At a loss
Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2002 11:35 am
On only 8/10/41 I find Leningrad gone...(it fell on 7/27!) Vyazma and Velikye Luki fallen (as well as the entrenched line of corps connecting them) ...I'm seriously considering early capitulation. I've lost before...but never so quickly.
In this game, I tried the hedgehog defence...stacking the major cities along the rail lines with one tank div, 4 inf. divs, and as much arty and anti-tank weapons as I could find. Each city fell in one turn, not even causig a hiccup in my opponent's advance.
He's at the end of his supply range...but that hasn't seemed to slow him since his spearheads have ended up in hexes with supply of 1 or 0 during the entire advance. I've lost 37,000 squads, and countless other arms. The infantry replacement pool stands at a paltry 1,300. I have perhaps 20 divisions south of Voronezh
In previous games, I've either thrown up short defensive lines...3-7 corps in length (depending on anchors) which, while slowing an opponent down, have only given him more grist for his mobile mills (leaving me too little for operations after the blizzards). The end result of one of those was to fall in the summer of 42'. The others are still ongoing in the first blizzards.
I've piled on the airpower at threatened points, only to find my air units virtually destroyed, and my corps either vanished or pushed back. The only successful part of my operations has been avoiding having my hq's overrun.
So, I'm thinking there must be something I'm missing. Anybody got any contructive criticism which may help? Or, am I doomed to join the numbers who say that nothing can stop a determined and experienced opponent besides rail?
In this game, I tried the hedgehog defence...stacking the major cities along the rail lines with one tank div, 4 inf. divs, and as much arty and anti-tank weapons as I could find. Each city fell in one turn, not even causig a hiccup in my opponent's advance.
He's at the end of his supply range...but that hasn't seemed to slow him since his spearheads have ended up in hexes with supply of 1 or 0 during the entire advance. I've lost 37,000 squads, and countless other arms. The infantry replacement pool stands at a paltry 1,300. I have perhaps 20 divisions south of Voronezh
In previous games, I've either thrown up short defensive lines...3-7 corps in length (depending on anchors) which, while slowing an opponent down, have only given him more grist for his mobile mills (leaving me too little for operations after the blizzards). The end result of one of those was to fall in the summer of 42'. The others are still ongoing in the first blizzards.
I've piled on the airpower at threatened points, only to find my air units virtually destroyed, and my corps either vanished or pushed back. The only successful part of my operations has been avoiding having my hq's overrun.
So, I'm thinking there must be something I'm missing. Anybody got any contructive criticism which may help? Or, am I doomed to join the numbers who say that nothing can stop a determined and experienced opponent besides rail?
