Second Reich update - Page 3

Scott F · May 15, 2002, 14:01

Thanks. Got the save. Will play this evening and post it tomorrow.

The ANZAC · May 20, 2002, 17:18

So I guess then wasn't tonight

Scott F · May 20, 2002, 19:29

*gnashes teeth at frustration of having driven into the library to post game file, only to forget to put file on disk, having made whole trip for nothing*

Tomorrow, hopefully.

Scott F · May 21, 2002, 16:24

Here we go. Nothing much happened.

The German Supreme Command has requested communication with the Austro-HUNGARIAN government.

MagyarCrusader · May 22, 2002, 01:41

Please mail me the save game... and battle plans.

mihaly@jeszenka.com

MagyarCrusader · May 23, 2002, 01:46

Minor skirmish with Russians in Galacia.

The ANZAC · May 23, 2002, 18:17

Just checking: have we established an Italy player?

Darius871 · May 23, 2002, 18:19

Yeah, that's me until Soundwave can rejoin (sounds like this week)

Darius871 · May 23, 2002, 18:48

No news.

The ANZAC · May 23, 2002, 20:47

Same

MagyarCrusader · May 24, 2002, 01:19

Western Allies must be building up for a massive attack. They should have harassed the German lines by now...

Scott F · May 24, 2002, 12:52

Send via email, por favor.

Scott F · May 27, 2002, 14:21

Not much happened.

MagyarCrusader · May 27, 2002, 22:00

Austrian conscripts inch their way towards Lemberg.

Darius871 · May 28, 2002, 16:27

14 German divisions annihilated outside Kaunas! Apparently their commander wasn’t aware that seven Russian infantry divisions were fortunately on the roads outside Grodno, en route to the front at Bialystok. They, along with the garrison for Grodno itself, launched swarms of brave suicidal attacks on the German forces south of Kaunas, and then they destroyed nine whole divisions stacked just west of it. It is believed (hoped) that these 9 units were the bulk of the German artillery forces on the eastern front, as there was no infantry escorting them.

We do not have the capability to make major offensives yet, and perhaps not even enough to take Kaunas back, but this victory has probably bought us a years worth of time on the defensive.

Scouts also report that an Austro-Hungarian offensive is descending on Lemberg. As Russia doesn’t have the technology necessary to build fortifications for the city, our forces have withdrawn to a line at Zhitomir which they hope to hold.

MagyarCrusader · May 29, 2002, 00:04

I thought only the French were capable of a military defeat that disastorous. The Hapsburg family is shocked at the German War Ministry!

Scott F · May 29, 2002, 05:07

The German Supreme Command has dismissed the Russian counteroffensive as "weak and insignificant." The losses were overall neglible and precautions are now underway to prevent them from being repeated. The monthly production of ten new artillery brigades and ten new infantry divisions is more than sufficient to replace any minor losses on the Eastern Front and continue to sustain the anticipated pace of the advance upon Moscow and Saint Petersburg.

The ANZAC · May 29, 2002, 17:01

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Originally posted by MagyarCrusader
I thought only the French were capable of a military defeat that disastorous. The Hapsburg family is shocked at the German War Ministry!

I wonder where you got that Idea

Darius871 · May 29, 2002, 17:43

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The German Supreme Command has dismissed the Russian counteroffensive as "weak and insignificant."

Unfortunately he is right. I just got lucky here and bought myself some time. I hope the Allies give Germany a little harder time soon so that her industry cannot focus so strongly on Russia.

The ANZAC · May 29, 2002, 18:53

All Quiet

BTW Russia should run the batch file at the end of the turn.

Darius871 · May 29, 2002, 18:59

What do you mean? Before I Ctrl-n, before I save it, after I save it?

The ANZAC · May 29, 2002, 20:17

Actually you don't need to run it yet. But when you do here are the steps:

save it as sr.sav | Run the batch file for appropriate time-period (ie 1917-18 vs 1914-1916) | Reload sr.sav and sav again as whatever name you want and pass it on.

MagyarCrusader · May 30, 2002, 00:52

Theres no need to run the batch file until the end of 1916. And at our pace... we won't be there for another 2 years.

Scott F · May 30, 2002, 01:15

*usual request for file to be sent via email*

The ANZAC · May 30, 2002, 10:15

Sent.

Magyar: actually the game is picking up now since we have all the players. I can see reaching 1916 for not too long.

MagyarCrusader · May 30, 2002, 12:56

I hope so. I waiting for the time when Romania joins the war... We Hungarians have plans for our envious Wallachian neighbors.

Scott F · May 31, 2002, 03:20

All of Germany is now aglow with news of yet more great triumphs from the Eastern Front. Coming quickly on the heels of a Russian offensive that resulted in only a minor setback, the Supreme Command has executed a devastating military offensive, capturing Grodno, Riga, and Vilnius in a series of swift and powerful offensives. The rapid advance of German troops threatens to cut off the rump of Russian Poland from the rest of Russia and to enable a drive to Saint Petersburg itself in the Spring. Crowds filled the Berlin streets to cheer the news, in hopes that the Russians would soon be forced from the war, enabling the matter of France to be settled once and for all.

MagyarCrusader · May 31, 2002, 21:17

Austrian troops continue to inch their way towards Lemberg, finally reaching the outskirts... Victory is assured, but will the city survive?

Darius871 · June 1, 2002, 03:15

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As Russia doesn’t have the technology necessary to build fortifications for the city, our forces have withdrawn to a line at Zhitomir which they hope to hold.

It seems the Austrians called my bluff. In fact Lemburg was filled to the brim with offensive units, and they were used to annihilate 13 Austrian divisions that had gathered outside Lemburg.

In the north, Russian commanders laugh at the boasts of the kaiser. Although no Russian counteroffensive is forthcoming, it is certain that the Germans have no capability to grind through the miles to St. Petersburg. However, while the situation in Poland and Lithuania isn't dire in the least, it is far more stressing to the czar that hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of shields of Russian production were wasted when the loss of the cities caused the AI to step in.

I guess I just have to accept that as long as I'm losing cities I can't build anything. And this is the case because every time a city is lost, almost every city starts building a goddam silo. The only thing I can do is either not build anything, or build what the AI wants so that all it will have to build is the Raw Materials improvements and military units I had wanted.

Scott F · June 1, 2002, 07:51

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In fact Lemburg was filled to the brim with offensive units, and they were used to annihilate 13 Austrian divisions that had gathered outside Lemburg.

Now who's capable of defeats on a French level, eh?

*gabs MC*

And to be blunt, the only thing standing between the German Army and Saint Petersburg is the lack of railroads, a problem which will soon be solved.