How did you do with Germany in 1.5?

[Sh4ark]

Wow.. something is definitely wrong there.. did you change your division templates since you uploaded your save?

I haven't fought the SU as Germany yet in the new patch as i'm working on adding anti-tank to my infantry divisions before i take them on but i did fight them as Japan and although i m sure i didn't face the bulk of their forces as they were also fighting the germans they weren't that big an issue also my divisions were nothing special.. a lot like the starting templates.

I also noticed the AI leaving provinces undefended at front lines.. and it s not because of lack of divisions.

 

[Dr Nobody]

Yes, i´ve started a new game. 40width tank divisions, inf-divisions (2art, 7inf), also logistic companies for all divisions....I only executed the plan, and the AI is running out of Control. Lost all Equipment, art, AT-guns in only 10 months AND 5 million men. I also noticed, that the Division spam from the AI is still there (better say: it is still possible to have an unrealistic high amount of divisions. And the AI is also still shuffling them around.

 

[Dr Nobody]

Another try....i do a landing at Leningrad well (i do not use CAS, only fighters for air superiority), but i am not able to beat the UDSSR. They have so many troops and i´m always running out of supply because of bad infra (have Level 3 logistic comp.)....

Maybe someone can give me a tip - is UDSSR really so hard to beat without CAS spaming in 1.5?

Thank you

 

[Hideous]

You should be able to beat USSR without CAS, it probably makes things slower, but still, it should be more than doable.

1. You have crazy high casualties. Don't attack with infantry unless in special situations, like wiping out a pocket, blocking enemy movement and so on. You should mostly only attack with tanks.

2. In both of the saves you linked, you have your panzer divisions very concentrated, all the medium tanks are in one province. When you are attacking, you are actually only using two of them while the rest are sitting in the back having bratwurst and beer. Also in both saves, the air zones you are attacking in with your tanks, you dont have air superiority. Neither do you use planning bonuses. Even with the otherwise not ideal conditions, your medium tanks are still actually performing pretty well, if rather slowly.


Tbh the biggest issue I see is how you use your panzer divisions. Attack together with them in stacks of 2-4 divisions next to each other so they can support each other if needed and try to create pockets to wipe out enemy troops. And bring in infantry from behind to hold the provinces. Don't forget terrain, planning bonus and air superiority.

Example:

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The idea here is to reach black sea and wipe out the pocket south, the attack on the fort will most likely fail but, the point is that those guys don't reinforce the provinces above.

I totally ignored everything from planning bonuses and supply issues but despite that the tanks were able to do this. Ironically the fort province became one of the best hold ups for enemy pocket. Also really lucky break with AI romanians taking the port.

3. There is some minor things you could get little bit more punch out of, like you have a lot of army exp and no upgrades in panzers. You also could get more out of your ministers, like the +5% offense from Franz Halder instead of Keitels -10 division training time.

 

[walt526]

Agree with the causality rate being really, really high. Do you have AT in your divisions?

 

[Dr Nobody]

Thanks for your help. I was able to defeat the red giant 1943. The main problem is the Battleplaner and the AI. If you execute the plan, the AI is freaking out and is attacking without any break. That is the reason for the high casualties and the crazy high amount of consumed Equipment (guns, AT, Art, Support Equipment and so on).

I changed my strategy a little bit. I only execute the battelpanes from April to September. In this time, i have less casualties and the fights are going better. I also take more fighters from France and Germany and put them in the East. With air superiority, it is much better now.

Yes, i´ve AT in my divisions, but only as Support, not a full line.

For future games, i will not execute battleplanes until the emeny is down or weak enough.

Thanks for the tip with the tanks - i will change my strategy.

 

[Sh4ark]

Some good advice in this thread..

I finaly managed to beat the SU in '42 after almost two years with about 500k casualties on my side.. acceptable imo considering the 7 mil on their side..

Most battles were won with manual encirlements using only tank army (and considereable CAS support) with another mostly infantry army supporting the advance and reinforcing the new front lines the tanks pushed through. GB fell shortly after.

Big difference from previous version where all i had to do was draw a battle plan to Moskow and watch the show.