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The casualty ratio looks like it has improved, even for the lost battles. I think having AFVs in them helps a bit.

Stugs etc. definitely help. In general though the casualty ratio has been getting worse as my units deteriorate.

Some serious defence in the North, 50 miles deep in some places, how is the effect of his artillery on your line.

All of his attacks am heavily outnumbered, guess the arty does a lot of the damage though I have not been looking at it in detail.

T180.
North. 9 defeats though some cost the Soviets heavily. We have to abandon a couple of fortified hexes for fear of being surrounded. Each turn the defences get weaker, the problem is not a shortage of manpower but rather that units are dropping morale and more serious there are not enough spare infantry divisions for them to rebuild CPP before putting back into the front line.
Center. The Soviets continue to push towards Krakow only, leaving the weaker part of my line in peace. They push about 30 Corps through the gap, we counter attack and push back the lead two stacks with 3 Panzer Army which was moved down last turn and sacrifice 4 units of Hungarians and of Germans who are leaving next turn to squeeze their supplies. Could easily get something pocketed here next turn, depends on how much they have in reserve.
South. The pull back from the mountains continues, have been able to move an army worth of good infantry to bolster the southern side of the Krakow incursion.

T181.
North. We can probably hold on for another couple of turns, but the risk of getting something pocketed is going up. The Konigsberg garrison has not been attacked yet.
Center. More Soviets push through the hole, too strong to counter attack. Am worried that they could loop around to the north and make a pocket so the whole line begins to pull back and they will be able to gradually roll up my row of fortifications pushing northwards. The southern flank of the incursion is in better terrain and should be able to hold out.
South. The retreat continues, not much pressure from the Soviets.
Loss ratio for the turn is OK, mostly from 55k Soviets during admin and from the one attack that they lost. German manpower pool is going up, no shortage there and the Hungarians have released their last reserves of 5 divisions.

A 2:1 loss ratio is pretty good for you at this point in the war. You could consider using some regiments and weaker divisions to get a backup line of lvl 1 entrenchments behind Krakow.

What are the odds he is winning all those battles with? Are you/is he using RESERVEs?

A 2:1 loss ratio is pretty good for you at this point in the war. You could consider using some regiments and weaker divisions to get a backup line of lvl 1 entrenchments behind Krakow.

I don't understand why but the Soviet logistics losses have shot up from 10k or so a turn (or even negative) to around 50k a turn. That accounts for a good part of the loss ratio.
So far have managed that the Soviets are almost always attacking level 3 forts. Where things have opened up in the center they are either attacking into rough terrain or only able to do a hasty.

What are the odds he is winning all those battles with? Are you/is he using RESERVEs?

Mostly around 10:1. As you can see for the last two turns he has won every attack he has made and so doesn't need to use RESERVEs. I am not using them because they are not likely to swing the result and if activated then it weakens the backup lines and exposes them to a secondary attack.
The strategy is to have as strong a second line as I can so that he can only advance one hex a turn, which also allows me to keep building fortification lines as the first line is being broken down. So far that has been working well enough in the North but in the Center I didn't have enough depth of fortifications or strong enough units to man them. Probably I had too many good units wasted manning the Carpathians.
I think Axis have only one chance to build a deep defensive wall like this, once it is broken up there are not enough APs to do it again.

tyronec wrote: Sat Nov 16, 2024 5:20 am Mostly around 10:1. As you can see for the last two turns he has won every attack he has made and so doesn't need to use RESERVEs. I am not using them because they are not likely to swing the result and if activated then it weakens the backup lines and exposes them to a secondary attack.

Yep 10:1 wouldrequire wonders.

Do you do your triplestacks with 1-Corps's Units or intentionally stack 3 Corps (of same Army) for additional Artillery SU rolls?

Do you do your triplestacks with 1-Corps's Units or intentionally stack 3 Corps (of same Army) for additional Artillery SU rolls?

Usually mix them up from the same army, though my concentration level doesn't extend to optimum micromanagement !

T182.
North. Not much action though they took Konigsburg and pocketed a division that was at risk from last turn. Konigsburg was not isolated so the garrison rout out though they take heavy losses and the Luftwaffe are being outclassed (I should have been doing manual upgrades on the fighters).
Center. Just the one Soviet attack and we push back 3 Cav Corps. For the losses it costs is not worth attacking (usually around 1:1 instead of around 1:2 when I am defending) but sometimes the tactical situation justifies it. The retreat continues opening up more of the map to the Soviets. Have started up a new line of forts West of Krakow but I only have enough APs to make them one deep.
South. Slovakia flipped, I had neglected to read the manual ! Doesn’t look too damaging but will see what happens next turn. In the Carpathians they have switched some tank corps and made a breakthrough, the Soviets will pocket a couple of units next turn as a result.

You should be able to hold you only have about 3 turns to go if you have enough victory points or there is not a complete collapse in the West.
A pity I was looking forward to a reenactment of the " Battle of Debrecen "

tm1 wrote: Sun Nov 17, 2024 10:38 am You should be able to hold you only have about 3 turns to go if you have enough victory points or there is not a complete collapse in the West.
A pity I was looking forward to a reenactment of the " Battle of Debrecen "

Good point. I don't recall seeing anything about the Western Allies. Did they ever invade the continent and if so, when and where are they now? Understanding that TBs are closed, what % is the WE TB on currently?

with closed TBs I dont think events can move up right? it just follows historical aside from maybe the VP/AP gain/loss

chaos45 wrote: Sun Nov 17, 2024 11:20 pm with closed TBs I dont think events can move up right? it just follows historical aside from maybe the VP/AP gain/loss

If you have closed TB and you add more troops, planes and tanks you can delay operations in that TB and like wise you don't have enough might very well bring events forward to a earlier date.

If I understand correctly, under the sudden death conditions, there are two ways the war continues into 1945. One of these is that the Western Allies are in Germany. The thing is, that Crossing the Rhine event isn't scheduled to fire until 8 February 1945. So how likely is that ever going to trigger a continuance at the end of '44? That leaves matching the German HWM, which at least in this case Quantas is nowhere close. So here tyronec will get a well deserved victory. I can't help but wonder if he even needed the extensive fort carpet, not to mention is there even a point to the WA condition.

chaos45 wrote: Sun Nov 17, 2024 11:20 pm with closed TBs I dont think events can move up right? it just follows historical aside from maybe the VP/AP gain/loss

In Ai vs Ai games I had Italy surrender MONTHS earlier.
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... 8&t=400803

If I understand correctly, under the sudden death conditions, there are two ways the war continues into 1945. One of these is that the Western Allies are in Germany. The thing is, that Crossing the Rhine event isn't scheduled to fire until 8 February 1945. So how likely is that ever going to trigger a continuance at the end of '44? That leaves matching the German HWM, which at least in this case Quantas is nowhere close. So here tyronec will get a well deserved victory. I can't help but wonder if he even needed the extensive fort carpet, not to mention is there even a point to the WA condition.

I haven't been moving anything to the other TBs, however there have been quite a few 'delayed' messages and no 'advanced' ones for the various Western Allies campaigns as far as I can remember. They are still somewhere in France approaching the border.
Have simply been playing as well as I can to delay the Soviets to see how the game pans out, rather than playing to the December victory condition which presumably will be triggered soon. Unless the recent patch has disabled it !

T183.
North. Soviets continue to make progress though they have switched the axis of their advance. Battles are getting worse for us as the quality of the infantry deteriorates. Have had to give up a lot of fort hexes this turn due to the threat of being flanked.
Center. Pulling back to a new defensive line in a wooded area of Upper Silesia – however we only have one line of forts and not enough APs to build more in time, so it will not last long.
South. Part of Yugoslavia flipped this turn which I was not expecting it ! Is in the manual but not in the same section as the rest so not obvious to spot – I had never realized that the Soviets went through Yugoslavia. Fortunately we have a couple of Panzer Corps in the area so not much harm done and Slovakia is mostly reoccupied. Elsewhere we have to speed up the retreat from the Carpathians and as well as the two units caught this turn there may well be more slowed up by the mountain movement. I should have had mountain infantry on some of the advanced mountain hexes.
The Soviet steamroller is accelerating…

tyronec wrote: Sun Nov 10, 2024 9:56 am T179.
Scraping the barrel, the Luftwaffe unleash their Go 125s on the Soviets. I hadn’t realized this fearful weapon was in use late war.

Most likely they were part of all the "night bombardment/harass bombardement" units depriving enemies off sleep.

+ Could you give us a view on your German Production Pools by any chance?

Thanks, I should have been mroe specific, I mean Artillery, Tanks and so on.