Polish Hordes
 

I'm doing another 10 battle September 1939 Polish Campaign as Germany.I thought I had a large enough core but I was wrong.My north flank is gonna hold on long because alot of Polish infantry is using a bridge on the top map edge.Do you guys think this is suffient forces?

http://i361.photobucket.com/albums/o...eke/UO0006.jpg

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Danger danger!Will Robertson.
I'd go for a tactical retreat give ground for time and regroup on better grounds.
Them poles mean buisness!
They are trying to out-flank in the north and getting way to close:shock:

Btw.excellent save screen i must learn sometime how you did that:)

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Aw, sissy stuff. The problem is having any sort of cover with something of a clearing for the poles to be shot in. If it can be assumed that there are no poles west of the revealed positions, then the infantry can march to the hex NW of the tank at the edge of the marsh, and the hex W of that one. What to do with the other 2 inf squads is anybody's guess. Perhaps backup to those forward cover positions when those inf possibly get shot up, or occupying flanks somewhere.

I would use the seen tank to shoot up the poles east of the river, and take the additional tank and move it up to either the hex E of the forward tank, or SE, with the same mission as the other tank (I think I favor the E position, because it can help bring fire to the units west of the river if needed. This is very doable, the only problem is any unseen western units there may be, coupled with the fact that these forces will bottle up these units for a good long time.

If this game allows marsh AFV use, I would probably place both AFV's there, but not right away, as those spots offer more vision, but also weak sides to ATR's at close range.

My guess is that there are 1 or 2 unseen squads west of the river.

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You need to work on your Lost in Space knowledge. I have the full dvd set, so I ought to know. That would be Will Robinson, not Robertson. Just think of them as the Swiss Family Robinson in space and you can't miss, you bumbling boobie;).

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Thanks, Dr. Smith for that,It's been a long time since i've seen "lost in space":o

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It does look like the poles mean to pin you agaisnt the pond and stream and a very precarious position. as they also seem to have ,YOU outnumbered maybe 2 to 1 or more likley more like 3 to 1 counting for unseen forces which are I'm sure as shootin are there.
Classic left flank turn! and there is your main enemy forces!
I still say run while you can before its too late and regroup with the main core and battle on the ground you choose.

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Who knows of Gen. Jackson in Chancellorsville?
I think this kind of maneuver of reflects this:D

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If they have RGs couple of damaged then dead tanks at that range.

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My men manage to hold off the hordes.I have 3 squads pulling a flank attack north:
http://i361.photobucket.com/albums/o...eke/UO0011.jpg

Here's my south: (Kind of a mess here)
http://i361.photobucket.com/albums/o...eke/UO0009.jpg

My Center:
http://i361.photobucket.com/albums/o...eke/UO0010.jpg

Edit: gila, I use a program call UO Screenshot utility and then upload the pic the photobucket.com and then post the IMG code.

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Very good DAR BC,
The screenshots were awesome also.
How did it come out?
:D

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What's that PZIV doing alone in the middle of a road in the center? btw, you really need some arty in the north

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Well the battle is on hold right now, I keep getting an error message when I start WinSPWW2

But, the reason I had that lone PanzerIV was to protect the road.I would have supported it with infantry but they cant get close without being shot up by the Poles.

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A battery or five of 105's would be handy right about there :)

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A PzK II or 2cm FlaK would work wonders on those charging hordes.

;) The right weapons for the right job!

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Not the SP or soft 2cm flak at that range - too close, can reply with rifles etc. Ditto any MMG teams - best beyond 500m.

He has the correct direct fire tool already there - the short 75mm P4. Although one is screened ATM, use the ones which are in LOS to fire into stacked piles of enemy infantry, targeting those with most neighbours in adjacent hexes. 75mm guns have HE splash into the adjacent hex (unlike 50mm and 37mm) and so that way you get to spread the joy amongst the enemy infantrymen.

Fire 2-3 rounds into one packed clump, and then feel free to target another clump with 2, and so on. Then use up any remaining coax and bow MG shots. Only then, decide if you have suppressed them enough to fire your riflemen, or if you want to leave them with all shots ready for reaction fires. Try firing one of the further away sections, in cover, and if the enemy response is too frisky then it's probably best to leave them for reaction fires.

Keep applying the medicine over 2-4 moves until they start to fall back and possibly rout. Remember, the idea is to get as many of the sections suppressed or worse that the enemy HQ's rallying fails due to being overwhelmed by numbers of sections needing attention at the same time, and not killing individual sections (yet). Go for the kill markers when they are mainly broken and are heading offski.

Naturally, he should be calling his indirect fire support boys up to send some "presents" as well... every little bit of HE helps!

Andy

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You're going to meet hordes in campaigns. It's October 1936, I think I've destroyed every light tank in Spain, and they're sending Panzer 1bs from Germany for me to smash.

troopie