Sicily to Brenner's Pass ( Brian and larry )

[devoncop]

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

Thanks for the info 're disengagement ..... Kesselring managed it expertly....I am no Kesselring !

I'm starting to feel "funny" about the last unit leaving the hex embarked on the rail. I'm feeling like it DOES
get shot at. We'll have to run a test to find out.

I can confirm that when the "last train from Palermo" scraped past advance recon units from the US 7th Army who had got to one hex from the North coast the entrained unit took hits but the train scraped through to reach the MLR.

It may be similar in the case of entraining a unit already in contact but I dont think it's possible where fighting is already underway.

Please let me know if that is wrong.

Cheers

Ian

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: devoncop
I can confirm that when the "last train from Palermo" scraped past advance recon units
from the US 7th Army who had got to one hex from the North coast the entrained unit
took hits but the train scraped through to reach the MLR.

It may be similar in the case of entraining a unit already in contact but I dont think
it's possible where fighting is already underway.

Please let me know if that is wrong.

I think it all depends on whether or not the unit is the last or only unit in the hex
at the moment that the unit tries to leave the hex. I'm thinking it gets shot at.

[devoncop]

Thanks...

In which case the Italians will need some rearguard training [;)]

[larryfulkerson]

Hey Ian:
I just now ran a test and the embarked unit did indeed get shot at.

[devoncop]

Makes sense. Thanks

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the results of Brian's moves as fast as I can get them to you. I've got a
brand new hole in my lines in the west and British tanks are turning my units into
mincemeat in the east.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's a report on the condition of the aircraft squadrons right now. About half of
them are down for maint. I put the planes on rest when they turn yellow or they are
less than 50% on proficiency. Also, I try to fly the tired planes to safety and
thereby open a slot at that airfield for a fresh plane to park there. There are only
a few airfields that have superior tactical positions and they tend to get crowded.
Brian has jammed as many planes as he can fit into the few airfields he has on the
island and now might be a good time for an airstrike or two.

[larryfulkerson]

I've seen some German aircraft with proficiency in the 90's and here's an Italian
aircraft squadron with a proficiency in the 80's which is a lot higher than I was
expecting for an Italian squadron. This is good news. Remind me to send the
scenario designer an email thanking him.

[larryfulkerson]

There have been major developments in the West side of the front in that Brian has
assembled a Task Force that is making holes in my lines and there's nothing I can
do to stop it so there's a chance that I can construct another MLR north of the
existing one. Or at least a road block of some kind to delay his getting to Messina.
The British on the east side have made good progress pressing north along the coast.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's a close up of the east side right now. My second MLR is a joke but it's
gotten the entrenchments started in those hexes for when the 1st MLR finally gets
pushed back this far. Brian's mechanized units, the American units, are pressing
hard and will breakthrough sometime soon now. His tanks have made a bulge and will
breakthrough next turn and I'll not have any reserves to contain them.

[larryfulkerson]

I tried an attack but it went nowhere and caused me more damage than it did to Brian.
I'm going to have to quit doing that and just defend.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the positions of everybody at the end of the combat replay
for turn 9.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the ending positions after the combat replay of T10:

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the ending positions after I've moved everybody in T10, no attacks this turn:

[devoncop]

I am liking your multi-layered defence and especially the defence of the Mt Etna passes.

I thought the Panzer Gren Div got withdrawn early but it seems not so all good !

[larryfulkerson]

Here's what it looks like at the end of the combat replay at the end of Brian's T11.

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: devoncop
I am liking your multi-layered defence and especially the defence of the Mt Etna passes.

The Americans have broken my front lines on the west side so now I need to garrison the
west side of Mt. Etna too. It's now a foot race to see if I can get the italians to the
west side of Mt. Etna before Brian can get his units there first.

ORIGINAL: devoncop
I thought the Panzer Gren Div got withdrawn early but it seems not so all good !

I glanced through the expected reinforcements and found some withdrawls in T68 but nothing
before that. Thanks for the heads up.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the T12 front lines at the end of the combat replay. Brian has been attacking almost everywhere up and down the
front lines and is pushing the Axis units backwards.

[devoncop]

Hi again

Difficult to tell from the screenies but I am assuming the silence is being regularly disturbed with the sound of you blowing bridges?

In one of my playthroughs my Allied opponent is reporting significant supply issues as a result as he pushes north and east.

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: devoncop
Hi again

Hello there Ian dude. Thanks for posting.

ORIGINAL: devoncop
Difficult to tell from the screenies but I am assuming the silence is being regularly disturbed with the sound of you blowing bridges?

I'm blowing every bridge I can get a unit to and I'm hoping it'll make a difference.

ORIGINAL: devoncop
In one of my playthroughs my Allied opponent is reporting significant supply issues as a result as he pushes north and east.

North and East? Is he exploring the western part of the island. I'm hoping Brian will take the
time to go exploring. Less troops at my MLR.