[center]Turn 73[/center]
[center]5 November 1942[/center]
Well, my conclusion after the summer 1942 German offensive...
As you can see on the screenshot, Marquo has grabbed a loooooot of land. Overall I would say this might cost me the war. Still, this is a totally virgin territory to me. I don't know what to expect from the coming winter offensive. South of Moscow I should be getting to Kursk area (to be more or less on schedule)... and that seems impossible, even if I like to push like a crazy bastard (first blizzard). I don't know if I will able to start pushing the Hitlerite bandits during 1943 either.
I was thinking that I would be giving up if I am really far from the historical line after the winter. BUT... I would be missing an important experience: handling the Red Army v2.0 that is! Therefore I think I should continue no matter what [:)]
The reasons of this debacle? Well, I could start some sort of wild tirade (à la Mister X), asking for the heads of
y,
z and
t. The thing is I honestly think 1) Marquo has done a really excellent summer campaign and 2) I did a horrible defensive campaign. Therefore my opinion is that any other Soviet player might have done much better than me. As easy as this! [8D]
Still, the summer has been very stressful. And this means the campaign is about right (as per history). The pace of my turns was really slow, simply because I did not know what to do! This is a horrible feeling, by the way.
Yes, I had lots of reserves. The thing is Marquo was gobbling units every turn (following a really good pocket in the south: almost 40 divisions trapped!). I ended up with no reserves, a thin frontline, and of course, willing to fight (not one step back) for Moscow. The city is still in my hands but as I have said I don't know if the events in the south will cost me the war. I would say it will, but time will tell (the virigin territory thing).
The only good thing (LOL) is that he's only swallowed regular rifle divisions. Only two or so Guards divisions were swallowed. No Corps (Guards Rifle, Tank and Cavalry) were annihilated.
I had only created 6 Guards Rifle Corps which were put to good use around Moscow, trashing here and there the Hitlerite Bandits, along with the Tank Corps (a hit & run thing). Moscow is in my hands because of them, no doubt.
