Tophat1812(REDS) vs Moses(Krauts and friends)

[hgilmer3]

I have no advice.  Although I played the Soviets extensively in WiR, I don't think that translates to here.

[Tophat1815]

ORIGINAL: hgilmer3

I have no advice.  Although I played the Soviets extensively in WiR, I don't think that translates to here.

hey at least you posted it! For good or I'll my screen-shots after my completed turn 2 move are about to be posted!
Just sent the turn to moses.

I must say a complaint I do have is for the transfer of Industry and need to keep written notes about the city manpower level I am transferring industry to. Actually i have 8 pages of notes pertinent to my turn 2..my youngest daughter is making good use of them and coloring now,lol. reason for written notes is i don't want to clunk through screens to make reference checks. Sorry I didn't explain my complaint better. Love the game just sometimes things seem clunky when you go through things,then again I'm nervous about some decisions I made in game.

[hgilmer3]

You see I have no clue about moving factories.  That is not a part of the manual I have perused in depth.  All I can tell you about fighting is that they say checkerboard defense with interlocking ZoCs and then a line further back.  You can get that from several threads around here.

[Tophat1815]

here is the Romanian Front after my turn 2 movement. Yea,I am withdrawing to previously prepared positions comrade!

[Tophat1815]

ORIGINAL: hgilmer3

You see I have no clue about moving factories.  That is not a part of the manual I have perused in depth.  All I can tell you about fighting is that they say checkerboard defense with interlocking ZoCs and then a line further back.  You can get that from several threads around here.

Working on it,but the overzealous nasty Huns have a different agenda. I may simply be a worse player than moses,thinking the pacific will allow me more time to react....ooops,wrong game!

[Tophat1815]

Here is the southern front situation after my turn 2 movement is finished. Take a gander,feel free to comment,constructive criticism welcome,off the wall nonsense could be amusing as well.

[Tophat1815]

All quiet in the marshes. I am trying to get the boys stuck there out of Dodge.

[hgilmer3]

River defenses really give me the fits. 

[Tophat1815]

Trying to form a front with corps intact and armies as well. Remember it is turn 2! More boys are moving up and more reinforcements will arrive next turn as well. At this juncture i see no possible way to form a checkerboard defense across the front. As i move forces north from southern area(and adopt a mobile defense)I should have more success with layered defense.

[Tophat1815]

This front is more wide open and troubling. The front will narrow at choke points and the terrain really sucks and favors the defense. Also the faster and farther he comes the lower his supply levels will be. I am already tac bombing his panzer spearheads,hope that lowers his movement allowance for turn 3.

Leningrad will get some rifle division reinforcements next turn and i should be able to shift more north as well.

The KV-1 factory is still in Leningrad,though I plan to send it east soon.....Gorky or Sverdlovsk sound inviting,need to check my manpower levels.

[Tophat1815]

Naturally this is the rest of the Baltic states/southern Leningrad area. I'll leave a forted up division in Talinin.then air in supplies if i have no shipping ability.

Not happy with this front at all but am moving to give-up land and seal off choke points.

[Tophat1815]

Status Quo in the north but soon to change.....glad I get some reinforcements here soon.

[Jim D Burns]

Screenshot shows you have 110 APs, I'd spend them to get some forts up in rear area cities that you know you'll be fighting for but lack units to put into them right now. They can help get the fortification levels up while most of your line units go into the front lines right now.

Later you can disband them when you have combat units to spare or the fighting reaches the city.

Jim

[randallw]

There seemed to be an armored division digging in on the wrong side of the river; it was on the screenshot of the Baltic area.

[Tophat1815]

ORIGINAL: randallw

There seemed to be an armored division digging in on the wrong side of the river; it was on the screenshot of the Baltic area.

I have an infantry division in a lvl2 fortification on the wrong side of a major river near Vietbiesk. Nobody caught the whole armoured corps down on the Romanian front I forgot to move! With the hq left uncovered to boot! Sheesh!

Jim,that is an excellent point,I was going to make 3 army commander changes,but selected location forts might be a better use at the moment.

Amazon.com must be happy.I ordered 2 Glantz titles: Clash of Titans and Kursk,hey its the holiday and I'd already shelled-out $75+ for the game. Since there is no reasonable quality dvd of Cross of Iron i went with a cheap in price but very interesting war-movie called: "Attack" starring Jack Palance,Eddie Albert,Lee Marvin,Buddy Epsen and a brief appearance by Struther-Martin.

Next the Smolensk,Glantz 2 book series followed by his 3 book Stalingrad series. Yea,ole dave Glantz must be fairly pleased with Gary and Joel.

[randallw]

I was talking about the division near the intersection of the Sorot and Sinyaya rivers....which you then reinforced with a few more divisions ( on the West or South side of a river ).
 
Getting units out of the marshes requires rail transport, unless you like shoving units one or two hexes per turn.
 
 

[Jim D Burns]

ORIGINAL: Tophat1812
Jim,that is an excellent point,I was going to make 3 army commander changes,but selected location forts might be a better use at the moment.

Boy I’d hate to be giving bad advice. I just don’t know enough about the game yet to say one way or the other if the points are better spent on commander changes vs. forts in critical cities. Forts will have an effect for sure, but will that effect out weigh a better commander for an entire army? I just don’t know.

Perhaps a mix of the two. Get rid of one or two really bad commanders and fortify the most critical cities that you can afford to after that. Until we all have 20 or 30 games under our belt, weighing the benefits vs. the costs of doing one or the other, or even a mix of the two, is a real tossup.

Jim

[comsolut]

Just wanted to say hi, let you know that I am reading your efforts with interest. Hgilmer3 and I are currently locked in a PBEM RT Leningrad, and I am learning the Russian side of things.

Looking at the books you mentioned, so thank you for posting that.

[Tophat1815]

ORIGINAL: comsolut

Just wanted to say hi, let you know that I am reading your efforts with interest. Hgilmer3 and I are currently locked in a PBEM RT Leningrad, and I am learning the Russian side of things.

Looking at the books you mentioned, so thank you for posting that.

Not a problem on the books and thanks for your interest in this embryonic aar! Feel free to post opinions,advice,criticism and weather reports for northeastern Ohio![;)]

Jim,I have been trying to attach some construction units to my boys and get them to "DIG" as fast as they can. I think I have given a bit too much credit to those NKVD border guards,slaughtering civis and shooting your own men in the back does not an infantry soldier make.

Well moses got the turn back to me,better face the music and open her up. More to come........

[comsolut]

Picked up two of the books you mentioned Clash of Titans and Smolensk (vol 1) from Amazon, due here tomorrow (got to love Amazon). Again thanks.

Advice, I don't know, Hgilmer3 is teaching me how not to do things as the Russians so until I get a bit more experienced I will probably be just a lurker. BUT a very interested one.

Good luck with the campaign!