HOF Version 3 - "Test Run"

[Lanzelot]

Field artilley shells the Russian Marine near Königsberg, a Tiger division throws it back into the sea.

Guderian attacks Stalingrad, killing a regular Rifle div -- and taking that town??! I expected much stiffer resistance. Anyway, this will make Stalin very angry, I hope. And shows that the German army can still bite... No more annoying partisans for a while! And three planes were destroyed in the process, too.

So what do I do with my other fast moving units I prepared for this surprise offensive? The job is already accomplished.

Elite Inf corp kills Cavalry at Rostov. Mech Inf kills Militia on the road to Voronezh. Panther div Army attacks Rifle div and Fortress division in Voronezh. Army at 8/16. Panther Corp destroys Flak position and liberates Voronezh, destroying two more planes. HA shells Fortress div south of Voronezh. A Tiger div attacks, but dies and promotes the Fortress div to 2/4. More HA is brought into position, and then a Panzer corps finally takes the hill.

Panther corp defeats T34 corp in Tula and promotes (5/8). Next Panther corp defeats a Light Tank and promotes as well (8/8)! Two Inf Armies now attack Tula and kill an Artillery and a Militia, but Tula still holds.

Inf div destroys Yak on airfield near Stalingrad. More HB destroy railway lines to Stalingrad and Voronesh.

HA shells Fortress divs near Riga, but hits only once.

BTW: how many VPs does capturing a town give? Doesn't look like it's the standard 100 per pop?!

Lanzelot

 

[eric_A]

BTW: how many VPs does capturing a town give? Doesn't look like it's the standard 100 per pop?!

Lanzelot

Lanzelot:
City capture VPs = 5 * population

VP locations are 100 points/turn instead of 25 in the default rules.

 

[Lanzelot]

Thanks. Now I understand, why everyone is clinging to those VP locations... I mostly ignored them, unless they were easy to defend and fitted into the overall strategy...

Ok, so instead of the expected 1600 points I only got 80... That plan wasn't as brilliant as I thought...

But then I daresay it is quite difficult for anyone to get to 200000 points within 46 turns, isn't it?

One other point: I assume razing cities (burned earth strategy) is not allowed here, is it? I'm asking because I noticed city ruins, when I took over the game, wondering where they came from, if neither you nor Arexander had razed a city in the first few turns.

Lanzelot

 

[eric_A]

Thanks. Now I understand, why everyone is clinging to those VP locations... I mostly ignored them, unless they were easy to defend and fitted into the overall strategy...

Ok, so instead of the expected 1600 points I only got 80... That plan wasn't as brilliant as I thought...

But then I daresay it is quite difficult for anyone to get to 200000 points within 46 turns, isn't it?

One other point: I assume razing cities (burned earth strategy) is not allowed here, is it? I'm asking because I noticed city ruins, when I took over the game, wondering where they came from, if neither you nor Arexander had razed a city in the first few turns.

Lanzelot

There are some ruins on the map at the start of the scenario,
places that were destroyed earlier in the war like Smolensk
and Nanking. City razing is not allowed, but selling all the improvements
is.

 

[eric_A]

S of Voronezh:
1st Ural Front (15/18) destroys Panzer army

Voronezh:
1st Ural Front (12/18) destroys Panzer Grenadier Div.
Far East Front (16/17) destroys Panzer Korp

Stalingrad:
Guderian Army Bombarded by 2 HA 1 MB, damaged 19/22

MB destroys road E of Charkiw

Partisan destroys Road W of Rostov

Black Sea Fleet destroys road W of Odessa


Far East:
Japanese 11th Army E of Irkutsk bombed
by 2 MD, 1 DB, damaged 10/13

Road E of Hankow destroyed by Red Army

 

[aksully]

Hi Everyone...have a small glitch. Sent my Civ 3 Disk on with my desktop pc which is now on its way across the Atlantic (watch out for U-Boats!)! Anyhow..I have a replacement coming to me on Tuesday. So just bear with me. I expect to forward the save NLT Wednesday. If for some reason it doesn't get to me by then...I will forward the save onto TG to play the turn for me so that it doesn't hold up the game!

The troubles of moving...yet again!

Sully

 

[aksully]

Appreciate everyones patience...still have some issues with the program loaded onto my laptop. Saved file not saved where it should be. I'll work on that. But the turn was played and sent to CW.

-4 B25s Redline Mech Inf Div 1 T N of Ichang
-3 B25s Bomb Changsha...units injured

GPS to CW

Thanks again everyone! Sully

 

[That-Guy]

GPS. Had it crash on me.

Home Front:
MB reduces RR 1SW of Hamburg.
MB destroys road.
HB destroys road 1N of Budapest.
Dover guns damage ID in Antwerp.
Resistance fighters ambush worker party N of Salzburg.
MB reduces RR S of Kiel.


N Africa:
DD Hasty damages a ship in Rome.
TB redlines ship.
TB kills citizens of Rome.
TB sinks the ship.
DD damages ID in Rome.

TB damages units in Athens.

HB destroys MB in Marseille.
Lanc redlines an MB.
Lanc destroys MB.
Lanc damages MB.
BB destroys MB.
BC destroys Mb.

DD Hostile sinks a SS W of Palermo 2/4.

CA damages corp in Malta.

SE Asia:
MB redlines FA N of Rangoon.
MB destroys road.
Lanc destroys Zero in Rangoon.
MB damages ID between Mandalay and Rangoon.
MB redlines same ID.
MB redlines FD in Mandalay.
B29 destroys road with rubber SW of Saigon.
B29 destroys road with rubber N of Singapore.
B29 reduces RR NE of Saigon with rubber.
B29 destroys road.

MB kills citizens in Mandalay.


S Pacific:
CA redlines Militia at VP E of Rabaul.
Royal Marines kill Militia 4/4.

 

[muzbang]

GPS. Had it crash on me too

Roads bombarded near Suchow (Dyes)

Roads and rail destroyed near Osaka

 

[Knutis]

Oh, sorry for not paying attention

I haven't recieved any save-file

 

[muzbang]

Re-sent

 

[muzbang]

??

Sent one more time

 

[Knutis]

GPS

Lost Mech Inf to Red Army @ Hancow

 

[Lanzelot]

Resistance near Salzburg, unheard of! But they can't be far... Send a few workers to check, then a Tiger div executes them.

West of Gibraltar: U-Boot sinks British DD Saguenay. (1/4)

Well, looks like after the quiet winter period, the Eastern Front is all in flames again... Major Russian forces appeared at both captured cities.
First find the Partisan at Rostov and execute him. Hopefully he was the last of his kind...

HBs and a MB bombard 1st Ural Front down to 9/19. 4 HAs continue pounding that front, but only one hits (7/19). Several field artillery pieces have a little more luck (4/19). Now an elite Panther Corps attacks and kills the 1st Ural Front!! Yep, only 4 more to go...


Guderian (17/22) attacks and kills the Kalinin Front. 7/23. But the superiority is too overwhelming, we need to retreat.

Panther Corp kills conscript S of Tula and promotes to elite.

 

[eric_A]

Lanzelot:
Construction Brigades are not allowed on the Eastern Front.
This rule is posted in post #2:
"German construction brigades are restricted to use within Europe
and must stay west of Warsaw"

 

[eric_A]

June /42
Stalingrad captured after Germans withdrew all units.

SE of Voronezh:
Panther Korp bombed by 2 MB, 1DB and
killed by Far East Front (13/17)

Inf Army 2 tiles SW of Voronezh damaged by MB

Road S of Voronezh destroyed by MB

German worker captured by light tank E of Cherkiw

Far East:
Mukden - Harbin road cut by red army guerilla

 

[aksully]

Greetings all! I have the save and will play it today. Have just returned to the US a week ago today. We are "in transit" visiting friends and relatives in the Midwest. We will be setting up our new residence in Alabama next week. Don't wish that on anyone considering how hot it has been there!!! So expect a few more short delays in my turnaround time but it shouldn't be too long!

Cheers!
Sully

 

[That-Guy]

GPS June 1943

Home Front:
Road NW of Salzburg destroyed by MB.
Road W of Hamburg cut by MB.
Road in Forest N of Marseille destroyed by MB.
HB destroys road E of Warsaw.
Lanc reduces RR SE of Warsaw.
Dover guns destroy iimprovements SW of Antwerp.
HB and Lanc destroy RR and road E of Marseille in forest.
Resistance fighters ambush workers 1E of Antwerp
BB Duke of York damages Uboat 2/4 in Antwerp.
DD redlines
BB Ramillies sinks it.
CA makes ID 2/4.

N Africa:
Lanc reduces Corp to 2/4 in Palermo.
TB lost to flak at Palermo.

HB damages ID on rubber near Naples.

TB damages Corp in Malta.


SE Asia:
SS Sinks BC Kongo SE of Singapore

2 MB redline FD in Mandalay.
MB destroys marketplace.
MB redlines ID.

Lanc destroys courthouse in Rangoon.

B29 damages units in Changsha
B29 kills civs.
B29 damages units.
B29 destroys courthouse.
B29 damages units.

S Pacific:
No Action

Have a great 4th everyone!

 

[aksully]

Sorry for the late post of my turn results ahead of TGs...

-6 B-25s injure IJA units in Changsha and destroy the Marketplace

I echo TG's July 4th message. I'll be on the road getting re-oriented to the US. We are eventually heading for Alabama for the next year. And after that...who knows?? Cheers!

Sully

 

[muzbang]

Semental ?