Hi guys! Long time no see.
Mantis and I are going strong on this game again and it's proven to be
quite interesting.
I have no particular opinion relating to the U.S. entry issue and Turkey
apart from to say that if U.S. entry is advanced due to axis invasion of
Turkey perhaps it should be retarded by Soviet conquest of Finland
(eh Mantis).
There's already a penalty to the Allies for the Reds trying the winter war. And that's even if I fail to take the place, so it's a good deal for the Axis...
Yes I have found it impossible to break through Mantis' fortified lines in Russian
And that's with me never losing vast quantities of my troops to encirclement, being able to preserve most of my forces, generally always getting something in your way, and yet you
still managed to push me back all along the entire front, and almost to the map edge in one location, and it was still just the first year of the campaign! :surprise: In spite of a
very stiff defence, I'd have to say that your attack has been incredibly well executed. Had you managed even a single large breakthrough, or even a couple of decent encirclements, I think we'd already be reading the game report...
Great stuff, Bill! :salute:
and decided that I would have to go around. I made a concerted
effort there in the spring of '41 (I started Barbarossa in '40 - a major error
on my part.), and ....almost...... was able to split the Russians North from
south and create a breakthrough. But at what cost? Attacking those fortified
defenses you watch your units shrink in front of your very eyes.
I can't tell you how tense some of those turns were. Always mixed emotions - I was proud of my defence for always managing to get a little something together to thwart your advance, but
bloody hell, you never stopped advancing! And this was a huge contribution - during virtually the entire campaign, Bill has managed to get many rounds. I think there were only a small number of times that he got low numbers, with most of them (iirc) coming in around 5, and I seem to recall several 7's or 8's in there... :scream:
sorry about the rambiling disjointed getting off topic post
but the game is so interesting I thought I'd put a word in.
All good - I'm also enjoying this game more than I can say. The ones where you really have no idea whether or not you're going to be standing when the dust clears are always the most entertaining!
p.s. Mantis I am, of course, making a concerted effort to retard U.S. entry
-and you thought you could bait me into pulling Spain in. It's really interesting
having it variable. I have no idea where it is so I don't want to give it the least little nudge.
Yeah, I've been wondering about that too, let me tell you! (Damned Yankees!) :laugh:
p.p.s. the Battles in Syria are a whole nother story
Yeah, that is really developing into an interesting situation, isn't it? My biggest concern at the moment is where the hell are you getting all of these troops, and are you
ever going to run out of units? I've been doing my utmost to force you to defend as long and crazy a front as I can possibly manage. I don't believe I've *ever* seen the German have to stretch across so much terrain so early. And you're now invading Turkey
and Syria, and continuing to reinforce each one... I'm made up of 15 countries, and I can barely manage to cover that much ground, how are you managing to do it?
I'll give a detailed description of our game for the rest of you when I get to that part of the latest round of
Sitreps from Hell, complete with a few screens.