Frozen frogs! Stef78 (axis) Stelteck (Russia) - Stelteck welcome

[chaos45]

maybe he is super low on armaments with all those CAV Corps as cav squads eat more armaments....also losses have been very heavy.

[STEF78]

Turn 121, 7th october 1943

For the first time, mud will be welcomed. I need to rest and refit my mobile units. They were overused during this summer to slow russian progress and counterattack as much as possible.

North of Moscow, more and more corps stacks can be seen... the red arrow at the bottom didn't show the right hex. It's the 43=54 one.



And usual counterattacks. 3 ordinary tanks regiments are the equivalent of an heavy Pz Battaliion, my best support unit. And Stelteck has zillions of tank regiments
I now have more than 15 pzd/mot units north of the Oka river. One year ago, they were all South of Saratov...

[STEF78]

A view of Ryazan area. Reserve activation still works!



Lots of attacks and counterattacks east of Boguchar

[STEF78]

and a view of the South before my moves. Stalingrad wasn't attacked! I hope that the city will hold during mud and prevent russian rail repair.

If possible it would be a very good news as russian right wing would get far less supply!

Also note those nasty partisans...



After my moves



and the OOB

[BrianG]

Congrats on skillful retreat AND GETTING OUT BEFORE DOOM.
btw that was a nice partizan attack

[chaos45]

Stef is actually sitting in pretty good shape for the end of 1943 coming up. Taking moscow is just such a huge hit to long term soviet play, Hopefully see this one play out to see if it gives the game to the Germans as a long term win.

[Stelteck]

ORIGINAL: STEF78
I'm only surprised with artillery evolution. Usually russian artillery is getting stronger whatever happens. Maybe Stelteck has the clue.

I do not know, maybe i do not built enough artillery divisions but i have already 22 ones.

The last 3 i built were filling very slowly despite having one million armement points available, probably due to specific built limitation per gun type.

[STEF78]

Well, this summer is over with a last attempt from Stelteck to isolate a german inf div near VV. 46th pzk did the job ...



An overview of this summer. 2 major facts:
- I had to give up the Saratov's edge. Soviet pressure was becoming dangerous
- Stelteck's momentum progressed regularly. His move south of Stalingrad was unexpected in such strength. Well played. I now have no hope of conquering Baku [:D]

On the other parts of the front, some grinding but nothing decisive.

it was an interesting summer to play with a red army growing in strength and an axis army able to deliver heavy counterattacks



And the OOB. Soviet AFV above 22K! And german AFV close from 10K..
Russian inf far below 8M men
Fights were intense.

[STEF78]

Turn 126, 11th november 1943

Well as you perhaps noticed, some issue with my username due to account merging... support should work.

Mud is over and russians are stronger than ever. Men are above 8M and AFV above 24K!!!! German army is strong too...

Stalingrad still holds, very proud of my 2 romanians units.

Where will red army hit? viewing the map I would tell VV, South Moscow, Ryazan, east of Boguchar, Stalingrad and Don-Manich lanbridge. But nothing sure.



After 4 weeks on refit, my pzd show respectable CV's



And just for fun, 4 supports units for a single Pzd

[SparkleyTits]

I am drooling over that PzD

[Stelteck]

Nice target !!!

[piotrmx]

It, s like Thor hummer. But what will be in 5 months?

[STEF78]

ORIGINAL: Stelteck

Nice target !!!

Russian morale looks high [:(]

[STEF78]

ORIGINAL: piotrmx

It, s like Thor hummer.

GD has a 49 CV, I could easily make it over 50 but I have no time to set it on refit...

But what will be in 5 months?

We shall see. This one will be on the road to southern France....

[Stelteck]

ORIGINAL: BARBELETTE

ORIGINAL: Stelteck

Nice target !!!

Russian morale looks high [:(]

Of course.
I just got my tank corps TOE upgrade that removed light tanks for more medium tanks and they gain +7/8 CV in the process. [:'(]

The side effect is that now my cavalry corps looks underpowered compared to them.

[SparkleyTits]

Well Stelteck with your army being so mechanised I am looking forward to seeing the added pressure this is going to bring!

Any chance we could get a picture of your best tank corp so we can compare?

[John B.]

Maybe the two units could fight each other one on one as champions for each side.

[HardLuckYetAgain]

ORIGINAL: SparkleyTits

Well Stelteck with your army being so mechanised I am looking forward to seeing the added pressure this is going to bring!

Any chance we could get a picture of your best tank corp so we can compare?

Infantry Corps is where it is at phewy on Mech corps, those things chew up trucks like crazy.

[SparkleyTits]

I agree on both accounts but I still think Stelecks reasoning is good under the circumstances as I imagine he is straddling manpower pools each turn atm

If he has the pools to use in AFV's and manages to keeps truck pools nominal then with him not likely being in the green manpower wise to go all out offensively then it makes sense to burn AFV's aswell as inf until Stef starts to grind down attritionally then he could switch over again to more efficient force once the steamroller starts going

[STEF78]

ORIGINAL: John B.

Maybe the two units could fight each other one on one as champions for each side.

In this case I would choose GD as champion and swap the Stugs and Pioneers against stronger supports