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Originally Posted by shahadi
War of the Flea: Battered Bastards Battle Report
I have a problem understanding why the Russian objective is Vilnius and not Marijampole. Moving east to control the crossroads at Marijampole makes sense but to Vilnius far to the east near the Belarus border does not given the significance of Marijampole. So, when I opened the scenario and saw US forces arrayed in the east or left side of the map I was dismayed. Alas, the Polish border is near, thus US forces would advance up from there to control the crossroads at Marijampole but why the Russians passing Marijampole for Vilnius going east? Would they not come from the east, thus placing US forces on the right side of the map?
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Thanks Shahadi, I had more fun with this scenario and for once, time to work on one (I'm on leave).
I should have put more information into the post giving a background to what I envisioned for this scenario. In short, deciding to break the resistance to the Russian drive through the Baltic States, I initially envisioned a move to envelope the remaining Baltic State forces from Russian forces in the west. Initially, I considered an assault through Belarus to Vilnius, but after some research (in part):
http://belarusdigest.com/story/belar...te-terms-23814
I decided not to do this. I opted for a continuation of the Ukraine conflict. In my overall background for this scenario, I projected that the Ukrainians would put up a stiffer resistance even with non-concealed Russian Army units, thus stalling their drive and coming up with the decision to let loose the Kaliningrad forces.
Still in time proximity to the initial invasion, I considered NATO's first units would have to be light mobile ones, hence the 101st 1st BCT. How they got there, well, I didn't think that through to certainty. However, the 1st BCT's OPPLAN was to establish a blocking position against any incursion from Kaliningrad.
Going to the Russian side, an examination of possible routes to Vilnius showed two primary routes. I opted for the lower route through Marijampole as it was shorter in distance (through still usable roadways). Also, it provided a Russian blocking position for reinforcement of NATO through Poland. (see jpeg).
Vilnius was the strategic objective, Marijampole the tactical objective.
You'll see this better in the next scenario once I get it play tested.
I'll try to give a better background in the future.
Still glad you liked it. You did better than I did even on my last run through, I only got a marginal victory.
Tom