HA! Sokolovo dlc sort of won it FINALLY

[Flashburn]

This bugger has kicked my can since I got 3? years ago. I just completed the thing with my force intact, Controlled the northern side of the river AND on last turn 15, I retook the entire town back.  Did not give the AI a chance to counter attack me with his remaining 10 platoons of armor, mech infantry and artillery.  HA!  I feel like I actually did something super hard here. 

Although victory points showed Germans won by like 100 points...LIES!

[lavish]

Sokolovo - mission impossible. 

In my last game I managed to hold it for a while, but then lost it during the night (at-guns cannot see well during nights). During the next day I counter attacked with t-34s from the north and recaptured the town. And then lost it again during the night.  I tried to recapture it with infantry from the east / south east, but only managed to do it partially. And so I lost the game. Best try so far. Your 100 points feels like a victory. 

BTW, do you play with all the realism settings enabled and  with command level regeneration set to very low? I feel that when the command level regeneration is very low the game is more balanced vs AI and the presence of commanders is emphasized better. Should be standard setting, IMO.

[Flashburn]

No I use default moderate.  All realism stuff on except for gain experience at realistic levels.  Have that off.  And go back and forth between historical units on or off depending how I feel for a campaign.  AND...whatever the last time I played it with I do the reverse.   

[Flashburn]

I think with this campaign the idea is to hold the town long enough to get the needed victory points but loose the town at some point as per history.   But the amount of stuff hitting you around turn 4 makes that pretty much impossible and only gets worse.  If you stay in the town and fight they will pretty much get wiped out.  Certainly by turn 6 or so.  I said screw that this time and and displaced North on turn 3 or 4.  1/2 my force made to the other side.  The rest where routed but most made it back to being active later.  Then I just beat back the AI attacks to the North.  Although I did loose the square where the supply troops and the south Eastern crossing for 1 turn each at various points.  But was able to recapture them right fast.  On the Western bit of map I was able to destroy everything over there to include the German Supply troops.  Most AI units where in the middle or far Eastern areas.  This I exploited to the max.  Starting at turn 10 I started attacking the far Eastern area.  While holding in the middle.   If the game had 20 turns I would have enveloped the Germans in the middle. 


What end looked like... http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=277286446  All the units that where German to the south where pretty much untouched and full of arse kicking.  Mine on the other hand....no so much except for the western tank platoon.

[Fritz]

Some time ago I win this operation (+246 points), it was super hard, but it's possible




Here AAR, but on russian... Maybe will be interesting fore somebody...
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