campaign scenario setup help

[valo2000]

sorry if i destroyed your plan there. Do you have some breefing for the next scenario? is it right after the last battle or in june? I was hoping for one or two battles in june attacking into the french heartland but if thats to boring to make for you ok we go directly to the balkans.

After that balkans greece crete then barbarossa then because it gets to cold in russia north africa and then italy? the rest i havent planned yet.

[Ts4EVER]

No Briefing. Just a simple head on engagement in early June with many tanks for you to capture. Think of it as a last British / French offensive.

My plan would be:

April 1941 - May 1941 Balkans and Greece
June 1941 - February 1942 Eastern Front
May 1942 - March 1943 Africa
July 1943 - August 1943 Sicily
September 1943 - February 1944 Italy
June 1944 - August 1944 Normandy
September 1944 - November 1944 Poland
December 1944 - January 1945 Belgium
March 1945 - May 1945 Eastern Front

That way we get a lot of variety in terms of enemies and scenarios, as well as some of the most iconic battles.

[valo2000]

there is a little gab in 1944 february till june but otherwise that looks good to me. just dont make it progress to fast

So after the french counterattack had failed KG Hauser got some work as rear security where they didnt see much action.

The delpleted infanty platoon of Schwarz was filled up a bit now constituting of 3 squads. the slovaks also got a new engineer troop and at rifle team as well as replacements for theri patrol units. the artillery lost couldnt be replaced for now but a platoon of tanks was added to the KG. One Pz 4 one pz 38(t) and 3 Pz 2 would help with enemy tanks and clearing roadblocks.

The tanks were from a veteran unit but the infantry replacements still had to be trained for the recon role.

Now with belgian surrender just a few hours ago a gap in the northern part of the allied line had opened. KG Hauser was sent to see if a way to cut the BEF from the coast was open and to stall any attempts by the English and french to fill the gap in their frontlines. Nothing could be said about the resistance they would face but they were promised reeinforcements and aircover.

In front 2nd Kompanie was a small town. 2nd and third platoon would flank it while 1st platoon together with the HQ units wold advance alonge the road.

The slovaks would cover the northern flank of the operation looking for any resistance on the dirt road that passed a few hundred meters north of the town.

Weather conditions were excelent so anything could be expected. Hauser hoped the allies would be late for battle again and just leave the road to dunkirk open.

[valo2000]

Here the result of the battle. the blue and grren lines show the movements of 1st and 2nd company. the red lines the attack by the BEF in the north and the french in the south. I used mostof the reeinforcments to attack through the middle where the british came down after they had taken the nrothern village. Their tanks were easier to destroy(luckily no matildas around puh).

The french broke through my thin line of defense in the south but tank after tank they were beaten back and finally encircled by the units from the middle and the rest of the southern defense.

The flanking worked in the south althoughit took a bit to long. Due to impacience i lost another armored car the platoon leader unfortunatly.

Now its time for rest and refit. I probably add an infantry company (maybe italian croatian or bulgarian what amkes the most sense i will see). Also i need better AD and AT.

[Ts4EVER]

Ok, next scenario, breaking through the Metaxas Line in Greece.

[valo2000]

thanks for the fast work.

Anyway here a breakdown of my Units so far

HQ

1st Kompanie

HQ Section
1xInfantry section(veteran)

Rifle platoon
3xInfantry section(veteran) 1xengineer section(green)

scout platoon
1xpatrol(destroyed), 1xscout section(veteran)

AT-platoon
2xAT-rifles(1xveteran,1xdestroyed)

Scout car platoon
1xwz.29 polish scout car(veteran),1x S-35 french tank(veteran),1xcrew(veteran),PL destroyed

2nd Kompanie

HQ 1xrifle section

3 rifle platoons including one understrength (-engineer)
3x rifle squads, 1xenginneer squad

MG-platoon
2xHMG Sections (veteran)

Independent Tank platoon

1xPz 4D
1xdamaged Pz 38(t)
3xPz2c(one destroyed)

AT-Gun Battery
2x3.7cm At-guns
1(1) crew

Artillerie Battery
3x7.5cm inf guns
1.7.5cm gun(manned by infantry)
1x10.5cm howitzer(manned by infantry)

Transport platoon
3xAPCs+1 destroyed

For the balkans i will add one bulgarian infantry company with mortars and probably some kind of AD.


Anyway thanks for the metaxas line scenario but i was thinking to branch out a bit before.

What about some scenarions in the desert starting june 1940 with 2 companies of italian infantry more or less including support weapons and tanks. i would add them to the core and use only these units. then when the rest gets to afrika they would fight together. i will see if i can change the nation of the campaign to italian for these fights.

the idea would be to do this till may 1941 then attack through the balkans with the other part of my units. and then after barbarossa they fight together in the desert.

[Ts4EVER]

Good idea. Next stop: British Somaliland. You probably wont need any tanks heavier than the tankettes in the first scenarios.