GC 76mm (Sov) vs Ketza (Ketza Welcome)

[76mm]

ORIGINAL: M60A3TTS
I remember a while back how frustrated you were by some of the combat results, but you seem to be making headway now. I think to some extent you've been perfecting your battering ram techniques.

I think artillery divisions along with sapper SUs have made a big difference. Last winter I had plenty of sappers, but no ArtDivs, and was making little progress. Now, most of my attacks use at least two ArtDivs, sometimes up to four, and he has to retreat almost every time.

[Peltonx]

Katza mistake was stopping his offensive on turn 58. He like me vs Kamil thought it was possible to dig in and hold doing a back hand blow now and then.

The Russian army grows far to fast.

This was not a 1.05 game as Kamils an mine started under 1.04. Having 7+ million men under arms is not possible with 1.05 by June 42.

Katza is doing better them me but still, you got atleast a minor win. hes got a strong army still with good morale but your getting stronger 3x as fast.

Pelton

[76mm]

ORIGINAL: Pelton

Katza mistake was stopping his offensive on turn 58. He like me vs Kamil thought it was possible to dig in and hold doing a back hand blow now and then.

I think this is an interesting question. In retrospect, I don't think digging in is a winning strategy for the Germans by late 1942, but I'm not sure whether continuing the offensive would be either, as I had some powerful reserves in some portions of the front and could have spanked him if I caught him out in the open.

I think the best strategy for the Germans, and one which Ketza has generally been following, is to generally go on the defense by the second half of 1942 and conduct frequent smallish offensives intended to pocket an army or two in a single turn rather than taking Stalingrad, etc. As long as he can conduct adequate recon to ensure that these attacks occur where I do not have powerful reserves, I don't think there is much I could do to stop it. Even this strategy would become difficult to implement by mid-1943, as if I wanted to I could have decent reserves all along the front. But by forcing me to keep these reserves it would significantly slow down my offensive.

Just my two cents...

[76mm]

Also, I think the only reason I am finally having some success is that I have concentrated almsot all of my offensive efforts and resources into three fronts, between Kursk and Kharkov. Many Sov players try to attack all along the front, and if I had tried that in this game, Ketza's forts and reserves would have made it a bloody failure IMHO.

[76mm]

Sadly, it looks like this game is over; I've been in touch with Ketza, and he's tied up with the RL stuff for a few weeks, and is kind of tired of the various big patch-induced changes as well, so we decided to end it.

This game was just getting to be fun for me, so it is kind of frustrating, but it is what it is.

Think I'll put the game down for a while but would probably be up for another game or two once the devs finish with it.

[Peltonx]

This was agreat AAR to follow as all things were equal.

I know we have disagreed on some things in the past, but you have skills as a Russian player and do know the game.

Take a some time off, but do come back asap.

I look forward to kicking your butt in game until 43 then getting my head handed to me by you on a silver platter.

Good luck in RL.

Pelton

[76mm]

heh heh, well lets see about a game in a few months. Ketza is an excellent player, but your style is rather different so a game with you would certainly be a challenge...