Comrades.....

[Smash]

Red Front 1.4-Capt Nemo and Alex the Magnificant
Marshall Level(deity)

turn1

I got pretty lucky only losing:
Kaunas
Bialystok
Brest-Litovsk
Lvov
Kishinev
Petsamo

Casualties
refugees-2
motorized infantry-8
red army-73-argh-iirc-germans get a unit for every one killed.
partisans-4
naval infantry-1
T-26 light tank-15
T-28 medium tank-13
AA battery-3
I-16 polikarpov-4
destroyer-1
cossacks-4
NKVD-4
Stalin Line-6
45mm-5
152mm-2
machine gun-4

German casualties light.

Heavy attacks over the entire front.
Axis forces moving on Odessa have reached the outskirts of the city.Doesnt look good.
Kiev will surely fall.
Heavy concentrations of German forces gathering near Minsk
Basically the line from Odessa to Riga is under real and heavy threat.
In the north,Petsamo fell on turn 1,threatening the vital port at Murmansk.Not much between there and Leningrad.Riga is toast next turn.
Tallinn was not attacked on turn 1 but I shall muster some defense there to try and slow the advance.Hopefully Ill be able to buy enough time to fortify Leningrad.I intend to hold it!
In the south the Caucasus must be held so heavy fortification will occur in Perekop and Rostov.Stalingrad will see its share also.
I will also attempt to hold at Kursk and Kharkov.Hopefully...
Ill have to see what happens before I draw the line up the middle.Moscow must be held though..obviously.
Minsk will strip down while defending as long as possible.Might not be too long

Ill have the tech for katyusha rockets next(attack 12),then go for Mobile Warfare 2 and KV1 tanks(attack 10-defense 9).Beyond that depends on whether I survive but Ill want IL-2 Shturmoviks.They are high attack planes(12) with 14 moves.

Now the work begins......

map spring 1941

 

[Smash]

July/August

German forces keep pushing into the motherland with the capture of:
Riga
Kirovgrad
Vilnius
Velikiye Luki.-recaptured in early August-lost again in late August
Kiev(Pyramids)
Odessa
Minsk(Mich's)
Kherson
Nikolaev
Daugaupils

casualties:
refugees-2
motorized infantry-15
red army-86
partisans-18
naval infantry-6
T-26 light tank-23
T-28 medium tank-22
T-34/76 tank-3
Katyusha Rockets-2
AA battery-13
I-16 polikarpov-16
destroyer-5
cruiser-1
cossacks-10
NKVD-9
Stalin Line-26
45mm-15
152mm-10
machine gun-14
villages-2

The old fortress of Brest was destroyed and the final defenders slaughtered.

Minsk held out in July but fell in August.Minsk has the MichÕs equivalent ÒSocialist PragmatismÓ.
German forces moving thru the Prypiat Marshes moving on Gomel.
The Stalin Line is obliterated.Stukas are wreaking havoc.
Von Rundstedt captured Odessa in Aug.The way is open to Sevestopol.Perekop will be an important battle.It may fall but I hope to stall them for several turns here at least.
Kiev and the Ukraine Wheatfeilds(Pyramids) was sacked in Aug also.Another major blow.
Germans on the outskirts of Smolensk

KV-1 heavy tanks went into production with the invention of Mobile Warfare 2 in July arriving in Sept for action.
In August Advanced Flight 2 was researched.Advanced Flight 3 will give access to IL-2 Shturmoviks.I want to build some over the winter and be ready to see action in the spring/summer /42..but for now I must survive till winter.That is my time to hit back.

Smolensk is gearing up for a major stand.Kalinin to the north of Moscow is fortifying heavily.
Kursk and Kharkov are working hard but look a little thin right now.Trying to move forces there now.Germans are advancing rapidly in this sector.If it werenÕt for the marshes they would have arrived Òen massÓ in August.

Perekop and Rostov are heavily enforced.All nearby cities have sent units.

Stalingrad is pumping out the sheilds.Tankograd.A huge effort will be made to hold the Caucasus.If it is lost....so is the war.

map:early Sept /41

 

[Smash]

Sept

Advanced Flight 3 is researched.

German offensive continues to push into Russia with the capture of:
Kargopol
Zaporozhye
Kholm
Dnepropetrovsk
Pskov
Stalino

Oct

88mm Tank Gun is researched.

More cities fall:
Vitebsk
Belgorod
Poltava
Bryansk
Novgorod-recaptured
Luga

Heroic fighting at Smolensk and the city holds with barely a scratch.

Perekop holds..barely

Nov

Partisan Warfare is researched

Begorod-destroyed
Novgorad-destroyed

captured
Demyansk
Kaluga
Voroshilovgrad

Somlensk and Perekop hold!

Kharkov and Kursk under attack but holding

Leningrad....holding but bad times coming..the seige begins

Gomel holds but is surrounded and cutoff.Ferocious defenders fight with reckless aband.....

Shturmoviks see their first action in Nov but will be grounded for the winter

Finnish front is quiet for the most part but that will change in winter.

Enemy now on the outskirts of Moscow...

Just in time for winter......

casualties
casualties:
refugees-9
labor brigade-1
motorized infantry-25
red army-97
partisans-37
naval infantry-6
T-26 light tank-29
T-28 medium tank-22
T-34/76 tank-10
KV-1 tank-6
Katyusha Rockets-2
AA battery-21
I-16 polikarpov-19
IL-2 Shturmovik-1
destroyer-5
cruiser-3
cossacks-14
NKVD-14
Stalin Line-29
45mm-23
152mm-15
machine gun-21
villages-2

map:beginning of Dec /41

 

[Smash]

Dec

The cold winter sets in and the German advance grinds to a halt.Only 1 city fell this month.
Kaluga...which is between Smolensk and Mosow.This city will see heavy action in the next few months.

Red Guards and T-34/76 start to hit back.German forces are very slow and weak in winter and they are beginning to pay...

Jan

Mobile Warfare 3 is researched.
All T-34/76 are upgraded to T-34/85

No cities lost

Famine hits Murmansk.

Leningrad under seige

Heavy losses for the Germans in this month.The immobile German units are sitting ducks.In the north,the Finns are making little headway.

Feb


Master spy Richard Sorge obtains Japanese war plans.There is no threat in the far east so elite Siberian divisions are transferred to the west.

Germans setup ÒhedgehogÓ fortifications

Kaluga liberated

Mar

Assault Artillery researched

Partisans eliminate German hedgehogs at Leningrad

Gomel starves to szie 1

Petsamo liberated.


The entire front is holding.Counter attacks are winning a war of attrition.Cheap red guards(20 sheilds and updated red army) are killing Panzers and other mech in large numbers.Germans completely unprepared for the harsh Russian winter...

April

Civil Defense researched

Convoys arrive in Ashkabad

Gomel destroyed.

Line holds
The winter is over.Another long summer lies ahead.Over 30 cities have been lost.Important wonders lost...but I have survived the first year.The Germans are still very strong and now the Luftwaffe will return.

April 1942

 

[Smash]

May

Shturmoviks hit hard.No cities lost or retaken but heavy casualties for German armor divisions.
AA batteries gear up.

June

Air Defense Corp researched

Germans launch Operation Blau moving on Stalingrad and the Caucasus.A pontoon bridge across the Don River opens the approachs to Stalingrad.

Offensive resumed but now stukas are losing.A terrible month for the Luftwaffe.AA decimates countless stukas.Goering will be in for it....


July

122mm AP Tank Gun researched.

Huge push by the Germans on Kharkov and Smolensk.Cities holding.

Don River crossing heating up.Germans trying to push into the Caucasus

Demyansk liberated....

The tide is turning.Germans are not gaining any more ground.I will continue to fight defensively until winter then attack in large numbers

Aug
Mobile Warfare 4 researched.

Demyansk is lost again.

Heavy fighting at Stalingrad and Rostov.Partisans destroy pontoon bridge on the Don River!The Caucasus should be safe.

Shturmoviks continue to pound the Germans.

Sept

Luga retaken
Kaluga destroyed

Germans develop Pzkw VI ÒTigerÓ tanks..

Oct

Electricification Project(HooverÕs) completed.

Germans massacred at Rostov

Demyansk captured

Nov

Partisans liberate Minsk.A concentration camp is discovered and destroyed.

Continued heavy losses at Perekop and Rostov.1 stack had 73 units

Amphibious landing liberates Odessa!..another concentration camp is burned.

The Germans can look forward to another long cold winter in Russia....only this time the Russians wonÕt be content to defend....

Russian casualties to date:

refugees-9
laborer-15
labor brigade-9
motorized infantry-25
red army-137
red guards-85
siberian regiment-7
partisans-82
naval infantry-22
T-26 light tank-29
T-28 medium tank-22
T-34/76 tank-17
T-34/85-80
KV-1 tank-11
Katyusha Rockets-13
AA battery-22
I-16 polikarpov-29
LA-5 fighter-24
IL-2 Shturmovik-15
PE-2 Bomber-1
destroyer-8
cruiser-7
cossacks-14
NKVD-15
Stalin Line-29
45mm-24
76mm-1
152mm-19
Su-122 Tank Hunter-7
machine gun-21
villages-2
freighter-15

Axis Casualties to date:

Finnish Infantry-40
Romanian Infantry-25
Wehrmacht-167
Einsatz-Kommando-19
PzKw IV Panzer-167
Waffen SS-37
Pz38t light tank-195
Pzkw III Panzer-97
Panzergrenadiers-19
Hummel-69
88mmAA-2
15cm Feldhaubitze-18
Ju-87 Stuka-92
Wehrmecht SG-255
Me-109-10
Ju-88-6
Hedgehog-3
Destroyer 8
AA battery-2
Cruiser-8
Battle Cruiser-1
U-Boat-20
freighter-1
He-111-38
Stug IIIF-101
Sdkfz-4x20mm Flak-8
pontoon bridge-1

November 1942

 

[Kev]

Smash:

This is a great storyline. Keep it going - I'm looking forward to the coming winter campaign!

 

[Smash]

Dec 42

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Germans caught unprepared again while Partisans organize a behind the lines offensive

Zukov orders all forces to go on the offensive .A massive attack is launched.
T-34/85s,Katyushas,KV-11s and Red Guards hope to punch a hole thru Voroshilovgrad and Stalino

cities liberated:
Vitebsk
Kholm
Pskov
Poltava

German tanks stalled all over the front.T-34/85s and Su-122 Tank Hunters are feasting

 

[Smash]

Jan 43

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Winter offensive strikes hard with the liberation of:
Voroshilovgrad
Stalino
Bryansk
Kishinev
Brest-Litovik
Velikiye Luki

Soviets uncovering evidence of widespread attrocities.Numerous concentration camps have been destroyed.Slave laborers freed.The Nazi leadership will be held accountable.

Feb

Slow going in the north but the capture of Oulu effectively cuts Finland in half.
More success with the liberation of:
Bialystok
Daugavpils
Riga
Finland
Ouhu

Red Army now on the outskirts of Kiev and Warsaw.....

Feb 43

 

[Smash]

Mar

The Red Army fought ferociously this month capturing:

Kiev
Warsaw
Vilnius
Dnepropetrovsk
Zaporozhye

Germans resisting hard at Kherson

April

Forces drove all the way to Konigsberg in the ÒLeningrad SectorÓ
Beachead at Galati

cities captured:
Konigsberg
Kaunas
Lubin
Galati

In the north,The Finns struck back destroying Ouhu.Preparations for a move on Helsinki in Spring under way.

IL-Shrtumovik production at record levels over the winter.Zhukov intends to continue the offensive in June.April will be the ILÕs month.

The 2nd winter is over.Much territory has been (re)gained.Our 2 wonders have be liberated.
The Germans cannot afford another winter.They must strike back....

April 1943

 

[TrailblazingScot]

I'm impressed with your progress in this scenario...I played it through once having taken 2 times before to get to grips of what was required (I was in stalemate...didn't play long enough to realise the germans collapse in 1944).

I blame the americans for the failure to take Berlin...we had our chance I believe but had gone for liberation of territory versus a concentrated push on Berlin.

I never completed the scenario as I tired in 1945 of moving units from russia to germany...too far! (I learned later to love the goto command...and how not to let it send your units OFF the roads...).

I'd like it very much if you played the TSFE scenario at hardest level as the allies or axis...

[This message has been edited by kittenOFchaos (edited September 02, 2001).]

 

[amadeus]

*cowers in fear*

That's a Mac window, I can tell!

 

[Smash]

Yes it is...nothing to fear

I'd love to play TSFE but I don't have a converted copy of it...yet....its a big one.Fair bit of work to convert correctly.Then it needs an applescript to replace the .bat otherwise it is a chore to load each "chapter"

No updates now.Turns are taking a long time right now.The Red Army is huge and Germans have some new weapons to play with.A new Panzer in particular...a counterattack has been launched in the Kursk sector.....

I'd hoped to make Berlin by August but things are bogging down...they're not done yet....

 

[SunTzu]

i played Red Front for the first time awhile ago and never wasa able to push back the germans I held them from taking the bulk of the caucus and moscow and on back. But they took Leningrad. I mainly screwed up because i didn't know the safe way to move the units from America to Murmansk.....

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[Smash]

Well you could airlift from the UK.....but it is tricky moving freighters by the 1 section.You have to chain empty ships but it is an accept losses situation.I've lost some 20 odd freighters but they are making it.
Another thing you can do is fly bombers over the freighters.Take them as far north as possible and use the end turn keyboard shortcut to "cover" them.

I learned away to take out many airplanes and ships near the UK.I actually borrowed the idea from the ai.Just park on the mines.They will attack..and lose.Alot of Stukas perished this way....so did a # of my cruisers.I'd get all excited spotting a U-boat then attack it....suddenly remembering "it is on a mine dummy"


May

A bold strike resulted in the fall of Helsinki.It is hoped this will be the end of the Finnish conflict.

The Germans resisted hard but could not stave off the onslaught at Kherson

cities liberated:
Kherson
Nikolaev
Danzig
Kirovgrad
Finland
Helsinki

June

A major success in Hungary with the capture of Ploiesti.Katyushas pounded the resource rich city into submission

Cities liberated:
Lvov
Ploiesti
Finland
Turku

July

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its an event which now is happening behing the front lines

Germans fighting hard with new equipment.A mech unit with AA abilities has hurt the ILs effectiveness.New heavy panzers are very powerful.Fortunately the Germans cannot produce large numbers of these...yet
Elephants are strong but slow and defensively weak.They are being slaughtered..the few that show up.
Tigers get top priority before they can do much damage.The ILs fourteen move and see two range is very handy here for scouting them out.

cities liberated:
Bydgoszcz
Rostock-lost at end of month
Finland
Vaasha
Tampere

Aug

Very limited fighting.Mainly repelling the counter attack in the Kursk sector.The next months will see heavy re-enforcement.Its easy to over-extend the front.I shall return to methodical and somewhat tedious-re-enforce...re-enforce..re-enforce...winter attack....unless I see an opportunity.<IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/smile.gif" border=0>
Preparations for continued inland push in Hungary underway.4 feighter running back and forth from Sevastopol are bringing in large numbers of troops.

Aug 43





[This message has been edited by Smash (edited September 07, 2001).]

 

[SunTzu]

Comrade Smash, after looking at your map, in that situation i would do a drive at berlin from the bulk in the north and a drive at vienna from the Warsaw area.

 

[Smash]

Sept

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Major battle at Bucharest and the city is taken.The Romanians immediately surrender and lay down their arms.Thats one capitol down.2 more to go.

Rostock is retaken after a heavy barrage by ÒLittle KateÓ Katyushas.This time we shall hold it.A steady stream of KV-1 heavy tanks have heavily re-enforced the city.

The Kursk counter offensive is failing miserably.The Red Army has more than adequate forces in the sector.

cities:
Rostock
Bucharest

Oct

Allied bombing raid hits Vienna

Germans attack hard at Rostock but the city holds.

Kursk is running red with Nazi blood.5 or 6 Yak fighters are taking out the event stack every turn.At least 10 units per...ILs swoop in and mop up whatever is left in the open near Bryansk.

Germans are attempting a counter offensive against Murmansk.No problems so far.

Last ditch effort by the Luftwaffe.They just donÕt have the punch now.There over 100 Red Army AA batteries in the front line cities now.

German battle cruisers beginning to be a pain in the shipping lanes.Very expensive to destroy.Takes at least 8 bombers per...I wonÕt even try if they are stacked together.I just keep running my chain thru ..IÕve needed 1-3 freighters per turn to keep it open since May.Murmansk builds 1,UK another and I recieve 1 via event in UK.Thats been enough to keep it supplied and have few extras ready.

cities:
Finland
Kuopio

Nov

Allied bombing raid hits Potsdam near Berlin

Major build up in all front line cities in preparation for winter.German units are stronger now so progress may be slower than before.Katyusha production in overdrive.


check out the insane trade being generated in Grozny
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Nov 1943

Dam thing is crashing a fair bit.I have to save very often.I will finish if it lets me.Hopefully the next winter will cut down on the # of units in the game.Maybe that will help.So far,it has only happened when I am moving a unit..so, as long as I save often I'm ok

 

[Smash]

Dec

Allied bombing raid hits Kiel.

The USS Duke of York is assigned to help protect the shipping lanes.

Finland is destroyed as an independent nation with the capture of Kemi.

Poznan is captured in a bold strike.This also sets off an event which gives the Germans Volksstrum which allows Fortress Deutschland which is the Great Wall equivalent.The Red Army is now within reach of Berlin...

Cities:
Poznan
Finland
Kemi

Jan 44

Allied bombing raids cripple u-boat production in Wilhelmshaven

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Red Army advancing on all fronts.Attacks against Berlin begin.It is heavily fortified.

cities:
Krakow
Lodz
Neustrelitz
Kosice

Feb

Budapest builds Fortress Deutschland

Allied bombing raid cuts industrial capacity at Leipzig in half.

cities:
Ronne Island
Plovdiv

Red Army continues it's push toward Budapest.
Massive build up in Poznan.

Mar

Bombing raid by the US 8th squadron cripples industry in M,nster and Dortmond in the east Ruhr region

A huge month on the battlefield.Red Army losses were at their highest in some time this month.74 glorious regiments met their doom.Their families can take heart in the knowledge they took 3 times that many of the enemy.

A major attack by over 25 Katyusha divisions have sacked Berlin.However Hitler has apparently escaped to Budapest.First he fled to Hamburg,but when that city fell he was forced to flee once again.

cities:
Berlin
Hamburg
L,neburg
Potsdam
Brno
Timsoara
Sofia

Germans resisting hard at Debrecen.Heavy losses have been taken here.Zhukov has taken personal charge of the situation

March 1944



[This message has been edited by Smash (edited September 09, 2001).]

 

[Smash]

June 44(so far)

This has been a terrible month for the Germans.They are now feeling the wrath from 3 years of attrocities.

Cities liberated:<br />Prague<br />Belgrade<br />Wilhelmshaven<br />Hannover<br />Dresden<br />Kassel<br />Munster<br />Salzburg<br />Zagreb<br />Graz<br />Plzen<br />Sarajevo<br />Kolding<br />Dortmund

..and we're not finished yet.The Germans are completely broke.I get 0 rubles when capturing now.Just sell concentration camps and any power plants,sewers,aquaducts,libraries or universities.

I think I will declare total victory after this month.There may not be anything left <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

 

[gogog]

I can't believe you won Red Front! I gave up after 25 of my tanks that are supposed to strike fear in the hearts of germans died trieing to kill one tank in a city. Another thing I hated was I used half my army to blow up the pontoon bridge only to find they can still move across and it gets killed by trigger anyway next turn! :midfinger But still the best made scenario ever in my opinion. (so far)

 

[Danja]

How do you get these units? What game are u using?