Teuton vs Slav Part 1

[wargamer123]

While having Brunch with some of the Best Leaders in the Empire, Moltke discussed the obvious Choices, one is a knockout blow to France... In a modified Schlieffen plan, but the resources did not exist to do quite what was layed down earlier the previous decade. Another option, which Moltke favored was to face the well known, inferior Tsarist Russians. The Slavic Race was known to be inferior for many decades to that of the German stock, and with Austro-Hungary on the side of the CP there should be little issue in establishing a strong foothold on the Food Rich Resources of the Ukraine which could feed the German People for years. Also this would free up the Baltic States and Germany could lay down a Puppet Regime in Poland portraying to the World the Peaceloving Generosity of the German Empire! Anyways it's not as if the Russians could hold more than a Season or two against the Might of the German Armed Forces! [>:]


Regardless, with the entirety of the German Army at his disposal, the Chief of Staff would show his plan in action, and of course prove what he knew in his heart to be true.

1914:

Germany deployed in Eastern Prussia large Detachments of German Troops and another contingent Facing South toward Warsaw. Nearly 80% of the German Military faces East with the entirety of the Austro-Hungarian, aside from a small force to occuppy Northern Serbia...


Breaking out with a haste, no Calvary Screens and few road blocks the German Army as predicted marches through Poland unopposed until reaching Warsaw, into 1915 nearly surrounding it entirely capturing every Minor city along the way ... Smashing it with Big Bertha and numerous other Siege Guns the city holds, even with the Russians facing encirclement holding firmly onto Brest-Litovsk to avoid this. Meanwhile the AH Forces penetrate deeply into the Ukraine and Belorus only to be stopped cold outside of Brest-Litovsk and near the gateway to the Grain Rich Plains in the South near Rowno... The Russians headbutt every AH attempt to Crush them, digging in with their pesky Infantry Corps, tons and tons of them, never choosing to fight merely retreat and go around the Hordes facing them. So Far the Russian Cannons are fairly silent but they've withheld endless Barrages, hundreds of thousands of dead. The Prediction of Moltke, was false... Soon dismissed and replaced with more a competent and aggressive leader.

Regardless 1915:

the General Staff claims that Riga and Petrograd must be taken, the gateway to a Russian Collapse must be done upon the Key Factories and Leadership of the Russian Empire is here... Not only to damage the Russian Economy but to collapse their Morale. Certainly a Victory would do this? German Forces drive deep into the Baltics, Besieging Riga, tearing the Fortress to shreads, leaving nothing behind them... This is where the Russians will make a stand finally against their much despised adversary. This was not like Poland nor like Memel. Substantial Russian Reserves appear out of nowhere and begin to push on the fringes of the German Lines, straining them to near exhaustion. Dvinsk brings up more reserves that expected so an all out assualt is Ordered upon Riga, Simultaneously Warsaw which has also been leved is assaulted in an all out attempt to clench a victory like a desperate soldiers thirst in the Desert. However both are repulsed by the Brave Russian Steppe Soldiers. Little can be done, it appears that the Russians have taking Trench digging Techniques from the British and have used the Rubble created by German Guns to hide and ambush any attempts to concede an inch of valued soil, it's Blood for Acres sort of Situation... Though The German and Austrian Lines are Bolstered as Now AH is Semi Threatened and no immediate gains are seen, though the Generals are hopeful that the Russians are weary... but none of this is certain and any further advances could be at the cost of their own encircelement, the Russians employ now a very vast Army... Recon is impossible on such a vast Frontier

Meanwhile on Other Fronts:

The French are attempting to breakout in every way possible, Luxembourgh was seized and the line was entrenched with both France and Italy, reserves that were badly required in the East were forced to Bolster these defenses. These and the failure at Jutland to win a victory and in fact to lose half of the Kriegsmarine are blamed on the Leadership not the fighting men why no actual headway can be made to bring this bloody conflict to a final conclusion. Despite the poor leadership.. Several Victories were achieved, where 120 thousand Brave French Soldiers were cut off attempting to breakout into Northern Germany..... and were forced to surrender and deathmarched to Berlin paraded their part in this war of aggression! Every attempt for the French to assualt the German lines has ended in endless casaulties... Though French Guns and British Reinforcements look to change the tide of things but so far the bravery and heroism of the German Fighting Soldat has showed no mercy to the poorly trained and poorly equipped French Army.

So far the Ottoman Empire has been a modest aide, and the Pesky Serbians have fought harder than the French!

Regardless The Endless Economic Powerhouse of the Entente has weilded both diplomatically and industrially a Power that the CP Cannot easily Resist. Endless Diplomatic Pressure upon Italy,Bulgaria, Romania and have forced the hand of the CP Leaders and any attempt to trade or fight the British at sea has been a absymal failure leaving only one option to the total and utter destruction and annihilation of Tsarist Russia! The Kaiser disowns any blood relation to the Royalty of Russia, if it could be called that, a state of Slavery and Poverty. Why would such a People Fight so Willingly for their own demise, hopefully they shall see the Light? The German Empire shall Free them of their shackles for once and for all! Then Turn on the French and their Allies!!!


Boogada vs Wargamer


Screenies and more indepthness to come



Very Unique game for my 2nd one of all

[wargamer123]

Russians begin an offensive showing off the fact they're in no way weak, but it's now run out of steam outside of Krakow...Regardless the Austrian Will has been dampened by this and their morale quickly plummets...

German Siege Cannons had almost begun to reduce Riga and conquored the City but that didn't last long all Russian reinforcements that could, repulsed the Germans back 2-3 Hexes along the front there. Quickly re-establishing a defensive line. In the Center Warsaw holding out, the bodies stack up against the Russian Fortress but to no avail, the Russians merely stack them for protection from CP Bullets. In the enter mixed success as the Russians dig in, in the Ukraine and in Serbia... Although vicious Counterattcks break through Lemberg and Premysl and near Krakow, threatening the heart of the AH...

In Italy and in France stalemate, any attempt to break the line ends in hundreds of thousand dead, cut off, or wounded. The War in the MiddleEast is quiet and as of yet Bulgaria/Romania/USA are all neutral and 1916 approaches slowly


All in all without a success merely stalemates, the CP is staggering behind and the Entente is resting a complete success on the backs of the Russian Bear

[wargamer123]

This image is right after the German attack on Riga, the Russians rebuild, repulse and then begin to push back the Germans. Failure to surround Warsaw, failure to push the Serbians out of Europe and free of those AH troops, meant that Ukraine and Portions of Poland held on when things could've gone more toward the CP, also giving valuable time to the Russians to wait out the attacks

[wargamer123]

The Russians never manage to remove the AH from their frontier but rather push on Galicia, but are stopped outside of Krakow, front got stale here. Though cost AH Morale a great deal

[wargamer123]

Belgrade fell, but Serbia is a tougher cookie than that, especially with some deep trenches!

[wargamer123]

The Air War was fun, favouring the ET with their extra resources. Although German Aces show they do not need #s, they can still control most of the skies even outnumbered!

[wargamer123]

This campaign is just a bloody one, neither side either gains or losses. Much like the Caucasus

[wargamer123]

This is an older image and prompted my surrender, that and my failure to breakthrough the Russian Defenses. In the end such a vast number of French and british Troops massed that they never got any real gains, but they were slowly eating away at the German Troops... Picking away them one by one

[wargamer123]

This was my second game, I learned a great deal... I learned that you need siege Artillery and you need it quickly on the spot to break those frontline forts. You also cannot ignore the economics... My German transports were smashed, Serbia never got a breakthrough tied up lots of men and resources...OE was isolated as well

all in all, I do not feel all bad, Boogada taught me a lot my 1st game vs him, it was over before it started and here at least I managed to extract 1.6 million lives for it and real close to 1916, no point to continue in my mind as it would be down hill from 1916 on... Entente Diplomacy was hitting but mine was not

[boogada]

Oh well...

When you first attacked in the east you made some real good gaines. You reached the outskirts of Riga, but there was like 1 or 2 impulses when you didn't attack, that gave me time to retreat to Riga. The Russians can sacrifice most of Poland and the Baltic area, if they hold Riga. Riga is fortified too. Also you failed to gain Brest-Litovsk (another fort) and Warsaw. Try to get Brest-Litovsk and just surround Warsaw and let it starve. Use recon to find out if there is any HQ unit, and if there isn't you have nothing bad to expect from an encircled stack of troops.
The Russians did not use any HQ points at the beginning, and they get a lot of new troops after a couple of month. When you moved troops to the Western front I could easily drive you back from Riga, regain Minks (that wasn't secured at all) and start driving towards Galicia. Again that area was barely secured because your troops were somewhere in Ukraine but I still had contact to Galicia from Poland. I built up an army there and just got the Galician towns. Krakow would have been my next target.
Try capturing Serbia next time, or just ignore it right away and don't waste troops on it. My next move might have been to amphib some Allied Corps into Serbia to create some more trouble on that Southern Front.
Your defense on the Western front was good though. I never managed to breakthrough and two times your counterattacks cut off my spearheads and killed my troops. But after massive British troops arrived in 1915/16 I would have been able to keep my offensive going for a longer period.

[wargamer123]

AH really has to focus it's forces, I am just beginning to realize that. Serbia is a prime target to either kill and open up OE or let live and focus those resources elsewhere. You're right to say the only place I really focused my firepower was in the West, I saw several times where you spearheaded and cut off the spearhead but I had no corps or Activations Point to counter. Plus you were well dug in also. In the end the size of the British-French Forces were impossible to fight, also leaving all those Pockets of Russians were a grave mistake. They were easy for you to sweep back up with your reserves...

I think I've learned a lot about the first half of this game, I just hope I can survive through the second half. It seems if the CP doesn't get Paris or a KnockOut blow by 1916 in the East things get very very tedious for her.

GG Fun, I did better vs Hjaco, very similar... The East First Strategy is not as easy as one might think. Requires the right resources, right defenses and good planning. Thought it would be easier than France first.

ORIGINAL: boogada

Oh well...

When you first attacked in the east you made some real good gaines. You reached the outskirts of Riga, but there was like 1 or 2 impulses when you didn't attack, that gave me time to retreat to Riga. The Russians can sacrifice most of Poland and the Baltic area, if they hold Riga. Riga is fortified too. Also you failed to gain Brest-Litovsk (another fort) and Warsaw. Try to get Brest-Litovsk and just surround Warsaw and let it starve. Use recon to find out if there is any HQ unit, and if there isn't you have nothing bad to expect from an encircled stack of troops.
The Russians did not use any HQ points at the beginning, and they get a lot of new troops after a couple of month. When you moved troops to the Western front I could easily drive you back from Riga, regain Minks (that wasn't secured at all) and start driving towards Galicia. Again that area was barely secured because your troops were somewhere in Ukraine but I still had contact to Galicia from Poland. I built up an army there and just got the Galician towns. Krakow would have been my next target.
Try capturing Serbia next time, or just ignore it right away and don't waste troops on it. My next move might have been to amphib some Allied Corps into Serbia to create some more trouble on that Southern Front.
Your defense on the Western front was good though. I never managed to breakthrough and two times your counterattacks cut off my spearheads and killed my troops. But after massive British troops arrived in 1915/16 I would have been able to keep my offensive going for a longer period.