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The Red Front Saga Continues!!!!!!
This post is directed at Captain Nemo and Field Marshal Klesh imparticular.
I have two things to mention:
1st: After lookng back on the posts I have seen that Field Marshal Klesh had problems that the Wonder Pedia entries would be cut off. I have that problem too. I have MGE and it happens, so I speculate that since the saga (not a scenario, it's large enough to be considered a saga) was made for FW, it doesn't affect FW, only MGE. That's what I think.
2nd: Red Front is perfectly wonderful, Version 1.4 especially. I have in Emperor level in Version 1.3 gotten to.... Kitela, The Karelian Isthumus Estonia, Mid-Way through Byelorussia, The Crimea, a salient of my making which juts out through Bryansk ready to strike to the Prypat Marshes, Voronezh, but the Jerries hold Rostov. If this seems unamazing, this was my time I finished Red Front.
Let me tell you what happened. On the first turn, I withdrew my forces on the Southern Front accross The Dnepr and hold there. On the Central front, I used the forests to try and slow the German forces. And the Northern Front, well...there's nothing really there. Their panzers and Luftwaffe annhilated my puny Red Infantry. My only ace up the sleeve was that my many units in Odessa that were attracting Germans that would just stay there and attack Odessa or not move was my pinnacle of success so far. But it fell after three months. I built as many AA Guns and Red Guards as I could to slow or even stop the onslaught. By December the Finns had taken Viipuri and Kitela, the Germans had layed siege to Leningrad and Sevatopol, gotten to my defense line at Moscow and took Rostov ready to strike Stalingrad and The Caucus. It was looking pretty bleak.
Then General Winter took my side and I stalled them Krauts and it started to look good. I hadn't built up enough, so the offensives I took stalled and slid to a grinding halt, all except one. Hedgehog defenses had Appeared around Leningrad, cutting off the city. Strangely German offensives here were weak and with PzKw III's!! After I had built up a bit there I unleashed artillery on a hegehog leading accross Lake Ladoga and opened up I supply route, so now I was getting the cream of the crop: T-34/76's and KV-1's! All the while in Stalingrad I was preparing for a major offensive...
When the summer came, I was ready to attack Rostov? Yes, Rostov. During the winter, Germans had gotten into the Caucus via Rostov and Kerch (the forces from Kerch had captured Novorossiysk) and were roaming around hidden. I didn't want to waste manpower, so during the winter I had prepared to assault and capture Rostov. I had 1 KV-1, 2 T-34/86's, 1 Red Guard, 1 Katyusha, and 1 Heavy Artillery. Pretty abitious for a puny task force. As I attacked I almost took the city. My tanks and Red Guard were pulverised but inflicted some damage, but my two assault vehicles had annihilated whatever they attacked. The only problem was they couldn't attack enough and ran out of movements. They had, say, three units left in Rostove. I was so close! The next turn the Germans unleashed an offensive which wiped out the remainder of my assault team and the Caucus force finally appeared and took Maikop. Nothing happened pretty spectacular elsewhere. The Anguish!!!
Then the Stalingrad offensive opened up.
I had barely any reserves left, so I used anything I had to stop the advance. As it was looking as though I was losing Stalingrad, General Winter came to my call and I completely routed the Germans, who I had, unbeknowst to me, exhausted with the fighting! They retreated to Rostov and I felt great. Little happened anywhere else and The Caucus was quiet.
When Spring of '43 came I took a newly developed JS-2 and two T-34/86's and took Maikop and destroyed and wandering Germans in the Caucus. I had only forgotten about Kursk...
When July came, Operation Zitadelle hit me in the nuts. I forgotten that it happened completely!! I was completely in full retreat and disorder. The German warmachine had struck again. They took Voronezh and everywhere I tried to stop them, they kept attacking and outflanking. They were getting to the Trans-Urals area. I had to stop them!
Winter came and we were fighting a hideous slugging battle. Finally when spring came, I had regained everything, but Kursk.
Now in '44, I started as best a move as I could. In Leningrad, I was making headway in a breakout manouvre. On the Finnish Front, the amoured infantry, closed off the northern part of the border with Finland by taking up positions in existing fortifications. In The Causcus, I captured Novorossiysk and was ready to make a move on The Crimea.
When Winter came, the Finnish front fell by the wayside when I retook Kitela and Viipuri and closed off the borders making Finland an unimportant adversary. I moved into Estonia and prepared to take Latvia with resupply. In The Crimea, I took the whole penninsula with a Red Guard and T-34/86!! I prepared to take Perekop and encircle Rostov. In Moscow I launched an offensive which reached the middle of Byelrussia, but stalled out.
In '45 I took Perekop, but was waiting for reinforcements. Nothing happpened in Rostov or Byelorussia. In the Baltic States I had an unusual force of a Red Guard, a JS-2, and a Heavy Artillery. I was ready to take Riga, when a Tiger II came along and stopped infront of us. I, knowing a great deal about WW2, knew instinctively that a JS-2 has the same size, agility, and speed of a Panther, while having a 128mm gun while compared to a impotent Tiger II's "Easy 8" 88mm gun!! I thought I would kick the heck out of that Tiger II. Boy, was I wrong! I attacked and I died, while the Tiger II barely received, if any, damage! It was the last turn, so I thought "What the heck!' and I used my other two units to no avail. And that's my story.
I'd appreciate any comments, questions, or harsh critizism, any of your Red Front stories posted here, and you to visit my website at http://www.on.to/civ2
Thank you to all!!!
I have two things to mention:
1st: After lookng back on the posts I have seen that Field Marshal Klesh had problems that the Wonder Pedia entries would be cut off. I have that problem too. I have MGE and it happens, so I speculate that since the saga (not a scenario, it's large enough to be considered a saga) was made for FW, it doesn't affect FW, only MGE. That's what I think.
2nd: Red Front is perfectly wonderful, Version 1.4 especially. I have in Emperor level in Version 1.3 gotten to.... Kitela, The Karelian Isthumus Estonia, Mid-Way through Byelorussia, The Crimea, a salient of my making which juts out through Bryansk ready to strike to the Prypat Marshes, Voronezh, but the Jerries hold Rostov. If this seems unamazing, this was my time I finished Red Front.
Let me tell you what happened. On the first turn, I withdrew my forces on the Southern Front accross The Dnepr and hold there. On the Central front, I used the forests to try and slow the German forces. And the Northern Front, well...there's nothing really there. Their panzers and Luftwaffe annhilated my puny Red Infantry. My only ace up the sleeve was that my many units in Odessa that were attracting Germans that would just stay there and attack Odessa or not move was my pinnacle of success so far. But it fell after three months. I built as many AA Guns and Red Guards as I could to slow or even stop the onslaught. By December the Finns had taken Viipuri and Kitela, the Germans had layed siege to Leningrad and Sevatopol, gotten to my defense line at Moscow and took Rostov ready to strike Stalingrad and The Caucus. It was looking pretty bleak.
Then General Winter took my side and I stalled them Krauts and it started to look good. I hadn't built up enough, so the offensives I took stalled and slid to a grinding halt, all except one. Hedgehog defenses had Appeared around Leningrad, cutting off the city. Strangely German offensives here were weak and with PzKw III's!! After I had built up a bit there I unleashed artillery on a hegehog leading accross Lake Ladoga and opened up I supply route, so now I was getting the cream of the crop: T-34/76's and KV-1's! All the while in Stalingrad I was preparing for a major offensive...
When the summer came, I was ready to attack Rostov? Yes, Rostov. During the winter, Germans had gotten into the Caucus via Rostov and Kerch (the forces from Kerch had captured Novorossiysk) and were roaming around hidden. I didn't want to waste manpower, so during the winter I had prepared to assault and capture Rostov. I had 1 KV-1, 2 T-34/86's, 1 Red Guard, 1 Katyusha, and 1 Heavy Artillery. Pretty abitious for a puny task force. As I attacked I almost took the city. My tanks and Red Guard were pulverised but inflicted some damage, but my two assault vehicles had annihilated whatever they attacked. The only problem was they couldn't attack enough and ran out of movements. They had, say, three units left in Rostove. I was so close! The next turn the Germans unleashed an offensive which wiped out the remainder of my assault team and the Caucus force finally appeared and took Maikop. Nothing happened pretty spectacular elsewhere. The Anguish!!!
Then the Stalingrad offensive opened up.
I had barely any reserves left, so I used anything I had to stop the advance. As it was looking as though I was losing Stalingrad, General Winter came to my call and I completely routed the Germans, who I had, unbeknowst to me, exhausted with the fighting! They retreated to Rostov and I felt great. Little happened anywhere else and The Caucus was quiet.
When Spring of '43 came I took a newly developed JS-2 and two T-34/86's and took Maikop and destroyed and wandering Germans in the Caucus. I had only forgotten about Kursk...
When July came, Operation Zitadelle hit me in the nuts. I forgotten that it happened completely!! I was completely in full retreat and disorder. The German warmachine had struck again. They took Voronezh and everywhere I tried to stop them, they kept attacking and outflanking. They were getting to the Trans-Urals area. I had to stop them!
Winter came and we were fighting a hideous slugging battle. Finally when spring came, I had regained everything, but Kursk.
Now in '44, I started as best a move as I could. In Leningrad, I was making headway in a breakout manouvre. On the Finnish Front, the amoured infantry, closed off the northern part of the border with Finland by taking up positions in existing fortifications. In The Causcus, I captured Novorossiysk and was ready to make a move on The Crimea.
When Winter came, the Finnish front fell by the wayside when I retook Kitela and Viipuri and closed off the borders making Finland an unimportant adversary. I moved into Estonia and prepared to take Latvia with resupply. In The Crimea, I took the whole penninsula with a Red Guard and T-34/86!! I prepared to take Perekop and encircle Rostov. In Moscow I launched an offensive which reached the middle of Byelrussia, but stalled out.
In '45 I took Perekop, but was waiting for reinforcements. Nothing happpened in Rostov or Byelorussia. In the Baltic States I had an unusual force of a Red Guard, a JS-2, and a Heavy Artillery. I was ready to take Riga, when a Tiger II came along and stopped infront of us. I, knowing a great deal about WW2, knew instinctively that a JS-2 has the same size, agility, and speed of a Panther, while having a 128mm gun while compared to a impotent Tiger II's "Easy 8" 88mm gun!! I thought I would kick the heck out of that Tiger II. Boy, was I wrong! I attacked and I died, while the Tiger II barely received, if any, damage! It was the last turn, so I thought "What the heck!' and I used my other two units to no avail. And that's my story.
I'd appreciate any comments, questions, or harsh critizism, any of your Red Front stories posted here, and you to visit my website at http://www.on.to/civ2
Thank you to all!!!
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