Hitlers last bastion
Equipment: Oronzo
Prestige: 0 (yes, I did play at prestige 0, but it was the 2nd time I played the campaign)
Round 1: Falaise Pocket
Start: 1 Panther, 1 Tiger
1 PSW233, 1 PSW234/2
1 JgdPz IV, 1 StuG IV, 1 8.8 cm
1 Wespe, 1 Hummel, 1 15 cm sFH18
2 WaffenSS, 2 Panzergrenadier, 3 Wehrmacht 1943+, 2 Fallschirmjaeger
1 SdKfz 6/2, 1 Mobelwagen, 1 8.8 cm Flak 37
1 Me 262
1 Henschel
and some aux inf
Very good round, if you donīt think and act carefully, you will tale casualties. I had
played the round before, so I knew some tricks. 1 leg-inf, and 1 horse pulled art, AA and
AT was sent down south to guard the city at (5,21). Enemy will attack from both front and
rear. Some aux inf was left to guard the starting point. These will also be attacked.
2xFallschirmjaeger and 3xinf was airtransported counterclockwise round the map to the
SE-airfield. Here they waited for the rest to show up.
All other units went towards the airfield at (24,16) and the took the western road south.
Enemy units are isolated, but keep tanks and AT up front. They can stand the attacks.
Cover with AA. Art is not much use.
The americans hace one good art defending the last cities. I let it use all ammo on tanks
and AT, and then combined an attack with the airborne inf. Then it was easy.
US airforce is strong and quite huge. Use the Mobelwagen to shoot down fighters, and the
Me 262 to take out bombers. Take care of the Henschel, I think I will sell it next round.
Did a last turn BV, and didnīt loose any units at all !!
Got a Sturm Tiger as reward.
Round 2: Aachen
Prestige: 1000
Sell: Wespe, 15 cm sFH18, Henschel, Sturmtiger
Upgrade: WaffenSS (first strike) -> Sturmpioniere, 3 Wehrinf -> motorized ((superior man) ->
WaffenSS), Mobelwagen-> Grille
Buy: Tiger, Panther A, Panther G, JgdPanther
Prestige: 196
Start: 2 Panther G, 1 Pannther A, 2 Tiger
1 PSW233, 1 PSW234/2
1 JgdPz IV, 1 StuG IV, 1 8.8 cm, 1 JgdPanther
1 Hummel
1 Sturmpioniere, 2 WaffenSS, 2 Panzergrenadier, 2 Wehrmacht 1943+, 2 Fallschirmjaeger
1 SdKfz 6/2, 1 Grille, 1 8.8 cm Flak 37
1 Me 262
and 1 aux inf, art, AA
Quite easy round. Be patient in the beginning. The americans will attack from north and west.
Dig in with AA cover, and you will not have any problems. After a few turns I moved slowly
forward. I could have done a BV-7, but decided to wait. The americans get a lot of prestige,
so it is a shooting tent, where your new units can gain exp. My Me 262 and Grille were
superior, and the US airforce was easily beaten. Did a last turn BV.
Round 3: Aachen2
Prestige: 196 (nothing gained)
Sell:
Upgrade: 8.8 cm -> motorized, 8.8 cm Flak -> motorized
Buy:
Overstrenght: Grille+3
Prestige: 1
Start: 2 Panther G, 1 Pannther A, 2 Tiger
1 PSW233, 1 PSW234/2
1 JgdPz IV, 1 StuG IV, 1 8.8 cm, 1 JgdPanther
1 Hummel
1 Sturmpioniere, 2 WaffenSS, 2 Panzergrenadier, 2 Wehrmacht 1943+, 2 Fallschirmjaeger
1 SdKfz 6/2, 1 Grille, 1 8.8 cm Flak 37
1 Me 262
and some aux inf, art, AA and AT
Very much like the last round, except they come a little harder. Used the same tactic,
and had only small problems with the US range 5 art. They managed to take out one aux inf,
and almost killed one of the WaffenSS units. Hardest attack comes from the west. Just be
patient, then itīs no problem.
Did a last turn BV, could have made BV-6. The 8.8 cm AT got a leader and earned nearly
100 exp by guarding the northern river.
Round 4: Road to Elbing
I have just found out, that the prestige is fucked up, so now I have 67.000 points.
Stupid, isnīt it. I looked in the cam.file and from now on, Iīll just the settings from
here, seems the settings were wrong in the first rounds as well. I have only been given
1000 prestige, but by now, I should have received 1000+804+500 = 2304. This means I now
have 1304 prestige points.
Prestige: 1305
Sell:
Upgrade: 8.8 cm AT-> JgdPanther
Buy: 1 Panther G, 1 PSW234/2
Overstrenght: Grille+2, 8.8cm Flak+2
Prestige 1305-1206 = 99
Start: 3 Panther G, 1 Panther A, 2 Tiger
1 PSW233, 2 PSW234/2
1 JgdPz IV, 1 StuG IV, 2 JgdPanther
1 Hummel
1 Sturmpioniere, 2 WaffenSS, 2 Panzergrenadier, 2 Wehrmacht 1943+, 2 Fallschirmjaeger
1 SdKfz 6/2, 1 Grille, 1 8.8 cm Flak 37
1 Me 262
and some aux units.
Fairly easy round. Just send all units north. Defend your left flank and rear. I forgot,
and lost one core inf (wehr 43+). There are some tough russian AT units in the end, but
multiple attacks wears them down.
Used some of the aux units and lesser exp core units to take the non-victory city. Did a
last turn BV, could have done a BV-1.
Got a PSW234/3 as reward.
Round 5: Königsberg
Recived 666 prestige.
Prestige: 99+666 = 765
Sell:
Upgrade:
Buy: 1 JgdPanther
Overstrenght:
Prestige 765-408 = 357
Start: 3 Panther G, 1 Panther A, 2 Tiger
1 PSW233, 2 PSW234/2, 1 PSW 234/3
1 JgdPz IV, 1 StuG IV, 3 JgdPanther
1 Hummel
1 Sturmpioniere, 2 WaffenSS, 2 Panzergrenadier, 1 Wehrmacht 1943+, 2 Fallschirmjaeger
1 SdKfz 6/2, 1 Grille, 1 8.8 cm Flak 37
1 Me 262
and some aux units.
Not that difficult. Placed all good units on the SE hexes. This battlegroup headed straight
for (25,17), where they met a little resistance, then continued to (24,11) and the final hex.
Arrived at BV-1, then spent one round getting some extra exp. The remaining force was placed
in the defensive line. The russians attack the whole front, hardest at (12,13) where they
took out an AT. No reason to place good units here, week and aux units can hold the line.
Quite large airforce, but not good quality.
Round 6: Defensive combat of second army.
Received 666 prestige
Prestige: 357+666 = 1023 -> 1000
Sell:
Upgrade:
Buy: 1 Grille, 1 PSW234/4
Overstrenght: Hummel+3, SdKfz 6/2+2
Prestige 1000-847 = 153
Start: 3 Panther G, 1 Panther A, 2 Tiger
1 PSW233, 2 PSW234/2, 1 PSW234/4, 1 PSW234/3
1 JgdPz IV, 1 StuG IV, 3 JgdPanther
1 Hummel
1 Sturmpioniere, 2 WaffenSS, 2 Panzergrenadier, 1 Wehrmacht 1943+, 2 Fallschirmjaeger
1 SdKfz 6/2, 2 Grille, 1 8.8 cm Flak 37
1 Me 262
and some aux units.
The southernmost group took some heavy beating. Only one inf survived. Had to make a BV-1
to save it.
Otherwise the round is quite easy. Play defensively the first 2-3 rounds, the russians
attack like crazy. It is easily beaten off, and then you can attack. Multiple attacks
with recons are effective.
Round 7: Defensive mission
Got 500 prestige.
Prestige: 153+500 = 653
Sell:
Upgrade:
Buy: 1 Konigs Tiger
Overstrenght:
Prestige 653-540 = 113
Start: 3 Panther G, 1 Panther A, 2 Tiger, 1 Konigs Tiger
1 PSW233, 2 PSW234/2, 1 PSW234/4, 1 PSW234/3
1 JgdPz IV, 1 StuG IV, 3 JgdPanther
1 Hummel
1 Sturmpioniere, 2 WaffenSS, 2 Panzergrenadier, 1 Wehrmacht 1943+, 2 Fallschirmjaeger
1 SdKfz 6/2, 2 Grille, 1 8.8 cm Flak 37
1 Me 262
and some aux units.
Difficult round. The russians have units scattered all over, and there are many good tanks
and AT out there. I lost 2 core recons to them. I placed all the best units in the NW corner.
Sent 2 Tigers, the Konigs Tiger and an AT towards the SW hex nearby. This was too many units.
Donīt use more than 2 tanks and 1 inf. The rest headed round the round. Donīt spend time
digging out the entrencment 34 !!! russians inf. Just continue south, but guard the flank.
I forgot, and lost one recon. Multiple recon attacks cleared (16,12), (17,18) was a bit
harder, but could be taken with many tanks and inf.
Used the aux units from city (4,17) to take (1,25) supported with some recons. Dropped 2
parachutes and one WaffenSS on the airfield. The last 3 hexes were all taken in the last
round. It will be very difficult to reach the airfield with tanks. Maybe buying some bridge
engineers was a good idea.
The aux units in the eastern side of the map donīt have many problems. The northernmost can
be sent down south slowly taking some attention from the main assault.
No russians planes in the sky, so just leave AA as guarding units. Did a last turn BV. Got
a Sturmtiger as reward.
Round 8: Attack with 24. division
Got 1000 prestige.
Prestige: 153+1000 = 1153 -> 1000
Sell: Sturmtiger
Upgrade:
Buy: 1 Panther A, 3xPSW 234/4
Overstrenght:
Prestige 1000+468-1416 = 52
Start: 3 Panther G, 2 Panther A, 2 Tiger, 1 Konigs Tiger
1 PSW233, 1 PSW234/2, 4 PSW234/4
1 JgdPz IV, 1 StuG IV, 3 JgdPanther
1 Hummel
1 Sturmpioniere, 2 WaffenSS, 2 Panzergrenadier, 1 Wehrmacht 1943+, 2 Fallschirmjaeger
1 SdKfz 6/2, 2 Grille, 1 8.8 cm Flak 37
1 Me 262
and some aux units.
Quite easy round. Approximately half the units was sent towards the southern hex, and half
towards the eastern hexes. Again some tanks and AT give the biggest problems. You have plenty
of time, I could have done a BV-5. Defend the taken cities, since a lot of inf and some
tanks run around the map. A few biplane fighters and a little more is what the russians
are able to put in the sky.
Got a Dornier fighter as reward. I think Iīll keep it.
Round 9: Guben
Got 500 prestige.
Prestige: 153+500 = 552
Sell:
Upgrade:
Buy: PSW 234/4
Overstrenght: Panther G+5 (from now on only to be used in roll over)
Prestige 18
Start: 3 Panther G, 2 Panther A, 2 Tiger, 1 Konigs Tiger
1 PSW233, 1 PSW234/2, 5xPSW234/4
1 JgdPz IV, 1 StuG IV, 3 JgdPanther
1 Hummel
1 Sturmpioniere, 2 WaffenSS, 2 Panzergrenadier, 1 Wehrmacht 1943+, 2 Fallschirmjaeger
1 SdKfz 6/2, 2 Grille, 1 8.8 cm Flak 37
1 Me 262, Do-335
and some aux units.
Again a very easy round. You have too much time. I could have made a BV-8. Got to confident,
and attacked the first city with recons. The russians had armor in reserve, and they took
out one of the old 500+ exp recons. Changed strategy, and played a little more carefull,
and didnīt have any problems. As expected a russians counterattack comes from NE. It is
easyli beaten off, with 2 unexperienced tanks. The OS Panther lost 3 points, when it had to
save another recon, dammit.
Round 10: Fortress Reichswald
Got 444 prestige.
Prestige: 18+444 = 462
Sell:
Upgrade:
Buy: PSW 234/4
Overstrenght: Panther G+3
Prestige 12
Start: 3 Panther G, 2 Panther A, 2 Tiger, 1 Konigs Tiger
1 PSW233, 6xPSW234/4
1 JgdPz IV, 1 StuG IV, 3 JgdPanther
1 Hummel
1 Sturmpioniere, 2 WaffenSS, 2 Panzergrenadier, 1 Wehrmacht 1943+, 2 Fallschirmjaeger
1 SdKfz 6/2, 2 Grille, 1 8.8 cm Flak 37
1 Me 262, Do-335
and some aux units.
Madness. The allied attack totally crazy in round 1 and 2. They sent infantry against a
500+ exp Tiger and open, and attacked a Jgdpanther in open as well. The took casulties 8-0
and 8-1 with recon and inf. And all they gained was one 8.8cm aux AT being destroyed. Took
the supplyhex in the south in turn 2, to stop them from getting supplies.
Couldnīt keep holding the line, and in turn 3 they took out 2 panthers. Fuck. This could give
problems later on. After 6-7 turns the attacks are getting less painfull, and you can start
taking more territory. Again you have plenty of time. I could have done a BV-8. If I should
play it again, I would have one OS tank in both sectors.
Round 11: Escape from the Ruhr pocket
Got 100 prestige.
Prestige: 12+100 = 112
Sell: Do-335 (I need prestige for tanks)
Upgrade:
Buy: Panther G (I was down to 6 tanks)
Overstrenght: Grille+5, Tiger+5
Prestige 26
Start: 3 Panther G, Panther A, 2 Tiger, 1 Konigs Tiger
1 PSW233, 6xPSW234/4
1 JgdPz IV, 1 StuG IV, 3 JgdPanther
1 Hummel
1 Sturmpioniere, 2 WaffenSS, 2 Panzergrenadier, 1 Wehrmacht 1943+, 2 Fallschirmjaeger
1 SdKfz 6/2, 2 Grille, 1 8.8 cm Flak 37
1 Me 262
and some aux units.
Not very difficult, if you play it right. I sent in my Panthers and 4 recons from the north.
In 3-4 turns, they were able to reach the eastern hexes, which are only light defended. You
donīt need many units here.
I placed my Tigers and the Konig Tiger in the south. Played defensively in the first round,
the americans attacked, and I wiped out most of them. Lost one of the aux inf. If I should
play again, I would transfer more good panzer units to this sector. Did a BV-12 !!, to avoid
loosing units. It looked like there were going to be attacks several places in the following
turns, so a quick finish might be smart.
Round 12: Battlegroup Elbert Ernst
Got 600 prestige.
Prestige: 26+600 = 626
Sell:
Upgrade:
Buy: Panther G (Back to 8 tanks)
Overstrenght: SdKfz 6/2+1, 8.8cm AA+1
Prestige 84
Start: 4 Panther G, Panther A, 2 Tiger, 1 Konigs Tiger
1 PSW233, 6xPSW234/4
1 JgdPz IV, 1 StuG IV, 3 JgdPanther
1 Hummel
1 Sturmpioniere, 2 WaffenSS, 2 Panzergrenadier, 1 Wehrmacht 1943+, 2 Fallschirmjaeger
1 SdKfz 6/2, 2 Grille, 1 8.8 cm Flak 37
1 Me 262
and some aux units.
You are not able to place all units. I Only sent in all the best tanks, AT, recon and
2xGrille.
Easy round. I left my Konigs Tiger and a Jgdpanther as defense, and sent all other units
south of the river all the way east, and then north. Resistance was sparse, and I could
have made a BV-9!!!. Turned round, and cleared the map totally. Got impatient at the city
defense, and lost one AT and art. Lots of US fighters and bombers. Take care. Lost one
damage point on the Panther. Got a Gotha Go 229 as reward.
Round 13: Eclipse
Got 555 prestige.
Prestige: 84+555 = 639
Sell: Go 229
Upgrade: StuG -> JgdPanther, JgdPz IV -> JgdPanther
Buy:
Overstrenght: Tiger+5, Panther+1, Panther+5, Me 262+5 (only for shooting down bombers now)
Prestige 136
Start: 4 Panther G, Panther A, 2 Tiger, 1 Konigs Tiger
1 PSW233, 6xPSW234/4
1 5xJgdPanther
1 Hummel
1 Sturmpioniere, 2 WaffenSS, 2 Panzergrenadier, 1 Wehrmacht 1943+, 2 Fallschirmjaeger
1 SdKfz 6/2, 2 Grille, 1 8.8 cm Flak 37
1 Me 262
no aux units.
Easy round again. Made two battlegroups. Group south (Panthers) went south, then west, and
finally attacked the last city from below. Group north (Tigers) headed straight west for the
city in the NW corner. Time is sparse, and I only made a last turn BV. The computer cheated,
and spotted my Hummel, even though it didnīt have any unit near it. It survived with 2 SP. A
Panther lost 1 SP.
Round 14: France Offensive 45!
Got 444 prestige.
Prestige: 136+444 = 580
Sell:
Upgrade: PSW233 -> PSW234/4
Buy:
Overstrenght: Panther+1, Hummel+5
Prestige 181
Start: 4 Panther G, Panther A, 2 Tiger, 1 Konigs Tiger
1 PSW233, 6xPSW234/4
1 5xJgdPanther
1 Hummel
1 Sturmpioniere, 2 WaffenSS, 2 Panzergrenadier, 1 Wehrmacht 1943+, 2 Fallschirmjaeger
1 SdKfz 6/2, 2 Grille, 1 8.8 cm Flak 37
1 Me 262
no aux units.
Damn it. I got to eager in the beginning, and sent my recons out too far. Lost 2 of the core
and one aux that way. You have plenty of time, so donīt hurry so much in the first turn.
Divide forces in 2 groups. Almost no enemy units, just a few inf and some planes.
Result:
300 points (14 BV, 0 V, 0 TV, 0 L)
Prestige left: 181+555 = 736
Casualties given:
T: AT: REC: ART: INF: AA: FIG: BOM: TOTAL:
94 71 31 99 265 33 52 23 668
Casualties taken
2 4 6 2 5 1 0 0 18
Kills per loss:
668/18 = 37,1
Remaining core army:
Tanks: 4xPanther G (1644*, 500, 0, 0); Panther A (500); 2 Tiger (1322*, 500); 1 Konigs Tiger (400)
AT: 5xJgdPanther (1005*, 915*, 833*, 500, 500)
Recon: 5xPSW234/4 (500, 400, 300, 200, 200)
Art: 1xHummel (500)
Inf: 1 Sturmpioniere (813*), 2xWaffenSS (500, 383*), 2 Panzergrenadier (501*, 500),
1 Wehrmacht 1943+ (500), 2 Fallschirmjaeger (452*, 300)
AA: 1 SdKfz 6/2 (300), 2 Grille (809*(25 kills), 100), 1 8.8 cm Flak 37 (300)
Fighter: 1 Me 262 (942* (41 kills))
Bomb: None
Jesper Damgaard
