FITE2 Cpt Flam Axis, Larry Soviets

[cpt flam]

AGC taken from more height

soviets stay stubbornly in Orsha and north of it

pockets clearing give more people to reinforce
there is again some more bridges to repair and get better supply

from beginning I choose which one are important
38 regiment and 10 HQ were destroyed this time, I was glad as some ART was in them

[cpt flam]

AGS to finish

part of the front is cut from supply

there was few work for rail engineers
except for 11th Army

on all the front, 80 regiment and 28 HQ will be isolated
i will probably use soon a second offensive chit

[larryfulkerson]

Here's what's happening in the middle right now. The Axis forces are surrounding and destroying my defenders and surging south. There are battles going on at the river crossings and I've only just now placed garrisons at the crossings of the Dneper as it leaves Kiev and flows south. The Rumanians are pressing east and are pushing my units slowly backward and it looks like I'm not going to be able to stop their advance either. They will be entering the Crimea in about 15 turns or so. I'd best start building MLR's where they are needed.

[larryfulkerson]

A lot of my reinforcements are appearing in Chelyabinsk and I'm moving them to their own hex if they are one of the three pieces that appear from time to time. As the other pieces appear I move them to that hex and then recombine them when it's possible and then next turn move it to Moscow. I'm going to start building an MLR near Moscow with them just in case.

[larryfulkerson]

Down south my Stalin's Line is discentagrating under the constant pressure of the Axis units. My units are too slow to get away and they are being surrounded and destroyed. There's no stopping the Axis units.
I'm beginning to think that the idea to defend forward might not have been my best idea.

[Hellen_slith]

You got to run and hide as the Sovs, run and hide.

As my GF puts it: "SERPENTINE!! SERPENTINE!!!"

Great AAR, enjoying it!

[Lobster]

ORIGINAL: Hellen_slith

You got to run and hide as the Sovs, run and hide.

As my GF puts it: "SERPENTINE!! SERPENTINE!!!"

Great AAR, enjoying it!

The Inlaws. Funny movie. Good idea.

[larryfulkerson]

This is what's happening up north. There's lots of Axis units that aren't visible in this image. I'm still railing units to this AO and rushing them toward the river because we're still fighting over several crossings but Patrick has gotten across the river, is headed north, and will soon blast a hole in my lines and will be released from my cordon. I'd best get an MLR started at Pskov. Another one near Narva and maybe another at Smolensk. Kiev is already fortified and I hold all the crossings south of Kiev so I'm almost as ready as I can be.

[Lobster]

Looks to me you are doing quite well all things considered. [;)]

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: Lobster
Looks to me you are doing quite well all things considered. [;)]

Thanks Jack. We're at the part of the game where I'm getting reinforcements by the boat-load and I'm hoping to use them to build some fairly good MLR's somewhere between Smolensk and Moscow contingent upon where the good rivers are. The air war is hot and I'm losing planes left and right. I'm moved all the older biplanes to the Odessa area for all the good they will do down there. Last I looked at the aircraft losses meter it was 85 Axis losses for 208 Soviet losses. Speaking of losses I need to post something about the losses. Most of the losses are down south where the Stalin Line is disentegrating, surrounded by Axis units, slowly melting away. Patrick is good. Really good.

[larryfulkerson]

The Axis units are creaping closer to Pskov and the next defensive position near the river. I'm not finished stopping up the crossings and I'm afraid Patrick is going to bypass my defenses and go around them. I expect to be outflanked and surrounded. I've been busting bridges and I've brought the fighters forward and ensured that the entire front lines are covered by at least one CS mission just in case there's a strike a two. I'm going to start building an MLR near Moscow. And not a moment too soon.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the Odessa right now. There's lots of small groups fighting their individual battles and the Axis units are making their way south toward the port and they are getting across the river and will soon be in the entrance to the Crimea. I'm hoping to be able to hold them back for a little while at each of the crossings but I'm not optimistic.

[cpt flam]

the other side of the mirror about turn 16

in AGN
very few unit isolated
some destroyed, RBC after a fight with 60% losses

96th Infantry arriving by train

air war is fine 28 vs 286

[cpt flam]

AGC

707th Infantry (HQ + 2 III) is aboard train

I tried an assault near Orsha which cost me much
about 5 HQ and 2 ART supported the defense

again some units isolated
some pockets are hard to clear, many HQ in support

[cpt flam]

AGS continue to tighten pocket

11th Army receive support from 1st Panzer Army to advance south
bridge engineers are really helpful to bypass heavy road blocks

183th Infantry just come from homeland on rail
followed by Rumanian Guard

this time we destroyed 49 regiment and 14 HQ
38 regiment and 16 HQ must be isolated

[Lobster]

Your map graphics are incorrect.

Larry's because he's using a map mod that does not include the scenario's modified map graphics.

cpt flam because the last patch screws up where the game looks for things. In other words it's bugged. The shot on the left is the bugged game scenario graphics. The shot on the right is the correct scenario graphics. See the difference?

To correct this you have to manually copy the entire FitE2 folder from the install Graphics Override folder and put it in the Documents/My Games/The Operational Art of War IV/Graphics Override folder.






BTW, the screen shot on the left is directly from a cpt flam post in this thread. I've tried to tell the powers that be that things are messed up but evidently they think I'm full of crap. That is likely true. [:D] But I'm not wrong about this. [;)]

[cpt flam]

thanks Lobster

Turn 17 come and I spent a second offensive chit

AGN
an opportunity arrived to cut off great part of the front, where they hold us so long
orders were given to change objectives

our friends (Finns) cut the railway going from Leningrad to Murmansk

air war continue as before 19 vs 195

[cpt flam]

AGC

last real pocket is visible on the left of the screen

some more units disappeared 41 regiment and 9 HQ
you won't see them Larry on battles, as some were RBC

advance is limited as many support is given to defenders

[cpt flam]

AGS

first units are closing to Zhitomir

exploitation authorized to keep some more enemy out of supply
I will have to review where are rail engineers

on the length of the front, I think that 72 regiment and 17 HQ are cut off

[larryfulkerson]

New moves from Patrick. This is the T17 front lines so far.