morvael
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Joined: 9/8/2006 From: Poland Status: offline
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There is a ton of threads about turn 1 as the Germans, there is a dozen of threads about 1941 as the Germans, there are numerous threads about surviving the first winter as the Germans, some brave souls even venture as far as 1942... but I have yet to see a thread about strategy for the Axis in 1944 campaign. Yes, there is one about Soviet strategy in 1944, in which someone made a funny mistake of thinking it's the Axis player trying to get to Minsk (as usual), not the Soviet player. I have been playing the 1944 campaign, because I wanted to play a defensive game (and as yet, I can't bear playing Soviets, not that I dislike them or like the Axis more - simply because they have to many units to handle per turn!). Besides finding out that several things are broken with the 1944 scenario, my experience is that trying to build a solid defensive line (which works in winter of 1941/1942) is no longer a way to stop the Soviets, perhaps only for a turn or two if they have to advance after your retreat and have to capture terrain. Then, even level 4 forts will not help. Still, the Germans have a high number of good panzer divisions, so I was thinking if something along the lines of Manstein's "backhand blow" is possible? Unfortunately in WitE there is no Warsaw Uprising that would stop the front with the shortest path to Berlin for half a year, so some other methods have to be developed. Maybe good mobility of the panzers could be used to punish the advancing Soviets a little? Unfortunately I feel there is no way those panzer divisions could be used to counterattack, the Soviets are so strong everywhere... so I just put them on reserve behind an infantry wall and hope they will push all Soviet assaults down to 1:1 odds so I can hold the forts. But they break in two or three places and you have to retreat again. So, anyone played this campaign and cares to share secrets of mobile defense?
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