mrdozer2379 vs operating (active match)

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Turn 6

Stettin Naval Battle:

Short and Sweet naval battle: Turns out that the English class II sub is in a "Green Dot" CP sea hex.[:)] Made fleet attack ratios after which decided to bang away with the nearby Hamburg zeppelin resulting in a 2 strength loss to sub, next up to attack was the German dreadnaught infliction a 7 strength loss to sub, then the coup de gras from the German cruiser completely obliterating the English sub fleet removing a threat to supply convoys for now, a nice Victory.

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Turn 6

Atlantic:

Still not sure what to do with these subs?[&:] Ultimately would like to attack convoys, be it troop transports or supply convoys. The hexes just west of their current position are red dot hexes, meaning: if they occupy any of these the fleets will rapidly lose morale lessening attack initiative.

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Turn 6

North Baltic:

No action here just yet, waiting for a CP supply convoy to spawn in the marked sea hexes top of SS. The only villain that can make an attack is the Russian class I sub fleet. Sometimes my fleet movements flush the enemy from their hiding spots.[8D]

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Turn 6

Serbia:

You'll see movement by the Serbs on their last turn(5), such as switching of units in/out of Kraljevo and the withdrawal of frontline Serb garrisons to occupy where their artillery was parked. Their artillery moved south towards Cattaro, also a new unit looks to have been placed in Nis. OK let's see how this plays out..

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Turn 6

The AH movement might not seem like much you may realize that there is a right and left flanking armies commanded by separate generals. I'll start with my left first: Both fighters scorched the Serb 10 strength garrison Kraljevo down 1 strength and loss of morale by 2, moved the right side garrison south of this city holding it's fire while allowing 2 AH infantry to attack first knocking the defenders down to a 2 strength making it a good opportunity for the right side garrison to attack and capture the city. With that done now the general attacked the 5 strength garrison forcing a retreat after the Serb's suffered 4 loses there. A pretty good job by all these units.[:)] Next my right flank moved into position to assault this turn and for next by bringing up the artillery and have use of the fighters for next turn also. Gave a kiss to the center unfortified Serb garrison killing off 5 of them while only suffering 1 casualty, pretty good dice roll[;)]! Between AH ZOCs and hilly country the Serbs have fairly limited movement. Rested the seaside garrison and brought over a left flank garrison to crowd the Serbs and repair it from an 8 to a 10 strength. That's enough for now in country.


I'm asking the Admiral to hold and block the Adriatic Sea channel and prevent Entente transports from getting close to the action. My fleets are taking hits without fighting back, their mission is to hold the channel closed and pray they survive.[&o] Take note that pink circles can indicate troop transports or supply fleets.

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Turn 6

Belgium:

LOS and replay revealed some of what mrdozer was up to going from right to left. He went on the attack east of Nancy applying artillery and fighters against my lead garrison there followed up with infantry assaults, heavily damaging my garrison, which did not retreat, but will have to withdraw for repairs, his French general Joffre has put some backbone in the soldiers here, they are not afraid to fight, much to my chagrin. Verdun is a tough nut to crack even with a garrison defender, a good blocker for withdrawing French infantry trying to get out of harm's way. Belgian AC is playing it Kool repairing right in front of the bad-ist combat units of the day. Over on the left 2 garrison reinforcement were deployed from the queue in and next to Calais, along with the Bordeaux cav. I can feel the doors to Paris is a place not to be seen by me this match. How I wish I did not surround Antwerp and kept pushing ahead, again the rust is slowly peeling off all too late.[:(]

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Turn 6

Belgium:

At this point I am trying to rally my troops for another push while protecting my flanks from breakthroughs. I should have placed the artillery more southerly to hammer blocking units instead of being sidelined near the coast. Swapped out the garrison by Nancy and performed some useless attacks around Verdun and should have withdrew the repairing infantry from the coast that is absolutely taking hits from naval bombardments (when this game was first released naval bombardments were not coded into the scenarios). Again the AC holds up traffic, takes a punch then retreats. Killed off a French infantry northwest of Verdun. I'm not happy with my over all performance as a commander[:-], regardless have to push on, kinda feel like Napoleon at Waterloo.[;)]

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Turn 6

Galicia:

Russia's Brest-Litovsk army group immediately went on the offensive to take Lemberg, they will not be getting reinforcements for a couple of turns. It looks like the Warsaw infantry moved to the north of Novo-Georgtevsk, other Russian units out of view.. Certainly the FOW is hiding what else is going on, if anything. If a CP player knows the starting OOB of the Russians, then count units and take a guess as what and where they could be for tally total. In 2 turns Russian reinforcements start to arrive in greater and greater numbers..

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Turn 6

Warsaw:

The Russians hit my Keonigsberg defensive line hard fortunately did not break it. Another reason why the Russians attack aggressively is fulfill the kill/casualty ratio to spawn a general next turn. A German garrison reinforcement deployed at Danzig. As luck would have it, the southside of Warsaw was not protected from my cav and infantry assault with general Hindenburg in command, resulting in the capture of Warsaw. My infantry crowded Novo-Georgievsk to prevent Russian reinforcements from deploying there. Over by Lemberg deployed a garrison at Przmysl and went on a counter offensive heavily damaging a Russian garrison into a retreat (out of sight) and swapped unit positions with SGs to do perhaps a right hook flanking maneuver on the Russians. Notice the position of the Russian fighter, this fighter has LOS of 5 hexes, he can see what is and what is not behind the German lines. So far this theater of the war seems to be working out pretty good..[:)]

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Turn 6

Warsaw Captured:

What this means: one, it causes a -10 NM to Russia and the loss of 10 PP. two, A capital city allows for 2 reinforcement deployments, where most cities only allow one deployment, three, It exposes the left flank of the Russian line and adds much needed PP to German industry. Let's see how this front develops..

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Turn 7

Atlantic:

Due to game experience I know the first English convoy arrives in Dublin turn 9-12. So my plan is: To go out into the Atlantic to intercept the convoy. Because These subs are now in red dot sea hexes they lose about 10% morale each turn, which affects their attacking effectiveness.

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Turn 7

North Baltic:

The second German supply convoy just spawned here(lavender circle), the first convoy spawned down in the South Atlantic last turn. My fleets have been waiting for action, then low and behold one of them is attacked by a Russian class I sub. There's not much I can do for it's nearly impossible to sink a sub out-right, nor even cause it damage without causing more damage to the attacker (usually -1 sub strength to -3 attacking ship strength[&:]) than it's worth.

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Turn 7

Serbia:

What I see before hostilities begin is a Serb garrison repairing and 1 strength garrison move while repairing to a 3 strength by Nis's west. The AH fleet is still doing it's job blocking the Adriatic. Also see what could possibly be a second French transport getting ready to disembark it's load. I do not think that mrdozer detected the presence of the German artillery and the position of the AH artillery.[8D]

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Turn 7

Serbia:

AH has a new arrival: Ah has it's first Balloon deploy east of Belgrade. Left flank first: AH general struck at that 3 strength garrison knocking it down to a 1 strength, which the AH garrison finished it off and revealing that no new Serb garrison has been deployed next to Nis. Now right flank with all it's power is set to attack: German artillery and both fighters plus one infantry put a huge hit on the recovering Serb garrison down to 1 strength which retreats into Cetinje, perfect for my garrison to assault, kill the Serb garrison and capture Cetinje, also cut supply to Catarro, this is huge.!! Next turned my attention to the other exposed Serb fortified garrison with AH artillery and infantry assaults knocking it's strength in half. Brought another infantry around to put a big dent in the Serb artillery, these Serbs are close to being encircled. Finally assaulted Cattaro both received loses. This has been one of the best offensives I have ever had in Serbia to date.[:)]

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Turn 7

Serbia:

This Cetinje event not only deprives Serbia of a few PP, it causes a -5 NM to Serbia. As a rule this event is usually one of the toughest to achieve. Personally, I was thrilled to get this one done and out of the way.[:)]

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Turn 7

Warsaw-Galicia:

This before SS shows where the Russians attacked and some of their movement, FOW hides the rest. Noticed the Russian fighter has lost 1 strength, likely from attacking my cav in Warsaw. The Russians are making an attempt to recaptured Warsaw, also notice they now have a general in Novo-Georgievsk. Later SSs I will be putting markers to identify commander locations. In this grassland terrain cav's are very effective, besides having a LOS of 3 hexes. The Russians attacked with their infantry and armored train putting a decent hurt on my German garrison near Lemberg. I have no doubt that Russian reinforcements are being deployed nearby. The Russians have limited ammo stocks for artillery, ect.. Up by Koenigsdberg Russians are trying to break through to this city using artillery and cav assaults, fortunately my garrisons have fortified and are able to hold the line. Can see 1 Russian garrison maneuvering to join the Warsaw fight. This is going to become brutal.

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Turn 7

Starting with Lemberg: Because it takes awhile before fresh Russian infantry can deploy here decided to weaken and hopefully eliminate the one here, was not entirely successful doing so, even after attacking it 3 times with a general's support.[:(] Repaired Germans here and AH SG and kept the right flank AH garrison in place. Warsaw: Swapped places in city with infantry occupying, maneuvered cav and garrison to cut off supply to Novo-Georgievsk. Repaired 3 garrisons and attacked with 1 by Koenigsberg. More importantly deployed fresh units at Danzig, Posen and Lemberg.

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Turn 7

Belgium:

This before SS shows the French closing the door on the path to Paris, much to my chagrin shaking my head. I'm more angry with myself than my opponent, he is only doing his job: "Saving France". Joffre is at it again by Nancy kicking the living crap out of my garrisons..! The Pain..! The pain is unbelievable..!![X(] To tell the truth, I am a little directionless atm[8|], thinking of going after Calais now? or, go after Antwerp wholeheartedly?[&:] My infantry on the coast is taking a beating every turn from the English, What to do?[&:]

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Turn 7

Belgium:

Somewhat conflicted went after Antwerp. In hindsight: I should have taken out the Belgian garrison instead: Reason why? "For every turn there are no Belgian units on Belgian soil that nation loses NM, plus if that nation takes casualties it further loses NM, but that all takes time to have a detrimental effect, however if I capture Antwerp after a couple of turns, the Belgium military goes away.[8D] Attack Antwerp..!!! Gave most of my army rest and repair, while sliding a fresh garrison in front of Nancy. My zep takes a loss of 2 attacking the French cav, as well as others who take loses assaulting Antwerp. Should bring my repaired fighter within striking distance here next turn, unless I get distracted. France did not lose one city or lose any PP: What a mess I am in right now.![:(] It's trench warfare..[:-]

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Turn 8

After any sub scores 2 strength naval loses this event triggers opening a new tech research icon (depth charges) in the naval tech tree.