Double Rommel/Double Field Marshall/ Progressively Manstein

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Voronezh Starting with 8278 Prestige:


After replacements 7981 and after Overstrengthening 7819 and upgrades 7596 and New Purchase 7262.
Purchased new StuG3F/8, and upgraded +3 Def 1 star StuG3F to F/8 and 5th SE Pz4D to Pz4G.

In the air brought: 4 Fighter’s including +2 Att and +3 Def in Bf-109G’s, Otto Kittel, +1 Spotting both in BF-109F’s, 2 Ju-87-D’s Uber Rudel and +7 Att, 2 Henkel’s, and +3 Att Bf-110G.

Near Chenyonka in the South West: +1 Movement/+1 Initiative 1st SE Panzer 3J/1; +2 Def 2nd SE Panzer 3N; +3 Def StuG3F/8; +2 Movement 88; +2 Att PzIB; +3 Def Def StuG3B; +1 Movement/+3 Def Pz4G; and +3 Def Sturmpanzer.
In South Central near Story Oskol: +1 Movement Gebirgsjäger; +2 Def 3rd SE Pz3H; +3Att/+1 Def 2nd Recon; 2nd KV-1B; 17cm arty +2 Att; and +3 Att 21cm Nblwf.
In North Central Near Kolpny and Dolgoye: +1 Movement 1st KV-1B; 5th SE Pz4G; 2 +3 Att Regular Inf’s; 15cm Nebelwerfer; Helmut Wirnsberger; 17cm arty +2 Att/+1 Movement; +3 Att and +2 Def Gebirgsjäger’s; and +3 Def 88.
In the North East near Livny: +2 Att Sturmpanzer; Heinz Rondorf; +2 Def StuG3B; +1 Movement 4th SE Pz4G; and green StuG3F/8.


Battle Report:
Day 1: Sunny
Seized Yelet, Dolgoye, Sointsevo, ShChigry, and Story Oskol.
Destroyed Bridge Engineer, 2 76.2mm arty’s, 76.2mm AT, and Conscript.
Force Surrendered Conscripts and 37mm AA.
+1 Movement Gebirgsjäger awarded +1 Initiative 2nd Hero. (What should he be upgraded to before Stalingrad?)
Day 1 ai CA:
2 I-16’s hit +7 Att Ju-87D guarded by +3 Def Bf-109G -12 them -5 me.
T-60 ambushed by +3 Def StuG3F/8 guarded by StuG3B -11 them.


Day 2: Sunny
Seized Ostrogozhsk.
Destroyed 2 I-16’s, T-60, Bridge Engineer, and Mtn Inf.
Awarded Freidrich Pein (+2 Movement Grendaier) and Walter Nowatny (+3 Att -2 Def Fighter)
Day 2 ai CA:
Bomber and KV-1B nicked +1 Movement KV-1B.
Fighter nicked +2 Def Gebirgsjäger.
+2 Attack Sturmpanzer hit by fighter -2 me.


Day 3: Sunny
Seized Kastornoye.
Destroyed T-34/41, LaGG-3, I-16, Mtn Inf, and Conscripts.
Day 3 ai CA:
2 Bomber traps worked.
KV-1B nicked 5th SE Pz4G.


Day 4: Sunny
Seized Zadonsk and Liski.
Destroyed 2 Pe-2’s, 2 Guards, 2 KV-1B’s, and Mtn Inf.
Bought 2 Regular reps for +2 Att Sturmpanzer.
Day 4 ai CA:
T-34/41 hit green 5th SE Pz4G -2 me -5 them.


Day 5: Sunny
Seized Buturlinovka and airfield.
Destroyed 2 T-26S’s and T-34/41.
Force Surrendered Mtn Inf.
Day 5 ai CA:
T-34/41 ambushed by Helmut Wirnsberger in the city guarded by 2 arty’s -8 them.


Day 6: Sunny
Seized Pereleshinskiy.
Destroyed Conscript, T-34/41, and Cavalry.
Force Surrendered Reg Inf.
Day 6 ai CA:
Arty missed Heinz Rondorf.


Day 7: Rainy
Destroyed Cavalry and 76.2mm AT.
Awarded KV-1B for seizing Pereleshinskiy.
Day 7 ai CA:
KV-1B hit 2nd KV-1B guarded by Nebelwerfer -1 me -4 them.


Day 8: Sunny
Seized Talovaya and Lipetsk.
Destroyed 37mm AA, KV-1B, 85mm AA, and Conscript.
Force Surrendered Guards.
Day 8 ai CA:
Arty’s nicked +2 Att Sturmpanzer.
10 Str T-34/41 tried hitting Green SE Pz4G guarded by 17cm arty -2 them.


Day 9 Sunny
Seized airfield near Zherdevka.
Destroyed 76.2mm AT, 122mm arty, and T-34/41.
Force Surrendered Regular Inf.
Day 9 ai CA:
+2 Att Sturmpanzer nicked by KV-2 arty and Conscript tried hitting but guarded by 2 arty’s the attack was stopped -7 them.


Day 10 Cloudy
Seized Mordova and 1 part of Voronezh.
Destroyed 3 Conscript’s and Cavalry.
Force Surrendered 2 Conscript’s.
Day 10 ai CA:
Arty missed +3 Att Gebirgsjäger.
Regular Inf nicked StuG3F/8.


Day 11: Sunny
Seized Northernmost airfield and Zherdevka as well as last airfield.
Destroyed Guards, T-60, and 37mm AA.
Force Surrendered Regular Inf, 76.2mm arty, and KV-2.
Day 11 ai CA:
Nothing


Day 12: Sunny
Seized another part of Voronezh.
Destroyed 76.2mm arty and 85mm AA.
Force Surrendered Conscript.
Day 12 ai CA:
Nothing.


Day 13: Sunny
Seized last of Voronezh.
Destroyed Bridge Engineer.



Decisive Victory with 7655 ending Prestige
Next will be Novoanninsky with 8155.

I am eager to start this next battle, just weirded out by all of the tanks which are overtsrengthened T-34/41’s and some hard hitting KV’s, along with the first appearance of those nasty mobil AA’s.

Scen Kills
Inf, Tank, Recon, AT, Art, AA, Fort, Fig, TB, Strat, Total, Scen
23, 11, 1, 6, 12, 6, 0, 7, 1, 2 , 69; Novoanninsky

I actually started as I detailed in my other post.
http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtop ... 21&t=85224
That crucial First Day went perfectly as it ended up being a cloudy day, which limited my use of bombers and limited there visibility with their planes. So they did not see any of our ground units, but they spotted 1 plane which brought out their mobil AA’s which only nicked 2 of my planes, where as if it was a sunny day would have shredded my vulnerable planes, and more importantly, none of their Big Dog tanks came and punished me, so this is setting me up for a Round 2 where it is Sunny and I am ready to take out those pesky Mobile AA’s and then free to bomb their unguarded tanks into sizeable chunks where I am hoping Round 3 allows me to take them out if I get another Sunny day.

Until next time…Stay Lutheran my Friends

[goose_2]

Novoanninsky Starting with 8155 Prestige:


After replacements 8100 and after Overstrengthening and upgrades 7886.
Upgraded 3rd SE Pz3H to L and Walter Nowotny from Bf-109E to G.

In the air brought: 4 Fighter’s including Otto Kittel and +1 Spotting in Bf-109F’s as well as Walter Nowotny and +3 Def in Bf-109G’s, 2 Ju-87-D’s Uber Rudel and +7 Att, +2 Att Henkel, and 1 Bf-110G +3 Att.

On the North West near Pykhovka: +2 Att Sturmpanzer; +2 Def 3rd SE Pz3L; +2 Att 1st Recon; +2 Def Gebirgsjäger; and Helmut Wirnsberger.
In the Center West near Uryupinsk: +3 Att 21cm Nblwf; 15cm Nebelwerfer; +3 Att Regular Inf; 17cm arty +2 Att/+1 Movement; +2 Att PzIB; and +3 Def Sturmpanzer.
In the Center East near Novonikolaevskiy: +1 Movement 1st KV-1B; 2nd KV-1B; green StuG3F/8; and +3 Def StuG3F/8; 5th SE Pz4G; Heinz Rondorf; +3 Att Regular Inf; +2 Def StuG3B; and +3 Att 12th Gebirgsjäger.
In the East near Kikvidze: +1 Movement/+1 Initiative 1st SE Panzer 3J/1; +2 Def 2nd SE Panzer 3N; +1 Movement 4th SE Pz4F/2; +2 Movement 88; Freidrich Pein; +3 Def StuG3B; 10.5cm arty +1 Range; 17cm arty +2 Att; +1 Initiative/+3 Att Fallschimjaeger; and +1Def/+3 Att 2nd Recon.


Battle Report:
No reloads
Day 1: Cloudy (this is the way to do first day based on mobil AA’s coming at you.)
Seized Uryupinsk and Kikvidze.
Destroyed 2 45mm AT, 4 Conscript’s, and I-16.
Day 1 ai CA:
T-90 SPAAG nicked Otto Kittel and +3 Def Bf-109G.


Day 2: Sunny
Destroyed 2 T-90 SPAAG’s and Conscripts.
Day 2 ai CA:
Fighter trap worked -5 them.
Fighter hit Sturmpanzer -2 me.
T-34/41 hit 2nd Recon guarded by StuG3B -2 me -4 them.
Weakened Major Viegor hit 1st SE Pz3J/1 guarded by StuG3B -1 me -5 them.


Day 3: Sunny
Seized Lukovskaya.
Destroyed 2 Katyusha’s, LaGG-3, I-16, T-34/40, and 76.2mm arty.
Force Surrendered T-34/40 and Major Viegor.
+1 Movement/+1 Initiative 1st SE Pz3J/1 awarded with Knight’s Cross.
Day 3 ai CA:
KV-2 arty missed Helmut Wirnsberger.
T-34/40 hit +3 Att Gebirgsjäger -4 me – 3 them.


Day 4: Sunny
Seized Semenovka.
Destroyed Hurrican Mk1, I-16, Conscripts, T-34/40, BA-10, and 76.2mm arty.
Force Surrendered T-34/40.
Day 4 ai CA:
nothing


Day 5: Sunny
Seized Vyazovka, Filonovskaya, Nekhaevskiy, Yaminskiy, and airfield near Trostyanka.
Destroyed Regular Inf, Mtn Inf, and 76.2mm arty.
Force Surrendered KV-2.
Bought 2 reg reps for +2 Def Sturmpanzer.
Day 5 ai CA:
AA nicked +3 Def Bf-109G.
Arty and T-34/40 hit +3 Att 4th Reg Inf guarded by 2 arty’s -3 me -2 them.


Day 6: Sunny
Seized Trostyanka and airfield next to Novoannisky. (No extra n, ok?)
Destroyed Ilyushin IL-4, 37mm AA, 76.2mm arty, and 122mm arty.
Force Surrendered T-34/40.
Day 6 ai CA:
Yak-7 ran into Otto Kittel -1 me -4 them.
2nd Wave coming


Day 7: Sunny
Seized Pervokameskiy and all of Novoannisky.
Destroyed Regular Inf, 2 Yak-7’s, and Cavalry.
Force Surrendered T-26S and Conscript.
Day 7 ai CA:
I let them seize the Main airfield and they hit +3 Att Regular Inf -2 each.
6 Str KV-1C tried hitting my KV-1B -2 them.
M3 Lee nicked +2 Def Gebirgsjäger guarded by 2 arty’s -1 them.
Strategic Bomber missed Heinz Rondorf.
Guard missed StuG3F/8 -1 them.


Day 8: Sunny
Seized Dinamo and Eterevskaya.
Destroyed M3 Lee, Mtn Inf, KV-1C, Ilyushin IL-4, Conscripts, and Cavalry.
Force Surrendered BT-7 and Conscripts.
Day 8 ai CA:
nothing


Day 9 Sunny
Seized South Western most airfield as well as Ezhovka and Rogozhin.
Destroyed Mtn Inf, Guards, and Engineers.
Force Surrendered Guards.
Day 9 ai CA:
nothing.


Day 10 Sunny
Destroyed 76.2mm AT and Mtn Inf.
Force Surrendered 85mm AA.
Day 10 ai CA:
KV-1A nicked +3 Def StuG3B.


Day 11: Sunny
Destroyed 45mm AT, KV-1A, and 76.2mm arty.
Day 11 ai CA:
Nothing


Day 12: Sunny
Seized Sulysaevskiy.
Destroyed Reg Inf.
Force Surrendered 2 85mm AA’s, 203mm arty, and 45mm AT.
Day 12 ai CA:
nothing.


Day 13: Sunny
Seized last airfield.
Destroyed 85mm AA.
Force Surrendered 45mm AT and 203mm arty.
Day 13 ai CA:
nothing


Day 14: Sunny
Seized Mikhaylovka.
Destroyed Regular Inf.



Decisive Victory with 8374 ending Prestige
This was much easier than I thought it would be and the important thing is I earned the 3rd star on my 1st SE Pz3 just in time for upgrades. Also PzIB was awarded the 3rd star, which was very tough to achieve, very interesting as I hit weakened Guards where they fired back and missed where I earned 2 experience points but when I attacked an 85mm AT that was fully suppressed except for 1 which nicked me and earned that last 1 Experience point needed. (Now will just wait for that Tiger upgrade)

Next will be Ilovlya 8999. (I have started it and am having trouble with the counter attack coming up around the trains. Those T-34/43’s are extremely tough to handle at this experience and overstrength level.)

Until next time…Stay Lutheran my Friends

[goose_2]

Ilovlya Starting with 8999 Prestige:


After replacements 8608 and after Overstrengthening 8271.


In the air brought: 4 Fighter’s including +2 Att, Walter Nowatny, and Heinrich Bar in Bf-109G’s, Otto Kittel in BF-109F’s, 2 Ju-87-D’s Uber Rudel and +7 Att, 2 Henkel’s, and +3 Att Bf-110G.

In the West near Terkin: +2 Def 3rd SE Pz3N; +1 Movement 4th SE Pz4G; +3Att/+1 Def 2nd Recon; both KV-1B’s; +2 Att Sturmpanzer; 15cm Nebelwerfer; 17cm arty +2 Att; Freidrich Pein; +3 Def StuG3B; +3 Att Regular Inf; +1 Movement/+3 Def Pz4G; and green StuG3F/8.
In Center near Lyubinovskiy: Helmut Wirnsberger; +2 Def Gebirgsjäger; Albert Kerscher; 5th SE Pz4G; +3 Def StuG3F/8; +1 Movement/+1 Initiative 1st SE Panzer 3J/1; +2 Def 3rd SE Panzer 3L; +2 Def StuG3B; +2 Movement 88; and +3 Def 88.
In East near Shurupovskiy: +3 Att 21cm Nblwf; 17cm arty +2 Att/+1 Movement; +3 Att Gebirgsjäger; +3 Att/+1 Initiative Fallschimjaeger; Oleh Dir; +1 Range 10.5cm arty; and +3 Def Sturmpanzer.



Battle Report:
Day 1: Sunny
Seized airfield near Kozlov.
Destroyed I-16, KV-1A, 37mm AA, T-60, BA-64, Mtn Inf, and Conscript.
Day 1 ai CA:
Bomber trap sprung and Fighter ran into Walter Nowatny -8 them.
Arty nicked +3 Att Inf.


Day 2: Sunny
Seized Orlovkiy, Kletski, and Kozlov.
Destroyed I-16, T-60, Pe-2, 45mm AT, BA-10, Reg Inf, 122mm arty, and 2 76.2mm arty’s.
Day 2 ai CA:
2 T-34/43’s hit 2nd Recon -9 me.


Day 3: Sunny
Seized airfield across the Don River, Solodcha and its airfield, as well as Kondrashi.
Destroyed 2 T-34/43’s, T-26S, 37mm AA, T-70, and BA-64.
Day 3 ai CA:
Enemy seized Kozlov.
2 T-34/42’s hit +3 Att/+1 Initiative Fallschimjaeger guarded by +1 Range arty -6 me -4 them.
T-34/43 ambushed by Oleh Dir -9 them -1 me.
T-90 SPAAG hit +2 Att Bf-109G -2 me.
Conscript ambushed -9 them by 3rd SE Pz3L.


Day 4: Sunny
Seized Kamyshinskiy.
Destroyed Conscripts and 2 T-34/43’s.
Force Surrender SMG.
Day 4 ai CA:
2 SMG attacks stopped by arty.


Day 5: Rainy
Seized Kozlov and Kremensskaya.
Destroyed SMG and Mtn Inf.
Day 5 ai CA:
SMG nicked Oleh Dir guarded by Sturmpanzer -8 them.
2 SMG’s tried hitting my 88 stopped by arty.
SMG tried hitting StuG3F/8 guarded by Nebelwerfer -4 them.
Arty missed SE Pz3L.


Day 6: Sunny (Replayed this day based on counter attack around depot area. )
Destroyed T-90 SPAAG, 122mm arty, 4 SMG’s, T-34/43, and 45mm AT.
Day 6 ai CA:
SMG stopped by arty.
AA hit Walter Nowotny. -3 me.


Day 7: Sunny
Pressuring Ilovlya.
Destroyed 85mm AA, SMG, and Train.
Force Surrendered Armoured Train.
2nd KV-1B awarded +2 Def Hero.
Albert Kerscher awarded Knights Cross.
Day 7 ai CA:
Yak-7 shotdown in a double trap.
Mobile AA nicked Otto Kittel.


Day 8: Sunny
Seized Ivanovka.
Destroyed Reg Inf, 37mm AA, 2 Conscripts, M3 Lee, Yak-7, Ilyushin IL-4, and 76.2mm AT.
13th 15cm Nebelwerfer awarded themselves a +1 Movement Hero.
(I saved it at this point and had to reload 2 times to set up an acceptable response to the coming counter attack)
Day 8 ai CA:
Fighter nicked +1 Movement +3 Def Pz4G.
KV-1B hit 5th SE Pz4G guarded by 17cm arty -2 me -3 them.
3 T-34/43’s hit +1 Movement KV-1B guarded by Sturmpanzer. -4 me -6 them
T-34/43 hit StuG3F/8 -3 me -5 them.
T-34/43 ambushed by StuG3B. -3 me
AA hit +7 Att Ju-87D -2 me.


Day 9 Cloudy
Seized part of Ilovlya.
Destroyed T-34/43, LaGG-3, Pe-8, BA-10, 122mm arty, and Guards.
Force Surrendered 2 T-34/43’s.
Helmut Wirnsberger awarded Iron Cross 1st Class.
Bought 2 Regular Reps green StuG3F/8 and 1 for green SE 5th Pz4G.
Day 9 ai CA:
T-34/41 hit 2nd SE Pz3N guarded by arty -2 each.
KV-2 hit +1 Movement/+3 Defense Pz4G guarded arty -3 them -2 me.
KV-1B nicked 3rd SE Pz3L.
T-34/43 nicked +2 Def Gebirgsjäger guarded by Sturmpanzer.
T-34/43 hit 4th SE Pz4G -2 me -5 them.


Day 10 Sunny
Destroyed KV-1B, T-34/41, KV-2, SMG, and Train.
Force Surrendered Guards, SMG, and Train.
Day 10 ai CA:
AA hit Otto Kittel -4 me.
AA hit +7 Att Ju-87D -1 me.
Guards nicked 1st SE Pz3L guarded by StuG3B.
T-34/41 hit +2 Att 17cm arty guarded by Sturmpanzer -2 them -4 me.
T-34/43 ambushed by Albert Kerscher. -4 them


Day 11: Sunny
Destroyed T-34/43, T-34/41, Katyusha, and Ilyushin IL-4.
Uber Rudel awarded Knights Cross with Oak Leaves.
Day 11 ai CA:
Arty missed me.
AA missed Uber Rudel.
T-34/43 hit green 5th SE Pz4G -5 me -4 them.
Fighter missed +3 Def Sturmpanzer.


Day 12: Sunny
Destroyed Yak-1, T-34/43, T-34/41, T-90 SPAAG, and SMG.
Force Surrendered T-34/41.
Day 12 ai CA:
Weakened arty missed Helmut Wirnsberger.


Day 13: Sunny
Seized Shirokov and Medvedev.
Destroyed 152mm arty, 2 85mm AA’s, 45mm AT, and Reg Inf.
Force Surrendered Conscripts.
Day 13 ai CA:
2 Conscripts tried hitting vulnerable StuG3B guarded by 2 arty’s -10 them.


Day 14: Sunny
Destroyed Yak-1, T-34/43, T-34/41, T-90 SPAAG, and SMG.
Force Surrendered T-34/41.
Day 14 ai CA:
203mm arty nicked Helmut Wirnsberger.
AA missed Uber Rudel.
Engineer’s hit +3 Def StuG3F/8 -4 each.
45mm AT hit +2 Def StuG3B guarded by Sturmpanzer -2 me -5 them.


Day 15: Rainy
Destroyed Armoured Train, Engineer’s, and 76.2mm AT.
Force Surrendered 45mm AT and 37mm AA.
+2 Att 17cm arty awarded Knights Cross
Day 15 ai CA:
85mm AT missed StuG3B guarded by Nebelwerfer -5 them.


Day 16: Sunny
Seized last Airfield.
Destroyed Conscripts, 37mm AA, BA-64, and 85mm AT.
Force Surrendered 205mm arty and BT-5.
Day 16 -20 ai CA:
Nothing


Day 17: Cloudy
Seized Samofalovka.
Destroyed Reg Inf and BT-5.
Force Surrendered 152mm arty and Conscripts.
Awarded KV-1C.

Day 18: Sunny
Destroyed River Boat and 152mm arty.
Force Surrendered 2 Conscripts.
Day 19: nothing
Day 20: Sunny
Seized Pan’shino and Stalingrad.
Destroyed 122mm arty, 45mm AT, 76.2mm AT, and 152mm arty.
Freidrich Pein awarded Iron Cross 2nd Class.



Decisive Victory with 8711 ending Prestige
I took it all over and once you eliminate the push towards Illovlya including the area around Train’s they enemy has nothing left to bring to bear against you. The big problem is those units they throw at you are awfully tough, especially at this level.

Next will be Buzinovka Depot with 9336. (If I sold KV-1C and KV-1B I will get over 10,000 prestige)

I am not sure when I will start this, but the numbers look daunting except they are mostly Allied units and as such are not as tough.
Inf, Tank, Recon, AT, Art, AA, Fort, Fig, TB, Strat, Total, Scen
23, 39, 4, 3, 9, 14, 0, 5, 1, 0, 98; Buzinovka Depot

Until next time…Stay Lutheran my Friends

[goose_2]

Buzinovka Depot Starting with 9336 Prestige: 1 reload after Turn 2’s counter attack and not setting up properly to handle those KV-5’s.


Sold KV-1C 9840 after replacements 9260 and after Overstrengthening and upgrades 8790.
Upgraded +1 Movement 15cm Nebelwerfer to a 21cm one.

In the air brought: 4 Fighter’s including Otto Kittel and +1 Spotting in Bf-109F’s as well as Walter Nowotny and +3 Def in Bf-109G’s, 2 Ju-87-D’s Uber Rudel and +7 Att, both Henkel’s.

On the North West outside of Kolpachki: +2 Def 2nd KV-1B; +1 Movement/+3 Def Pz4G; Heinz Rondorf; 5th SE Pz4G; +2 Def 2nd SE Panzer 3N; +3 Def StuG3F/8; +2 Movement 88; +2 Def StuG3B; +3 Att 21cm Nblwf; +3 Att Regular Inf; +2 Att Sturmpanzer; 10.5cm arty +1 Range; and +3 Att 12th Gebirgsjäger.
In the North Central region above Stepnoy: +3 Att Regular Inf; 17cm arty +2 Att/+1 Movement; and +1 Movement 1st KV-1B.
In North East outside of Rogachik: +3 Def Sturmpanzer; green StuG3F/8; Freidrich Pein; +1 Movement/+1 Initiative 1st SE Panzer 3J/1; +2 Def 3rd SE Pz3L; 17cm arty +2 Att; +3 Def StuG3B; +3 Def 88; and Helmut Wirnsberger.
In North East near Bereslavka: +1 Movement 4th SE Pz4F/2; +1 Movement 21m Nebelwerfer; 7.5cm PaK; +2 Def Gebirgsjäger; 12th Panzerjaeger IB; green Mobile AA; and +1Def/+3 Att 2nd Recon.



Battle Report:
Day 1: Sunny
Destroyed Hurricane Mk 1, 5 Conscript’s, P-40 Warhawk, 37mm AA, and M4 Sherman.
Walter Nowotny and 5th SE Pz4G awarded Iron Cross 2nd Class.
Day 1 ai CA:
Fighter nicked +1 Move/+3 Def Pz4G.
Fighter hit +1 Att He-111A guarded by Otto Kittel -2 them -4 me.
Mobil AA hit Otto Kittel -2 me.
M16MGMC ambushed by +3 Att Gebirgsjäger guarded by artillery -11 them.
M16MGMC missed +2 Att He-177A.
Valentine 3 tried hitting 12th Panzerjaeger IB guarded by 2 arty’s -7 them.


Day 2: Sunny Reloaded
Seized Buzinovka Depot (18, 9)
Destroyed 4 M16MGMC’s, 2 Valentine 3’s, P-40 Warhawk; Hurricane MkI, and 2 trains.
+2 Movement 88 got +1 Range 3rd Hero.
Day 2 ai CA:
Armoured train and KV-5 hit +1 Movement 4th Pz4G -4 me.
M3 tried hitting Heinz Rondorf guarded by Sturmpanzer -6 them.


Day 3: Sunny
Seized Buzinovka Depot (13, 9) (10, 11) and airfield at (12, 10).
Destroyed 3 M3 Stuarts, Churchill MkII, Conscript’s, and 122mm arty.
Force Surrendered Valentine 3.
+3 Att 4th Regular Infantry awarded with Knight’s Cross and +2 Att 2nd Hero.
+2 Movement/+1 Range 3rd 8.8 AA awarded with Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves.
+7 Att Ju-87D awarded with Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.
Day 3 ai CA:
KV-2 and Churchill MkII hit green StuG3F/8 guarded by a StuG3B -4 me.
KV-2 Tried hitting +1 Movement 4th SE Pz4G guarded by Nebelwerfer -2 them.


Day 4: Sunny
Seized Novolyapichev and Buzinovka Depot (19, 11) and (13, 12).
Destroyed KV-5, Armoured Train, Churchill MkII, and Train.
Heinz Rondorf awarded with Knight’s Cross
Day 4 ai CA:
M4 Sherman nicked Regular Inf in Novolyapichev. -5 them
Fighter nicked 7.5cm PaK.
Valentine 3 ambushed by 2nd SE Pz3N -5 them.
Weakened KV-2 tried hitting +2 Def 3rd SE Pz3L -1 me -3 them.
Conscripts ambushed by +2 Def Gebirgsjäger -7 them.


Day 5: Sunny
Seized Zarya, Buzinovka itself, and Buzinovka Depot (13, 15) and (9, 14).
Destroyed 2 Conscripts, 85mm AA, Hurrican Mk I, KV-5, Valentine 3, 2 M4 Sherman’s, and M16MGMC.
Awarded an M4 Sherman.
Green 4th StuG3F/8 awarded Iron Cross 2nd Class.
Day 5 ai CA:
Valentine 3 ambushed by 5th SE Pz4G -7 them.
M3 Lee tried hitting +2 Def StuG3B guarded by arty -2 them.
Churchill MkII nicked +1 Movement/+3 Def Pz4G guarded by arty.


Day 6: Sunny
Seized airfield North of Narimen and 2nd Main Airfield, as well as Buzinovka Depot (16, 14).
Destroyed 37mm AA, Churchill MkII, BA-10, Valentine 3, and M3 Lee.
Force Surrendered Valentine 3.
Awarded an M4 Sherman.
Day 6 ai CA:
nothing


Day 7: Sunny
Seized Bratskiy.
Destroyed 2 Conscript’s.
Awarded an SU-122(r).
Day 7 ai CA:
Nothing


Day 8: Sunny
Destroyed M3 Stuart and 122mm arty.
Force Surrendered M3 Stuart and Churchill MkII.
Day 8 ai CA:
P-40 Warhawk nicked +1 Move/+2 Att 17cm arty.
Churchill MkII hit Panzerjaeger IB guarded by 2 ary’s -2 me -5 them.
M4 Sherman missed +3 Def StuG3B -1 them.


Day 9 Sunny
Destroyed P-40 Warhawk, Churchill MkII, BA-10, M4 Sherman, Valentine 3, 122mm arty, and 45mm AT.
Force Surrendered 85mm AA and 37mm AA.
Day 9 ai CA:
nothing.


Day 10 Sunny
Seized Nariman, Krepinskiy, and Ovrazhnyy.
Destroyed 2 Regular Inf’s.
Force Surrendered 45mm AT.
Day 10 ai CA:
La-5 nicked Walter Nowotny -3 them.
La-5 hit +1 Spotting Bf-109F -2 me -5 them.


Day 11: Sunny
Destroyed 45mm AT, KV-1A, and 76.2mm arty.
Day 11 ai CA:
M4 Sherman tried hitting Mobil AA guarded by 2 arty’s -5 them.
Conscripts tried hitting StuG3F/8 guarded by 2 arty’s -7 them.


Day 12: Sunny
Seized airfield near Prudovyy.
Destroyed M3 Lee, Conscript, BA-64, M4 Sherman, and 85mm AA.
12th Panzerjaeger IB awarded with +3 Def Hero
Day 12 -17 ai CA:
nothing.

Day 13: Sunny
Destroyed IL-2 Sturmovich, Conscripts, 203mm arty, and Valentine 3.
Force Surrendered 203mm arty.

Day 14: Sunny
Seized Stepanevka as well as airfield near Severnyy.
Destroyed Valentine 3, 2 Conscript’s, 85mm AA, and M4 Sherman.

Day 15: Sunny
Backed away from Severnyy.
Destroyed M3 Lee and Regular Inf.

Day 16: Sunny
Destroyed 85mm AA.
Force Surrendered BA-64, 45mm AT, and 203mm arty.

Day 17: Sunny
Seized Severnyy.
Destroyed 2 45mm AT’s.
Force Surrendered 45mm AT and 152mm arty.



Decisive Victory with 9285 ending Prestige
This was an extremely fun and quite easy playthrough, once I got past that difficult 2nd round and those nasty KV-5’s.
I was able to destroy everything and seize control of everything except for the units outside Stalingrad.

Next will be Storming Stalingrad 9785.
I have started first 5 days as of last night on this bad boy.
It is slow going but what I am pleased about is based on no direct contact with most enemy units but subtle maneuvers, I have taken no damage on any of my core units, and only damage, no losses on any of my aux units.
I am using something similar to Huckc’s excellent playthrough found here:
http://www.slitherine.com/forum/postin ... &p=750881
Pray for my success, I will need it.

Until next time…Stay Lutheran my Friends

[goose_2]

Storming Stalingrad Starting with 9785 Prestige:


Sold 2 M4 Shermans 10551 after replacements 10208 and after Overstrengthening 9184. (Went Deep)
12 Prestige per round and Soft Cap is at 100%

In the air brought: 4 Fighter’s including +2 Att, Walter Nowatny, and +3 Def in Bf-109G’s, Otto Kittel in BF-109F, 2 Ju-87-D’s Uber Rudel and +7 Att, 2 Henkel’s, and +3 Att Bf-110G and Helmut Lent in Bf-110F.

In the South: +3 Def 88; +2 Movement/+1 Range 88; +1 Movement/+1 Initiative 1st SE Panzer 3J/1; +1 Movement 4th SE Pz4G; 17cm arty +2 Att/+1 Movement; 17cm arty +2 Att; +5 Att Regular Inf; +3 Att/+1 Initiative Fallschimjaeger; Oleh Dir; +2 Def Gebirgsjäger; Albert Kerscher; Heinz Rondorf; +1 Movement 21cm Nblwf; +1 Range 10.5cm arty; and +2 Att Sturmpanzer.
In the North: Helmut Wirnsberger; +1 Movement/+1 Initiative Gebirgsjäger; +3 Att Gebirgsjäger; +3 Att/+1 Def 2nd Recon; SU-122; +2 Def 3rd SE Panzer 3L; +2 Def StuG3B; Freidrich Pein; +3 Def StuG3B; +1 Movement/+3 Def Pz4G; 5th SE Pz4G; both KV-1B’s; +2 Def 3rd SE Pz3N; +3 Att 21cm Nblwf; and +3 Def Sturmpanzer.


Battle Report:
Day 1: Sunny
Seized North and South Airfield.
Destroyed 2 LaGG-3’s, Reg Inf, and Conscript.
Day 1 ai CA:
2 Fighter Trap’s Sprung
Reg Inf hit Bersagleiri -8 me -5 them.
Mtn Troop and Reg Inf hit Reg Ital Inf guarded by arty -9 them -5 me.


Day 2: Sunny
Destroyed T-26S, Conscripts, 2 Reg Inf’s, and 2 LaGG-3’s.
Day 2 -4 ai CA:
Nothing best way to avoid damage is to not engage those first frontline enemies, no sense in provoking the enemy.

Day 3: Sunny
Destroyed Mtn Inf and 7.62mm arty.
Bought 5 reg reps for Ital Inf.

Day 4: Rainy
Destroyed Conscripts and 152mm arty.


Day 5: Cloudy
Seized 1 part of Betonnaya and nearby airfield, as well as Stalingrad (27, 7).
Destroyed Conscripts.
+3 Att Nebelwerfer awarded Knights Cross.
Day 5 ai CA:
2 attacks stopped by arty.


Day 6: Sunny (This is when it started getting real, but I was expecting this)
Seized all of Betonnaya and Stalingrad (30, 6)
Destroyed Conscripts, 2 SMG’s, and T-34/43.
Day 6 ai CA:
T-60 hit Freidrich Pein guarded by StuG3B -2 me -3 them.
SMG and T-60 hit aux AT in truck guarded by 17cm arty, forgot to write down damage, but I think it was -5 me.
T-60 ambushed by KV-1B -7 them.
SMG ambushed by Albert Kerscher -3 them.
+2 Def 2nd SE Pz3N hit by 3 SMG attacks but because I was guarded by StuG3B’s -2 me -27 them


Day 7: Sunny (Another important Round and something you want to pull off as it neuters the rest of the enemy’s air completely.)
Seized last Northern Airfield as well as Stalingrad (27, 10) (29, 10) (31, .
Destroyed 37mm AA, 5 SMG’s, 3 T-60’s, T-70, T-34/41, and Conscripts.
Day 7 ai CA:
2 T-34/41’s hit my +1 Movement/+3 Def Pz4G -2 me -9 them.
Enemy seized 2 of the Central Airfields.

Day 8: Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (31, 11).
Destroyed SMG, T-34/43, and T-70.
Bought 1 Regular Rep for Freidrich Pein.
Day 8 ai CA: (Rough Round)
Ambushed T-26S with +2 Def Gebirgsjäger guarded by 2 arty’s -9 them.
Auxiliary Inf destroyed, while last middle airfield seized as their Regular Infantry tried attacking our +2 Att Sturmpanzer guarded by aux arty -3 them.
SMG tried hitting +2 Def SE Pz3L guarded by StuG3B -3 them.
Weakened SMG hit by 2 arty’s guarding my Sturmpanzer -3 them.
2 weakened T-34/41’s hit +1 Movement/+3 Def Pz4G -3 me -5 them.


Day 9 Cloudy
Seized back 1 Central Airfield.
Destroyed Reg Inf, T-34/41 (this was 1 of the 2 assaulting my Pz4G in that airfield, got him with my BA Recon) , 3 SMG’s, and 76.2mm arty.
Bought 4 Elite Reps for +1 Movement/+3 Def Pz4G.
+1 Movement/+1 Initiative 15th Gebirgsjäger awarded Knights Cross.
Day 9 ai CA:
Arty hit Helmut Wirnsberger -2 me.
2 tanks destroyed aux AT in truck guarded by StuG3B -5 them.
Conscript tried hitting aux AA in truck guarded by 2 arty’s -9 them.
Aux inf tried to be hit by reg inf guarded by arty -7 them -1 me.


Day 10 Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (36, 7) (37,
Destroyed 2 Yak-7’s, 122mm arty, Conscripts, T-70, T-34/41, T-60, T-26S, and Reg Inf.
+3 Att Bf-110G awarded +3 Att 2nd Hero.
Day 10 ai CA:
Arty missed Oleh Dir.
KV-1C nicked +2 Def KV-1B -2 them.


Day 11: Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (40, 7) (39, 9) (37, 10) (31, 13) (35, 13) and Main Objective at (38, 7) as well as one more Central Airfield. (Productive round)
Destroyed IL-2 Sturmovich, 37mm AA, KV-1C, Strongpoint, T-70, Conscript, SMG, and Mtn Inf.
+1 Initiative/+3 Att 36th Fallschimjaeger awarded Knights Cross.
Day 11 ai CA:
Artys hit everywhere they could which I am not writing all of it down.
Attacks destroyed my aux Recon.
Attack hit my aux Tank -6 me.
Attack hit aux inf -5 me.
SMG Seized back Stalingrad (40, 7) and Reg Inf took back another Central airfield but their attack was stopped by 2 arty’s.


Day 12: Sunny (I needed to reload days 12-14 quite a few times to prepare for counter attacks since the initial set up was not going to work, this point in the battle is crucial.)
Seized rest of the Central Airfield’s.
Destroyed 76.2mm arty, Reg Inf, IL-2 Sturmovich, 3 SMG’s, and 152mm arty.
Day 12 ai CA:
Arty nicked Oleh Dir.
Enemy seized back Stalingrad (35, 13)
All of their other attacks were stopped by well placed artillery. (setting up was crucial)


Day 13: Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (31, 15).
Destroyed T-34/43, 122mm arty, 76.2mm arty, 2 Conscripts, SMG, and T-60.
Force Surrendered Conscripts.
Day 13 ai CA:
T-70 hit Heinz Rondorf in a Flamm -3 each.
The rest of the other attacks were stopped by arty. (again the set up was so very important.)


Day 14: Rainy
Seized Stalingrad (44, 10) (41, 10) (41, 12)
Destroyed 122mm arty and 6 SMG’s.
Day 14 ai CA:
T-60 attacked Italian M14/41 guarded by 17cm arty -1 me -5 them.
T-70 tried hitting +3 Def Stug3B but attack stopped by 2 arty’s.
2 SMG’s hit Freidrich Pein guarded by StuG3B -6 me. (They really do not like me in the Northern most main Objective.)


Day 15: Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (44, 12) (42, (39, 4) (37, 15)
Destroyed 2 SMG’s, T-60, T-70, and 152mm arty.
Day 15 ai CA:
Enemy seized back (44, 12)
SMG hit aux AT -2 me.


Day 16: Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (43, 3) (42, 2) (38, 13 The location of KV-1C, but I have a unit in the rubble) (33, 14) *another Main Objective.
(OK this is when I really felt anxious and excited because now I had 3 more objectives to take and 8 rounds to do it in. I knew I could do it, but couldn’t wait to get it done, but I had to wait to get it done.)
Destroyed 3 SMG’s and Engineer’s.
Force Surrendered Conscripts.
Day 16 ai CA:
T-34/41 tried hitting 1st KV-1B guarded by SU-122. -4 them
Conscript tried hitting the SU-122 but failed.
T-34/43 hit 3rd SE Pz3L -2 them -3 me.


Day 17: Sunny (The last 8 days were super exciting to play and played 4 days and took a break and then last 4 days a few hours later)
Seized Stalingrad (40, 17) (35, 15) (42, 18).
Destroyed 2 Conscript’s, T-34/41, and 76.2mm AT.
Day 17 ai CA:
Weakened T-34/43 nicked Ital Inf guarded by StuG3B.


Day 18: Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (39, 19)
Destroyed 37mm AA, SMG, T-34/43, and another SMG.
Awarded KV-1C.
Day 18 ai CA:
Arty nicked Freidrich Pein.


Day 19: Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (30, 19) (31, 20)
Destroyed 152mm arty, T-70, Engineer’s, and Conscript’s.
+2 Def 2nd KV-1B awarded Iron Cross 1st Class.
Day 19 ai CA:
T-34/43 hit 1st SE Pz3L -2 me -5 them.
SMG hit aux M40da 75/18 -3 me -5 them.


Day 20: Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (36, 25) This leaves just 1 more Main Objective at (30, 25).
Destroyed 152mm arty, SMG, T-34/41, T-34/43, and Strongpoint.
Bought 3 reg reps for aux Ital arty.
Day 20 ai CA: (They throw everything at us, but we are ready for them.)
Enemy destroyed Ital Inf in truck.
Conscript nicked aux tank guarded by Nebelwerfer -6 them.
T-60 tried hitting Ital Inf guarded by Sturmpanzer -6 them.
SMG tried hitting +3 Att Regular Infantry guarded by Nebelwerfer -8 them.
SMG and Conscript’s hit aux inf guarded by 17cm arty -4 me -14 them.
SMG hit aux Ital AA guarded by StuG3B -2 each.


Day 21: Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (36, 29) (28, 20).
Destroyed T-34/43, 2 T-60’s, and SMG.
Day 21 ai CA:
Conscript’s attacked Heinz Rondorf guarded by arty -7 them -1 me.
SMG tried hitting +2 Move/+1 Range 88 guarded by 2 arty’s -6 them.
SMG destroyed aux AA guarded by arty.
2 attacks against aux Ital Inf failed because we are guarded by 2 artys.



Day 22: Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (43, 20) (41, 27) (34, 24)
Destroyed 2 SMG’s, T-70, 2 Conscript’s, 122mm arty, 76.2mm arty, and 152mm arty.
Day 22 ai CA:
2 attacks hit Ital Inf -8 me -4 them.
Conscript’s attack Ital Inf -5 me -2 them.
AA hit aux Ital Bomber -2 me.
Conscripts seized Stalingrad (36, 25) attacked tank guarded by 3 arty’s -10 them.
SMG attacked 88 guarded by 2 arty’s -4 them.
Enemy destroyed 1 str Ital Inf guarded by StuG3B -3 them.


Day 23: Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (29, 23) (26, 21) (43, 22) (43, 24) (39, 24) (38, 27). (Trying to grab all I can for as much prestige as possible.
Destroyed 2 T-60’s, 3 Conscript’s, and 2 SMG’s.
Day 23 ai CA:
Italian Inf destroyed.
5 str AA missed +1 Att Henkel.
Conscript’s attack stopped by 3 arty’s -11 them.


Day 24: Sunny
Seized (36, 25) again (29, 26) (31, 26) (31, 23) (34, 27) (25, 23) and last Main Objective (30, 25).
Destroyed 3 Conscript’s, 37mm AA, Strongpoint, Engineer’s, and SMG.
+2 Att 7th Uber He-177A awarded Iron Cross 1st Class.
Day 24 ai CA:
Enemy destroyed 2 aux Ital units.
T-34/41 hit 3rd SE Pz3L -3 me -6 them.
SMG nicked +3 Att Gebirgsjäger guarded by 17cm arty -7 them.
2 attacks either stopped because of ambush or arty.



Decisive Victory with 10,211 ending Prestige
I almost did a happy dance for pulling this off. Super happy with this result and my hope is to continue this into Stalingrad Docks with a similar layout, and finally into Stalingrad Ruins. It is in Ruins that I am most cautious about as I have no idea how to tackle, because nothing I can do to prepare except study my previous Manstein playthrough, which was unsuccessful.

Next will be Stalingrad Docks with 10,648.

I hope to start this weekend, I may get some time to start tonight, but unsure how much time I will have to complete this huge map.

Until next time…Stay Lutheran my Friends

[PeteMitchell]

Decisive Victory with 10,211 ending Prestige
I almost did a happy dance for pulling this off. Super happy with this result and my hope is to continue this into Stalingrad Docks with a similar layout, and finally into Stalingrad Ruins. It is in Ruins that I am most cautious about as I have no idea how to tackle, because nothing I can do to prepare except study my previous Manstein playthrough, which was unsuccessful.

Next will be Stalingrad Docks with 10,648.

I hope to start this weekend, I may get some time to start tonight, but unsure how much time I will have to complete this huge map.

Until next time…Stay Lutheran my Friends

So you did it, congratulations!

By the way, I think you should really beef up your amazing AARs with some screenshots, e.g. through Greenshot (http://getgreenshot.org/)! It's really easy/simple... and then attach them to your posts!

Also people could learn much more from these!

[goose_2]

So you did it, congratulations!

By the way, I think you should really beef up your amazing AARs with some screenshots, e.g. through Greenshot (http://getgreenshot.org/)! It's really easy/simple... and then attach them to your posts!

Also people could learn much more from these!

I will not be doing that, but really appreciate the people that do...I am hoping my youtube breakdown will be more helpful than these, but for now this is what I got:



Stalingrad Docks Starting with 10648 Prestige


Sold KV-1B and KV-1C 11637 after replacements 11313 and after upgrades 10147 and some Overstrengthening 9339.
Upgraded Walter Nowotny and Otto Kittel to FW-190A’s.

Around airfield next to the Volga: Both Henkel’s and Otto Kittel in FW-190a and +1 Spotting in Bf-109F.
Around Northernmost airfield: Walter Nowotny in FW-190A; Uber Rudel; and +2 Att Bf-109G.
North: +2 Def 3rd SE Pz3L; +3 Def StuG3B; 17cm arty +2 Att; and +3 Att 12th Gebirgsjäger.
In the Center North: +1 Movement/+3 Def Pz4G; +2 Def Gebirgsjäger; Oleh Dir as Fallschimjaeger; +3 Def 88; 17cm arty +2 Att/+1 Movement; and 10.5cm arty +1 Range.
In the Centermost part of the map: +1 Movement/+1 Initiative 1st SE Panzer 3J/1; +1 Movement 4th SE Pz4G; +3 Att 21cm Nblwf; +2 Att Sturmpanzer; Heinz Rondorf in Flamm; SU-122; +1 Initiative/+3 Att Fallschimjaeger; and +1 Movement 1st KV-1B.
In the Center South: +3 Def Sturmpanzer; +2 Movement/+1 Range 88; 5th SE Pz4G; and Helmut Wirnsberger.
In the far South: Albert Kerscher in Panzer 4G; +2 Def StuG3B; +1 Movement 21m Nebelwerfer; +1 Movement/+1 Initiative Gebirgsjäger; +2 Def 2nd KV-1B; Freidrich Pein; and +5 Att Regular Inf.
Southernmost Airfield: Heinrich Bar in Bf-109G and both Bf-110’s Helmut Lent in the F and +6 Att in the G.



Battle Report:
Day 1: Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (8, 30) (5,22) (7, 4)
Destroyed 2 La-5’s, Yak-7, 2 BT-7’s, T-60, 2 76.2mm arty’s, T-70, Conscript in a boat, and T-34/41.
Force Surrendered Conscripts.
Day 1 ai CA:
LaGG-3 hit aux Tac Bomber guarded by aux Fighter -4 them -3 me.
T-34/41 hit +1 In/+3 Att Fallschimjaeger guarded by Sturmpanzer -3 me -1 them.
KV-1A nicked 5th SE Pz4G guarded by Sturmpanzer -1 them.


Day 2: Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (11, 2) (9, 5) (3, 20) (10, 32)
Destroyed 4 M16MGMC’s, 2 Valentine 3’s, P-40 Warhawk; Hurricane MkI, and 2 trains.
+2 Movement 88 got +1 Range 3rd Hero.
Day 2 ai CA:
2 attacks stopped by 2 artillery.


Day 3: Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (7, 20) (10, 29) (5, 18) (7, 15) (12, 10) and Airfield (17, 2)
Destroyed 2 SMG’s in boats, 2 76.2mm arty’s, 2 SMG’s, T-60, and Conscripts.
Day 3 ai CA:
Arty hit my 17cm arty -2 me.
SMG tried hitting StuG3B guarded by Ital aux arty -3 them.
KV-1A and T-34/43 nicked +1 Movement KV-1B.
SMG tried hitting aux AT guarded by 17cm arty -6 them.
SMG tried hitting aux inf guarded by 3 arty’s -9 them.
AA hit aux Tac Bomber.


Day 4: Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (6, 17).
Destroyed 2 SMG’s in boat’s, Conscripts in a boat, T-60, SMG, 76.2mm arty, Regular Inf, and SMG.
Bought 2 reg reps for aux Tac Bomber.
Day 4 ai CA:
AA hit +2 Att Bf-109G -2 me.
KV-1A and T-34/43 hit +1 Move KV-1B -2 me -5 them.
5 Str T-34/43 nicked aux AT guarded by artillery.
T-34/43 hit +2 Def 3rd SE Pz3L -4 them -2 me.
Conscripts attack on Italian Infantry stopped by 2 arty’s.
T-70 missed hitting Italian Inf guarded by 2 arty’s.
2 SMG’s and Conscript destroyed my Italian Infantry guarded by StuG3B. (1 arty is not enough, 2 does the trick)


Day 5: Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (15, 4) MAIN OBJECTIVE
Destroyed 76.2mm arty, T-70, T-34/41, 2 T-34/43’s, Conscript in boat, SMG in boat, Conscripts, 76.2mm AT, and Regular Inf.
+2 Def 2nd SE Pz3N awarded with Knight’s Cross
Bought 1 Elite Replacement for +1 Initiative/+3 Att 26th Fallschimjaeger.
Day 5 ai CA:
AA hit aux Bomber -5 me.
Italian Infantry destroyed.
Italian Inf guarded by arty hit 3 times -7 me.


Day 6: Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (11, 21) Main Objective.
Destroyed River Boat, Guards in a boat, 85mm AA, 2 Conscripts, 122mm arty, and 37mm AA.
Force Surrendered SMG.
+1 Att 38th He-111H2 awarded Iron Cross 1st Class.
Day 6 ai CA:
Conscripts seized back Stalingrad (13, 31)
Conscripts missed Ital Inf guarded by artillery.
2 SMG’s hit Ital Inf guarded by artillery -2 me -6 them.
SMG hit Ital Inf -3 me -2 them, and another SMG hit another Ital Inf -4 me -3 them.
T-70 hit Bersagleiri guarded by SU-122 -3 me -4 them.



Day 7: Sunny
Seized T-34/Factory (25, 5) (19, 5) as well as Stalingrad proper at (13, 22) (13, 26) (13, 31).
Destroyed Guards in a boat, 2 T-34/43’s, 2 SMG’s, 37mm AA, T-70, and Conscript’s.
Bought 2 Regular Replacements for Italian Infantry and 6 for aux Ju-87R
Day 7 ai CA:
SMG tried hitting Italian Inf guarded by 2 arty’s -4 them.
SMG hit Bersagleiri guarded by Sturmpanzer -3 each.
SMG tried hitting Italian Inf guarded by 2 arty’s -6 them.
85mm AT hit +1 Movement 4th SE Pz4G -7 them -2 me.
SMG tried hitting aux Inf guarded by arty -3 them.
SMG destroyed aux Inf.
AA hit aux Strategic bomber. -3 me.


Day 8: Sunny
Seized T-34 Factory (18, 11) as well as Stalingrad (16, 32 (16, 29) and took back Main Objective at (11, 21)
Destroyed 85mm AT, 85MM AA, SMG in a boat, KV-1A, and 4 SMG’s.
Bought 7 reg reps for aux Bersagleiri.
Day 8 ai CA:
La-5 hit Helmut Lent -2 me -7 them.
AA destroyed auxiliary Ju-87R.
AA nicked Uber Rudel.
SMG tried hitting auxiliary Italian Inf. -5 them.



Day 9 Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (14, 30) (15, 9) Main Objective.
Destroyed La-5, 3 SMG’s, 76.2mm AT, Regular Inf, Conscripts, Guards in a boat.
+2 Def Gebirgsjaeger awarded with Knight’s Cross.
Bought 4 Regular Replacements for Ital Bersaglieri.
Day 9 ai CA:
AA hit aux Tac Bomber -2 me.
T-34/41 hit +2 Def 2nd SE Pz3N -2 me -4 them.
T-34/41 hit aux 88 guarded by arty -4 them -3 me.


Day 10 Sunny
Seized T-34/Factory Main Objective.
Destroyed T-34/41 and 85mm AA.
Force Surrendered Conscripts, T-34/41, and Regular Infantry.
Bought 4 Regular Replacements for auxiliary Ju-87R.
Day 10 ai CA:
Auxiliary 88 destroyed.
Auxiliary Fighter destroyed.
85mm AT hit +1 Movement 4th SE Pz4G guarded by SU-122 -10 them -2 me.


Day 11: Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (16, 25)
Destroyed River Boat, Conscripts, 2 SMG’s, 122mm arty, 76.2 mm arty, and 85mm AT.
Force Surrendered T-34/43.
Day 11 ai CA:
SMG hit SU-122 -2 each.
Conscripts tried hitting Ital Inf guarded by 3 arty’s. -15 them
Conscript ambushed by 88 -9 them -1 me.
SMG tried hitting Ital Inf guarded by 2 arty’s -7 them.
SMG nicked Bersagleiri guarded by StuG3B -5 them.
T-34/41 hit +2 Def SE Pz3L -3 me -4 them.
Fighter hit aux Tac Bomber guarded by aux Fighter -6 me -3 them.
AA hit aux Tac Bomber -7 them.


Day 12: Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (29, 6) This is the place with secret recon.
Also seized T-34 Factory (24, 9) and Stalingrad Docks (18, 27)
Destroyed T-34/41, Mig-3, 2 River Boats, 2 SMG’s, 2 Conscript’s, T-60, and 85mm AA.
+3 Att 12th Gebirgsjaeger awarded with +2 Att 2nd Hero
Bought 1 reg rep for aux Bersagleiri
Day 12 ai CA:
SMG missed Bersagleiri guarded by 2 arty’s -3 them.
Conscript tried hitting Italian Inf guarded by 2 arty’s -10 them.
2 SMG’s tried hitting Ital Inf guarded by Nebelwerfer.
Artillery nicked +2 Move 88.
Bersagleiri hit by SMG even though guarded by 17cm arty -2 me -1 them.
Several attacks hit our +2 Def Pz3L leaving me with 3 str left and out of ammo.


Day 13: Sunny
Seized Stalingrad Docks (20, 26)
Destroyed SMG.
Force Surrendered Guards, Conscripts, 2 SMG’s, and M4 Sherman.
+1 Movement 4th SE Pz4G awarded +1 Movement 2nd Hero. (This might be a candidate for my 1st SE Maus, if I make it that far, and have that much prestige.)
Day 13 ai CA:
Enemy destroyed Italian Inf.
2 AA’s hit aux Bombers including aux Strat Bombers.
Arty and Guards hit +1 Initiative/+3 Attack Fallschimjaeger -3 me -5 them.
The rest of the attacks were stopped by artillery.


Day 14: Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (19, 23) (30, 9) (33, 5).
Destroyed Yak-7, T-34/41, 2 SMG’s, T-70, 122mm arty, Conscript in a boat, and SMG in a boat.
Force Surrendered Conscripts and SMG.
Bought 2 regular Reps for SU-122, 4 regular reps for Ital Inf, and 2 elite for 4th SE Pz4G.
Day 14 ai CA:
2 Arty’s and attack able to nick +2 Def Gebirgsjaeger guarded by StuG3B -4 them.
AA hit Helmut Lent -3 me.
SMG hit aux AT guarded by StuG3B -2 each.
Guards hit KV-1B guarded by aux arty -2 me -3 them.
SMG hit BA-64 and seized Stalingrad (33, 5). -5 each.
Seargent Pavlov hit 5th SE Pz 4G -2 me -4 them.
Auxiliary AT destroyed.
Other attacks stopped by arty.


Day 15: Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (16, 20) (15, 18) (21, 12)
Destroyed 2 Conscripts, 2 SMG’s, Riverboat, and M4 Sherman.
Force Surrendered 2 SMG’s and Conscripts.
Day 15 ai CA:
Auxiliary Infantry destroyed.
Auxiliary AT destroyed.
SMG attack stopped by arty.
AA hit aux Fighter -5 me.


Day 16: Sunny
Destroyed 76.2mm arty, 37mm AA, KV-1A, 85mm AA, and SMG.
Force Surrendered M4 Sherman and 2 SMG’s.
Day 16 ai CA:
Arty nicked Oleh Dir.
T-60 tried hitting KV-1B -6 them.
SMG nicked aux AT guarded by 17cm arty -4 them.
SMG tried attacking Nebelwerfer guarded by 2 other artillery’s. -5 them


Day 17: Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (18, 14) (22, 16) (26, 15).
Destroyed SMG, 152mm arty, 85mm AA, T-60, and 2 River Boats.
Force Surrendered 37mm AA.
Oleh Dir awarded with Knight’s Cross.
Day 17 ai CA:
88 hit by arty and Conscript -4 me -1 them.
All the rest stopped by arty except Pavlov attacking Bersagleiri guarded by 2 arty’s -1 them -4 me.


Day 18 Snowy
Seized Stalingrad (16, 14) (19, 17) (25, 16) (30, 9) (33, 5) and Stalingrad Docks (33, 9)
Destroyed Conscripts, SMG, and 152mm arty.
Force Surrendered 2 Conscripts.
Day 18 ai CA:
Auxiliary Bersagleiri destroyed.
Auxiliary 88 hit by T-34/41 and SMG.
The rest stopped by arty.


Day 19 Snowy
Destroyed SMG.
Force Surrendered T-34/41.
Day 19 ai CA:
Auxiliary AT destroyed.
Auxiliary Infantry Destroyed.
2 SMG’s and Guards attack stopped by artillery.


Day 20 Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (30, 14) and Stalingrad Docks (26, 21) as well as Pavlov’s House.
Destroyed Guards and 2 SMG’s.
Force Surrendered Guards and SMG’s.
Day 20 ai CA:
Auxiliary AT destroyed enemy seized back Stalingrad (30, 14) and Stalingrad Docks (33, 9)


Day 21 Sunny
Seized Stalingrad (12, 13) and Stalingrad Docks (32, 11) (32, 12)
Destroyed 2 Conscript’s, Sergeant Pavlov, SMG, Guards, and 2 BT-5’s.
Day 21 ai CA:
Fighter nicked Sturmpanzer.
Auxiliary Inf destroyed.
The rest stopped by arty.


Day 22 Snowy
Seized Stalingrad Railway Station.
Destroyed BT-5 and Guards.
Force Surrendered BT-7.


Decisive Victory with 10161 ending Prestige
Super pleased with my success here as was unsure I could dig out all of their entrenched units, but able to coerce them to move and attack blindly into repeated traps, the aux units really help tempt their units into unwise attacks.
Still this is something you really want to be cautious when approaching the Train station as their units along with the combination artillery are very dangerous.
Pavlov’s House is only approachable if you have multiple back up artillery, 1 artillery back up is not enough.

Next will be Stalingrad Breakout 10598.
I finished this battle this weekend and starting Stalingrad Ruins with same 10598.
Stalingrad Breakout is much easier, but Tatsinskaya will be a real beast at this level, that I am unsure I will pull off a Decisive on either Tatsinskaya or Ruins. But I will try.
The bigger news is that I have a new channel and have figured out how to record content and should be getting my microphone so I can start recording me playing this game and detail my strategy with approaching a map.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRHQS ... r6cP1syLQ
Until next time…Stay Lutheran my Friends

[goose_2]

Here is the new way I am doing aar's as I am now on youtube.

Watch the ups and downs as this playthrough had everything but the tears that actually fell at Stalingrad.

Just crazy playthrough...I would love to see a successful playthrough of this battle from anyone.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... Yh5xUzhbcp

And as always...Stay Lutheran My Friends

[goose_2]

Escape from Stalingrad Starting with 10598 Prestige:


Sold BA-64 10701 after replacements 10129 and after Overstrengthening 9803.
0 Prestige per round and Soft Cap is at 100%


In the South airfields: +6 Att Bf-110G; Walter Nowatny in FW-190a; +1 Range 10.5cm arty; SU-122; +5 Att 12th Gebirgsjäger; and Oleh Dir.
Around Gumrak: +3 Att/+1 Def 2nd Recon; +2 Def Gebirgsjäger; Freidrich Pein; +2 Def 3rd SE Pz3N; 5th SE Pz4G; +2 Att Sturmpanzer; and +3 Def Sturmpanzer.
Just West of Stalingrad itself: +3 Def StuG3B; +2 Movement 4th SE Pz4G; Helmut Wirnsberger; Heinz Rondorf; +3 Att Regular Inf; and 7.5cm Pak.
Around Nadezhda: +2 Movement/+1 Range 88; +2 Def StuG3B; +1 Movement KV-1B; +1 Movement/+1 Initiative 1st SE Panzer 3L; +3 Att 21cm Nblwf; +3 Def 88; 17cm arty +2 Att; Otto Kittel in FW-190A; +7 Att JU-87D; +1 Att Henkel.
Near Zapadnovka: +3 Def in Bf-109G and +1 Spotting in Bf-109F; +3 Def StuG3F/8; +2 Def KV-1B; and +1 Movement 21cm Nblwf.
South of Sanoflovka: Albert Kerscher; StuG3F/8; 17cm arty +2 Att/+1 Movement; +2 Att in Bf-109G; Helmut Lent in Bf-110F; and +2 Att Uber Henkel.


Battle Report:
Day 1 ai CA:
Many aux units destroyed enemy seized Osinovskiy and airfield, Bol’shenabatovskiy, Malogolubinskiy, Pan’shino and airfield, Kotluban, Dmitriyevka, and Kamyshi.
Day 1: Sunny
Destroyed T-70.


Day 2: ai CA
Enemy seized Pyumino-Krasnoyarskiy and Golubinsky Donskoy as many more aux units destroyed and their forces move forward.
Was able to perform Bomber trap and Fighter trap with -1 for me.
Mobile AA nicked Helmut Lent and Mobil AA missed +3 Def Bf-109G.
Day 2 Sunny:
Seized Dmitriyevka.
Destroyed 2 I-16’s, Pe-2, Mtn Inf, T-34/41, BA-64, and 2 BT-7’s.


Day 3: ai CA
2 Fighters and Mobil AA hit Helmut Lent who was guarded by 1 unseen Fighter -11 them and left me with like 4 Str. I forgot to write down as I was probably really mad.
2 aux Cavalry’s destroyed.
StuG3F/8 nicked by Regular Infantry.
Mobile AA hit Walter Nowatny -2 me.
Day 3 Sunny:
Destroyed 2 T-90 SPAAG’s, La-5, I-16, Conscript’s, T-34/41, and BT-7.
Force Surrendered Conscripts.
Bought 2 regular replacements for aux Cavalry.


Day 4: ai CA
T-34/41 and Guards hit 2nd Recon -5 me -4 them.
+2 Def 2nd SE Pz3N ambushed a T-70 -3 them.
Katyusha hit aux inf -4 me.
T-90 SPAAG missed plane.
Mtn inf hit aux cavalry -6 me.
La-5 ran into Otto Kittel -7 them -2 me.
KV-1B nicked Albert Kerscher -4 them.
Enemy seized Peskovatka and the airfield.
Day 4 Sunny:
Destroyed La-5, KV-1B, Reg Inf, 2 T-34/41’s, Katyusha, Mtn Inf, and T-70.
Force Surrender Conscript, T-70, and T-90 SPAAG
+2 Def 3rd SE Pz3L awarded +3 Def 2nd Hero.


Day 5: ai CA
T-60 tried hitting aux inf guarded by 2 arty’s -5 them.
2 inf hit aux inf majorily entrenched in Samoflovka -5 me -13 them as 1 of the attacks was a rugged defense. (I will need to back out of here for 2 reasons, 1 to set up an easy attack as they will move a unit in and attack unwisely, and 2nd so I can get prestige for taking it back.)
Enemy seized Vertyachiy.
Day 5 Sunny:
Seized airfield near Peskovatka and Kotluban.
Destroyed Conscript, 2 Regular Inf’s, T-60, T-90 SPAAG, Guards, BT-7, and Mtn Inf.
Force Surrendered BA-10 and T-60.
Heinz Rondorf awarded +3 Att 2nd Hero.


Day 6: ai CA
Conscript ambushed by my aux inf guarded by artillery -4 them -1 me.
KV-1C nicked my KV-1B -1 them.
Day 6 Sunny:
Backed out of Samoflovka for the trap.
Destroyed T-60, KV-1C, 122mm arty, Mtn Infantry, and Regular Infantry.
Force Surrendered Katyusha.
+3 Att Nebelwerfer awarded +2 Att 2nd Hero.
+3 Def Sturmpanzer awarded Iron Cross 1st Class.


Day 7: ai CA
Conscript Self emulated when they seized Samoflovka.
La-5 hit aux Cavalry -2 me.
Day 7 Sunny:
Seized Samoflovka back as well as Kamyshi and even the airfield next to Pan’shino.
Destroyed 2 Guards, BA-10, 2 Conscript’s, and 122mm arty.
Force Surrendered KV-1C.
+1 Range 10.5cm arty awarded with Knight’s Cross.
5th SE Pz4G awarded +1 Movement Hero.


Day 8: ai CA
Strat Bomber trap worked -3 them.
Bomber hit aux Cavalry -3 me.
La-5 hit +1 Spotting Bf-109F -2 me -4 them.
Conscript hit aux Inf guarded by Sturmpanzer -3 me -9 them.
Day 8 Sunny:
Seized Vertyachiy, Rydmino-Krasnoyarskiy, and Peskovatka.
Destroyed Guards, 2 Conscript’s, 122mm arty, and 2 La-5’s.
Force Surrendered Conscripts.
7.5cm PaK 40 awarded +1 Movement Hero.


Day 9: ai CA
Ambushed T-34/43 -2 them.
2nd Wave Coming.
Day 9 Snowy:
Destroyed T-34/43.


Day 10: ai CA
Auxiliary Cavalry and auxiliary infantry unit killed.
Strategic Bomber and Katyusha nicked my +2 Move +1 Range 88.
Bomber hit +2 Movement 4th SE Pz4G -3 me.
Fighter trap -8 them -2 me.
Day 10 Sunny: (Reloaded and replayed this round as the 2nd Wave needs to be countered correctly, and I cannot have any more auxiliary units killed if I want a Decisive Victory.)
Destroyed Yak-1, Conscripts, IL-2 Sturmovich, KV-1A, Ilyushin –IL IV, T-34/41, T-34/43, and Regular Inf.


Day 11: ai CA
Bomber hit SU-122 that was guarded by an unseen Fighter -2 me.
+5 Att Nebelwerfer missed by Fighter.
+3 Def StuG3F/8 nicked by KV-1A with 2 arty’s -2 them.
KV-1A ambushed by 3rd SE Pz3L guarded 2 artys missed us -3 them.
Day 11 Sunny:
Seized Pan’shino.
Destroyed Yak-7, Pe-2, Katyusha, Regular Inf, T-34/43, and KV-1A.
Force Surrender T-34/43.


Day 12: ai CA
Enemy seized Samoflovka and hit our KV-1B guarded by arty -10 them.
Ambushed Katyusha with 1st SE Pz3L guarded by Nebelwerfer -13 them.
Day 12 Cloudy:
Seized Malogolubinskiy and Bolshenabatovskiy.
Destroyed Katyusha and Regular Inf.
Force Surrendered KV-1A.
+1 Range 19th 10.5cm arty awarded +3 Att 2nd Hero. :Twisted:


Day 13: ai CA
Conscript got ambushed by Heinz Rondorf -12 them.
Regular Infantry tried hitting StuG3F/8 guarded by artillery. -2 them
Day 13 Cloudy:
Took auxiliary Cavalry to Sector C.
Destroyed 3 Conscript’s, Regular Inf, 76.2mm arty, and La-5.


Day 14: ai CA
Everything missed.
Day 14 Snowy: (Reloaded and replayed to help with counter attack that followed.)
Seized Kotluban and Samoflovka, and brought 2 more aux units to Sector C.
Destroyed Katyusha and Regular Inf.


Day 15: ai CA
Bomber and 2 Fighter traps but still had a couple of my units nicked.
KV-1C hit +1 Movement 5th SE Pz4G guarded by 2 arty’s -2 me – 3 them.
KV-1C nicked 3rd SE Pz3L guarded by a StuG -4 them.
Enemy seized Ryumino-Krasnoyarskiy.
Day 15 Sunny:
Placed 2 more aux units in Sector C.
Seized Golubinsky and Kamyshi with a recon and backed out.
Destroyed 2 KV-1C’s, 2 Yak-1’s, 2 76.2mm arty’s, and IL-2 Sturmovich.


Day 16: ai CA
StuG3F/8 ambushed an M3 Stuart -7 them.
Day 16 Sunny:
Destroyed Ilyushin IL-IV and SMG.
Force Surrendered M3 Stuart.


Day 17: ai CA
KV-1C nicked 7.5cm PaK guarded by 2 arty’s -4 them.
Day 17 Sunny:
Seized airfield next to Lozhki.
Destroyed 85mm AT, KV-1C, and SMG.


Day 18: ai CA
KV-1C hit +3 Def 88in truck -5 me.
SMG ambushed by StuG3B guarded by another StuG3B -4 them.
Day 18 Sunny:
Destroyed SMG and KV-1C.
Force Surrendered 2 KV-1C’s.


Day 19: ai CA
SMG ambushed -12 them.
Day 19 Snowy:
Seized Ryumino-Krasnoyarskiy.
Destroyed 3 SMG’s and 37mm AA.


Day 20: ai CA
KV-1C nicked 1st SE Pz3L guarded by StuG3B -2 them.
KV-1C nicked 4th SE Pz4G guarded by StuG3B -1 them.
Day 20 Sunny:
Seized Lozhki and Osinovskiy.
Destroyed Guards.
Force Surrendered 2 KV-1A’s.


Decisive Victory with 10283 ending Prestige
Destroyed and seized it all with 2 day replays. Not bad at this stage.
The greatest challenge is handling those mobile AA’s along with their non-stop fighter’s/Bombers continuing to streak across the sky.
Next will be Stalingrad Ruins (which is now up on youtube) with same I started out here, 10598, but when I get back to this side of the playthrough in Tatsinskaya with 11283 to play with. (I will be going deep as I want to get a Decisive and I see based on the heroes awarded on this playthrough that I will be using this group going forward, unless I can pull out a miracle in Ruins and Kotelnikova.
Find playlist for Stalingrad Ruins here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... Yh5xUzhbcp

The bigger issue will be starting 1943 fighting on Manstein (5 extra strength points for the enemy) with this minimal prestige and minimal experience gain.
I think I will be able to get through 43 but when I go down 1 strength point in 44 that is where I will probably break, maybe.

Stay Lutheran My Friends.

[PeteMitchell]

Will you continue on youtube for the rest?

[goose_2]

Will you continue on youtube for the rest?

I plan on trying...I am sorting through youtube studio issues...hoping to get resolved this weekend

[PeteMitchell]

Will you continue on youtube for the rest?

I plan on trying...I am sorting through youtube studio issues...hoping to get resolved this weekend

Oh I see... good luck then, I don't know anything about it! ...but I found out how to embed youtube videos on php forums...

On the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhvJzT9bi5Q
you just need to replace "watch?v=" with "embed/"
and then put the link in-between the two Youtube things [] like this:

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