Detailed combat reporting

[Hard Sarge]

and the losses for both sides were pretty heavy

[Neal_MLC]

The one thing that I taking away from the AAR screenies is the game interface. It looks to be very well thought out out. Is there a description or an explanation for each of the functions or do I have to wait until the game is released?[8|]  Most are self explanatory but whats up with F3 & F4?

[Hard Sarge]

easier if you ask

F3 is Sea Transport
F4 is Sea Amp Transport

[Hard Sarge]

ahhhh, I lost 4 turns of screen shots

but basicly, we been having a major back and forth down around Rostov, and in the middle, the Russian just keeps on pushing

I have blocked or trapped them a few times, but they keep breaking my lines

so, I ended up shifting some of my Armor down, and massed the armor I had in the middle, I also, shifted most of the rest of my armor (motor) troops north to help there

then the Russian made a major drive toward Oral

got to say, my timing was perfect, my Armor I had shifted was just in the right place, to complete the trap

[Hard Sarge]

6 Tank Corps, 1 Tank Brig, and a Guard Rifle Brig

[Hard Sarge]

not too many men, but decent bag of tanks (one Corps was Stuarts and Lees !)

[Hard Sarge]

even the Russian Airforce took it on the chin

[Hard Sarge]

in the North, this is what I had before the Russian Turn, depending, I am set to make my drive

[Hard Sarge]

ahhhh, if I can break though and then turn in, and get another break, that is going to be a nasty pocket

oh well, I can dream

[Hard Sarge]

not sure how well these arrows will show up, but this is the basic path I hope to follow

got to expect a ton of Russian Units are on reserve, so, got to block them off also

got to be tricky, as I need to bull my way in, and still be able to set up a defence if I do get my breakthough

[Neal_MLC]

Is leningrad out of supply?

[Hard Sarge]

NO

they can still pull supply form ports on the coast (the whole point of my drive, that is not going anywhere, I have 2 of the 3 Eastern Ports (from early screen shots, you will see some units to the west of Leningrad, they are supplied from a port)

[Hard Sarge]

I kind of disagree with them being in full supply, those ports are not big enough to move units, so they shouldn't be able to carry much, enough to keep the rats fed, but...

[Hard Sarge]

okay, I can see what is the key hex, so will try and help out the attack with some air attacks

[Hard Sarge]

well, that went well !!!

start my drive, think it took 3 attacks to break that last hex, but it broke, now to see if I can defend my gains, if so, I got a nasty pocket formed

[Hard Sarge]

just in case, my weakest point there, has a defence of 23, the ones that should take the most pressure are all over 40

[Hard Sarge]

guess my line was as good as I was saying, the Russian didn't even try to break it

[Hard Sarge]

that River line was a total pain (learned a lesson, next time I will cross the River as soon as I can)

but, what the hey is going on here

[Capt Cliff]

Looks like AI went wonky stacking all those units behind each other. If they were NKVD then yes cause they be shooting at their own units to keep them from running.

[Hard Sarge]

to be honest, no, that is what you want, it is very HARD to set up a single line, that is strong enough to with stand my Panzers, but now with this, I can attack and not breakthough, I can push back a few units and still not get anywhere, plus, all of those units can be set to reserve, and where ever I attack, I got a chance of drawing 1 to 4 or so, units to the battle (so I can risk hasty attack, I got go with set peice, which burns up all of my MPs)

plus the ones behind the line, also get to refit

so, for me, all I can really try to do, is take small bites out of it (while trying to keep my line intact)

it is not pretty but it works