1st Ukrainian front

Shaka Naldur · May 1, 2003, 06:18

the 1st Ukrainian front is doing well
with poltava kharkov, kursh, gomel etc... still at out hands (not for very long...) we won´t have to worry for the defense of Vorozneh and Serafimovich during the summer time, they will be heavily attacked next summer though

the defense of Kiew of still there, the city with 5 veteran AA units and a KV-1 to the next turn is likely to hold a few more turns, and none a sinle coin has been spent with the city

if I could pillage fortreses now I would have been talking about holding the city for the whole game, damm rules

here is a screenshot, sorry but i'm with a 56.6k modem until monday so this is all the screenshots I'm going to post at the moment

H Tower · May 1, 2003, 11:03

do you mean that the cities won't be attacked in winter?

Do you see Kiev holding out through the winter?

Shaka Naldur · May 1, 2003, 12:23

yes, vorozneh and serafimovich will be attacked during the winter time but without the lutwafee supports it won´t be hard to defend them

and to the second question,
NO, It doesn't seem likely to me to hold Kiew during the winter time, maybe it will fall in during the november ai's turn

our_man · May 1, 2003, 14:54

Incredible job holding Kiev Shaka, I always lose it really early!

What's the secret?

EZRhino · May 1, 2003, 14:57

I doubt it will hold for more than a turn, their Wespes should be in those forts by now, and it is impossible to counter attack because of the panzergranadiers. More often than not, a He-111 can take out a vet AAA?

Shaka Naldur · May 1, 2003, 16:47

no a He-111 cannot take a vet AA

the secret is the high production that has Kiev, putting in the city all of the not very useful units and disbanding a few of them you can have an AA every turn,
right now the city has 5 AA and 1 KV-1, this turn is going to hold, I don´t know about the next one.
It will be difficult but we have stoped the nazis army for the whole summer

EZRhino · May 1, 2003, 21:45

I agree, but we should never underestimate nazi resolve.

conmcb25 · May 2, 2003, 00:32

Even if it does fall next turn it has done A LOT to slow the Fascist Pigs, good job Shemir!

Shaka Naldur · May 2, 2003, 07:16

thanks marshall

Colwyn · May 2, 2003, 18:37

Can you post again shaka, please see my request to move 2-16's and a MI from minsk too(its in the Marshal thread)

Opps ignore the save file request, it worked fine

Shaka Naldur · May 3, 2003, 07:12

I don't understand

Shaka Naldur · May 3, 2003, 07:14

New Kiev situation
I think it should hold at least this turn

Shaka Naldur · May 9, 2003, 06:50

here is the kiev situation

Shaka Naldur · May 9, 2003, 06:53

sorry but the only program I have at this moment is the paint,
can i post pictures in bmp or just in gif and jpg

Dr. Nick · May 9, 2003, 07:01

Shaka, I'm sure paint lets you save as jpg or gif.

EZRhino · May 9, 2003, 15:26

Do you think it would be worth it to try to hold Kursk? It is home to strongpoints guarding several important crossings of the river Don.

Shaka Naldur · May 9, 2003, 16:11

I don´t know, I was going to start a thread asking what to do with out cities, moving some units from Serafimovich and Vorozneh I could hold the city at winter,
but holding kursk during the summer with so many nazis cities around... I don´t know if it is a good idea

EZRhino · May 9, 2003, 16:14

But this is the last summer month.

Shaka Naldur · May 9, 2003, 16:17

I was talking about next summer I'll try to hold the cities during the winter

ElAwr,
my paint only supports .gif files, and the screenshots I´m posting are in .gif

conmcb25 · May 9, 2003, 16:55

If we keep the Nazi's west of the Don thru next summer we will recapture cities like Kursk (if they fall) late next summer or early winter '42-'43.

Dr. Nick · May 9, 2003, 17:43

Shaka, gif is compressed, gif is good.

Ben Kenobi · May 9, 2003, 17:47

Should we load some more units to hold Kiev through the winter?

conmcb25 · May 9, 2003, 18:02

Quote:

Originally posted by obiwan18
Should we load some more units to hold Kiev through the winter?

Thgis sounds like poll material to me. Care to start a poll comrade?

EZRhino · May 9, 2003, 19:24

If Kursk falls the 3 strong points guarding the river Don, that are homed to there will disband.

conmcb25 · May 9, 2003, 19:33

Quote:

Originally posted by EZRhino
If Kursk falls the 3 strong points guarding the river Don, that are homed to there will disband.

Well what do you suggest?

There was only three or four units (mostly Red Army) in Kursk the last time I checked.

Did we determine it was against the rules to build cities on those fortified positions and rehome them?

curtsibling · May 9, 2003, 20:49

I say we hold onto Kursk anyway we can...

Dr. Nick · May 9, 2003, 21:27

Build cities where the strongpoints are and rehome them?

conmcb25 · May 9, 2003, 21:30

Quote:

Originally posted by El Awrence
Build cities where the strongpoints are and rehome them?

Yes did we decide that was "cheating' or against the rules?

I know we said we couldn't do that with Fortifications but what about these Fortified Infantry?

Maybe its somewhere and has already been decided if so thats OK with me. Im just asking the question.

EZRhino · May 9, 2003, 22:04

I am talking about fortifications.

conmcb25 · May 9, 2003, 23:18

Quote:

Originally posted by EZRhino
If Kursk falls the 3 strong points guarding the river Don, that are homed to there will disband.

I believe these units you are talking about are Fortified Positions. The Russian equivalent of a "Hedgehog".

Fortifications to me are those big white blocks.

I believe the units along the Don are Fortified Positions and are different than Fortifications.

Two go to Kursk, one to Orel, one to Tula and two to Voroshilovgrad.

So my question stands, did we disallow building a city on top of these and rehoming them to the new city?