Crazyg VS Zechi (No Zechi please)

[richardsd]

Zechi is going to lose a lot of Russian's if he doesn't have a suprise for you hiding in the FOW.

Even if he does, its great to be fighting the Ruskies when they are so weak

[Crazygunner1]

Zechi is going to lose a lot of Russian's if he doesn't have a suprise for you hiding in the FOW.

Even if he does, its great to be fighting the Ruskies when they are so weak

Correct. Normally i would be very happy about it, like you say it is usually nice to have fighting against the Russians in 41. But i am a little worried about the delay it causes. In the south i probably won´t manage more than taking Rostov at best. In the north i doubt even Leningrad will be taken and for sure not Moscow either. On the other hand i will be able to level both Moscow and Leningrad in terms of PP with my strat bombers and keep them there. That is 16pps less during winter, let´s say winter starts in November and ends April, 6 months. 9 turns and about 144pps less only during winter.

Since few convoys have been getting through a doubt that we will se and invasion of France in 42, more likely something in Italy instead. That means i will still have time...

[Crazygunner1]

Turn 5 into Barbarossa, before my turn







Continue to push in the north, destroying a mech and a couple of corps, attack on Moscow should begin soon



Dnepopetrovsk falls and some small attacks but mostly resupply and get up reinforcements



So close in destroying a brittish corp, if i allocated just one fighter here.....

[Crazygunner1]

Before my turn 6

Small retreats here and there but not much





Attack on Moscow is under way, we hope to capture Kalinin. Also chew ourself further into the outskirts of Msocow. Not much defenders here



In the south we se an opportunity to destroy a couple of more corps and perhaps go around this gar blob that Zechi has.
A couple of units destroyed and we are on good track towards Rostov



Not much we can do here....hold ground and give more time to build up defenses in Italy

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Brittish on the move here in Norway....i handled this theatre very poorly. First allowing him to get a foothold, then not smoking him out.
Now i don´t have the resources to deal with the brittish here.

[Crazygunner1]

Before my turn 7 of Barbarossa

No major movements by the Russians here...fill in the empty squares so the Moscow defense look more formidable



But in the south, disaster strikes, the italian tanks are simply just to weak in terms of organisation to withstand even attacks from russian garrisons. Most of the souther army group is encircled



6th army push on



Attacks around Leningrad went well and now the city is isolated pretty much. Attacks on Moscoe completetly failed and make no advance. Near Kalinin things are looking better howerver and the city should fall next turn



We kill of a couple of units and establish supply once again to our froces, try and plug in some defense lines mean while the mech and tanks begin to make attacks in order to break out of the encirclement. If all goes well we can start rolling again here in the south next turn.



No attacks here, refit the battered italians and retreat with our mech

[Cybvep]

Impressive manoeuvres in Ukraine - they really hampered your advance there. An attack on Moscow looks hopeless, too, but you should be able to conquer Leningrad in 1942. Just take Novogrod and establish a defence line behind the river for winter.

[Crazygunner1]

Turn 8 before my moves

Not much action here but relocating units by the russians



Southern army group encircled again



We make good progress towards Moscow, land a paradrop behind enemy lines in Yaroslav. Also attacks on Leningrad is all set. This is the last garanteed fair weather turn that i have it is september and hopefully i might have 1-2 more turns of nice weather. If i get 2 turns Moscow and Leningrad will be mine....less than that will be more difficult.



Manage to releave the southern army again, hopefully this time for good, also took Orel. More reinforcements are railed in. hopefully with a 1-2 fair weather turns i can cause some more damage to the russians here.





Norway cut in half and Oslo is threatened, i have bought a defensive leader Schorner and will place him here next turn. They should be able to hold during winter

[Crazygunner1]

Impressive manoeuvres in Ukraine - they really hampered your advance there. An attack on Moscow looks hopeless, too, but you should be able to conquer Leningrad in 1942. Just take Novogrod and establish a defence line behind the river for winter.

Yeah Zechi is a really good player and i have made a fatal mistake as i think Supermax once discovered a long time ago....."don´t trust the italians". In the back of my mind i know this but sometimes you forget, they are not good for anything else than cannon fodder or garrison duty....

If i can get a couple of more fair weather turns this can turn out pretty good. Some more units destroyed and atleast Leningrad will be in my hands. If 2 turns then Moscow should be mine as well....

[richardsd]

Zechi is taking some risks in the South, sure you have been slowed but he should know that an 'old dog' (forgive the term) like you is not interested in territory but rather in killing Russian's. Whats a few Italians (in game terms) for the opportunity to kill even more more Russian's!

I forsee the Russian North will be yours along with a lot of Russian casualties

the only down side is the 'Norwegian' problem

I think it would be useful for beginners foillowing the AAR to see the casualties (if you don't mind) as I am sure it will paint a different picture to the screen shots

[richardsd]

Zechi is taking some risks in the South, sure you have been slowed but he should know that an 'old dog' (forgive the term) like you is not interested in territory but rather in killing Russian's. Whats a few Italians (in game terms) for the opportunity to kill even more more Russian's!

I forsee the Russian North will be yours along with a lot of Russian casualties

the only down side is the 'Norwegian' problem

I think it would be useful for beginners foillowing the AAR to see the casualties (if you don't mind) as I am sure it will paint a different picture to the screen shots

wow, I wrote this prior to the last turn being posted - real time!

[Crazygunner1]

Turn 9 into Barbarossa, before my movements

No more attacks by the russians in the south, they retreat. No entrenchments on the units, Zhukovs mech is damaged and would be destroyed.....if it hadn´t been for the winter.
It is the 20th of october and the ground has freezed.



Also here, what i couldn´t have done with another good weather turn. It´s almost like it was in real life...just stopped in the outskirts of Moscow.



So i have no choice but to retreat into safer grounds, refit and digg in for the winter. I might be lucky the next turn with one more chance at fair weather, think only 25% chance but...
Attack on Leningrad didn´t go that well, bombed and only one loss, so we also wait here. I try to free the encircled corp up north near finland, but not yet...help is on the way



Despite the bad weather we capture key cities to form a proper line, the goal now is only to gather organisation and digg in.



Tobruk is now completely surounded

[Cybvep]

This doesn't look good. How is the Battle of the Atlantic progressing? The Soviets lost some units, but if they get many PPs from convoys, your life will be tough in 1942.

[Crazygunner1]

November in 1941 and last chance of fair weather

No such luck, the winter has arrived and now the real pain starts...ouch....



In the south Zechi just waits out the last chance of fair weather



We rail fresh replacement corps along the line to fill in the gaps. More on the way. How ever the bombing raid on Leningrad gives good results and my mechs and finnish infantry get ok results on attacking so we go for it. Perhaps we might get a shot at Leningrad during winter. Would be nice to free up some troops after that.



We just refit the line and prepare for winter

[Crazygunner1]

Zechi is taking some risks in the South, sure you have been slowed but he should know that an 'old dog' (forgive the term) like you is not interested in territory but rather in killing Russian's. Whats a few Italians (in game terms) for the opportunity to kill even more more Russian's!

I forsee the Russian North will be yours along with a lot of Russian casualties

the only down side is the 'Norwegian' problem

I think it would be useful for beginners foillowing the AAR to see the casualties (if you don't mind) as I am sure it will paint a different picture to the screen shots

Would have been done if nice weather but no such luck. Yeah norway is gonna be a problem. He can launch attacks on berlin from there....not good. I have to do something about that, any suggestions?

Coming up with casulties the next turn

[Crazygunner1]

This doesn't look good. How is the Battle of the Atlantic progressing? The Soviets lost some units, but if they get many PPs from convoys, your life will be tough in 1942.

I am actually beginning to settle down now after a few couple hectic turns. So far there hasn´t been much convoys passing through my sub net and good job of the kriegsmarine. I think only one convoy slipped past and that was to the russians, unfortunately it was a big one of 70 something pps. I hope to have the initiative of the atlantic even in 42. It is really important that i delay the allies as much as possible so i can deal with the russians in 42. If not this will be a very short game....it might even be already....ha ha

[joerock22]

Would have been done if nice weather but no such luck. Yeah norway is gonna be a problem. He can launch attacks on berlin from there....not good. I have to do something about that, any suggestions?

Station a useless fighter in Berlin on sentry, so the Allies Strats only get 1 attack per turn. Your production will last longer at least.

[Cybvep]

You reduced the unit in Leningrad from 10 steps to 3 steps IN WINTER? O_o

[Crazygunner1]

You reduced the unit in Leningrad from 10 steps to 3 steps IN WINTER? O_o

Yeah, don´t know what happen...the turn before i did 2 air runs and no signifcant damage. This turn i sent another 2 bomber runs and knocked off 2 steps. First finnish corp got a 2 hit and then the rest of the attacks knocked out 3 steps more....don´t think the russian unit even turned into a guard witch they almost always does. With some luck Leningrad could actually fall in 1-2 turns

[Crazygunner1]

Here are some research figures for the germans. Got a nice upgrade for fixed defense. One more in def for mechs, that can be useful during winter. Also got my long waited sub tech, gives em a little more firepower, should be easier to kill of convoys. I really need the next industry tech...very important.

I don´t know about you guys, but it feels like the tech is a bit slow? What do you guys say?



Here are the casualties, ok i would say, considering that catastrophy with army group south. German armour losses mounts up to 1 mech and 1 tank, italians are 2 tanks. It feels like i have destroyed a lot russian mechs and corps, lost count on how many, but his line looks a bit thin.

[Crazygunner1]

Would have been done if nice weather but no such luck. Yeah norway is gonna be a problem. He can launch attacks on berlin from there....not good. I have to do something about that, any suggestions?

Station a useless fighter in Berlin on sentry, so the Allies Strats only get 1 attack per turn. Your production will last longer at least.

Yeah...i know, but i am comtemplating a more offensive option to smoke out the brittish. Perhaps it will be that important later in the game....