Warspite1 (CP) vs Orm (Entente) NO ORM

[warspite1]

Right Orm has challenged me to another match. I do not want to delay reporting turns so would ask Orm not to look at this thread please.

[Orm]

Since I reply it is obvious that I already has broken the rule that I am not allowed to look at this thread. I'll do my utmost to make sure it does not happens twice.

Now I have to wonder what you write behind my back. [:(] [:D]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Orm

Since I reply it is obvious that I already has broken the rule that I am not allowed to look at this thread. I'll do my utmost to make sure it does not happens twice.

Now I have to wonder what you write behind my back. [:(] [:D]

warspite1

Nothing much - only that you are a cheat and a bad sport and I hate playing against you [:D]

No, the real reason is that the screenshots will give away my plans etc

[warspite1]

Turn 1 - 23rd July 1914

Standard stuff so far:

1. Princip shoots the Archduke
2. Austria cheesed off
3. Germany stirs the pot
4. All hell breaks loose
5. The Serb Garrison west of Belgrade get beaten up

[warspite1]

Turn 2 - 30th July 1914

For the first time I am going to try something new, something that has been used on me before to good effect.

I am going to hold in Serbia and go all out for Russia. I keep 1st Army as a screening force west of Belgrade and send 2nd and 3rd Armies to Galicia.

[warspite1]

Turn 3 - 6th August 1914

Germany

France

The Germans carry out a "standard" Schlieffen. The Garrison in Liege is destroyed and 1st Army and 1st Cavalry Army set about reducing the Brussels Garrison to a 4-strength.

East Prussia

Damn I forgot to move 7th and 8th Armies [8|]......

Austria-Hungary

I continue to do nothing in Serbia....

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Turn 4 - 13th August 1914

Germany

France

The Belgians vacate Brussels and put the Infantry in Antwerp. The armoured car unit is attacked across the Meuse by 1st Army and retreats - I cannot reach it with any other unit.

East Prussia

I remember to move 7th and 8th Armies - they retreat further into East Prussia.

Austria-Hungary

I place the 2nd Army in Krakow.

[warspite1]

Turn 5 - 20th August 1914

That was weird. The replay of Orm's turn showed me nothing.... Is that a bug or??

Anyway I continue as normal and hope all is okay.

Germany

France

2nd Army advances to just outside Calais where it meets the Belgian Armoured Car. Forcing the Belgian unit to retreat, the 2nd occupies the French port. 1st Strassburg and 1st Ruhr Garrisons take up position south of Antwerp.

4th Army moves south of Calais to finish off the Belgian Armoured Car and 1st Army crosses the Somme unopposed. 3rd Army also crosses the river on its left flank while 5th Army makes the risky move of crossing south of the Oise in order to try and destroy a French Infantry. I follow up the attack with 1st Cavalry Army - essentially sacrificing this unit for the sake of keeping the enemy unbalanced. Sadly, the French Infantry retreats into Paris while the German Cavalry are dead meat next turn.....

My final move is to push 6th Army northwest of Verdun. This is risky but I figure if the French make an all out bid to attack this unit, they need to divert units from Paris. We'll see.



Austria-Hungary

I place the newly arrived 4th Army southwest of Temeschburg, releasing the 1st Temeschburg Garrison to take up position on the fork of the Danube and Duna rivers. This in turn allows 3rd Army to head north for the Russian front.

[warspite1]

Turn 6 -3rd September 1914

Germany

Sure enough 1st Cavalry Army is no more. I try and take Rouen but and attack by 2nd and 4th Armies on the Garrison there, results in the French unit remaining in situ - albeit at 3-strength. This mean the British will land next turn [&:].

I take more chances to keep the French from reinforcing Paris, but once again I fail to destroy a French Infantry despite using two Armies, Von Hindenburg's 3rd Army together with 6th Army. The latter is now vulnerable to counter-attack next turn.

No sign of the Russians in East Prussia??

Austria-Hungary

There is no sign of the Russians in Poland or Galicia either...

I place 5th Army in Krakow, 6th Army in Klausenburg, and the 1st Artillery Army south of Lemburg.

This is the slowest starting game on the Eastern Front I've ever played...
Still n

[warspite1]

Turn 7 - 17th September 1914

Germany

Russia

Still no sign of any attack in Russia....

I go for broke in France and ignore Rouen and the French Garrisons south of the Somme. I attack Paris directly and take the capital with 6th Army.

Austria-Hungary

I move the Austrian Armies toward Brest-Litovsk..no sign whatsoever of the Russians??

I place 7th Army southeast of Lemburg.

[warspite1]

Turn 8 - 1st October 1914

Germany

Could be a very quick game - I went for it and paid the price. 6th Army was destroyed defending Paris and my counter-attack to take it back once more failed to destroy the French unit.... I suspect 3rd Army will be destroyed next.

Austria-Hungary

The Russians are well dug-in around Warsaw - Brest-Litovsk - Vinnytsia. I throw the bulk of the Austrian Army at Brest-Litovsk and try and cut-off the defenders using the German 8th Army and 2nd Cavalry Army.

[warspite1]

Turn 9 - 15th October 1914

Germany and Austria-Hungary

The Russians are employing a policy of sit and wait in order no doubt to maintain maximum benefit from being dug-in.

I wheel the German 8th Army south to link up with the Austrian 5th Army, half-way between Warsaw and Brest-Litovsk. This traps an Army and two Garrisons. I bring the 2nd Cavalry Army south too to try and widen the gap between the two enemy Army Groups. The Cavalry attacks a Russian Infantry north of Brest-Litovsk and I end the turn.

Germany

I attack the British unit in Rouen with Artillery, aircraft and Infantry but fail to destroy it. I made a mistake using the aircraft as I wanted to retreat behind the Oise.... whoops that could be costly.

[warspite1]

Turn 9 - 15th October 1914 (Cont)

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Turn 10 - 29th October 1914

Germany

The go for broke strategy failed in epic styleeeee.

I am trying to fall back to the Somme but will lose von Hindenberg and 3rd Army. France is lost - its a case of how much I can extracate from the wreckage...

Never mind - at least I took Paris!!.....

Germany and Austria-Hungary

In better news, the gap between the Warsaw pocket and the Army Group around Brest-Litovsk has got wider [:)]. Unfortunately it can still be closed by Orm next turn [:(].

Lets see....

[warspite1]

Turn 11 - 12th November 1914

Germany

In France my worst predictions are realised and I pull the Germany Army - or what is left of it - back over the Somme...

Germany and Austria-Hungary

...meanwhile in Russia. What a mess. I have reduced the Warsaw pocket to 2 units and damaged the Infantry in the capital to just 3-strength. Fighting around Brest-Litovsk is tough, and I am unable to close the net. It all depends on what forces Orm has around Kovno-Vilna......

[warspite1]

Turn 12 - 26th November 1914

Germany and Austria-Hungary

The Warsaw pocket is now down to one weakened Garrison, although I am annoyed with myself that I used so many units to achieve this [&:]

I am too weak to close the Brest-Litovsk pocket too - but I have taken so many gambles in this game - what's another one between friends? I close the trap using the weak German 2nd Cavalry Army and the Austrian 7th Army. Lets see what happens...

Germany

I complete my pull-back and consider a cunning plan for a counter-attack. Only problem is; will the French get in there first?....

Turkey

Great, Turkey are in the war [:(]..... I move my units as "standard". In the east, 3rd Army and the 1st Erzurum move toward Sarkamish, while everyone else piles toward the Egyptian frontier.

[warspite1]

Turn 13 - 10th December 1914

Germany

Battle of the Baltic Sea

A monster sea battle - worthy of the great Mediterranean convoy battles of WWII - takes place in the Baltic Sea. The Russian battlefleet sails and, evading my Submarine and Cruiser screen, attacks the High Seas Fleet. A British submarine force adds further damage to Vize-Admiral Sheer's battlewagons. The advantage is with the Entente. However, the Iron Ore convoy sailing south through the Gulf of Bothnia has the good sense to hug the coast near Stockholm. This gives Sheer the breathing space to order Vize-Admiral Hipper to join him in replying in kind to the Russians. The Russian fleet are reduced to a 1-strength while the German Submarine reduces their British opposite number to a 4-strength.

[warspite1]

Turn 13 - 10th December 1914 (Cont)

Austria-Hungary

The Serbs make their move. No less than four Garrisons cross the Morava and push north toward Budapest and Temeschburg. I fail my first test of nerve - what a wuss I am . Scared of this show of force, I place the newly arrived 11th Army in Temeschburg and use 4th Army to attack the Garrison west of the city. This is all I do here...

[warspite1]

Turn 13 - 10th December 1914 (Cont)

Germany and Austria-Hungary

The Russians put up a fight in Vinnytsia. I do not run the risk of trying to outflank enemy forces here. Instead I use all four units - 8th and 10th Armies + the 1st Budapest and Przemysl Garrisons to attack the Russian Garrison north of the city.

The Warsaw pocket is liquidated! [:)] I use three Garrison armies - the Austrian 1st and 2nd Krakow and the German 1st Breslau to achieve this and free's up the German 7th Army for operations further east.

Meanwhile the Brest-Litovsk pocket is relieved [:(]. The wily Ormster destroyed the 2nd Cavalry Army putting the Austrian 7th Army out of supply and in deep do-do. My best hope of relieving the Austrian unit is an attack on the Russian Garrison to its northwest. I attack from the west using the Austrian 6th Army and the German 8th Army. These units fail to dislodge the determined Russian. I throw 1st Danzig Garrison into battle and reduce the Garrison to a 2-strength. I have one attack left..I use the encircled 7th Army itself to gather its tired and freezing troops and launch one almighty do-or-die attack. Success!! The grateful Austrians link up with their 6th Army comrades at Bialystok and there was much rejoicing all around.

My final acts of this turn are to order Von Hotzendorf's 2nd Army and the 9th Army to launch themselves against the Infantry and Garrison Armies northeast of Brest-Litovsk. This is to try and weaken the Russians for the inevitable, and no doubt furious, counter-attacks to come. Unfortunately the results are disappointing.




Edit: spelling

[warspite1]

Turn 13 - 10th December 1914 (Cont)

Turkey

Damn. The Russians have reinforced Sarikamish in force... I think I will be pulling back tout de suite [X(].

Germany

In France I launch Operation Zitadelle (I love that word!). This involves an artillery barrage against the British northeast of Paris and the French Infantry located half-way between Paris and Verdun. The operation limited in its objectives but is designed simply to remind the Entente that, whilst my military leadership has proven ..er rubbish..the German Army are still intact and an effective fighting force. The attack on the British is followed up by Von Falkenhayn's 2nd Army and 5th Army from across the Somme and causes the British Infantry to retreat. The attack on the French, using 9th and 10th Armies, is less successful, but reduces the Infantry to 4-strength.