Cueball said:None of that diminishes the excelent play by the Axis, and their competence at taking advantage of the weakened Soviet position.
Honestly the east front ran into some trouble right off the bat in the north. I really didnt foresee that counterattack beating me back into Northeast Poland.
There was some peril. The main spearhead axis of attack was actually cut off for 3 -4 days in Ukraine (if you remember correctly). The detachment was 18 Mech+Armor. Fortunately the encirclement was temporary. Had I lost these units, I would of never been able to recover.And then you have taken advantage of Romanian sectors aswell, not suprisingly. So your defense has been well, but Im doubting you will have adequate forces to hold off until the freeze of winter. But we will see. The Riga-Smolensk line is always a safe bet, until I take vyazma anyway.
And mefist's contribution has been suprising, he is a very good player and he knows how to exploit gaps. We worked together and planned the Crimean encirclements which was the fate of so many soviet divisions.
Kingtigers attack on france was scary, for a second his forces had broken out, but he decided not too continue, and once the 2 Reserve army groups arrived, coupled with more hungarians, his troops fate was sealed. We have learned from our mistakes there, and coast has hence been adequately reinforced.
One thing the axis powers envy is the UK air power. We both have pretty much given up on combating the RAF. Nothing we have can adequately challenge Kngtigers 40 Fighters on the island. Time and again, mefist and I, have sent up our airforce's only to be shot up. I think at one point I pulled 42 Interceptors from the east front to take command over the channel. It was no use. At this point im thinking its the radars.
We cant figure that one out, but then again, were working on better techs and level V fighters.