Schlieffen Plan

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Western Front

After the Battle of Longwy, and the debacle at Ypres, it seems that the emphasis for the continued offense needs to be shifted to the center, and the south east.

For May, the major attacks will be made by the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Armies. The 6th Army will push south to assist the 7th in opening up the French right flank. The 4th will advance west to link up with the 3rd Army which will be closing in on Paris. The 5th Army will begin a move towards Verdun, with a possible attack there latter on.


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The Battle of Mons was a major success for Germany. The second Army has done well-again.

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This battle result looks like nothing happened, but...The battle of Compiegne was the result of a breakthrough by the 3rd Army. This has left the 3rd adjacent to Paris. I played a breakthrough event card to make sure it would happen-and it did.

Now I have the dilemma of attacking Paris without siege artillery. The 3rd Army only has field artillery. This was suppose to be the 2nd Army's job, but they did not make it in time.

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The Russians just won't give it up. They forced yet another battle at Lodz.

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It is Interphase time again. These are some of the German Political Actions that will be attemted this phase.

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You are slowly selling me on this game.  My reluctance lingers due to the numerous problems I see reported and hesitance to spend this much on the game right now.  I wish Matrix had frequent buyers discounts...
 
 
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Germany's budjet is still doing well. I have tried to avoid significant over spending. There is still a surplus, but that could disapear quickly if the E.T. blockade tightens.

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The game is actually playing quite well now. I think there are some things that need to be improved, and I would bet they will do it. The reports of problems have nearly ceased, although there are still some that are having problems. The condition of the game now is vastly improved from the initial release.

About the discount-I hear you. They do have a good Christmas sale going on though.
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Germany has been producing new units since last September. The first ones are just now arriving. I have concentrated on infantry and artillery. I have built no new air units (lack of new techs to make it worth it), or subs.

The A/H Empire has produce some new infantry units also. Their resources place a greater limit on what they can build.

There are different types of infantry with drastic differences in cost. You can load up with cheap ones and see your manpower dissipate, or build high quality units and go broke-the choice is yours..

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with the re-acquired ability to send ambs' to Bulgaria, I have loaded the place up. I am anticipating them to join in the war soon. With the entrance f Italy on the E.T. side Serbia must be conquered soon.

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The Serbian Front is begging to show some promise of total victory for the CP. Greece has joined the CP, apparently as an ill side effect of the French AI attempting a military coupe in Greece. Bulgaria is getting very close to intervention on the CP side.

The A/H Army has slowly gained the upper hand against the Serbians. They are clearly weakening. It is expected that a major offense will make them fold by August. One large attack is scheduled for June, and some flanking movements by mountain troops.

Note: I am postponing the continuation of the game until the full patch 105 C expected on Friday. These next few screens give some detail of the current situations.

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In North West France the situation will remain static (unless the E.T. attack). The German 1st Army is still very strong, but it cannot take another beating like what it just went through with the BEF-same situation for the Second and 3rd Armies. The 4th Army will make a dash for Paris.




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North East France will see some more offensive action. The 7th Army is hung up at Langres due to a lack of artillery. The 6th Army is free to push south, and the 5th Army will be forced to contain Verdun for a while.

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The Western Front in an overall view.

Note: this is actually of the start of the July turn.

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The Eastern Front has been heating up mostly due to the Russian Empire's continued attacks. It is suffering major losses, and these will soon be increased by the actions of the German 8th, 9th and 10th armies. It is hoped that Warsaw will fall this summer.

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Fascinating - I am learning so much!! More please.
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ORIGINAL: mariandavid

Fascinating - I am learning so much!! More please.

I'm glad you are enjoying it. I will resume the game on Friday. There is a new patch-not a beta (105 C) which will have some improvements and fixes. As soon as I have that installed, I will jump right back on my command rail car.
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The Battle of Kolo was a significant defeat for the Russians. The effects of this defeat in a major batte had an effect on all the T.E. nations. There NW is dropping to a point to where they may not be able to fight on.



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Here is the battle results screen for Kolo. The Russian units were out of supply-it looks like this has a big impact on their ability to fight. There bad situation was the result of the Russian ai sending 2 armies on an offense towards Thorn-a bad move.

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There was some more bad news for the Russians in June. The Battle of Novo Georgiewsk was another disaster.

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