Moscow 1941 revised

[Scharfschütze]

The enemy is once again probing our lines, supported by heavy artillery. Despite the shelling, they will have found our defences ample!

Warriors of the Red Army, valiant defenders of Moscow, Stalin is watching us (as is the NKVD)!

Not one step back!

[Capt. Pixel]

The T-34 reinforcements are scrambling to reload and fill up on HE and AP rounds at several of the many ammo boxes scattered around Moscow. The attached Tankdesantniki have their rucksacks full of moltovs and clamber back aboard the T-34s.

The Soviet armor will drive the invaders back into the Moscow river. Long before they can even hope to achieve their objectives.

A small altercation develops between a soviet pillbox, two StuGs, a PzIV and some mech infantry and their halftrack. The pillbox rallies and dispatches the PzIV. Supporting infantry pester the other vehicles without much affect. Wait until the Lubyanka prisoners get there. You are in such trouble.

Along an adjacent street, SU12s accompany a KV2 and drive a small contingent of flammenwerfers and MGs back underneath the soviet mortar fire. Glad that I'm not them!

The German drive in the east seems to have stalled along a line of rubble that has slowed their armor to a mere crawl. So far they've only managed to creep forward from the river banks a mere 300-400 meters.

German bombardments in the east have lightened somewhat. Capt Pixel suspects that they've started to exhaust their off-board ammo and are finding it increasingly difficult to make radio contact.

As an aside, I suggest the Germans take a close look at their artillery. You seem to be dry-firing a number of SPW 251/2s. Their guns have probably broken down, even though there's no indication of this on the artillery bombardment screen. No sense in plotting a unit that won't actually fire, eh?

I manage this situation by renaming the broken/empty artillery unit 'empty' so I won't waste time plotting or assume that I've got a bombardment arriving.

Have at you!

[Kaakao]

Nice turn

Spotted two T34's in the smoke, both propably un-aware of any germans near. Pz III fired few rounds and then Pz IV decrew both, crews were taken care of

Only few houses west from that scene another Pz IV cleared some infantry from the houses surrounding the v-hex. V-hex is now in our hands

[DerC]

"Scheisse! "
The colonel was cursing out loud. Enemy mortar rounds falling around his command post at the bridgehead disabled his radio antenna. Some unreliable telephone lines were left and he could only reach a few artillery batteries. He could not possibly respond to all the support requests from frontline units. The pontoon bridge was still intact but reinforcements were slowed down by a few immobilized halftracks.
A messenger stepped in wearing muddy clothes and soaking wet from the rain.
"Finally, some good news!"
The first strategically important areas in eastern Moscow were now only a hundred meters away. The colonel reached for the telephone.

Turn is in Scharf's inbox.

[Scharfschütze]

The loss of those T-34s was a most unhappy event. I took out a Pz-IV as a reprisal. Where there are two T-34s lurking, expect a third

152mm HE claimed a couple of german infantrymen, and combined with the to come mortar barrage I predict little progress by the enemy.

[Capt. Pixel]

The T-34s are loaded for bear and heading towards the river. Morale is high among the Tankodesantniki as their armored rides weave through the rubble that was once Moscow.

A German river boat shows itself out of the smoke-covered river. A Soviet 37mm AA opens fire and hits! And hits again! and hits a third time. Every shot penetrates in excess of the river boats armor - yet she still floats - and fires back!

A 76.2mm AA joins the firefight with the river boat and manages to jam a round in the breech. No more fire from that AA gun.

Sappers advance through the rubble and manage to get the drop on a German halftrack. Boom! on eless halftrack.

A Lt Pillbox, facing off two StuGs and two halftracks, trades shots with the StuGs for little effect. A T-35 arrives adjacent to the pillbox, shoots once at a halftrack and forces both to retreat through a nearby building. That was fun to watch.

107s rain down on the newly revealed German positions. Die Suckers!

Firefights are erupting all along the eastern frontage. Finally! we're getting a battle over here.

[M4Jess]

[Capt. Pixel]

Originally posted by M4 Jess

what ?!?

[M4Jess]

Never mind...I am a arse...play on!

[Capt. Pixel]

Is this how youse guys get the 4000 posts thing? :p

[Kaakao]

On with the game.

Moving forward hex by hex and while taking some casualities the soviets are taking alot more of them. Wonder how many thousand I still need to kill to have same amount of troops

[Capt. Pixel]

Originally posted by Kaakao
On with the game.

Moving forward hex by hex and while taking some casualities the soviets are taking alot more of them. Wonder how many thousand I still need to kill to have same amount of troops

At last count, something like three thousand. Right, Scharf?

[Scharfschütze]

Originally posted by Capt. Pixel
At last count, something like three thousand. Right, Scharf?

Capt. , that is not counting the reserves :p :p

[Capt. Pixel]

{Pixel snaps his fingers}
Oh yeah! I'm always forgetting those guys. Probably 'cause they're riding all those T-34s, eh?

[DerC]

Since my infantry won't move, I ordered the mech troops and tanks to move forward. It's gone pretty well so far, I lost a tank or two and even knocked out a KV-2. Now I'm just waiting for the backlash.. :rolleyes:
The "River Tiger" got hit by an AA gun once again but managed to escape.

Woohoo, it's only been 17 turns and I'm still a hex away from my very first victory location. :p

[Scharfschütze]

Comrade Captain, it is indeed fortunate that Stavka has provided us with such extensive armoured support to meet the invaders!


Nonetheless, german progress is slow but methodical. Thier artillery fire has lessened somewhat, but they are probably just bringing up more ammo. My troops are well entrenched and await the next attack, which might take place anywhere along the smoke-enshrouded frontline...

[DerC]

bump

[Capt. Pixel]

I tried posting a couple of days ago, but it wouldn't take.

ANyway...
A Soviet pillbox was ineffectively rushed by two Flamingos. You'd think that'd be bad for the Flamingos? Not So! The pillbox fired, driving off an attendant squad. Then the Flamingos returned fire and fried the pillbox. One less obstacle to the German advance.

A valiant KV-1 busted through a house and charged the same Flamingos only to become roasted too. Oy!

Meanwhile, small arms fire is being exchanged all along the easternmost protion of the battleline. The German advance is static.

If I ever find those SiG33s, they're all dead men.

Keep the Faith people, keep the faith.

[Kaakao]

Back in action.

Just waiting for some movements to be completed so that I can push on. One T-34 went boom along with some soviet infantry.

Good thing that you have enough armored targets for our tanks

[Capt. Pixel]

bump