YueJin
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Preface to this post, after the last turn my morale is at a crippling low so I may sound very pessimistic. 0128 hours July 23rd 1st Guards tank The forward recon BRDM team runs into a unit of cavalry scouts and is destroyed. Two of the T-80 companies also make contact before their paths can be changed and destroy the American recon team and most of a unit of M150's. However, the American MRLS then turns on them and wipes out both units with it's 3 volleys. 19 T-80's are left destroyed, 2 from the M150's 17 from the MRLS. The two remaining T-80 companies are moving to hide in the deep south of the map, maybe over the next few hours they can skirt the edges and try to hunt the artillery but it is now obvious that if a unit is spotted even for a split second, they will be annihilated with no traces left. When your enemy has a weapon that can wipe out 10 tanks in a single shot the only recourse is not to allow him to use it. The attached MRR Battalion is still planning for its assault on Jugesheim but without T-80 support they will have little chance and I may cancel it although their only other options are to sit there and be bombarded by blind artillery fire or to retreat and play no further part in the battle. 1321st MRR The T-72's are in position and the attached MRR battalion will be shortly. They have not yet been detected however, after seeing the fate of the T-80's the only outcome I can see for this assault is another 30 tanks destroyed by MRLS fire for little reward. To anyone please help, what on earth can I do to counter the MRLS, it wipes whole tank companies out in one barrage, 12 batteries on CB orders haven't fired a single shot against it and the only option I can think of is sneaking a recon unit through a gap to find it but that would likely take up most of the remaining scenario time. Edit: I played this scenario against the AI just to get a feel for how the Americans worked on this map. After the first two turns (53 minutes) I had 3,640 kills to 0 losses. The American artillery on this map is incredibly powerful. The capability of dropping extra minefields, all artillery having access to ICM's and the low visibility playing right into NATO's thermal sights make this a truly terrifying proposition for a Soviet player in a PBEM game. The AI doesn't use its artillery as well as a human does so I've taken a tactical victory against the AI here but I fear it may be a long time before I can take a human on this scenario.
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