Battle On The Ice: fracas vs ToxicThug11 GC

[ToxicThug11]

The Germans finally nip off our exhausted armies.. 500,000 encircled men, thousands of artillery, AFVs. Our Southwestern Front is reinforced by 1,500 new AFV's rolling off the Kharkov plant and the arrival of 42 new Rifle Divisions, the equivalent of two infantry armies and one tank army. Meanwhile at Leningrad, the first sign of German doom. A motorized division is isolated and will surrender if it does not break it out.

The Smolensk Front is quiet, and the enemies are being held at the gates of Kursk and Kharkov, with Soviet contingency plans to fall back to Stalino incase the worst comes to worst.

The Wehrmacht teeters on the brink of collapse as it struggles to replace lost AFVs, lost trucks and experienced men, who are always trying to hold encirclements and baring the brunt of Soviet counteroffensives.

[ToxicThug11]

Current Soviet and German OOB:

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My thoughts on this? Totally unsustainable for the Germans. All of their experienced mobile units are badly mauled, hemorrhaging trucks and equipment.

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Soviet "flying coffins" are fulfilling their missions remarkably as they attrition the German Luftwaffe and destroy countless artillery pieces, AFVs and sometimes even manage to turn the tide of battles through air support.

[ToxicThug11]

Although the Soviet Union did indeed lose 500,000 of their finest men and equipment, the Red Army quickly regenerates like a Hydra. You must cut off the head and capture Moscow. The opponent should be wary of his exhausted Southern Front which will come under renewed offensives. Huge amounts of material are concentrated here. Thousands of bombers, thousands of artillery, thousands of tanks, waiting to be unleashed on Romanian armies and shatter them.

[ToxicThug11]

Thousands of AFVs have been railed and prepared in the south to conduct a massive offensive in order to throw the Germans here off-balance.

The rain lifts on the morning of September 14th, and Soviet tanks begin rolling towards the unknown German formations holding the flank of Army Group South.

Red Army intelligence is... shaky at best. Recon reveals a few things, but nothing of use.

The offensive is ordered nonetheless, to relieve pressure from Kharkov and Crimea, hopefully diverting German forces.

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The results are decisive. 1st Romanian Army has lost what I can only presume to be 30-50% of its artillery, and around four divisions have been rendered completely useless due to their losses. These losses are completely unsustainable. I expect some Romanian divisions may disband next turn due to such horrific losses.

We have temporarily extricated an Airborne Brigade and a Cavalry Division, which will sow confusion and chaos behind the German lines and hopefully cause some fatigue as they decide whether to simply rout the two units or decide to bottle them up and attempt to surrender them.

[ToxicThug11]

Turn 14.

All quiet on the Western Front.

The Central and Southwestern Fronts?

The Germans have launched a colossal offensive, the scale and scope of which is... to say the least, concerning.

Entire armies at Kharkov and Kursk smashed. Kursk and Kharkov encircled. Bryansk and Orel sectors threatened with encirclement. Let's just say the German opponent has been very busy operationally planning this shocking offensive.

These sectors are of critical importance and if captured will prove extremely useful to the German logistical web and detrimental to our own. Additionally, these manpower centers will be missed in a time where fresh recruits are becoming harder and harder to come by...

9th of September, the final blow, the enemy who has so recklessly assaulted our formations has captured Voronezh.

Voronezh is an extremely important city on the Don river which commands the area and is one of our last large railyards in the vast expanses of the steppes. From this position, the Germans would be free to pursue any operational direction they please, and we would be at their mercy, handing them the initiative.

Exhausted and worn out, yet fanatical and determined, Das Reich enters the city and is violently repulsed by strong units in the area which were luckily refitting. Voronezh it seems, for now, is safe. The railyard has been completely destroyed and so to has our rail connection into the city. Moreover, the spearhead overextending into Voronezh has been temporarily cut, as Cossack Cavalry divisions prove a menacing pain for German high command.

The Germans are beginning to view Red Army Cavalry as less of a simple "annoyance", and more of a dangerous threat. They strike with speed and withdraw with few losses.

Kharkov and Kursk have been turned into fortress cities with NKVD Detachments assigned to "instill proper communist zeal". This translates to a death sentence for those unlucky enough to be manning the defenses. No retreat.

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Heavy fortifications were dug in preparation, but we never expected them to get so far as Voronezh so soon!

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[ToxicThug11]

The Soviet armies in this area will withdraw to Stalino, inflicting a bloody nose on the German frontline but not breaking through in any decisive manner as planned.

[Zebtucker12]

Good aar but poor romanians

[tm1]

Turn 14.

All quiet on the Western Front.

The Central and Southwestern Fronts?

The Germans have launched a colossal offensive, the scale and scope of which is... to say the least, concerning.

Entire armies at Kharkov and Kursk smashed. Kursk and Kharkov encircled. Bryansk and Orel sectors threatened with encirclement. Let's just say the German opponent has been very busy operationally planning this shocking offensive.

These sectors are of critical importance and if captured will prove extremely useful to the German logistical web and detrimental to our own. Additionally, these manpower centers will be missed in a time where fresh recruits are becoming harder and harder to come by...

9th of September, the final blow, the enemy who has so recklessly assaulted our formations has captured Voronezh.

Voronezh is an extremely important city on the Don river which commands the area and is one of our last large railyards in the vast expanses of the steppes. From this position, the Germans would be free to pursue any operational direction they please, and we would be at their mercy, handing them the initiative.

Exhausted and worn out, yet fanatical and determined, Das Reich enters the city and is violently repulsed by strong units in the area which were luckily refitting. Voronezh it seems, for now, is safe. The railyard has been completely destroyed and so to has our rail connection into the city. Moreover, the spearhead overextending into Voronezh has been temporarily cut, as Cossack Cavalry divisions prove a menacing pain for German high command.

The Germans are beginning to view Red Army Cavalry as less of a simple "annoyance", and more of a dangerous threat. They strike with speed and withdraw with few losses.

Kharkov and Kursk have been turned into fortress cities with NKVD Detachments assigned to "instill proper communist zeal". This translates to a death sentence for those unlucky enough to be manning the defenses. No retreat.

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Kharkov encircled, Cossack rearguard.png

Heavy fortifications were dug in preparation, but we never expected them to get so far as Voronezh so soon!

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Your opponent has made tremendous territorial gains, do you think you can hold Voronezh ?


While i don't doubt your opponents ability in playing the game, your admittance of your Neptune operation failing seems off, I sense this is another " ruse " by you to lull your enemy into a false sense of security.

Seeing your level of skill you have from your AAR's I can only wonder whether a trap is being set.

[ToxicThug11]

While i don't doubt your opponents ability in playing the game, your admittance of your Neptune operation failing seems off, I sense this is another " ruse " by you to lull your enemy into a false sense of security.

Seeing your level of skill you have from your AAR's I can only wonder whether a trap is being set.

Although ambitious plans to recapture Zaphorzye were not realized, the destruction of an entire Romanian army in one turn is no small feat. Fracas informed me that no fewer than 4 divisions and 3 brigades have been utterly destroyed and even more damaged, at very little relative cost to our own.

For every 1 Soviet casualty there have been 61 Romanian casualties in addition to the successful counterattacks against German infantry advancing towards Stalino.

Our forces have also orderly retreated to take positions that have been dug into around the Stalino industrial area.

If losses continue at this rate, the Axis will struggle to man the frontline.

Additionally I am pleased to report that the motorized division attempting to cut off Leningrad has been isolated for two turns now, and has zero serviceable trucks remaining. If Fracas fails to relieve this division, he will lose a very valuable asset next turn.

I'm happy to continue fighting at Voronezh as his supply net will suffer tremendously, whether he recaptures the city or not is of little importance. The important thing is his valuable Mot. and Panzer divisions will be stretched thin fighting for almost irrelevant ground outside of Voronezh, taking heavy losses for little tangible gain.

For the time being, the bulk of Soviet reserves have been concentrated at Kalinin which you may see in the YouTube AAR I will post.

[EwaldvonKleist]

Good job about the counterattacks. You have a risky, high initiative defence style and it really pays off.

[exalted]

For every 1 Soviet casualty there have been 61 Romanian casualties in addition to the successful counterattacks against German infantry advancing towards Stalino.

Am I the only one who thinks that you just proved the flawed way axis minors are modelled in this game so eloquently, no one could do it better

I am impressed

[ToxicThug11]

We have defeated a fascist motorized division.

[jasonbroomer]

The results are decisive. 1st Romanian Army has lost what I can only presume to be 30-50% of its artillery, and around four divisions have been rendered completely useless due to their losses. These losses are completely unsustainable. I expect some Romanian divisions may disband next turn due to such horrific losses.

I think you’ll find that the Romanians don’t need any Russian help to make then ‘completely useless’