Gustav Vasa -- Phase 5: Planning orders

[pantherboy]

The battle for Uppland has ended with the Swedes in full retreat.

Danish Losses:
1 Knight
1 Soldier w/cbow

Swedish Survivors (can't remember what I killed):
Lars Siggesson
2 Skirmisher w/cbow
2 Militia
4 Militia w/cbow

[hidde]

The battle in Nerke is grinding its way towards the end.
HF slugging it out in woods give odd results

[batesmotel]

The battle in Nerke is grinding its way towards the end.
HF slugging it out in woods give odd results

At least you're doing it with weapons that work in the woods rather than spears or pikes .

Chris

[hidde]

The battle in Nerke is grinding its way towards the end.
HF slugging it out in woods give odd results

At least you're doing it with weapons that work in the woods rather than spears or pikes .

Chris

That works marginally better I would say! In this case the Swedish steel had the best bite
Swedes 10/21 beat Danes 20/20

Swedish losses:
1 Knight
1 Soldier
1 Militia
1 Militia w crossbow
1 Crossbowmen

[cavehobbit]

Thanks! I'll come back tomorrow with updated OOB, Strat map and what will happen next.

[cavehobbit]

Hi all,

Here're some updates on the situation after the three battles.
Battle of Uppland: The Army of Stockholm won this and therefore the Army of Gestrikland had to withdraw back to Gestrikland.
Battle of Westmanland: The Army of Dalarna fled in panic back to Dalarna. In the battle they lost 3 BGs and an additional 9 BGs in the following pursuit.
1st Battle of Nerke: The Army of Nerke defeated the Army of Bohus. The survivors of the Army of Bohus withdrew back to Västra Götaland and merged with the contingent left behind. Seeing their countrymen withdraw, the Garrison of Örebro moved out into the field to attack the Army of Nerke. This battle can be downloaded here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/535 ... 8P3%29.zip

Nerke2 -- Örebro Garrison (Pantherboy) ME vs Nerke Army (Hidde)

Here's the updated OOB after the first three battles: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/535 ... mid_p3.pdf

Strat map after the first three battles:


Please report to me if you find some errors somewhere.

[cavehobbit]

Next round there will be some changes in the team lineups. Turk1964 will be the first turncoat and joins the Swedish side. Our new recruit, Mike48 will dress in red and white and replaces Turk. Hopefully this will evens the teams some

Mike, very welcome to the campaign!

[Mike48]

Hello dear fellows in FOG,

Thank you for the integration in your campaign. I was following since the beginning! Obviously I have to reread.
I think that I play Danish.
Mike.

[hidde]

Ready to rumble.

PW=Nerke2

[hidde]

Hello all,

Just to let you know we're active.
Turn 5 and not much have happened...both generals are cautious, wary of the artillery on the other side.

[cavehobbit]

Thanks for your report. Take your time. I guess FOG DL keep us all quite busy at the moment

[hidde]

Woot!
Too much happened in the last turn for me to go into details.
Swedes were 20/21 and a crossbowmen were to deliver the coup de grace with a rear charge on a disrupted militia...only that they were disrupted too and refused to move.
The Swedes survived to fight another turn. Two very lucky circumstances gave me the chance to get the 4 BP needed to reach 20.
All that was left was for the militia that avoided being rear charged to fight a last melee...they lost but didn't get fragmented!

Sorry P-A, didn't keep track of the losses but I took a screenshot:

[cavehobbit]

Thanks Anders! Looks like an epic fight!

As I understand the losses were:
Danish
1x Knight
2x Soldier
3x Soldier w/Cbow
3x Crossbowmen
1x Skirmisher w/Cbow

Swedish
1x Noble
1x Knight
3x Militia
2x Militia w/Cbow
3x Crossbowmen

I will now update OOB and Strat map.

[pantherboy]

A very exciting and tough fight. The Danes will retreat back into their castle giving the Swedes the field and I'd say a Pyrrhic victory.

[cavehobbit]

I guess you would retreat back into the castle.

Now it's time to plan orders for the next round. And remember we have new team lineups:
Danish
Pantherboy
Batesmotel
Mike48

Swedish
Hidde
Voskarp
Turk1964

New OOB: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/535 ... end_p3.pdf

Updated Strat Map:

[cavehobbit]

Swedish orders received.

[cavehobbit]

Both sides orders received.

Flipping coin to decide which side has the initiative. Heads Swedish, tails Danish. Flipping… Heads. Swedish move first.
With the Swedish moving first there are no battles this round as Nerke Army moves away from Nerke before any Danish armies arrives.

I will update OOB and Strat map this weekend, then it's time to plan for phase 5. And then we will see the Danish king Kristian arriving with the first German mercenaries…

Leaders
Swedish 1) LO moves to Army of Gestrikland
Danish 1. Didrik Slagheck & Gustav Trolle join Linkoping Army.

Armies
Swedish 1) Nerke Army moves to Dalarna and the two armies merges
Danish 1. Linkoping Army moves to Nerke.

Swedish 2) All other armies will defend.
Danish 2. Bohus army will move to Nerke and merge with Orebro Garrison leaving 4 skirmishers, 4 crossbowmen & 2 bowmen as a garrison in Westra Gotaland.

Danish 3. Vasteras Garrison will send 2 Nobles, 1 soldier and 2 soldiers w/crossbow to merge with Skane Army.

Danish 4. All other armies will defend.

[cavehobbit]

Updated OOB and Strat map.

OOB: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/535 ... end_p4.pdf

Strat map:

[cavehobbit]

Danish orders received.

[cavehobbit]

I have received both sides orders and will combine them. Probably I will publish them tomorrow along with an updated map. Looks like we will see some battles this round…