MikeJ
17 Mar 04, 22:19
Well, it seems like supply drain madness against 6th army... I held off on it on turn 2 in hopes that he wouldn't start it, but he went ahead and supply drained half of the 6th army frontlines so I'm going to respond in kind on this turn.
I took TO North, Early release of 19th and early release of 1st PzA. Opponent deployed 2nd Guards to the North.
Attached picture is status at the start of turn 3. I'm happily contemplating 5TAs encirclement this turn and destruction on turn 4 and 5. On turn 2 GunnerC tried to pull back most of 5TA, but judging by the replay they did not get far. Almost all of it will be stacked up approximately within the area of the red box. The black iconed MP units on the road in my left pincer are hexes stacked filled with 9 units, heh. I have more than enough strength to close the pocket (and subsequently destroy it) and send a panzer division north immediately, as intelligence reports a couple of divisions from 2nd guards coming south. Surprisingly, he left the rest of 2nd Guards Army next to the Italians.
Purple lines are what I'm going to do on turn 3 and the light blue is what I'm doing to do after 5TA is dead (turn 5 I expect, as I'm not going to sit around and wait for defections.. just want it out of supply so that none of it goes to the Soviet replacement pool). As per the light blue, I'm going to try to cut off the western part of Don Front forces when I attempt to linkup with 6th army. Additionally, I'm going to start driving towards the Don river to the North-West of the screenshot with probably 2-3 divisions. If he wants to go nuts on the Italians (which is what I"m anticipating given his lackluster response to 5TA), I'm going to cross the Don and start going after his supply points. That ought to get his attention ;). Tasked my worthless Luftwaffe Field Divisions and Rumanians to proceed North East once 5TA is destroyed to seize the Don River, which I intend to use as the northern flank for 6th army.
In either case, I'm quite sure I have 5TAs destruction locked down and he's going to have a really big hole in his lines. I'm just really surprised that he doesn't seem to care, instead building up for an attack on the Italians. Looks like he's betting he can make me stop my attacks with his own attacks... if that's the case, he's in for a rude awakening. I'm sending 19th Panzer and 304th Infantry to the Italian lines see if I can't cut off that little Soviet bridgehead across the Don (the one they start with) northwest of Boguchan as he's looking to start pouring forces through it. Given his strenght I doubt it's going to happen, but I might be able to sneak it in before the bulk of the SOviet armies there activate. In any case, they'll be part of my delaying force while I happily rip his center to shreds and free von Paulus.
Oh yeah, at the very south of the image you can see a Soviet division bravely crossing the bridge alone... bradenburg unit is going to drop onto the bridge and the division should be dead before the turn is up. Silly suicidal socialists.
All in all, I'm a happy camper. The only flaw in the picture are the supply drain attacks on 6th army. But I've got some supply drain fun for him this turn.
I took TO North, Early release of 19th and early release of 1st PzA. Opponent deployed 2nd Guards to the North.
Attached picture is status at the start of turn 3. I'm happily contemplating 5TAs encirclement this turn and destruction on turn 4 and 5. On turn 2 GunnerC tried to pull back most of 5TA, but judging by the replay they did not get far. Almost all of it will be stacked up approximately within the area of the red box. The black iconed MP units on the road in my left pincer are hexes stacked filled with 9 units, heh. I have more than enough strength to close the pocket (and subsequently destroy it) and send a panzer division north immediately, as intelligence reports a couple of divisions from 2nd guards coming south. Surprisingly, he left the rest of 2nd Guards Army next to the Italians.
Purple lines are what I'm going to do on turn 3 and the light blue is what I'm doing to do after 5TA is dead (turn 5 I expect, as I'm not going to sit around and wait for defections.. just want it out of supply so that none of it goes to the Soviet replacement pool). As per the light blue, I'm going to try to cut off the western part of Don Front forces when I attempt to linkup with 6th army. Additionally, I'm going to start driving towards the Don river to the North-West of the screenshot with probably 2-3 divisions. If he wants to go nuts on the Italians (which is what I"m anticipating given his lackluster response to 5TA), I'm going to cross the Don and start going after his supply points. That ought to get his attention ;). Tasked my worthless Luftwaffe Field Divisions and Rumanians to proceed North East once 5TA is destroyed to seize the Don River, which I intend to use as the northern flank for 6th army.
In either case, I'm quite sure I have 5TAs destruction locked down and he's going to have a really big hole in his lines. I'm just really surprised that he doesn't seem to care, instead building up for an attack on the Italians. Looks like he's betting he can make me stop my attacks with his own attacks... if that's the case, he's in for a rude awakening. I'm sending 19th Panzer and 304th Infantry to the Italian lines see if I can't cut off that little Soviet bridgehead across the Don (the one they start with) northwest of Boguchan as he's looking to start pouring forces through it. Given his strenght I doubt it's going to happen, but I might be able to sneak it in before the bulk of the SOviet armies there activate. In any case, they'll be part of my delaying force while I happily rip his center to shreds and free von Paulus.
Oh yeah, at the very south of the image you can see a Soviet division bravely crossing the bridge alone... bradenburg unit is going to drop onto the bridge and the division should be dead before the turn is up. Silly suicidal socialists.
All in all, I'm a happy camper. The only flaw in the picture are the supply drain attacks on 6th army. But I've got some supply drain fun for him this turn.