Frozen frogs! Stef78 (axis) Stelteck (Russia) - Stelteck welcome

[Stelteck]

Hurra for soviet partisans !!!!

There is some sort of partisan Alley all the way to moscow !!!



Without them there was no way i could hold moscow in september against the wermarth. There are not enough troops, simple.

[STEF78]

ORIGINAL: HardLuckYetAgain


Did you garrison all of your cities here?

Of course I did! I know the damages that partisans can inflict in 1941....

[STEF78]

ORIGINAL: timmyab

Moscow looks vulnerable.

Without fuel, it's safe [:(]

[HardLuckYetAgain]

ORIGINAL: STEF78

ORIGINAL: HardLuckYetAgain


Did you garrison all of your cities here?

Of course I did! I know the damages that partisans can inflict in 1941....

I was 99.9% sure you did, but dang that was some serious partisan action and just had to ask. You have been SUPER unlucky on the partisan front for partisans to blow up 6 continous rail hexes. Are you sure Stelteck doesnt have spies in your HQ's ;-p. Those Russian players are crafty you know.....

[STEF78]

Turn 15, 25th september 1941

Still no fuel in the center but some good news near Leningrad

North

This time, it's over. Leningrad is isolated. Personnaly, I would have tried to save guards rifle units. They are very usefull units.



Center

WWI style offensive. I hope I won't get a 3rd partisan strike next week!



South

To Stalino!

[STEF78]

Turn 16, 2nd october 1941

2 weeks before mud. I will try to complete Moscow's encirclement

North

Leningrad has almost fallen. The finns will hold the line during the blizzard and free several german inf divs



Center

It's better. Still 3 hexes in order to encircle Moscow. I did 2 HQBU. Next week will be decisive



South

Russians give ground. I manage to grab some cav divs

[Stelteck]

Around moscow, the partisan rampage that blocked the ennemy 3 turns at least gave me a real fighting chance by letting me receiving enough renforcement to be able to fortify the area.
Siberian divisions that i received with 60 morale, one per turn are especially valuable for this fight.

I also received armored&motorised divisions. They are mixed blessing. Good fighting CV (at least better than 40Xp rifle division). But sometimes when they reached the front, they immediatly convert to a poor rifle division or tank brigade and i rail them for nothing. I really hate that.

Still most new divisions i received are empty and due to the high demand for new soldiers, they took a lot of times to be operational.

I also received tank brigades but do not have light tanks to fill them so they are waiting in the rear. Reserve of T-26 and BT-7 are really low with no production. I also loose 100 of them in each battle against the german.
Soon i will have the T-60 that kick in, but i need at least 2000 light tanks so it will take some time to fill.
I may have TOE upgrades that use more medium tanks than light tanks to help me. A good think as i have a good number of T-34 idle. Did a 50Xp T-34 able to hit and kill a german tank ? German tank looses are quite low in battle currently.

In the north, i was hoping to hold until mud at least at leningrad, but isolated troops fight really really bad, even with airbeach supply and 100% supply drawn from cities.

In the south, defense of voronev were quite low due to the destruction of SW front in karkov pocket but the ennemy aimed south and southern front, manned by the best and most manly marshal Semion Boudienny is well supplied and in the way to roskov. (Still, i'am trying to avoid another pocket).

[STEF78]

Turn 17, 9th october 1941

Well, time to look back on this summer campaign.

Pretty satisfied in the north My aim was to take Leningrad in order to get the finns for the northern defence. It's done!

In the center, with only 13 active turns, it proved to be impossible to take Moscow. Should I do a last attempt in november or get more entrenchment before blizzard. We shall see.

In the South, Kharkov Pocket was a game changer. Now I have enough ground to trade during blizzard.

Russian losses are high but Red Army will have firepower during winter....

[BrianG]

Good action all around.

[HardLuckYetAgain]

ORIGINAL: STEF78


Russian losses are high but Red Army will have firepower during winter....

understatement

With the +1 Soviet attack bonus for winter "a Soviet kid with a lollipop" will make the Germans retreat. Normally 90% of the attacks in the Dec winter with the +1 will succeed. Higher % if you plan your attacks.

[STEF78]

ORIGINAL: BrianG

Good action all around.

Thanks!

[STEF78]

ORIGINAL: HardLuckYetAgain

With the +1 Soviet attack bonus for winter "a Soviet kid with a lollipop" will make the Germans retreat.

Should I consider the T34 as a big lollipop? [;)]

[HardLuckYetAgain]

ORIGINAL: STEF78

ORIGINAL: HardLuckYetAgain

With the +1 Soviet attack bonus for winter "a Soviet kid with a lollipop" will make the Germans retreat.

Should I consider the T34 as a big lollipop? [;)]

Depends, do you like "lollipops"? ;-}

[STEF78]

I forgot to post a closer view from Moscow area



I will have 3 weeks in november to deal with the 23/26 CV east of Moscow.

[STEF78]

Snowtime, mud is over!

We won't waste time with secondary theaters. Moscow is the main fight area.

First, russians won some miles South of Moscow, it reduced supply to the spearheads.



Previous CV's of 23/26 turned to 40/44 and can be attacked only through one hex. The southern pincer failed. But next week should be fine. I will then have 2 weeks to clear Moscow.

[Stelteck]

There was the 3 best divisions of my entire army with my best HQ facing the northern pincer, but you managed to make 2 heavy attacks and i repealed only the first one.

I let 9 armement points in moscow to motivate troops to fight [:'(]

[EwaldvonKleist]

Do you have transport planes ready Stelteck?

[Stelteck]

ORIGINAL: EwaldvonKleist

Do you have transport planes ready Stelteck?

Ho yes, the OZNAZ airfield from long range command is just here stacked with transports and escort.

[EwaldvonKleist]

Fine. I am with the Soviets here so it becomes a long game/AAR
Here is some motivation for your troops: The march of the defenders of Moscow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Efb1DAeA34

And to leave no doubt: The red army is the strongest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgKazTrhXmI

I have searched on youtube for some contemporary Soviet music for an AAR on another forum and if playing Soviets they make up for a good background music, better than the default one.
Unfortunately if you speak German you can't do the same thing for the Axis side as hearing German songs from the side always causes a very bad feeling (hope this is not too much politics).
Regards

[bigbaba]

An impressive attack on that 8/44 stack east of Moscow. really thought it would hold especially with some reserve activations. did you use tank and cavalry units as reserve units at Moscow, selteck?