Static (GE) Vs. Gary Tatro (RU) aka: Clash of the Not So Titanic Titans (Stalingrad)

[Static]

welll.....initial german advance is going fairly well...

took some heavy heavy MG fire from 3 or 4 bunkers....im sure theres more than 3 or 4 tho :rolleyes:

a kubelwagon MG got raked pretty bad and lost a guy

other than that a pretty quiet turn

heres the zip for ya gary-

[M4Jess]

Colonel Jessovinski sends Colonel GaryPopov a mortar girl:D

[Gary Tatro]

Originally posted by M4 Jess
Colonel Jessovinski sends Colonel GaryPopov a mortar girl:D

Launched out of a mortor that would make one big hole commrade. I see that you have met Don Dooms Helga personally!

[Static]

so did that mortar girl frighten you into inaction gary?

come on....lemme have it!

[Gary Tatro]

Originally posted by Static
so did that mortar girl frighten you into inaction gary?

come on....lemme have it!

Patience Staticson all in due time. Some of us are in the World Cup and have other games going on. I can do about one turn a day so have patience. Oh and talk is cheep.

First let me say who ever created the map way out did themselves. EXCELLENT!!!! Very very good. I have played my first turn as the soviets and have notices one peculiarity. The Soviet forward observers Artillary Skill is like in the 20's to 30's while the infantry skill is up in the 50's to 60's. Now I have a suspicion that the OOB was changed on the Company of 120mm mortars to change the Infantry man into an FO. I think this is a great idea, but now I have FO with pathetic Artillary skills?

[Static]

sorry 'bout pestering you Gary....for some reason i was blissfully oblivious to the fact that you've got more than one iron in the fire....or perhaps you were wooing that healthy russian farmgirl with some rotgut vodka?

as for me....i'm in the middle of final exams, as well as BryanMelvin's phenomenal reworked stalingrad campaign

i'm very excited to have a chance to try out PBEM and H2H....especially against a grizzled veteran such as yourself

anyways...ill get the next turn done sometime this afternoon & give my krauts a chance to catch their breath and eat some reubens and such while waiting for your response

good luck with the world cup colonel....give 'em hell!

this is Staticson....signing off until next time

[M4Jess]

First let me say who ever created the map way out did themselves. EXCELLENT!!!! Very very good.

[Gary Tatro]

What happened? Now I wait. I think it was all a ploy.

[Static]

...my girlfriend's jeep blew a tire on the highway late yesterday afternoon and rolled a couple times

shes alright....just some cuts and bruises.....thank god she was wearing her seat belt....


spent a couple hours with her at the hospital while she got cleaned up and checked out

her jeeps done...


~sigh~

anyways.....here's my turn...

-the advance continues....lost a PzIVe to a mine....also took some casualties from mines
-torched a couple bunkers and fortified buildings with flamers...drove some russian infantry out
-this is gonna be a tough nut to crack
-i rousted the luftwaffe pilots out of their cozy beds and told them to go sink some russian barges (as the russians are undoubtably reinforcing across the river)....who knows whether those silly flyboys will get anything or not...
-kept advancing infantry, armor, etc...set up some rear-area defensive fire-sacs & skirmish lines...the terrain is really slowing me down...
-another turn or two before i begin to really break into the city, past the first line of buildings/bunkers
-in the south i'm making good progress....the center and north are going much more slowly
-took some preliminary russian mortar/arty fire...no optimism here as its only going to get worse...

wheres m4 when i need him? i sure could use a division or so of those hefty russian mortar girls right about now.....either distract the russians manning those bunkers or drive them out entirely

hehe....here's the zip gary....again, sorry about the delay...

[Gary Tatro]

I flipped a 6 ton truck once, only ended up in the hospital for 2 days. Was very luck. No worries on the lateness. I should be able to get this to you some time tommorrow.

[Static]

thats a heavy a$$ truck....was it military? or something else?

shes doin ok...i keep tellin her that shes gonna have some more cool scars to show to people (she has more scars than i do anyways :rolleyes: )

im lookin forward to getting into a rhythm with this PBEM game.... i figure i can mange turn or so a day (give or take...i dont want to paint myself into a corner )

i hope your russian boys are well stocked with vodka...its gonna get mighty tough once those **** krauts get into the streets and factories hehe

take it easy...i'll be waitin for your next turn

famous quote for ya-

"why no...i eat three meals a day"

-George W. Bush when asked if he was dislexic

how in hell did this man become our president? i dont think i know of anyone who voted for him.....

oh well.....back to studying for these **** finals

[Gary Tatro]

Your feeble attempts at breaking into the City are laughable. Comrade Stalin has told me personally that he has the utmost faith in me and that he would like to present me with the order of Lenin after this. So please don't disappoint me.

Commanding Comrade Tatrovoski

PS What is your e-mail address so I can send these files directly to you.

[Static]

heh....so the muckraking is beginning huh?

my email is - bmoc0@hotmail.com

[Gary Tatro]

Static you out there? Just wondering have not heard from you in a couple of days.

[Belisarius]

*pssst* Hey, Static! - have your Luftwaffe fliegers fly in an east-west direction. They're *much* more likely to hit the barges that way.

[Supervisor]

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[Gary Tatro]

Reporting from the front. It appears the Germans are here to stay. They have certainly brought enough tanks. They are all over the place commrade. My poor men are doing all they can just to hold them at bay. But commrade they are wise and are avoiding my traps and over running my troops. And my troops commrade, they are all running like mice. Half of my army is routed allready. What to do you ask. Well commrade I do what any good Russian would, I called for artillary, artillary, artillary, artillary, and more artillary.

Home is where the artillary is.

[Static]

THATS the motivation for all this violence!

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anyways....the turn...

now that my krauts are breaking into the city itself, things are getting messy

up on the top of the map, i'm slowly pushing the russkies back after losing an 8rad, a stug, and a bunch of men to russian treachary

in the middle area, things are pretty quiet (mostly because the russians are either running for their lives or quietly smoldering)

down on the bottom, my panzers have almost penetrated to the river! however....several AT rounds from a nearby building convinced them that it would be best to let the footsloggers lead the advance

i must say, however, that i really do admire the skill of russian construction; some of those bunkers are standing up to the rain of artillery, aerial bombs, and tank/assault gun fire quite well

and the russian artillery theres a serious problem....time to start dropping some 15cm shells across the river at those suspicious clouds of smoke

[Gary Tatro]

Reporting from the Stalingrade front. Well comrades your Russian soldiers have finally found some backbone. We have has some limited successes holding back the vile oppressors but we continue to lose portions of the city. We are fighting tooth and nail but comrades alas it is a disappointing and depressing struggle. Even in the one or two pockets of resistance where our loyal and stout hearted men have numerical supperiorty we lack the tank support neccessary to take advantage of it. It has been a solum few days comrades. But I charge you to work hard on thoughs T34's make them fast, make them strong and send them to us quickly. Before we loose the factories.

Editorial note: I am not sure if it was possible but if I remember my history correctly the factory was turning out tanks in the battle and it would have been cool to see a reinforcement hex next to the factory so that tanks would appear there. I am not sure if it is in the realm of SPWAW.

[M4Jess]

Editorial note: I am not sure if it was possible but if I remember my history correctly the factory was turning out tanks in the battle and it would have been cool to see a reinforcement hex next to the factory so that tanks would appear there. I am not sure if it is in the realm of SPWAW.

Play test showed it would not work..

dig in Gary..Dig in!