boogada -> RE: SMK vs. Boogada (10/25/2010 1:27:33 AM)
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August 1914: At the beginning of the war Germany declares war on Belgium. That means SMK is gonna focus on the Western front and my war plan is perfect. I have forces to counter him in the west and the Russians can counter him in the East. Naval: Yet the very first thing that happens is a surprise sortie of the Austrian Fleet catches two British crusiser squadrons who cannot escape the superior KuK dreadnoughts. My transports manage to escape but the Austrians control the Eastern Med and the trade routes are closed. Serbia: Serbia doesn't get a lot of action. The Austrians advance but slowly. No contact between armies is made. They surround the capitol, but don't take it. So at the beginning of September a new Serbian artillery piece will be produced by factories in Belgrade, but thats it. [image]http://www.hohle-phrasen.de/goa/aar2/screen0009.png[/image] Eastern Front: The Southern part of the front sees little action too. The Austrians are awfully quiet so far. Some cavalry of both sides advances into each others country. Thats it. [image]http://www.hohle-phrasen.de/goa/aar2/screen0010.jpg[/image] The North though sees a major Russian offensive. My initial attack on Thorn is repulsed, even though intelligence showed few German troops. Thats the point where I decide to just by-pass the strongholds. If I can manage to isolate this part of Germany I can use famine instead of shells to kill the Germans. And why head for the cities when I can head towards the food hexes? There is one key battle. When the Germans realize they are in trouble, they try to leave Königsberg and retreat to Danzig. But the Russians advance faster and catch them during their retreat. Even though the Russians are outnumbered they have the initiative and win this battle. [image]http://www.hohle-phrasen.de/goa/aar2/screen0007.jpg[/image] As a result I manage to completely isolate Danzig and the rest of East-Prussia. I even manage to split the German forces in three separate armies. One food hex is already down. [image]http://www.hohle-phrasen.de/goa/aar2/screen0011.jpg[/image] Western Front: Now the West sees the Schlieffen plan in full effect. The Germans rush into Belgium. Luckily the Forts of Liege manage to delay their advance. At the same time the French try to make counter-move and send one army into southern Belgium. The armies collide and this might be the wet dream of the French general staff: The Dyle-Plan works to its finest. In two bloody battles the French manage to hold the German advance! [image]http://www.hohle-phrasen.de/goa/aar2/screen0012.png[/image] [image]http://www.hohle-phrasen.de/goa/aar2/screen0013.png[/image] [image]http://www.hohle-phrasen.de/goa/aar2/screen0014.png[/image] Of course the small Belgian army cannot hold Liege forever. Luxemburg is lost too. But this is a wonder of the Marne, but in Belgium! On the side though, the Germans attack further south, and manage to wreck havoc on the defenders. [image]http://www.hohle-phrasen.de/goa/aar2/screen0015.jpg[/image] As a result of all of this the German trust to the west is halted completely by the end of August. The fighting dies down. Antwerp falls, but overall Belgium is not a problem for the Entente. The German attack south of Verdun has ruptured the front though. [image]http://www.hohle-phrasen.de/goa/aar2/screen0016.png[/image]
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