Razing the Reich

[Fishbed]

Btw MT, maybe you should blank the whole backyard. Whiting up just the place where you DO have troops is just going to tell a spy everything he needs to know about where your reserves are [;)]

[Michael T]

There may or may not be reserves under the blobs.

Paranoia is why they exist. Stalin was renowned for it [;)]

[Baelfiin]

ORIGINAL: Michael T

There may or may not be reserves under the blobs.

Paranoia is why they exist. Stalin was renowned for it [;)]

Taking disinformation to an entirely new level 8) I love it!

[dave_wolf]

ORIGINAL: Michael T

There may or may not be reserves under the blobs.

Paranoia is why they exist. Stalin was renowned for it [;)]

The well-deserved Joseph reference aside, I do understand. At least concerning strangers. But I'm not sure I for one would like to keep playing against people that I don't believe I can trust.

Just saying.

[Klydon]

Starting an offensive out of the swamp is not exactly one of the best moves I have seen Pelton ever make, but who knows. /shrug.

German operational tank strength seems low for someone who didn't stay engaged for the winter. Wonder what happen there. On the other hand, the Luftwaffe looks to be in excellent shape.

[randallw]

Those early cav corps aren't great, but later on ( 1943 or 1944 ) they get to have about 160 tanks ( mostly medium ), so.....you might want to reconsider.

I am also concerned that you are going on the offensive; why not let him try to punch his way through your prepared locations instead of coming to get him. You have a good sized army but it's not at a quality level enough that you want to be trying to slam into him.

[Michael T]

I am not concerned about what Pelton may or may not do anymore. I could lose 1 million troops and 500 AP and still be in the box seat. My army is huge and they are not ants. The attacks continue. This turn (T39) the Soviets inflicted 30K of axis casualties in assaults (24K German) for the loss of 25K brave comrades. Roll on summer I say. Pelton is going to cop an embarrassing defeat, his idea of retreating to Poland will go down as one of the worst ever. Still now that he can’t retreat anymore it’s a lot of fun trashing his troops. I still predict he will go turtle soon. His attack towards Gomel is going nowhere fast. His great snow O is somewhat of a fizzer, much like his 41 summer [:D]

[janh]

Yes, Pelton is playing very strange when it come to this game. A Red scare seems to have caught him.

I can't see much sense in this axis in the swamps, there are not even any rail lines critical to his advance. Perhaps it was (is) aimed at Tula and Kursk, or maybe he envisioned to link up with his northern Panzer spearhead driving a wedge through Smolensk or so. Well, foggy it is. There is a huge infantry concentration around Riga, so he must be looking at LG as well.

Maybe you're right and can afford the losses, but the 42 Red Army is still a fragile thing, even 7M strong. Look at Terje's luck, he may just have cut a 1M chunk from such an anaconda that stuck its head out too far.

[Michael T]

I just can't see him acheiving anything as long as I stay on my toes. Even when he goes turtle I will be able to spend all my AP on Corps in 1942. I will manage to attack somewhere. He will slowly bleed to death and I will roll in to Berlin in 1944. I am more confident than ever. I am looking forward to summer. My Red airforce is shooting down kraut bombers in droves. In one raid I had over 300 fighters intercept a force of 40 fighters and 40 bombers. He lost 30 odd bombers for not a single soviet a/c.

[dave_wolf]

ORIGINAL: Michael T

they are not ants

Have you seen the latest Fringe episode? [:D]

[TulliusDetritus]

ORIGINAL: Michael T

I just can't see him acheiving anything as long as I stay on my toes.

Something like this, er the cat stance? [8D]

[Klydon]

ORIGINAL: Michael T

My Red airforce is shooting down kraut bombers in droves. In one raid I had over 300 fighters intercept a force of 40 fighters and 40 bombers. He lost 30 odd bombers for not a single soviet a/c.

Not a single Russian fighter shot down despite 40 German fighters in the area. That the aircraft model continues to be broken is quite evident. Hopefully they get around to fixing it at some point.

ORIGINAL: Michael T

Pelton is going to cop an embarrassing defeat, his idea of retreating to Poland will go down as one of the worst ever.

It is your AAR and far be it from me to be the "forum police", but talking trash on someone who can't even see what you are saying and/or defend themselves is pretty low. Keep the personal attack stuff out of it and stick to the topic of the game like you have in a lot of other areas.

Michael, I think everyone would agree that you are one of the best players that post here and so is Pelton. Pelton made the huge mistake of posting a lot of games AND using pretty much the same basic game plan for 1941 in game after game. You scouted him on it and absolutely took advantage of it, causing his 1941 offensive to be a total failure. Nothing wrong with that, but to belittle him over it, etc is not right.

I just wonder if you would have the same confidence in a rematch with Pelton should he want one and him having the experience of playing against you now. You may still win, but you would have to work at it a lot more. (I think the game is pretty much broken in the Russian's favor between really good opponents from what I have seen for the most part at this point in time).

In the mean time, Pelton is trying something totally different and it may not work (honestly, I hope it doesn't because if it is does, it means the game is total screwed up in general), but who knows. I guess we all get to see what happens.

[sillyflower]

ORIGINAL: Klydon

ORIGINAL: Michael T

My Red airforce is shooting down kraut bombers in droves. In one raid I had over 300 fighters intercept a force of 40 fighters and 40 bombers. He lost 30 odd bombers for not a single soviet a/c.

Not a single Russian fighter shot down despite 40 German fighters in the area. That the aircraft model continues to be broken is quite evident. Hopefully they get around to fixing it at some point.

ORIGINAL: Michael T

Pelton is going to cop an embarrassing defeat, his idea of retreating to Poland will go down as one of the worst ever.

It is your AAR and far be it from me to be the "forum police", but talking trash on someone who can't even see what you are saying and/or defend themselves is pretty low. Keep the personal attack stuff out of it and stick to the topic of the game like you have in a lot of other areas.

Klydon: this is not quite fair. Michael criticised the man's strategy, not the man himself. Those are two very different things. Trash talk is the latter, not the former.

[Klydon]

The written word can be a bear at times for intent, especially on a board that has a lot of non-native English speakers. To be fair, I would have said the same thing if Pelton had said something in his AAR on this as well, so I don't have an ax to grind with Michael.

Having said that, what he posted was totally unnecessary, did not add anything to the quality of his ARR and skirts dangerously close to being over the top.

[76mm]

Klydon, from the immortal lines of Stripes, "lighten up Francis"!

Michael is fully justified in voicing his opinion of Pelton's strategy--indeed, isn't that what AARs are for??

I don't think that anyone doubts that Pelton is an excellent player, but his chosen strategy in this game is certainly unorthodox and thus far seems to have been a serious mistake.

[governato]

ORIGINAL: Klydon




In the mean time, Pelton is trying something totally different and it may not work (honestly, I hope it doesn't because if it is does, it means the game is total screwed up in general), but who knows. I guess we all get to see what happens.

That's what professors do after getting tenure: they can finally test the crazy theories that were too controversial
to try while in their younger years. It's fun (for them, if not for their students)...and sometimes even works. I am not sure what Pelton is up to, but he is trying new things and I am looking forward to find out.

[Michael T]

Klydon don't worry. Pelton and I enjoy throwing little barbs at each other. What we say about each other publically is pretty much all tongue in cheek [:)]

[Klydon]

ORIGINAL: 76mm

Klydon, from the immortal lines of Stripes, "lighten up Francis"!

"You just made the list buddy" [:D]

[randallw]

It does look a little weird that the panzer blob attack is north of the neck of the rivers there; I don't even see where the other pincer is?

[Michael T]

I think Pelton has simply under estimated the strength of my Inf Div's. 90% are all 100% TOE with 50 morale and 50 exp. CV 3 or more. Maybe he expected the usual 40 morale under strength CV 1 type dudes. I don't have any like that.

If his Mech units head in to open ground they are fair game for my reserves. He will need to be stacked 3 high to be safe. And the VVS is quite capable of effective ground support. This army has a bit of bite about it. 2.0 it is not, but not 1.0 either.