Decision in the East. Widukind (OKW) against Bigbaba (STAVKA). No Widukind

[bigbaba]

TURN 7

[Vorsteher]

Na, Leningrad wird wohl fallen, Moskau wird halten.

[bigbaba]

Schauer ma mal.

Er hat noch 10 Runden für Moskau.

that means:

lets wait and see. the german "soccer kaiser" is famous for this line.

my opponent still has 10 turns of clear "panzer-weather" to reach moscow.

the overal summary after 7 turns:

-loses: very light. thats a positive fact about this game.

-terrain lost: not happy about that. it seems that i gave up too much without a fight. we will see the impact of that in the further develpoment of the game.

-north: situation is OK. turn 7 and he will for sure need at least 2-3 other turns to catch the city. that means only 7 turns time for him to throw the PG4 into the anticipated battle of moscow. btw: i got every single factory out of leningrad by now.

-middle: not happy about that. i had the hope to hold out at least 2-3 turns longer at the dnjepr-landbridge-line. we will see how effective my checkboard defense with the western front troops is. reserve front under shukow is realy strong (630.000 men, 8000 guns and 900 tanks) and should give the HGM a good fight for their money.

-south: realy good start here. the dnjepr line is still under soviet control although he seems to have a panzer concentration north of kiev. i have to retreat in the next turns to avoid the fate of the russian troops around kiev in the real war. also i got alomst all industry out of kiev, and the D/Z area. few ARM factories are still working in stalino and also the factories in charkov are producing stuff. this are my next objects of evacuation.

[Esslingen_slith]

I whish you all the best against him.
It is very interesting to see how different this game resolves than my game against him!

[bigbaba]

TURN 8

[CarnageINC]

It appears your opponent like to use his mobile forces for attrition warfare!  Your lucky he hasn't brought some down south to break your Dnepr line.  It appears your holding your line well [;)].

[Tarhunnas]

Interesting AAR. You are almost at the same stage as I am in my game against BigAnorak, but the games are very different. I am fighting more forward, and have consequently lost more troops, but your terrain losses make me chew my nails. [;)]

[bigbaba]

TURN 9

[bigbaba]

ORIGINAL: Tarhunnas

Interesting AAR. You are almost at the same stage as I am in my game against BigAnorak, but the games are very different. I am fighting more forward, and have consequently lost more troops, but your terrain losses make me chew my nails. [;)]

well i have some doubt if that was the correct strategy. but as i said i am not a "forward defender". everytime i try this it ends in a disaster.

[Tarhunnas]

ORIGINAL: bigbaba

ORIGINAL: Tarhunnas

Interesting AAR. You are almost at the same stage as I am in my game against BigAnorak, but the games are very different. I am fighting more forward, and have consequently lost more troops, but your terrain losses make me chew my nails. [;)]

well i have some doubt if that was the correct strategy. but as i said i am not a "forward defender". everytime i try this it ends in a disaster.

It worked fine for me, BUT the last time I played Soviet was under 1.05, so it might well turn into a disaster this time... we will see [:)]

[Tarhunnas]

How are you doing on evacuations BTW?

[bigbaba]

i did pretty well here. he got few ARM factories but not a single tank factory. leningrad is empty like the D/Z and stalino area. i post a production screen next turn.

[Tarhunnas]

OK. Personally, while I will naturally try to avoid losses of both, I will rather lose a tank factory than ARM. It is rifle corps that will be the bane of the Wehrmacht in 43, while the Soviets usually have tanks up to their ears. And if things are critical and I am not able to move everything out, I will try to move out just a part of the tank or air factories, as they will grow back eventually

[bigbaba]

TURN 10

[bigbaba]

TURN 11

[bigbaba]

TURN 12

[Hoooper]

Is this game still going on? I was wondering what happened next ...

[bigbaba]

sorry for the delay. my honored opponent surrended in the blizzard after my cavalery units pocketed most of his AGS around stalino.

btw: you did a good job against me hooper. i realy can not handle this nasty foreward defending guys.

[Peltonx]

Cav for the win

[Seminole]

Some very nice rolls were Russian CV increased and German CV often decreased!

Would be nice to how the winter offensive developed.