AAR Jon vs Soviet AI 41

[PyleDriver]

(DAR) Guderian was striped of Veitinghoffs XXXXVI's PzC and was attached to Kleist's 1st PzG and moving south of the marsh. Brest was leveled and his panzers are moving forward toward Minsk. The rail repair and supply has to move east, supplied troops are happy troops...Its been over a year since I played 41, lets see how I do...Enjoy...

[PyleDriver]

(DAR) XXXXVI PzC struck south, the rail junction (yellow arrow) is a must take early. Its the shortest railline to Kiev...Other notes, I play from the center out, others play top to bottom. It's my chess background. Closing the Pripyat marshes and joining AGC and AGS is a must...

[wiking62]

Great to see you back in the saddle Jon.[;)]

Looking forward to see how you play this one.

Steve

[nicwb]

Thanks for coming back with a new AAR

[Loammi]

Jon,
Glad you decided for the AAR. im particularly interested in your strategy in this game compared to your last AAR with the added experience and game updates.
 
Laurence

[wmcalpine]

Good to see another AAR from you Jon. What difficulty level are you playing the AI at in this one?

Bill

[Captain B]

Jon, Welcome back! finally, something to look forward to after a long day at work again!

The rail junction in post 2, any reason why you didn't complete the pocket or are you not at the end of your go in the middle yet? Rules similar to your other AAR?t...strategy and tactics questions ok, others go in the QA? Thanks.

Many of us are continuing to salivate each and every day waiting for beta and release...so most appreciative of this AAR!

[PyleDriver]

Capt that ss is a DAR in the south theres more to follow. I'm working on completing 2nd & 3rd PzG moves now. Theres just so much new now, and the fist turn takes so much time to complete...As far as my grand strategy, Leningrad is my main goal, closing the Pripyat marsh and joining AGC and AGS is second and grag as much of the Ukraine I can. I push as close to Moscow as possiable. I don't conduct a Fall offence, I chose to shorten the lines in early October and dig in. The winter is Hell in 41...I hope to go into 42 in this AAR, so lets see what happens.

[stewartbragg]

Glad to see you doing another AAR. I really enjoyed the last one and this one should be better as it shows a more advanced version of the game. Take those pesky Soviets!

[PyleDriver]

T1 north...4th and 3rd PzG fanned out getting bridges across the Daugava. This will allow my infantry to advance quickly next next turn. 9th Army is a key to my plan. I've already began pulling them from the pocket to move between 16th Army and 3rd PzG. 14th mot and 900th Lehr mot (in red) will attach to to 9thA to aid in there advance...

[PyleDriver]

Sorry for the delay guys. Dummy me played the whole 1st turn only to find I was playing human vs human...Duh... I didn't feel like playing as the Soviets also, so I had to restart. The first turn takes the most time and I should have some ss's soon...

[PyleDriver]

T1 south...XXXXVI PzC once agian came south. I'll wait until turn 2 to attach them to 1st PzG. This time they just plowed thru opposition. 1st PG has only 2 PzC's of two PzD's each to start. There are 4 Motorized divisions (two SS), and a PzD held in reserve until turn 2...I did make the best of what I had to trap 5 TD's and 1 Soviet MD...

[ComradeP]

Jon, do you intend to play as you would against the AI (which will show more AI weaknesses), or against a human? Naturally, you're playing against the AI, but the AI has difficulty with things that a human player would have little to no difficulty with, like trying to break pockets through attacking regiments if you split up divisions.

[Great_Ajax]

It is a dangerous thing to use your "vs AI" tactics against a human player. In me and Bob's PBEM game, I have broken every pocket in which he used either an Axis minor or a broken down regiment to guard the outer perimeter. I am learning the same lessons that linear defenses lines, while they work against the AI, a human will blow right through them.

Trey

ORIGINAL: ComradeP

Jon, do you intend to play as you would against the AI (which will show more AI weaknesses), or against a human? Naturally, you're playing against the AI, but the AI has difficulty with things that a human player would have little to no difficulty with, like trying to break pockets through attacking regiments if you split up divisions.

[ComradeP]

That's exactly the reason why I'm asking. A "I'm playing like I would vs a human" approach would give a better idea of what is normally possible in a PBEM.

[PyleDriver]

Well in this case there armor would have to be used to help them break out, and trapped units won't go far. I have alot of mech units in reserve and can even trap more. As I see theres levels of buffer with trapped units which should be enought.

[PyleDriver]

T1 center...3rd PzG fans out clearing out a 170 mile wide front. This will allow my infantry to advance quickly. Agian I plan to move 9th Army quickly between 16th Army and 3rd PzG. 4th Army will reduce the huge pocket...

[PyleDriver]

T1 north...Agian 4th PzG fanned out trapping units and gaining bridgeheads. I pulled the XXXVIII corps (yellow circle) off the line and transfered its one division. It will join 2nd Army next turn as 3 fresh divisions arrive next turn...

[PyleDriver]

T1 Air losses...Surprise strikes took a toll...

[PyleDriver]

T1 Ground losses...