Fantastic map of the overall situation. Your center looks like it may be in a bit of danger though...
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Myth: Maybe I can turn that into an advantage. There will be a new Führerbefehl, once Phoenix is finished and who knows? It could contain orders to encircle the swamps in the center and to storm the fortress of Brest-Litowsk...
Also one additional army (the 14. Armee) has arrived in Lublin. Should be enough to stabilize this front I hope.
Also one additional army (the 14. Armee) has arrived in Lublin. Should be enough to stabilize this front I hope.
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Yeah, Sorry. Was a bad day and I was feeling a little bit bitchy.
They have to take the fun out of everything, no Lanyards anymore.....
Yeah, Sorry. Was a bad day and I was feeling a little bit bitchy.
They have to take the fun out of everything, no Lanyards anymore.....
No prob and thank you.
XHR- thanks for the updates. I enjoy the small ones just as much.
Dadaanian: Glad you guys still enjoy my aar
I really wanted to play yesterday but writing & researching for the updates took quite some time. Since I have played exactly up to the time given on the map and not an hour further I have no clue how it will go on and thought I give you a complete map before continuing. Maybe I have some time to capture Odessa tonight - we'll see.
Myth: My thoughts exactly!!!
I really wanted to play yesterday but writing & researching for the updates took quite some time. Since I have played exactly up to the time given on the map and not an hour further I have no clue how it will go on and thought I give you a complete map before continuing. Maybe I have some time to capture Odessa tonight - we'll see.
Myth: My thoughts exactly!!!
I see it might be a good time for the old good HoI I strategy; drive around the pripets. Every-time I did it, I loved it.
Kurt_Steiner: What about 'em? I have stormpioneers they can handle it
Enewald: Yeah, I love that, too. But I have learned so far that at my difficulty I shall not choose the encirclement to be too large!
Alexus: Thank you so much Alexus!!! I hope I deserve it, dear readers! I will double my efforts to deliver this aar and to create a worthwile reading experience for you!
Dadaanian: Thank you very much!
Enewald: Yeah, I love that, too. But I have learned so far that at my difficulty I shall not choose the encirclement to be too large!
Alexus: Thank you so much Alexus!!!
I hope I deserve it, dear readers! I will double my efforts to deliver this aar and to create a worthwile reading experience for you!Dadaanian: Thank you very much!
Down they come
Leutnant Hoegel's Me 109 in flight
They were fighting down there. And they were dying.
Leutnant Hoegel tried not to think of the battle in Grodno the 4. Panzergruppe was fighting below him. His Messerschmidt 109 G hummed steadily and flew through the air as if on rails. A clear blue sky made him almost forget about the war and the tragedy and a single fluffy white cloud distracted his attention for a moment. His Jagdstaffel had reached the area of Lida when suddenly he saw it: the Russian bombers of the type Ilyushin DB-3 were below them, two dozen planes in total. They were heading towards Grodno to deliver their payload onto the panzers and to help their comrades break open the way into the Kessel of Bialystok.
“Not this time!” Hoegel thought and steered his Messerschmidt into a dive. Than they were among them. Machinegunfire everywhere. The staccato of his own guns. The guns of the bombers responding. He turned sharply left and dogded a badly hit fighter of his squad spiralling to the ground. He caught a glimpse of the sign at the front. “Albrecht!”
Than he pushed the control stick forward and dived before pulling up again – right behind the rear of a Ilyushin bomber! With a cry for vengeance he opened fire and his cannon hammered bullets into the Russian steel. He did not count the hits. Only as the enemy started smoking he stopped firing. He flew by as the bomber spiralled towards the ground and crashed into it. “No survivors. Now – where's the next one...”
The Schnellkampfgeschwader 210 won an easy victory that day, shooting down more than two dozen Ilyushins before the rest cancelled their attack and fled east.
Beneath them the 4. Panzergruppe was still fighting. The day was not over yet.
A Russian Ilyushin DB-3 bomber
Leutnant Hoegel's Me 109 in flight
They were fighting down there. And they were dying.
Leutnant Hoegel tried not to think of the battle in Grodno the 4. Panzergruppe was fighting below him. His Messerschmidt 109 G hummed steadily and flew through the air as if on rails. A clear blue sky made him almost forget about the war and the tragedy and a single fluffy white cloud distracted his attention for a moment. His Jagdstaffel had reached the area of Lida when suddenly he saw it: the Russian bombers of the type Ilyushin DB-3 were below them, two dozen planes in total. They were heading towards Grodno to deliver their payload onto the panzers and to help their comrades break open the way into the Kessel of Bialystok.
“Not this time!” Hoegel thought and steered his Messerschmidt into a dive. Than they were among them. Machinegunfire everywhere. The staccato of his own guns. The guns of the bombers responding. He turned sharply left and dogded a badly hit fighter of his squad spiralling to the ground. He caught a glimpse of the sign at the front. “Albrecht!”
Than he pushed the control stick forward and dived before pulling up again – right behind the rear of a Ilyushin bomber! With a cry for vengeance he opened fire and his cannon hammered bullets into the Russian steel. He did not count the hits. Only as the enemy started smoking he stopped firing. He flew by as the bomber spiralled towards the ground and crashed into it. “No survivors. Now – where's the next one...”
The Schnellkampfgeschwader 210 won an easy victory that day, shooting down more than two dozen Ilyushins before the rest cancelled their attack and fled east.
Beneath them the 4. Panzergruppe was still fighting. The day was not over yet.
A Russian Ilyushin DB-3 bomber
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The Russian bomber also have teeth... and who was the madman that send them unescorted?
Myth: Yes
Kurt_Steiner: A Russian air general called Zhavoronkov. It was not the first time I met his planes unescorted.
trekaddict: Guess you could say my update was a short homage to him and some other German aces.
Maj. von Mauser: It was your wish, if you recall
Enewald: No cover - easy prey *nods*
Kurt_Steiner: A Russian air general called Zhavoronkov. It was not the first time I met his planes unescorted.
trekaddict: Guess you could say my update was a short homage to him and some other German aces.
Maj. von Mauser: It was your wish, if you recall
Enewald: No cover - easy prey *nods*
Well done on these bombers, however that plane can't be the F version, F2 or F4 or whatever, as it has the Mk 151/20 Gunpods (i dont think they are Mk 108/30...) + you can see the larger MG nests, housing the 13mm machine guns, instead of the 7.92mm F's had.
The change in the body of the aircraft close to the pilot is very characteristic of the type and it featured in every Bf from the G series and onwoards (G-2/6/10/14) and K's.
erm... i hope i dont become tyring with these minor details
The change in the body of the aircraft close to the pilot is very characteristic of the type and it featured in every Bf from the G series and onwoards (G-2/6/10/14) and K's.
erm... i hope i dont become tyring with these minor details
You got me there. At first - a thank you! I try to be as accurate in these details as possible but as far as planes are concerned I lack the detail knowledge you possess and try to make up for it by researching. However, you can only acquire so much knowledge in half an hours's research - the average time I spend on an every aar update. The update must be written, too and as the writers here know very well time is in short supply given you have a life
For future reference: Corrections like these are very welcome! It shows that you are reading all the details and provides me with more knowledge on my favourite history subject: WWII.