Stauffenberg wrote:I think this shows the danger for the Axis to attack as early as April. When they don't have enough units they're more exposed to attacks like Supermax did. E. g. the units that landed in Tallinn would probably have done a better job if they had landed in Finland, but Plaid probably couldn't anticipate that Supermax would attack Finland so hard.
I think it's a bit reckless to send units eastwards in 1941 as if the Russians aren't even there for counter attacks. Since Plaid started so early he would have been better off always trying to keep a contiguous hex line. Bulges in the front line should be occupied by corps units so counter attacks won't be as expensive.
Guderian is not lost forever, but it will be almost a year until he returns. Losing an armor unit is not the end of the world, but it means an already weak Axis attack will become even weaker. This counters the early start of Barbarossa and that means giving up Libya and Sicily to get an early start will come back and bite Plaid.
If the Germans try to grab too much terrain in 1941 to make up for the losses everywhere then they will find out the hard way that the Russian winter is devastating to their units. You need to rest and form a defensive line some time before the severe winter starts. If not even the German units will get down to orange efficiency. Supermax will for sure counter attack with all he has during the winter in such a situation.
I think one important side of playing any wargame is to analyze the playing style of your opponent and plan accordingly. Everyone knows that Supermax is a super aggressive player who will counter attack if he gets the chance. That's one of his strengths, but maybe a weakness that can be exploited by elite players who likes to set traps for their opponents. So Plaid should have known that exposing his units WILL lead to counter attacks. Against a more defensive player you can get away with exposing your units.
I'm confident that this game will end with an Allied ultimate victory.
Hey Sauffenberg, nice to see you comment one of my games.
I love the part when you say you have to look at your opponent strategy and play accordingly. I totally agree with you. But to Plaid's defense most player will play defensivly in Russia for 1941. I think that once you wrapped your head around the way your opponent thinks, you have normally a winner. As to my take on Plaid's, well so far i cannot say, but he seems to be quite offensive, which is good i'll get a good number of opportunities.
As to your conclusion on an Ultimate allied victory, we'll just have to see. I am nomally a little sluggish with the Allies and tend to get side-tracked with fun operations all the time so sometimes throws back the final victory schedule...
I look at the number of Axis units attacking me and they are so few that i cannot foresee him seriously denting my rear-position / double-line of defense. He produced many tanks which give him rights to own the plains... But he wont be able to cover the whole front. I think he can only concentrate on 1 part of it. Once i see where he goes, the other line of defense will surely become a major counter-attack. Plaid put impressive defenses in Italy that's for sure and it will be blocking me for a long while, but at what cost? His Barbarossa is so weak i cannot even feel worried, he just doesnt have enough units to cover his flanks while trying to concentrates his attacks, because once he starts i will try to flank him.
