C3C PBEM - WWII Europe - 'Berlin'

[Drendor]

I agree that the tide seems to be turning against Russia. Blitzkrieg is the German way but I've accomplished this more with troop transports and units that can be carried in them than in building tanks. I think I have 18 troop transports which means I can chain them to send troops right across my territory and still attack on the same turn. I also have a lot of workers and slaves on the front lines so that I can rebuild roads immediately as I attack. They can be carried in the transports if necessary as well. This makes it possible to exploit deep into enemy territory in a single turn. I also build radar towers before attacking which helps a lot too. I've got a couple troop transport planes which are also useful as they can fortify newly captured cities with fresh troops that can attack if necessary.

I'm hoping to capture Moscow within the next couple turns. If I take away all the wonders in it, this should destroy the Russians will to fight.

I don't necessarily think the scenario is unbalanced, because the tactics I've used are available to all civs. I wouldn't mind playing Russia with the same rules as I think it has the potential to give Germany a very good fight. As Botman says, with its cheap units, it should be able to eventually outproduce Germany and win the battle of attrition. There are a lot of technologies and units that have the potential to give Russia and the allies an advantage.

I was curious to see if anything happened to my Scharfschutze unit that took the airfield by Moscow. I get one of them autoproduced every 13 turns. The stats say it is invisible so I was wondering if you could see it in order to know to attack it.

I left the Scharfschutze alone because it has 20 defense and I had no good units to attack with. What kind of historical unit does this troop refer to by the way?

I think you have played very well Spartaca! I dont think though that the same strategy could be applied by the allies or Russia. Their troops simply are not good enough the first 15 turns to benefit from advancing deep into enemy territory.

 

[botman]

Sorry for the holdup. Been checking out Hiroshima! Need to upload some more photos, but so busyyyy. Will play tomorrow.

By 'tomorrow', I probably mean Wednesday, sorry!!!

 

[botman]

GPS, finallly.

- Bombarded Allied troops in Greece (AT infantry, mortars and bombers), but had minimal effect.

 

[Drendor]

week 22 gps---Sparty

Sorry about the delay.

 

[Spartaca]

Germany summary turn 19

Russia
Kursk was retaken. 2 Paratroopers killed the infantry and T26 defenders. A KV1 in the vicinity was weakened by a captured howitzer.

Moscow was taken after artillery attack and attack by Panzer4s and paratroopers. Germany lost 3 paratroopers. A marine and 2 infantry in the vicinity were killed by air and ground attacks. Two T26 tanks were killed by Pihkova.

No action against UK but I see that D-Day has started.

GPS to Russia

 

[Drendor]

gps-->botman


Not much action in russia. 2 sturmoviks fail to destroy 1/6 and 2/6 elite german paratroopers!

Kursk retaken after bombardment

France bombed road in italy

Brits captured Cherbourg

sunk german sub i north sea

killed 4 defenders in Athens

lost bomber over Patras to AA

Lost c-47 full of cargo near Amsterdam to Me-262

 

[botman]

11 days, not the best effort on my part.

GPS

Mediterranean

- A sub torpedoed a French cargo ship off the coast of Annaba, however the sub was redlined after taking hits from both the cargo ship and its escorting cruiser.

Greece

- Minor Axis forces bombard the Allied invaders. A mortar hit for one damage. A BB redlined an MG battalion. An assortment of aircraft inflicted five damage, spread over a couple of units. AT infantry caused another two damage. An SS unit attacked, but was killed after redlining an MG battalion.

 

[Drendor]

gps--->germany

 

[Luthor_Saxburg]

Could someone post a mini-map image for us to get an overall idea of the balance?

 

[Spartaca]

German turn summary

Russia
Kursk recaptured again by paratroopers. An infantry, flak and two light fighters were killed nearby just west of Kiev.

Yuroslavi was captured by Scharfshutz and Waffen SS and artillery.

Novgorad was captured by Panzer 4H and artillery. Lots of workers were captured in area by Tserepovets.

Bunker infantry unit south of Moscow was destroyed by artillery and air bombardment.

Britain
Infantry next to Paris was killed by anti-tank units.

U-boat was sunk attacking British Cruiser stack north of Amsterdam.

 

[Drendor]

Ok, maybe the axis thought we had given up on this one.
But no! We will continue to fight until all hope of surviving is gone!

I apologize for the everlasting delay but I have been really busy with work and RL lately.

Russia (or whats left of her) Our forces killed a conscript and a panzer near Kiev.

2 german inf were also KIA near Ryazan. Speaking of Ryazan; the city was recaptured by glorious russian forces destroying two german armies and several lorries and personel. We lost 1 T-34 unit in the attack.

The french shelled the italian coast when they were not busy eating cheese.

The brits captured Athens, loosing 1 elite infantry in the assault.
Royal Navy harassed the german coastal cities and our marines killed 2 german defenders.

Our bombplanes destroyed some infrastructure inside Germany.

GPS----Botman

 

[botman]

GPS

- British forces in Greece were heavily bombarded by eight aircraft, a battleship, and four AT infantry. Two infantry were killed (by the ATs), and the rest redlined. Two Waffen SS attacked, wiping out an infantry and MG battalion, with one SS taking two of damage. Three Italian infantry attacked, killing two infantry and a paratrooper, capturing the hills around Athens. One of the Italian units took two damage, and another took one.

- Mortar units attacked a Russian cruiser outside Constanta, doing two damage.

 

[LouLong]

How is this scenario for PBEMs ? I'd like to know as I could be interested in playing/launching one...

 

[Drendor]

GPS

- British forces in Greece were heavily bombarded by eight aircraft, a battleship, and four AT infantry. Two infantry were killed (by the ATs), and the rest redlined. Two Waffen SS attacked, wiping out an infantry and MG battalion, with one SS taking two of damage. Three Italian infantry attacked, killing two infantry and a paratrooper, capturing the hills around Athens. One of the Italian units took two damage, and another took one.

- Mortar units attacked a Russian cruiser outside Constanta, doing two damage.

8 aircraft missions and none of my two fighters on the carrier intercepted?

This has happened earlier as well, aircraft carriers must be bugged.......

 

[Luthor_Saxburg]

8 aircraft missions and none of my two fighters on the carrier intercepted?

This has happened earlier as well, aircraft carriers must be bugged.......

I don't know if it is a bug or a game feature but (I think that) if a fighter in an area fails to intercept, all the other fighters will fail to intercept if bombers hit the same spot.

This is way that 2 figthers in two different tiles areas is more effective than 2 fighters attempting CAP in the same area.

 

[Drendor]

gps---->Germany

 

[Spartaca]

Germany turn summary

UK
German destroyer sank a UK light trade ship South of Brest. Germany lost a capital ship to a British Cruiser south of Brest.

Stack of units next to Paris was bombarded a bit. Two Matilda MK2 tanks were killed by Panzer 4Hs. An infantry and cavalry in the vicinity were also killed.

Russia
Kayan was captured (undefended) by a halftrack.

Kirov was captured by Panzer 4H which killed the single defender.

Ryazan was recaptured. Germany lost 1 Panzer 4H in the attack. Most of the Russian infantry units in the vicinity were killed and Germany also captured a Howitzer.

 

[Drendor]

gps---->Botman


Russia

Bombers (3 strategic and 4 Sturmoviks) scramble near Ryazan and destroy the 2 inf guarding the captured howitzer. They also destroy the tankarmy with the help of the recaptured howitzer.

2 german Para KIA by 1 T-34 and 1 KV-1.

Bombers destroy barracks in Moscow.

France

French navy harassed Italian defenders on Sardinia

CommonWealth

Navy and bombers bombard axis defenders outside Athens.

4 axis units KIA when 3 Stuarts and 1 british inf attacked.

Suicide tank battalion destroy flak east of Paris, 1 bomber destroy the road in that same tile.

British bombers also vrec havoc in western Poland. Royal Navy shell German baltic coast and Dunkirk and Norway.

Marines killed 2 defenders in Dunkirk.

Battle of Paris has begun;

British artillery and Antitankunits fire
1 Stuart killed PanzerIVh
2 Stuarts destroyed attacking
Stuart killed PanzerIVh
British inf killed Paratrooper
British inf killed Marine
British inf killed whermacht inf
2 British inf lost against German para
MG killed german para
MG lost in next attack
Para lost to german conscript.
Attack aborted

 

[botman]

GPS

- An Italian sub torpedoed a British transport leaving Athens, another sunk a French transport near Cagliari.

- Four Spavs and a DE bombarded invading troops on Cagliari, doing 7 damage. Two Waffen SS units promptly unloaded from their Pipistrello on the island's airfield, and went into the attack, destroying a Renault tank and French infantry unit. Both units took one damage.

- Mortar units attacked a Russian DE outside Constanta, redlining it. Another mortar destroyed a border road into Odessa.

- A marine attacked Iraklio, but was killed without doing any damage.

 

[Drendor]

gps--->Spartaca

The glorious polish exile goverment have begun their quest for world domination.
This time by invading Norway in an attempt to liberate the norwegian fishermen from the axis tyranny!

Bombers destroyed walls in Kristiansand.