each.
Day 17: Sunny
Seized 2 Airfields 1 of which was near Drybin.
Destroyed 2 Guards in half-track’s, T-34/41, T-34/85, SU-76, and 152mm arty.


Day 18 ai CA:
1 Guards nicked +1 Range SU-122.
Day 18: Cloudy
Seized Cavusy.
Destroyed M16MGMC, Guards, Guards in half track, BF19 Katyusha, and T-34/85.
+3 Att/+2 Def/+1 Initiative 3rd SE King Tiger awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds.


Day 19 ai CA:
nothing
Day 19: Sunny
Seized Slauharad and airfield.
Destroyed T-34/85, ISU-122, and 37mm AA.


Day 20 ai CA:
nothing
Day 20: Sunny
Seized Drybin and Cerykay and their airfields.
Destroyed 2 Engineer’s, 122mm arty, 85mm AA, and IS-1.

Decisive Victory with 114,675 ending Prestige
Took over everything except Krasnapolle, which of course means, no JagdTiger.


Next Babruysk with 117,675 to play with.

Until then…Stay Lutheran My Friends.

[hurly]

the Replay for Poltava

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[Erasermarek]

Mogilev looks harder than I expected. Congrats.

[goose_2]

Mogilev looks harder than I expected. Congrats.

All battles are Super Tough, not sure what to expect once I hit 1945 as I seem to have 1 or 2 scenarios that always seem to trip me up from getting the Decisive, that is why I am enjoying watching Braccada pull these Decisive's on his playthrough, as it gives me hope for improvement in my playing.

Manstein Babruysk 1st Time
Starting prestige 117675 after replacements 116487, and after upgrades 114507 and some Overstrengthening 112418.
Upgraded last 2 Tiger’s to King Tiger’s.
97% Softcap holding back what appears is 1 unit I forgot to write down.

Here is what I brought to get this done:

Bringing in the air: +2 Att/+2 Def Tac Bomber; +5 Def Me-410A; Heinrich Bar and Otto Kittel in FW-190A’s; Gerhard Barkhorn Bf-109K and +3 Def Bf-109G.
North around Gyva: +1 Movement/+1 Range Nebelwerfer; 10.5 cm Polish arty; Joseph Allenberger; Bruno Sutkus; Albert Kerscher; and 1st SE King Tiger.
In Babryusk: 12.8cm AA; +1 Movement 8.8cm AA; +3Att/+1 Range 8.8cm AA; +3 Def SdKfz 7/1; Wirbelwind; +2/+1 Att/Movement 17cmm Artillery; +3 Def/+3 Att 17cm arty; +1 Range StuG3B; +1 Spotting 8 Rad; +4 Def Pioniere; +6 Defense Regular Inf, and Grenadier; 7th SE +3 Att King Tiger; and +5 Def 6th SE Tiger.
Near Brozha: +1 Range SU-122; +1/+6 Initiative/Att 4th SE Tiger; Freidrich Pein; +3 Att 88 PAK AT; +3 Def StuG3B; and +3 Att 32nd StuG 4.
Near Hlusk: +5 Def Elephant; Matthaus Hetzenauer; +2 Att/+2 Def sIG 38(t)m; +1 Spot Kradschutzen; +1 In/+2 Def=+2 Att 2nd SE King Tiger; and 3rd SE Tiger2 +3 Att/+2 Def/+1 Initiative.
Near Zajelica: +3 Att/+1 Movement Nebelwerfer; Jagdpanther; and +1 Movement/+1 Initiative 5th SE Tiger.



Battle Report:
6/7/1944
Day 1 ai CA:
Destroyed 2 Strongpoints; 2 Bomber Traps; Seized Parycy, Kirausk; Chachevichy; and their airfield as well as Shalaouka.
Day 1: Sunny (97)
Destroyed SU-85, 2 Hurricane Mk1’s; La-7, Yak-7, and Pe-2.


Day 2 ai CA:
2 Strongholds destroyed and enemy seized Slatsyevka and airfield, as well as Kilcan, and Douhaye.
They also seized a couple of parts of Babryusk, but it cost them dearly. -14 on one -10 on the other.
Calvary hit Matthaus Hetzenauerfor -7 them.
T-90 SpaaG hit +2 Att/+2 Def Tac Bomber-2 me.
La-7 hit +3 def Bf-109G -6 me -4 them.
Day 2: Sunny (100)
Destroyed 2 SU-85’s, Hurricane MkI, La-7, Yak-7, Pe-2, 3 Cavalry’s, T-34/43, and T-34/41.
Brought out +4 Att Strat Bomber. (94)

Day 3 ai CA:
Fighter nicked 3rd SE King Tiger.
SU-122, Cavalry, and SU-85 hit Freidrich Pein -6 me -4 them.
SU-122 hit Wirbelwind -3 me.
Babruysk trap sprung -11 them.
Day 3: Sunny (97)
Retook part of Babruysk for another trap.
Destroyed Hurricane Mk I, 3 SU-122’s, T-90 SPAAG, IL-4, T-34/85, Cavalry, T-34/43, SU-85, and T-34/41.
+5 Def Elephant awarded Knight’s Cross.
Bought 2 and 6 Elite Replacements for Freidrich Pein and for +3 Def Bf-109G.


Day 4 ai CA:
Enemy seized Cyva and hit Bruno Sutkus in forest guarded by Polish arty -1 me -6 them.
T-34/43 hit Polish arty -7 me.
Enemy fell into Babruysk trap for -11 them.
T-90 SPAAG hit +5 Def Me-410A -4 me.
Regular Inf nicked JagdPanther.
Day 4: Sunny (99)
Seized Parycy.
Destroyed Cavalry, T-34/85, 2 Reg Inf’s, 2 T-34/41’s, and SU-85.


Day 5 ai CA:
IL-4 Bombed hit +4 Def Pioniere -2 me.
T-90 SPAAG nicked Gerhard Barkhorn.
Enemy seized Cyva’s airfield.
Day 5: Cloudy (100 from here on out)
Destroyed T-90 SPAAG, 2 T-34/85’s, Regular Inf, T-34/41, and T-34/43.
Bought 7 elite replacements for Polish arty and 1 regular rep for Freidrich Pein.


Day 6 ai CA:
Bomber nicked my +1Movement/+3 Att Nblwf and hit my +3 Def StuG3B -3 me.
2 Fighter Traps went well.
1 more Fighter hit +1Movement/+1 Initiative 5th SE King Tiger.
T-34/43 seized Babruysk for trap -12 them.
+4 Def 39th Pioniere awarded Knight’s Cross.
T-34/43 ambushed by JagdPanther. -8 them
Day 6: Sunny
Retook Babruysk to set the trap yet again. (love this trick)
Destroyed Cavalry, SU-122, Yak-9D, IL-2M3, Bridge Engineer, 3 T-34/43’s, T-34/41, and Reg Inf.


Day 7 ai CA:
Bomber nicked +1 Initiative/+6 Att 4th King Tiger.
T-34/41 hit StuG3B -5 me -1 them.
Babruysk Trap sprung -10 them -1 me.
Day 7: Sunny
Retook airfield next to Cyva.
Destroyed T-34/43, Reg Inf, Cavalry, 3 T-34/41’s, Pe-8, and T-34/85.


Day 8 ai CA:
2 T-90 SPAAG’s hit +2 Att/+2 Def Tac Bomber reducing me to just 2 Strength.
Babruysk Trap -8 them.
Day 8: Sunny
Set up another Babruysk trap.
Destroyed T-34/43, 76.2mm arty, Conscript, T-90 SPAAG, La-5, Pe-2, and BA-64.


Day 9 ai CA:
Babruysk trap -9 them -1 me.
T-90 SPAAG hit Heinrich Bar -3 me.
Regular Inf nicked +5 Def Elephant guarded by arty.
Day 9: Sunny
Seized Cyva and set up Babruysk trap again.
Destroyed T-90 SPAAG, Cavalry, 2 Regular Inf’s, T-34/41, 37mm AA, T-34/43, and ISU-152.


Day 10 ai CA:
Bomber and Fighter Trap still able to hit +3 Att 88 -2 me.
Bomber hit 5th SE King Tiger -2 me.
Nicked 2nd SE King Tiger as well as +5 def Elephant.
Babruysk Trap -6 them.
Day 10: Sunny
Seized airfield near Svetlogorsk, and of course set up trap again.
Destroyed 3 Conscript’s, La-5, Yak-7, Yak-3, IL-2 Sturmovich, T-34/43, and 2 T-34/85’s.


Day 11 ai CA:
2 Bomber traps.
76.2mm AT hit +3 Def SdKfz 7/1 -9 me -1 them.
Arty hit +1 Movement 88 -3 me.
Babruysk trap on T-34/41 -5 them.
Day 11: Sunny
Seized Buda-Kasaliova and its airfield, and, of course, set up another Babruysk trap.
Destroyed IL-4, T-34/85, Pe-2, 76.2mm AT, and T-34/41.


Day 12 ai CA:
T-34/85 hit recon guarded by StuG3B -8 me.
Babruysk trap T-34/43 -5 them.
They are pressuring Cyva and seized Jalizava.
Day 12: Sunny
Set 2 traps. 1 in Cyva and 1 in Babruysk.
Destroyed BM-31 Katyusha, T-34/85, and T-34/43.


Day 13 ai CA:
T-34/85 self-emulated on my +6 attack Regular Inf.
Cyva Trap sprung on T-34/43 -8 them.
Babruysk trap sprung BA-64 -7 them.
Day 13: Sunny
Seized Klicau and retook Jalizava and Cyva.
Destroyed T-90 SPAAG, T-34/43, IS-1, and BA-64.


Day 14 ai CA:
Katyusha hit +3 att 88 -2 me.
Arty hit Nebelwerfer -1 me.
Arty nicked +4 Def Pioniere.
Day 14: Sunny
Seized Satsyevka and nearby airfield, and set up Klicau trap.
Destroyed Conscript, 57mm AT, BM-31 Katyusha, T-34/43, SU-85, and Regular Inf.


Day 15 ai CA:
Enemy seized Asipovicy.
Conscript took Klicau -7 them.
Day 15: Sunny
Seized Douhaye.
Destroyed T-34/85, SU-76, Conscript, and 37mm AA.
+5 Def 6th SE King Tiger awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves.


Day 16 ai CA:
Arty nicked Kradschutzen.
Day 16: Sunny
Seized 1 Airfield near Zlobin as well as seized Asipovicy and Kirausk, as well as Chachevichy.
Awarded 122mm arty, 2 ISU-152’s, 2 Regular Inf’s, and T-90 SPAAG.


Day 17 ai CA:
ISU-152 artilleried +3 Def/+3 Att 17cm arty -2 me.
Day 17: Sunny
Seized airfield near Shalayouka.
Destroyed Conscript, 57mm AT, T-34/85, Reg Inf, SU-76, and BM-31 Katyusha.


Day 18 ai CA:
SU-122 -7 hit Josef Allerberger -4 me – 2 them.
Day 18: Sunny
Seized Shalayouka and Central Main Airfield.
Destroyed KV-85, 85mm AA, 122mm arty, SU-122, Conscript, Reg Inf, and 57mm AT, BM-31 Katyusha.


Day 19 ai CA:
Wirbelwind hit by 57mm AT -7 me.
Day 19: Sunny
Seized all of Babruysk and Bykaw, as well as last central airfield.
Destroyed ISU-152, Conscript, and 37mm AA.


Day 20 ai CA:
nothing
Day 20: Sunny
Seized Klicau.
Destroyed 57mm and IS-2.





Decisive Victory with 119115 ending Prestige
Very little left on this map, which is a super nice money generator.

Next Minsk 44 with 122,115 Prestige to start with.

Until then…Stay Lutheran my Friend’s.

[hurly]

meanwhile in russia

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[hurly]

(16.05.2018) Babruysk, Turn 20 Manstein DV.zip

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[goose_2]

Manstein Minsk 44 2 reloads and settled for what I was able to get on this tough one
Starting prestige 122115 after replacements 120755, and after Overstrengthening and upgrades 116544.
Upgraded Albert Kerscher from Pz4h to a Pz4J.
Holding Back 3 units 90% Softcap but bringing out planes as warranted.

Here is what I brought to get this done:

Bringing in the air: 5 Fighter’s 4 as FW190a’s inc Heinrich Bar, Otto Kittel, Walter Nowatny and +2 Att/+2 Def Fighter’s as well as Gerhard Barkhorn in a Bf-109K.
In Radash Kovichy have a +6 Def Grenadier.
Around Uzda: Heinz Rondorf in a Flamm; Oleh Dir; +1 Range StuG3B; +3 Att StuG 4; +1 Movement SU-122; +3 Def SdKfz 7/1; Albert Kerscher; JagdPanther; Helmut Wirnsberger; +1 Movement/+1 Initiative 5th SE Tiger2; +3 Def/+1 Range Wurfrahmen; and Eric Litzke.
Around Minsk: +3 Att/+1 Range 88; +1 Movement 88; and Wirbelwind; 1st SE Pz Tiger2 +3 Att/+1 Init; +1/+3 Att Initiative 4th SE Tiger2; 7th SE +3 Att Tiger 2; +5 Def 6th SE Tiger2; 3rd SE Tiger +3 Att/+2 Def/+1 Initiative; +1 Init/+2 Att/+2 Def 2nd SE Tiger2; +2 Att/+1 Movement Elephant; +3 Att 88 PAK AT; Matthaus Hetzenauer; Joseph Allerberger; Bruno Sutkus; +1 Spot Kradschutzen; +1 Movement/+1 Range Nebelwerfer; +3 Att/+1 Movement Nebelwerfer; +3 Def StuG3B; +2 Att/+2 Def sIG 38(t)m; +2 Att/+1 Movement 17cm arty; and +3Def/+3 Att 17cm arty.



Battle Report:
Day 1: Sunny (90)
Destroyed Mtn Troop.
Day 1 ai CA:
Several aux units destroyed seized 3 airfields as well as Lahojsk and Smilavicy.
1 Fighter Trap -9 them.


Day 2: Sunny (90)
Destroyed 2 Conscript’s, Yak-7, La-5, and Mtn Troop.
Day 2 ai CA:
2 more aux units destroyed and Lervieh seized as well as airfield near Druzny.
1 more fighter trap -9 them


Day 3: Sunny (90)
Destroyed 2 Bridge Engineer’s, T-34/43, Yak-7, 2 IL-4’s, and 2 T-70’s.
Bought 7 reg reps for aux 7.5cm Pak.
Day 3 ai CA:
Ambushed T-34/85 -9 them.


Day 4: Sunny (90)
Destroyed T-70, Yak-3, La-5, IL-4, 2 T-34-43’s, SU-152, and T-34/85.
Day 4 ai CA:
Fighter and Bomber trap still got -2 on my 88AT.
Nicked my 3rd SE King Tiger,
Eric Litzke was able to ambush -5 them -1 me.
Otto Kittel hit by 2 SPAAG’s -4 me. (That could have been much worse)


Day 5: Sunny (96)
Seized Marina Horka and airfield near Zodzina.
Destroyed IL-4, La-7, T-34/43, T-70, 152mm arty, KV-2, La-5, and Conscript.
Day 5 ai CA:
Bomber Trap.
Aux AT and Hetzer destroyed.
Minsk suburbs seized.
T-90 SPAAG hit Gerhard Barkhorn -3 me.
+1 Range StuG3B hit by SU-152 -11 me. (Rough Round)



Day 6: Sunny (100)
Destroyed Conscript, SMG, 2 IL2M3’s, KV-2, 2 T-34/85’s, T-34/41, and 152mm arty.
Heinz Rondorf in the Flamm awarded with a +3 Att 2nd Hero. Yay!
Brought out +4 Att Henkel. (94)
Eric Litzke awarded Iron Cross 1st Class.
Day 6 ai CA:
Enemy destroyed aux Hetzer.
My StuG 4 was hit by 3 units that attacked across a river -3 me -7 them.
Arty hit 88 PaK -2 me.
T-90 SPAAG hit +2 Att/+2 Def Fighter -4 me.
Arty hit Wurfrahmen -2 me. (This is getting really Rough)


Day 7: Sunny (100)
I reloaded this day to try fighting better, based on getting my units trapped inside Berezina River, which got destroyed so wanted to try again without losing units.
Seized Lahojsk.
Destroyed 2 Conscript’s, 3 T-34/43’s, 2 T-90 SPAAG’s, IS-2, and Yak-3.
Brought out +5 Att Me-410A (95)
Day 7 ai CA:
T-34/41 ambushed by Oleh Dir -11 them.
Conscript ambushed by Helmut Wirnsberger -10 them.
SU-152 hit Bruno Sutkus -3 me -1 them.
Conscript seized Forest are in Minsk and hit +1 Movement 88 -7 them -2 me.
SMG nicked Elephant -3 them.


Day 8: Cloudy (98)
Retook Forest in Minsk.
Destroyed SU-152, ISU-152, 4 Conscripts, SMG, Regular Inf, and 152mm arty.
Day 8 ai CA:
2 arty’s each nicked my Nebelwerfer.
SU-85 hit Eric Litzke -2 each.
Ambushed Conscript -9 them.
Arty’s hit Helmut Wirnsberger -2 me.


Day 9: Sunny
Seized Druzny.
Destroyed 2 Conscript’s, Mt Inf, SMG, T-34/41, and 2 Regular Inf’s.
Bought 1 regular rep for Nebelwerfer.
Day 9 ai CA:
+3 Att 8.8 PaK reduced down to just 1 Str.
All other attacks either defended or minor nicks off of them.


Day 10: Sunny
Seized Minsk suburbs and Jalizava. (Exited out of Druzny)
Destroyed 2 SU-76’s, Mtn Inf, 2 Regular Inf’s, ISU-152, and Yak-3.
Brought out +2 Att/+2 Def Ju-87D. (100)
Day 10 ai CA:
Bomber trap but still nicked me for 1 damage.
Bomber nicked another SE King Tiger.
JagdPanther nicked by arty.
La-7 reduced Gerhard Barkhorn to 1 Str.


Day 11: Sunny (100 and from here on out)
Seized Simalvecy.
Destroyed SU-85, T-34/41, 152mm arty, La-7, La-5, 2 IL-2M3’s, 85mm AA, and 3 Reg Inf’s.
Bought 1 reg rep for SE King Tiger.
Day 11 ai CA:
Auxiliary AT destroyed.
Rest of the attacks were well defended.


Day 12: Sunny
Seived Cyva and airfield.
Destroyed Mtn Inf, SU-76, 2 T-34/41’s, and SMG.
Day 12 ai CA:
2 tanks hit Josef Allerberger in entrenchment guarded by Nebelwerfer. -1 me -13 them
Arty nicked +1 Movement Flam -2 me.
Regular Inf nicked Elephant.


Day 13: Sunny
Destroyed Yak-3, 3 T-34/41’s, and Cavalry.
Awarded KV-85 for seizing Cyva.
Day 13 ai CA:
A couple of auxiliary units have been hit as they are moving in their 2nd Wave, but I am ready for it.
T-90 SPAAG hit +5 Att Me-410A -2 me.


Day 14: Sunny
Destroyed 2 T-90 SPAAG’s, 2 Regular Inf’s, SMG, IS-1, Katyusha, and SU-152.
Day 14 ai CA:
Katyusha hit +1 Movement 88 -2 me.


Day 15: Sunny (100)
Seized Druzny.
Destroyed SU-152, Reg Inf, Bridge Engineer, and 2 T-34/43’s.
Day 15 ai CA:
SU-85 ambushed by Josef Allerberger -1 me -7 them


Day 16: Sunny
Reloaded and Refought this Day again based on Day 16 ai CA, because 3rd Wave was insane and I was not prepared for.
Seized 2 airfields.
Destroyed Bridge Engineer, 85mm AA, 152mm arty, SU-85, and 2 Katyusha’s.
Day 16 ai CA:
3rd wave came but because of my preparations they did not attack.
T-90 SPAAG hit Henkel -2 me.


Day 17: Sunny
Seized Cervien and Main Airfield south of Zodzina.
Destroyed 2 BA-64’s.
Day 17 ai CA:
Enemy destroyed auxiliary AT.
IS-2 hit Josef Allerberger guarded by 3 arty’s -5 them -2 me.


Day 18: Cloudy
Seized Main Airfield near Druzny.
Destroyed IS-2, 3 Guards in half track, and T-34/43.
7th SE King Tiger awarded Iron Cross 2nd Class
Day 18 ai CA:
2 attacks against Matthaus Hetzenauer -5 me.
T-34/41 hit +1 Spot Kradschutzen -5 me -4 them.



Day 19: Sunny
Destroyed 2 T-34/85’s, 2 T-34/43’s, 2 Guards, Guards in a half track, SMG, and T-90 SPAAG’s.
Day 19 ai CA:
T-34/43 ambushed by +5 Def SE King Tiger -1 me -8 them.


Day 20: Sunny
Destroyed T-34/43 and 2 76.2mm AT’s.


Marginal Victory with 121,545 ending Prestige
Unable to take Zodzina and Borisov as just too much coming at me in that 3rd Wave which made pushing through impossible.
(I probably could have done it had I been willing to buy more replacements and brought stronger mobile tank / Anti-Tank Units.)


Next Vilna with 124,045 to play with. (Just do not see how a Decisive is possible on this map, but I will try)

[Erasermarek]

How can I calculate softcap? Any clue?

[PeteMitchell]

How can I calculate softcap? Any clue?

It shows when you hover over the prestige at the upper right corner of the screen, doesn't it?
Here is some discussion on formulas, etc. as well: viewtopic.php?f=121&t=51105

[hurly]

Progress getting slower in the East Campaign.

Lack of Resources, Lack of Time or Lack of Desire to Finish the latter years (happened to me quite a few timesas well, I call it the German Angst to go all the way)

Anyway

(29.05.2018) Minsk44, Turn 20 MV Man.zip

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[goose_2]

Progress getting slower in the East Campaign.

Lack of Resources, Lack of Time or Lack of Desire to Finish the latter years (happened to me quite a few timesas well, I call it the German Angst to go all the way)

Anyway

(29.05.2018) Minsk44, Turn 20 MV Man.zip

Thanks again hurly, you are a Godsend
I am actually done with Manstein 44 just trying to keep up with my AAR's on my Super Hard playthrough, but had to take a break to try and play catch up on my Manstein and Guderiean AAR's as it has been too long since I have typed them up.
I am still holding out a small hope that I may be able to get someone to show me how to record gaming, but it is looking less and less likely, just not the right kind of hardware/software, or the person who is willing to sit down with me to train me on how to do it.

Here is my latest type up.

Manstein Vilna 2 reloads Day 9 and after Day 13 ai CA back to Turn 11
Starting prestige 124045 after replacements 122426, and after some Overstrengthening 119475.
94% Softcap holding back 2 units for later deployment.
This is a super long mission 30 rounds.

Here is what I brought to get this done:

South around Lida: +1 Spot Kradschutzen; Oleh Dir; 3rd SE Tiger2 +3 Att/+2 Def/+1 Initiative; 7th SE +3 Att King Tiger; and +5 Def 6th SE King Tiger; +1 Movement/+1 Initiative 5th SE Tiger; Heinz Rondorf in Flamm’s; JagdPanther; +1 Range StuG3B; +3 Def StuG3B; +2 Att/+2 Def sIG 38(t)m; +1 Movement/+1 Range Nebelwerfer; +2 Att/+2 Def Tac Bomber; +4 Att Henkel; and +3 Def Bf-109G.
In and around Northern Sirvintos: +3 Def SdKfz 7/1; +3 Att 32nd StuG 4; +3 Def/+1 Range Wurfrahmen; +1 Spotting 8 Rad; +2/+1 Att/Movement 17cm Artillery; Matthaus Hetzenauer; Bruno Sutkus; +1 In/+2 Def=+2 Att 2nd SE King Tiger; +1/+6 Initiative/Att 4th SE Tiger; and 1st SE King Tiger.
In and around the center of Vilna itself: Heinrich Bar; +2 Def/+2 Att and +2 Def FW-190A; Gerhard Barkhorn Bf-109K; +1 Movement 8.8cm AA; +3Att/+1 Range 8.8cm AA; Albert Kerscher; +4 Def Pioniere; Freidrich Pein; Helmut Wirnsberger; Joseph Allerberger; +3 Att 88 PAK AT; 10.5 cm Polish arty; +2 Att/+3 Def Nebelwerfer; +3 Att/+1 Movement Nebelwerfer; and +3 Def/+3 Att 17cm arty.



Battle Report:
Day 1 ai CA:
A whole Bunch of stuff got seized on this first day more than I feel capable of writing down.
Day 1: Sunny (94)
Destroyed 4 Conscripts and 2 Regular Inf.


Day 2 ai CA:
Enemy again seized areas all over the map with 1 out of the sun attack and 2 ambushes.
T-34/41 and T-34/43 hit my Kradschutzen in Close Terrain -4 me -7 them.
T-34/43 hit +1 Range StuG3B guarded by 2 arty’s -2 each.
Day 2: Sunny (97)
Seized Northern Rail Station and North of Vilna.
Destroyed 3 Conscript’s, Yak-7, T-34/43, and 2 T-34/41’s.


Day 3 ai CA:
2 Bomber Traps and 2 Ambushes.
Fighter nicked Freidrich Pein.
2 Mobile AA’s hit +2Att/+2 Def JU-87D and AA hit Heinrich Bar -5 me.
Day 3: Sunny (100)
Retook part of Babruysk for another trap.
Destroyed Yak-7, 2 M16MGMC’s, 2 T-34/85’s, 2 La-5’s, and 4 T-34/41’s.
Bruno Sutkus awarded Iron Cross 1st Class.
Bought 7 Elite Replacements for Kradschutzen.


Day 4 ai CA:
More enemy seizure of more areas on the map.
AA nicked Ju-87D.
La-7 hit +2 Def FW-190A -6 me -8 them.
Bomber hit out of the sun.
2 tanks hit my StuG4 -5 me -5 them.
Day 4: Cloudy (100)
Destroyed T-34/85, 2 Reg Inf’s, 2 T-34/41’s, La-7, Pe-8, and 2 T-34/85’s.
Bruno Sutkus awarded Iron Cross 1st Class.
+3 Att 7th SE King Tiger awarded +3 Def 2nd Hero.
Brought out +5 Def Me-410A.


Day 5 ai CA:
Enemy still moving forward everywhere and still seizing even more stuff.
Fighter nicked 88 PaK and Polish arty nicked.
T-34/43 hit Matthaeus Hetzenauer guarded by arty -3 me -2 them.
Albert Kerscher nicked.
2 Bomber Traps.
AA hit Ju-87D leaving them with just 3 strength points left.
Day 5: Sunny (100)
Seized Klemielski.
Destroyed Yak-9D, 2 Pe-8’s, M16GMC, T-34/85, 3 Regular Inf’s, 2 T-34/41’s, and T-34/43.
2nd SE King Tiger awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds.
5th SE King Tiger awarded +1 Att 3rd Hero. (I guess they can’t all be winners)
Brought out Uber Rudel. (100)


Day 6 ai CA:
Ambushed a Fighter and a Regular Infantry for some great results.
T-34/85 attacked JagdPanther guarded by StuG3B -8 them -1 me with which I was then awarded with a +2 Defensive hero.
T-34/85 hit Albert Kerscher guarded by arty -7 them -3 me.
Day 6: Sunny (100)
Destroyed 2 Conscripts, Yak-3, T-34/85, T-34/43, 2 T-34/41’s, and Reg Inf.
Bought 6 Elite Replacements for +2 Def FW-190A.

Day 7 ai CA:
Bomber nicked Joseph Allerberger.
Mobile AA was ambushed and self-emulated on me.
Regular Inf ambushed -10 them.
Day 7: Sunny (100)
Seized Lyntupy, Viarenki, and even snuck into Lipniski.
Destroyed 3 Reg Inf’s, 4 Conscript’s, IL-2M3, and La-5.
Bought 3 Elite replacements for +2 Def JagdPanther.


Day 8 ai CA:
2 Conscripts attacked Albert Kerscher in Vilna guarded by 2 unseen arty’s and 1 after 1st ran out of ammo. -4 me -13 them.
La-7 nicked Recon.
Another ambush, and I was able to stop some of the 2nd wave by blocking Bridge Engineer on Neimen River.
Day 8: Sunny (100)
Seized Radun.
Destroyed T-34/43, 76.2mm arty, Conscript, T-90 SPAAG, La-5, Pe-2, and BA-64.
Bought 3 Elite Matthaeus Hetzenauer. (99)
10.5cm Polish Arty awarded with a +2 Att 1st arty hero.


Day 9 ai CA:
Fighter nicked Joseph Allerberger.
Regular Inf nicked +1 Movement 88 guarded by arty -10 them.
La-7 hit Uber Rudel out of the sun -1 me -6 them.
T-34/43 entered Lipniski and hit something forgot to write down.
T-34/43 hit +3 Def StuG3B guarded by 3 artys. -1 them -3 me
Day 9: Sunny (100)
Destroyed La-7, Yak-9D, 2 Regular Inf’s, and T-34/43.
Bought 7, 5, and 4 Elite for Ju-87D, Albert Kerscher, and Heinrich Bar respectively.


Day 10 ai CA:
Weakened T-34/43 hit +1 Range StuG3B -3 me.
Bomber and Fighter Trap sprung still nicked my +3 Att 88PaK.
Ambushed T-34/43 -10 them.
SU-85 hit +2 Def JagdPanther -2 me -6 them.
Day 10: Sunny (97)
Seized airfield near Voranava.
Destroyed 2 Conscript’s, Yak-7, IL-2M3, 2 T-34/43’s, Reg Inf, and Cavalry.


Day 11 ai CA:
AA nicked Ju-87D.
AA nicked +3 Def Bf-109G.
T-34/43 hit Kradschutzen -4 me -3 them.
Arty hit Oleh Dir -3 me.
Day 11: Sunny (100) (Reloaded this round after the start of Round 13 as knew I could set up for 2nd Wave better.)
Seized Voranava and Rail Station South of Vilna.
Destroyed T-90 SPAAG, KV-85, Reg Inf, 2 Conscript’s, SU-85, and T-34/43.
+1 Movement/+3 Att 33rd Nebelwerfer awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.


Day 12 ai CA:
KV-85 hit Kradschutzen in Lida guarded by 2 arty’s -2 me -6 them.
Arty Nicked SE King Tiger.
All other attacks were defended well, and pressure is getting intense.
Day 12: Sunny (95)
Seized airfield South of Vilna.
Destroyed Guards, Cavalry, 2 Regular Inf’s, and Conscript.
Bought 4 and 6 Elite for JagdPanther and for Kradschutzen as well as 2 Regular Reps for +1 Range StuG3B.


Day 13 ai CA:
Out of the sun for Yak-9D -1 me -5 them.
La-7 hit +2 Def Fw-190A -4 me -5 them.
Arty nicked Kradschutzen.
Day 13: Sunny (99)
Seized Rail Station west of Cudzienlski.
Destroyed T-90 SPAAG, La-7, Yak-9D, Conscripts, SU-85, Guards, and SU-76.
Heinz Rondorf awarded with +3 Att 3rd Hero making his total +7 Att/+1 Defense, Spotting, Movement and +2 Initiative. Just Awesome!!!
Bought 2 Elite replacements for Oleh Dir.


Day 14 ai CA:
Next wave moving extremely strong as their Cavalry nicked our JagdPanther.
Day 14: Sunny (100 and from here on out)
Seized Elektremai and airfield and Rail Station East of Vilna.
Destroyed 2 Calvary’s, SU-122, KV-85, SU-76, T-34/43, and Guards in Half Track.


Day 15 ai CA:
Bomber Trap but other Bomber nicked 2nd SE King Tiger.
T-90 SPAAG hit Gerhard Barkhorn -2 me.
+2 Att/+1 Movement 17cm arty hit by 2 arty’s -3 me.
Day 15: Sunny
Destroyed T-34/43, Guards, Pe-8, Guards, and ISU-122.
+1 Spot Kradschutzen awarded 2nd +1 Hero. Just Awesome!!!


Day 16 ai CA:
Mobil AA nicked +5 Def Me-410.
Yak-3 hit +2 Def/+2 Att FW-190A -3 me -5 them.
Mobil AA hit Gerhard Barkhorn -2 me.
Arty nicked 2nd SE King Tiger.
Arty hit 17cm arty -3 me.
Day 16: Sunny
Seized Lipniski.
Awarded SU-122, Yak-3, T-34/43, Regular Inf, and T-90 SPAAG.
5th SE King Tiger awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.


Day 17 ai CA:
Mobil AA Nicked Gerhard Butler.
Day 17: Sunny
Seized Varena and Rail Station North of Lipniski.
Destroyed Conscript, Bridge Engineer, KV-85, and T-90 SPAAG.


Day 18 ai CA:
Nothing
Day 18: Cloudy
Seized Main Rail Station near Varena and Cudzienlski.
Destroyed KV-85, Cavalry, Conscript, Guards and Bridge Engineer.
Bought 2 and 5 elite replacements for JagdPanther and +2 Def FW-190A.


Day 19 ai CA:
nothing
Day 19: Sunny
Seized Asmainy.
Destroyed SU-122.
Bought full replacements for +2Def/+2 Att FW-190A.


Day 20 ai CA:
Another Wave Moving up.
Day 20: Sunny
Seized Ivianiec.
Destroyed ISU-122 and Cavalry.


Day 21 ai CA:
Enemy seized Cudzienlski.
Day 21: Cloudy
Destroyed IL-2M3 and T-34/43.



Day 22 ai CA:
Mobil AA hit +2 Att/+2 Def Ju-87D -2 me.
+3 Def StuG3B nicked.
+3Att/+3 Def 17cm artillery also got nicked.
Day 22: Sunny
Seized Southern most airfield and airfield pressuring Molodechno.
Destroyed 2 85mm AA’s, KV-85, Guards in half track, T-34/43, ISU-122, and Cavalry.



Day 23 ai CA:
Artillery nicked Josef Allerberger.
Enemy seized Astraviec.
Arty hit +1 Movement 88 -4 me.
Mobil AA hit Ju-87D -3 me.
Nebelwerfer +1 Movement/+3 Att hit -3 me.
Helmut Wirnsberger nicked.
Day 23: Sunny (Had to reload and replay this day twice based on preparations and difficulty of the 3rd wave. )
Seized Smarhan and moved out of Klemielski for a trap.
Destroyed 57mm AT, 152mm arty, 3 Guards in Half Track, SU-85, and T-34/43.


Day 24 ai CA:
+3 Def StuG 3B hit for -3 me.
+3 Att/+3 Def 17cm arty nicked.
+4 Def Pioniere hit -2 me.
Day 24: Sunny
Retook Klemielski.
Destroyed T-34/43, SU-76, ISU-122, SU-85, and Cavalry.


Day 25 ai CA:
88 PaK attacked -4 me.
+1 Movement/+3 Att Nebelwerfer hit by T-34/43 -5 me.
Day 25: Sunny
Destroyed Cavalry, SU-76, KV-85, and another Cavalry.


Day 26 ai CA:
T-34/43 hit +2 Att/+3 Def Nebelwerfer guarded by 3 arty’s -2 me.
Cavalry hit +1 Movement 88 guarded by arty -5 me -3 them.
Day 26: Sunny
Pressuring Suir and retook Astravtec and Cudzienlski.
Destroyed Cavalry, SU-85, and T-34/43.
Bought 6 elite for +2 Att/17cm arty and +2 Att/+2 Def Ju-87D; 4 Elite for +3 Att/+3 Def 17cm arty and for +3 Att 88 PaK; 1 Elite for +2 Att/+3 Def Nebelwerfer.


Day 27 ai CA:
Enemy attacked +2 Att/+3 Def Nebelwerfer -4 me.
SU-76 ambushed by SE King Tiger but still nicked me, -9 them.
Enemy seized Trakai.
Day 27: Sunny
Seized Northern Rail Station.
Destroyed 2 T-34/43’s, SU-76, and SU-122.


Day 28 ai CA:
nothing
Day 28: Sunny
Seized last airfield back as well as Suir.
Destroyed 2 Engineer’s, SU-85, 2 SU-76’s, and SU-122.


Day 29 ai CA:
nothing
Day 29: Sunny
Destroyed SU-85.
+3Att/+1 Range 88 awarded +2 Att 3rd Hero.


Day 30 ai CA:
IS-2 ambushed into JagdPanther guarded by 3 arty’s -4 them.
Day 30: Sunny
Seized Molodechno and Trakar.
Destroyed 3 IS-2’s.





Decisive Victory with 122502 ending Prestige
Took it all. Feel really good about the take down of the enemy.

Next Warsaw Uprising with 125,502 Prestige to start with.

Until then…Stay Lutheran my Friend’s.

[goose_2]

Manstein Warsaw Uprising 1st Time
Starting prestige 125,502 after replacements 124,689, and after Overstrengthening 122,653.
I for about 45 minutes tried the 1st ai CA day to place my Fully loaded Heinz Rondorf 15Str Flamm in a spot that I ambushed a Polish Infantry with 20 Strength to try and garner that 20 shot kill, I got 19 a couple of times, but just could not get that 20 shot so left back Heinz Rondorf and brought out the other 2 Flamm’s.
Holding Back 1 Henkel until after 1st ai CA round 1 97% Softcap afterwards.

Here is what I brought to get this done:

Bringing in the North of Warsaw around Laski: 7th SE +3 Att/+1 Movement Tiger 2; +5 Def/+3 Att 6th SE Tiger2; all 3 Nebelwerfer’s; +1 Range StuG3B; +2 Att/+2 Def sIG 38(t)m; +1 Movement Flamm; +1 initiative/+1 Spot Kradschutzen; +4 Def Pioniere; Matthaus Hetzenauer; Joseph Allerberger; and Bruno Sutkus.
In Ozarow Mazowiecki: +6 Att Regular Inf; +1 att/+1 Movement Pioniere; +1Att/+1 Range Wurfrahmen; +2 Def Flammpanzer; +1/+6 Att Initiative 4th SE Tiger2; +3 Def SdKfz 7/1; Gerhard Barkhorn and Otto Kittel.
In Pruszkow: +1 Init/+2 Att/+2 Def 2nd SE Tiger2; Wirbelwind; Oleh Dir; +3 Att StuG 4; Helmut Wirnsberger; +3Def/+1 Range Wurfrahmen; and +3Def/+3 Att 17cm arty.
South of Raszyn: +3 Def Bf-109G; Walter Nowatny; Heinrich Bar; +5 Def and +4 Att ME-410A’s; 1st Recon; +6 Def Regular Inf; +2 Spot Kradschutzen.
In Zamicnie: +1 Movement/+1 Initiative 5th SE Tiger2; 1st SE Pz Tiger2 +3 Att/+1 Init; 3rd SE Tiger +3 Att/+2 Def/+1 Initiative; +3 Def StuG3B; +1 Range SU-122; +1 Movement 88; and +6 Def Grenadier.



Battle Report:
Day 1 ai CA:
All aux Wehr Reserve’s destroyed along with 1 Strongpoint and Zielonki-Parcela as well as 2 Airfield’s seized along with 1 ambush for -10 them.
Day 1: Sunny (97)
Seized Zielonki-Parcela and Northwest Airfield.
Destroyed 3 Polish Insurgents.


Day 2 ai CA:
Mobil AA hit +5 Att Me-410A -3 me.
Bomber Trap -6 them.
Oleh Dir attacked by Commander Micuta for a Rugged Defense -10 them
Day 2: Sunny (99)
Destroyed B-24 Liberator, Commander Micuta in Panther, Polish Mtn Inf, and 3.7cm Pak.


Day 3 ai CA:
Karl Great nicked.
1st SE King Tiger nicked.
T-90 SPAAG hit +5 att Me-410A -3 me.
T-34/85 hit 1st Recon -5 me.
Colonel Chrusciel hit +2 Spot Kradschutzen -9 me.
Panzer 3M nicked +1 Range StuG3B.
Day 3: Sunny (100 and from now on)
Destroyed T-90 SPAAG, 3 Mtn Inf’s, 2 P-51D Mustang’s, T-34/85, Bunker Strongpoint, Colonel Chruscield in Pz3M, along with another Pz3M, and 3.7cm PaK.
Bought 5 elite reps for 1st 8Rad.


Day 4 ai CA:
nothing
Day 4: Rainy
Seized North West Warsaw.
Destroyed Mtn Inf, Bunker/Strongpoint, and Commander Dewicz.


Day 5 ai CA:
Nothing
Day 5: Sunny
Seized Marina Horka and airfield near Zodzina.
Destroyed B-24 Liberator, B-25 Mitchell, 4 Polish Insurgent’s, and Mtn Inf.
+2 Def Flamm awarded Iron Cross 1st Class.
Bought 6 Elite Replacements for +2 Spotting Kradschutzen.



Day 6 ai CA:
nothing
Day 6: Cloudy
Destroyed B-24 Liberator, P-38 Lightning, 2 Polish Insurgents, Recon, and 57mm AT.


Day 7 ai CA:
Karl Great nicked by recon.
Fighter out of the sun against +3 Def Fighter -1 me -6 them.
Day 7: Sunny
Seized Wola and 2 Warsaw Area 4 Objectives.
Destroyed P-51D Mustang, 4 Mtn Inf’s, Recon, and 57mm AT.


Day 8 ai CA:
Nebelwerfer bombed for -2 me.
Day 8: Sunny
Seized Northwest Warsaw Part.
Destroyed 2 Polish Insurgents, 57mm AT, Recon, and 3.7cm Flak.


Day 9 ai CA:
Bomber Trap.
2 Poles attacked +6 Def Regular Inf guarded by StuG3B -1 me -8 them.
Day 9: Cloudy
Seized Warsaw Area 3.
Destroyed P-38 Lightning, B-25 Mitchell, Mtn Inf, and 2 Polish Insurgent’s.


Day 10 ai CA:
AA hit +5 Def Me-410A and enemy reseized Warsaw Area 4.
Day 10: Sunny
Seized Warsaw Area 3.
Destroyed P-38 Lightning, B-25 Mitchell, Captured Bunker/Strongpoint, and 2 Polish Insurgent’s.


Day 11 ai CA:
Bomber trap -7 them.
Day 11: Sunny
Destroyed B-24 Liberator, 57mm AT, 2 3.7cm PaK’s, and 3.7cm FlaK.


Day 12 ai CA:
2 Mtn Troops hit +1Movement/+1 Att Pioniere -8 me -10 them.
Day 12: Sunny
Seived Warsaw and Ochota.
Destroyed 4 Mtn Inf’s and 3.7cm FlaK.
Oleh Dir awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves.


Day 13 ai CA:
Nothing
Day 13: Sunny
Seized another part of Warsaw proper as well as part of Warsaw Area 1 as I am now crossing the Vistula.
Destroyed T-34/85, Mtn Inf, and 3 Polish Insurgent’s.
Josef Allerberger awarded Knight’s Cross


Day 14 ai CA:
Mtn Inf hit Oleh Dir guarded by StuG3B -8 them -1 me and enemy seized Southern Warsaw.
Day 14: Rainy
Retook Southern Warsaw as well as 2nd part of Southern Warsaw as more crossing of the Vistula.
Destroyed 2 Captured Bunker/Strongpoint’s and 3 Polish Insurgent’s.


Day 15 ai CA:
2 AA’s nicked my Fighter’s and 2nd Southern Area seized.
Day 15: Sunny (100)
Seized all Warsaw as well as Old Town, and Warsaw Area 1.
Destroyed Mtn Inf, Bunker/Strongpoint, 2 more mtn Inf’s, General Count Comorowski, and 57mm AT.


Day 16 ai CA:
Captured 3M hit my +2 Def Flamm -5 me.
Day 16: Sunny
Reloaded and Refought this Day again based on Day 16 ai CA, because 3rd Wave was insane and I was not prepared for.
Destroyed 2 57mm AT’s, Bunker/Strongpoint, and Pz3M.


Day 17 ai CA:
Captured Pz3M nicked +3 Def StuG3B.
Day 17: Sunny
Destroyed 2 Mtn Inf’s, Bunker/Strongpoint, and 3.7 FlaK.


Day 18 ai CA:
nothing
Day 18: Sunny
Seized Bielany and Mokotow.
Destroyed Pz3M, 2 Mtn Inf’s, and Polish Insurgent.


Day 19 ai CA:
Enemy moved but did no damage.
Day 19: Sunny
Seized 3 Vistula Crossing’s.
Destroyed 3 Polish Insurgent’s, 5 Mtn Inf’s, Recon, Bunker/Stronghold, and 57mm AT.
+1 Movement/+3 Att Nebelwerfer awarded +2 Att 3rd Hero. (He is an absolute beast)


Day 20 ai CA:
Mnt Inf hit Oleh Dir -2 each
Day 20: Sunny
Destroyed Mtn Inf, Polish Insurgents, and 57mm AT.


Day 21 ai CA:
Soviets have come out and attacked as they destroyed Strongpoints and ambushed a T-34/43 with my 5th SE King Tiger -2 me -9 them.
Day 21: Cloudy
Seized Powiat Warczawski and Praga Rail Station, as well as Warsaw Area 7, 2 more Vistula Crossings, and last Polish Airfield.
Destroyed Polish Insurgents, 3 Mtn Inf’s, and 57mm AT.


Decisive Victory with 124,683 ending Prestige
This was 1 Round early as barely made this one and was worried about Soviet onslaught, pleased to see it ends as soon as you occupy all needed hexes.


Next Return to Kishinev with 127,683 to play with.


Until then…Stay Lutheran My Friends.

[huckc]

Return to Kishinev is next and I'm looking forward to hearing about it. I found it incredibly hard, easily the hardest in '44 East imo.

Good luck! (assuming you haven't played it yet)