10th October 1944
10th October.
Having taken a day off to recover from the terrible effects of the Slovak General Staff's Map of Many Things, Tiso and Tuka have returned to the Command Shed. With a greater understanding of the wider war, they must now decide on how best to employ the might of the Slovak Army.
"General, what is the plan for the 2nd Division?" Tiso decided to start in the West.
"The 2nd (Brackets Division) is still engaged in the Battle for Vernon." Kubela "They will either continue to hold there or pull back into Paris."
"Is that wise, what about the French Resistance?" Tuka queried.
"German intelligence believes they are planning to go on strike." Von Killinger joined the conversation.
"See, a general strike could cripple Paris and hamper the defence." Tiso said.
"No not a general strike, they are going on strike from the war." Von Killinger clarified.
"How can they go on strike from the war?!" Tuka yelled.
"They are underground partisans, it's not like they have a contract or are getting paid for it." Tiso reasoned.
"We understand those are two of their main complaints." Von Killinger said.
There was a pause as Tiso tried to forget what he had just heard.
"Will this impact the defence of France?" Tuka asked.
"We think it will be a benefit." Kubela said.
"How?" Tuka moved up the shouting spectrum a notch.
"Well we suspect their old instincts will kick in, they will ignore Germany and instead just blockade Dover out of force of habit. This will hamper Allied supply lines across the continent." Von Killinger explained.
"Moving onto the Eastern Front." Tiso reached out to a hopefully safer topic.
"We came up with a plan, alas it had two minor flaws." Malar explained
Tiso's hands, working entirely on instinct, reached for his hip flask.
"We intended to relieve the pressure on Romania by launching an ambitious offensive into Bessarabia,sending our Panzers and mechanised infantry forward to slice through the front line and manoeuvring behind the Soviets before they can react, trapping them in a large pocket for reduction by our dive bombers and supporting forces." Kubela explained
The time Malar (Augustin flavour) spent with the Germans on the Eastern Front was not wasted, he has brought back knowledge of advanced (ish) doctrines! If only they were doctrines for units Slovakia had or knew how to build and could afford.
"Then we realised that we only have one division, haven't got any tanks, any mechanised infantry or any dive bombers." Malar said sadly.
"Generals, that is four problems." Tuka reached mid-range in his shouting.
"Yes, that was when we discovered problem #5 - the general staff cannot count, not even on their fingers." Kubela sobbed.
Slovaks don't need no Education, they are just another brick in the Axis wall. Which is handy as no education was on offer for them.
"We've had to revert to the backup plan." Malar sadly confirmed.
"The 1st Division is heading south on foot to try and support the Romanian defence of Ploiești and Bucharest." Kubela tried to pull himself together.
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Notes:
Amazingly those tech shots are genuine, Slovakia does have two semi-useful doctrine (if they had tanks, mech or motor infantry). They first turn up in 1943, a scenario that it appears Paradox put more effort into than the 1944 one. As a reminder Slovakia still has zero techs for tanks or any kind of motorised or mechanised infantry.
I will continue to move bracket around for the 2nd Division until it become amusing or this AAR finishes.
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Edit: Typos fixed thanks to the sharp eyes of @5688
Having taken a day off to recover from the terrible effects of the Slovak General Staff's Map of Many Things, Tiso and Tuka have returned to the Command Shed. With a greater understanding of the wider war, they must now decide on how best to employ the might of the Slovak Army.
"General, what is the plan for the 2nd Division?" Tiso decided to start in the West.
"The 2nd (Brackets Division) is still engaged in the Battle for Vernon." Kubela "They will either continue to hold there or pull back into Paris."
"Is that wise, what about the French Resistance?" Tuka queried.
"German intelligence believes they are planning to go on strike." Von Killinger joined the conversation.
"See, a general strike could cripple Paris and hamper the defence." Tiso said.
"No not a general strike, they are going on strike from the war." Von Killinger clarified.
"How can they go on strike from the war?!" Tuka yelled.
"They are underground partisans, it's not like they have a contract or are getting paid for it." Tiso reasoned.
"We understand those are two of their main complaints." Von Killinger said.
There was a pause as Tiso tried to forget what he had just heard.
"Will this impact the defence of France?" Tuka asked.
"We think it will be a benefit." Kubela said.
"How?" Tuka moved up the shouting spectrum a notch.
"Well we suspect their old instincts will kick in, they will ignore Germany and instead just blockade Dover out of force of habit. This will hamper Allied supply lines across the continent." Von Killinger explained.
"Moving onto the Eastern Front." Tiso reached out to a hopefully safer topic.
"We came up with a plan, alas it had two minor flaws." Malar explained
Tiso's hands, working entirely on instinct, reached for his hip flask.
"We intended to relieve the pressure on Romania by launching an ambitious offensive into Bessarabia,sending our Panzers and mechanised infantry forward to slice through the front line and manoeuvring behind the Soviets before they can react, trapping them in a large pocket for reduction by our dive bombers and supporting forces." Kubela explained
The time Malar (Augustin flavour) spent with the Germans on the Eastern Front was not wasted, he has brought back knowledge of advanced (ish) doctrines! If only they were doctrines for units Slovakia had or knew how to build and could afford.
"Then we realised that we only have one division, haven't got any tanks, any mechanised infantry or any dive bombers." Malar said sadly.
"Generals, that is four problems." Tuka reached mid-range in his shouting.
"Yes, that was when we discovered problem #5 - the general staff cannot count, not even on their fingers." Kubela sobbed.
Slovaks don't need no Education, they are just another brick in the Axis wall. Which is handy as no education was on offer for them.
"We've had to revert to the backup plan." Malar sadly confirmed.
"The 1st Division is heading south on foot to try and support the Romanian defence of Ploiești and Bucharest." Kubela tried to pull himself together.
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Notes:
Amazingly those tech shots are genuine, Slovakia does have two semi-useful doctrine (if they had tanks, mech or motor infantry). They first turn up in 1943, a scenario that it appears Paradox put more effort into than the 1944 one. As a reminder Slovakia still has zero techs for tanks or any kind of motorised or mechanised infantry.
I will continue to move bracket around for the 2nd Division until it become amusing or this AAR finishes.
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Edit: Typos fixed thanks to the sharp eyes of @5688
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All vital doctrines during dire times. Perhaps they should be researching Liver-Cleansing Techniques, in order to improve Tiso and Tuka's organisation recovery rates and to ensure they survive long enough to be hauled up before a Soviet People's Court and then shot at the end of the war!
