Return to Kishinev Manstein 2 Reloads
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 8:05 pm
Manstein Return to Kishinev 2 reloads back to Day 12 after Day 15 ai CA and then again back to Turn 14 again after their Turn 15 ai CA which was a tough round to prepare for and set up to survive
Starting prestige 127683 after replacements 126718, and upgrades 126043, and after some Overstrengthening 123217 and even some more SE Overstrengthening 121831.
Upgraded +1 Move/+2 Att Elephant to a JagdTiger.
Brought it all on this one as playing it blind and not sure what to expect, except what I have watched on one of Night Phoenix’s last playthrough’s. Still sad.
This is a tough, tough mission 22 rounds.
Here is what I brought to get this done:
In the air: Walter Nowotny; Otto Kittel; +3 Att/+1 Def; +2Def/+2 Att; and Heinrich Bar all within FW-190A’s and Gerhard Barkhorn as well as +4 Att Henkel; and +5 Def and +4 Att ME-410A’s.
Near Bozieni to help with Romanian assault: +1 Spotting 8 Rad; 10.5 cm Polish arty; +1 Range SU-122; Matthaus Hetzenauer; +1 Att/+1 Range Wurfrahmen; +2 Att/+2 Def sIG 38(t)m; +2 Def JagdPanther; Oleh Dir; and +1 Attack/+1 Movement/+1 Initiative 5th SE Tiger.
Near Kishinev: +1 Def StuG3B; +2 Att/+3 Def Nebelwerfer; +6 Att Regular Inf; +6 Def Grenadier; +1 In/+2 Def/+2 Att 2nd SE King Tiger; and 3rd SE King Tiger2 +3 Att/+2 Def/+1 Initiative.
Near Nisporeni: +1/+6 Initiative/Att 4th SE King Tiger; +5 Def Elephant; +2/+1 Att/Movement 17cm Artillery; Wirbelwind; and +6 Def Regular Inf.
In and near Targa Frumos: +1 Movement 8.8cm AA; +1 Movement/+1 Range Nebelwerfer; Freidrich Pein; Helmut Wirnsberger; +3 Att 88 PAK AT; +3 Def/+3 Att 17cm arty; +3 Def SdKfz 7/1; +3 Att 32nd StuG 4; +3 Def/+1 Range Wurfrahmen; +1 Range StuG3B; +2 Att/+1 Movement JagdTiger; 7th SE +3 Att/+3 Def King Tiger; and +5 Def 6th SE King Tiger; and 1st SE King Tiger.
Battle Report:
Day 1: Sunny (74)
Destroyed 37mm Bofors, Romanian Recon; 47mm model 1936; and 105mm arty.
Day 1 ai CA:
Enemy destroyed 2 aux Inf; 2 mines; nicked 1st SE King Tiger; nicked +2 Def/+2 Att FW-190A; and +2 Att/+1 Movement 17cm arty.
Enemy seized Ulmi Liteni, Munteni, and Bogdanesti.
Day 2: Sunny (76)
Pressuring Jassy.
Destroyed 47mm Model 1936 AT, 4 Romanian Inf’s, Romanian Recon, 3 Conscript’s, Yak-9D, Hetzer, 3.7cm AA, Yak-7, and Pe-2.
Otto Kittel awarded with Knight’s Cross.
Day 2 ai CA:
Bomber hit 8.8 PaK -2 me.
Bomber hit +1 Def StuG3B -2 me.
1 of my aux inf was almost destroyed.
Romanian Pz3M hit +3 Def SdKfz 7/1 -1 them -5 me.
Bomber hit +2 Att/+1 Movement 17cm arty -3 me.
Enemy seized Calarasi.
T-34/43 hit +1 Range StuG3B guarded by Wurfrahmen -8 me.
Day 3: Sunny (81)
Pressuring Leova and Calarasi and even seized airfield near Leova.
Destroyed Yak-7, IS-2, 2 T-34/43’s, Rom Pz3M, Pe-8, Yak-9D, Pe-2, 2 SMG’s, 2 BA-64’s, Romanian Pz4 F/2, 3.7cm AA, and 10.5cm arty.
Matthaus Hetzenauer awarded Iron Cross 1st Class.
Bought 7 and 6 Regular Replacements for aux Inf.
Day 3 ai CA:
1 aux inf and 5 mines destroyed.
+3 Def StuG3B nicked.
T-34/43 hit 8.8cm PaK -2 me -7 them.
T-34/43 ambushed by 2nd SE King Tiger guarded by Nebelwerfer -1 me -13 them.
They also seized Baizeni.
Day 4: Sunny (83)
Seized Leova.
Destroyed T-34/85, Rom Pz4F/2, 37mm Bofors AT; Romanian Cavalry; Pe-8, Romanian Inf, T-34/43, and 2 SU-85’s.
Bought 2 elite replacements for +2 Att/+1 Movement 17cm arty; 4 elite for +1 Range StuG3B; and 1 elite for +3 Def SdKfz 7/1.
Day 4 ai CA:
Auxiliary inf and mines were destroyed.
Freidrich Pein was ambushed T-34/85 -8 them -1 us.
Day 5: Sunny (81)
Seized Laza.
Destroyed Romanian Pz4F/2, 2 Romanian Inf’s, Romanian Cavalry, 2 SU-85’s, Conscripts, Romanian Recon, and 4 T-34/43’s.
Bought 3 regular Reps for aux Inf and 5 Elite for +3 Att 8.8cm PaK.
Day 5 ai CA:
2 mines were destroyed.
T-34/85 hit +3 Att 8.8cm PaK guarded by 3 arty’s -3 me -4 them.
Freidrich Pein nicked by 2 attacks from T-34/43 and SMG.
IS-2 hit aux Regular Inf -10 me -4 them.
Day 6: Sunny (81)
Destroyed T-34/85, BA-64, 2 T-34/43’s, and SMG.
Bought 2 Elite Replacements for +3 Att 8.8cm PaK and 1 regular Rep for StuG4.
Day 6 ai CA:
2 mines destroyed.
StuG4 nicked by T-34/85.
2 aux inf’s hit -6 me -7 other.
Freidrich Pein hit by IS-1 -4 me.
+1 Range/+1 Att Wurfrahmen nicked by arty.
Also was able ambushed a couple of units.
Day 7: Sunny (82)
Destroyed 2 Mtn Inf’s, T-34/43, 2 IS-1’s, SU-152, T-34/85, IS-2, SMG, Romanian Tiger 1, 57mm Bofors, and 150mm arty.
+2 Def 22nd JagdPanther awarded Iron Cross 1st Class.
+6 Def Regular Infantry awarded with a Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves.
Bought 9 and 5 Regular replacements for aux Infantry, and also 4 elite for Freidrich Pein.
Day 7 ai CA:
Enemy destroyed aux Inf.
Other aux Inf hit guarded by arty -3 each.
Fighter trap but still nicked 3rd SE King Tiger.
Enemy seized Kishinev and attacked +6 Def Grenadier -7 them.
SU-85 hit +2 Att/+1 Movement 17cm arty -4 me.
Romanian Inf attacked JagdPanther in hills but stopped by artillery guarding the unit.
Day 8: Sunny (83)
Pressuring Bacau.
Destroyed Romanian Mtn Inf, Romanian Pz4 F/2, SU-85, Yak-7, SU-152, SMG, 37mm AA, BA-64, 2 Conscript’s, and 37mm Bofors.
Bought 4 Elite for +2 Att/+1 movement 17cm arty.
+5 Def 6th SE King Tiger awarded with a +1 Initiative 3rd Hero.
Day 8 ai CA:
2 Bomber Traps, and 1 Fighter Trap sprung but still had 8.8cm PaK nicked.
+1 Range StuG3B nicked.
1st SE King Tiger nicked.
Another ambush with SU-85 -13 them.
Day 9: Sunny (82)
Seized Kishinev back as well as Bacau.
Destroyed 2 La-5’s, 2 IL-4’s, 2 Conscript’s, Mtn Inf, SU-85, and Romanian Cavalry.
Day 9 ai CA:
Romanian Pz3M ambushed by recon. -3 me.
47mm Bofor’s hit +2 Att/+2 Def sIG38(t)m -2 me -4 them.
Bomber nicked 4th SE King Tiger and arty nicked +6 Att Regular Inf.
Day 10: Sunny (84)
Seized airfield near Moinesti.
Destroyed 2 Conscript’s, Yak-3, IL-2 Sturmovich, 2 SMG’s, 2 Mtn Inf’s, 2 Conscript’s, 3.7cm AA, 47mm model 1936, and Romanian Pz3M.
Heinrich Bar awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves.
Day 10 ai CA:
Enemy attacked aux inf guarded by arty -3 each.
Fighter Trap worked like a charm.
Arty nicked 2nd SE King Tiger as well as +2 Att/+1 Movement 17cm arty.
Day 11: Sunny (87)
Seized airfield near Tiraspol.
Destroyed Romanian Marder 3H, 150mm arty, 3 Mtn Inf’s, 122mm arty, and 37mm AA.
Day 11 ai CA:
Mtn Inf hit +2 Att/+1 Movement Elephant -1 them.
Day 12: Cloudy (87) (Reloaded this round after the end of Round 15 as knew I could set up for 2nd Wave better, but needed to go way back to do it.)
Seized Moinesti and pressuring Baiceni.
Destroyed Romanian Pz4F/2, Romanian Mtn Inf, 2 47mm 1936 AT’s, 3 SMG’s, and 122mm arty.
4th SE King Tiger awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds.
Day 12 ai CA:
2 arty’s attacked +3 Def SdKfz 7/1 -2 me.
Day 13: Cloudy (88)
Destroyed 2 Mtn Troops and Conscripts.
Day 13 ai CA:
3 ambushes all of which at no damage for me.
This is the way to set up to handle their on coming 2nd wave, unfortunately I needed to do it again for Day 14 for same reason I did back to Day 12.
Day 14: Sunny (88) Reloaded as detailed in previous notes.
Seized Piatra Neamt and Buhusi.
Destroyed M16MGMC, 2 T-34/43’s, Romanian Pz3M, Mtn Inf, and Romanian Inf.
Bought 5 regular Reps for aux Inf and 3 Elite for +3 Att 8.8CM PaK.
Day 14 ai CA:
Fighter, arty’s, and ISU-122 hit JagdTiger -4 me -5 them.
Guards in Half track were ambushed for -8 them.
Enemy seized Butor.
Day 15: Sunny (91)
Destroyed 2 Guards in Half –Track’s, M16MGMC, 2 T-34/43’s, Yak-7, SU-76, Romanian Cavalry, Romanian 15cm arty, and IL-2 Sturmovich.
+3 Att 8.8cm PaK awarded Iron Cross 1st Class.
Day 15 ai CA:
2 arty’s hit +6 Att Regular Inf.
Mobil AA hit Otto Kittel -2 me.
Fighter hit +1 Att/+1 Range Wurfrahmen -3 me.
Marder 3H nicked Matthaus Hetzenauer.
Aux Inf hit -2 me.
Day 16: Sunny (97)
Pressuring Roman because I seized the airport.
Awarded SU-76, Romanian Marder 3H, T-34/85, Romanian Inf, KV-85, 2 Cavalry’s, La-5, M16MGMC, and Yak-3.
+5 Def 22nd Fighter Bomber awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves.
+3 Def 22nd SdKfz 7/1 awarded +1 Range 2nd Hero.
Day 16 ai CA:
Enemy Self Emulated on my Fighter Trap.
Enemy destroyed mines.
Enemy reduced aux Inf to just 3 Str.
Enemy seized part of Kishinev.
Arty hit +2 Att/+3 Def Nebelwerfer -3 me.
Day 17: Sunny (99)
Seized Roman.
Destroyed Romanian Mtn Inf, 2 T-34/43’s, SU-152, KV-85, and ISU-152.
Helmut Wirnsberger awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves.
Bought 2 Elite Replacements for 1st SE King Tiger as well as 3 Elite for +6 Att Regular Inf.
Day 17 ai CA:
Fighter nicked +6 Def Regular Inf as well as an arty.
Auxiliary inf destroyed by attacks.
Day 18: Rainy (99)
Seized Bogdanesti.
Destroyed Romanian Hetzer, Romanian Cavalry, SU-76, 2 Guards, ISU-152, T-34/85, and T-70.
Bought 7 regular replacements for auxiliary inf.
Day 18 ai CA:
2 attacks on +3 Att Regular Inf -3 me.
Ambushes and defenses well played by artillery and well placed units. (no more damage)
Day 19: Sunny (100 from here on out)
Seized Baiceni, Liteni, and part of Kishinev back.
Destroyed ISU-122, 3 Cavalry’s, Romanian Hetzer, T-34/43, T-70, Guards, and 122mm arty.
+6 Def 9th Grenadier awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves.
Day 19 ai CA:
All attacks failed to hit.
Day 20: Cloudy
Retook Butoc, backed out of Nisporeni, and seized Codaesti and even Suceava. (Oh Goodness I had to put these notes elsewhere on my sheet. I even seized Rauseni, Balatina, and Munteni.) I am going every where.
Destroyed Romanian Inf, Guards, La-7, 2 Ilyushin IL-4’s, ISU-122, Guards in half-tracks, 37mm AA, and 122mm arty.
Day 20 ai CA:
2 attacks on Oleh Dir -4 me.
AA hit +3 Att/+1 Def FW-190A -3 me.
Cavalry hit aux Inf -7 me -2 them.
Enemy seized Nisporeni.
Day 21: Sunny
Seized Botosani, Balti, Liteni, Parlita, Jassy, and its airfield. (These final rounds I am going for broke.)
Destroyed ISU-152, SU-76, 2 47mm model 1936’s, Romanian Mtn Inf, Romanian Inf, 122mm arty, SU-152.
Day 21 ai CA:
ISU-152 nicked Freidrich Pein.
Day 22: Sunny
Seized Nisporeni, Mindresti, and Pepeni.
Destroyed Bofors 37mm AT, Cavalry, ISU-152, Conscript, and 45mm AT.
Marginal Victory with 122502 ending Prestige
So close, so very close.
Unable to take Calarasi.
I was hoping I could pull it off and I almost did it, but not quite.
Next time Budapest 44 with 132370 of prestige to work with. (I want to get caught up on these so I can start recording my playthrough of 45 East)
Until next time…Stay Lutheran My Friends.
Starting prestige 127683 after replacements 126718, and upgrades 126043, and after some Overstrengthening 123217 and even some more SE Overstrengthening 121831.
Upgraded +1 Move/+2 Att Elephant to a JagdTiger.
Brought it all on this one as playing it blind and not sure what to expect, except what I have watched on one of Night Phoenix’s last playthrough’s. Still sad.
This is a tough, tough mission 22 rounds.
Here is what I brought to get this done:
In the air: Walter Nowotny; Otto Kittel; +3 Att/+1 Def; +2Def/+2 Att; and Heinrich Bar all within FW-190A’s and Gerhard Barkhorn as well as +4 Att Henkel; and +5 Def and +4 Att ME-410A’s.
Near Bozieni to help with Romanian assault: +1 Spotting 8 Rad; 10.5 cm Polish arty; +1 Range SU-122; Matthaus Hetzenauer; +1 Att/+1 Range Wurfrahmen; +2 Att/+2 Def sIG 38(t)m; +2 Def JagdPanther; Oleh Dir; and +1 Attack/+1 Movement/+1 Initiative 5th SE Tiger.
Near Kishinev: +1 Def StuG3B; +2 Att/+3 Def Nebelwerfer; +6 Att Regular Inf; +6 Def Grenadier; +1 In/+2 Def/+2 Att 2nd SE King Tiger; and 3rd SE King Tiger2 +3 Att/+2 Def/+1 Initiative.
Near Nisporeni: +1/+6 Initiative/Att 4th SE King Tiger; +5 Def Elephant; +2/+1 Att/Movement 17cm Artillery; Wirbelwind; and +6 Def Regular Inf.
In and near Targa Frumos: +1 Movement 8.8cm AA; +1 Movement/+1 Range Nebelwerfer; Freidrich Pein; Helmut Wirnsberger; +3 Att 88 PAK AT; +3 Def/+3 Att 17cm arty; +3 Def SdKfz 7/1; +3 Att 32nd StuG 4; +3 Def/+1 Range Wurfrahmen; +1 Range StuG3B; +2 Att/+1 Movement JagdTiger; 7th SE +3 Att/+3 Def King Tiger; and +5 Def 6th SE King Tiger; and 1st SE King Tiger.
Battle Report:
Day 1: Sunny (74)
Destroyed 37mm Bofors, Romanian Recon; 47mm model 1936; and 105mm arty.
Day 1 ai CA:
Enemy destroyed 2 aux Inf; 2 mines; nicked 1st SE King Tiger; nicked +2 Def/+2 Att FW-190A; and +2 Att/+1 Movement 17cm arty.
Enemy seized Ulmi Liteni, Munteni, and Bogdanesti.
Day 2: Sunny (76)
Pressuring Jassy.
Destroyed 47mm Model 1936 AT, 4 Romanian Inf’s, Romanian Recon, 3 Conscript’s, Yak-9D, Hetzer, 3.7cm AA, Yak-7, and Pe-2.
Otto Kittel awarded with Knight’s Cross.
Day 2 ai CA:
Bomber hit 8.8 PaK -2 me.
Bomber hit +1 Def StuG3B -2 me.
1 of my aux inf was almost destroyed.
Romanian Pz3M hit +3 Def SdKfz 7/1 -1 them -5 me.
Bomber hit +2 Att/+1 Movement 17cm arty -3 me.
Enemy seized Calarasi.
T-34/43 hit +1 Range StuG3B guarded by Wurfrahmen -8 me.
Day 3: Sunny (81)
Pressuring Leova and Calarasi and even seized airfield near Leova.
Destroyed Yak-7, IS-2, 2 T-34/43’s, Rom Pz3M, Pe-8, Yak-9D, Pe-2, 2 SMG’s, 2 BA-64’s, Romanian Pz4 F/2, 3.7cm AA, and 10.5cm arty.
Matthaus Hetzenauer awarded Iron Cross 1st Class.
Bought 7 and 6 Regular Replacements for aux Inf.
Day 3 ai CA:
1 aux inf and 5 mines destroyed.
+3 Def StuG3B nicked.
T-34/43 hit 8.8cm PaK -2 me -7 them.
T-34/43 ambushed by 2nd SE King Tiger guarded by Nebelwerfer -1 me -13 them.
They also seized Baizeni.
Day 4: Sunny (83)
Seized Leova.
Destroyed T-34/85, Rom Pz4F/2, 37mm Bofors AT; Romanian Cavalry; Pe-8, Romanian Inf, T-34/43, and 2 SU-85’s.
Bought 2 elite replacements for +2 Att/+1 Movement 17cm arty; 4 elite for +1 Range StuG3B; and 1 elite for +3 Def SdKfz 7/1.
Day 4 ai CA:
Auxiliary inf and mines were destroyed.
Freidrich Pein was ambushed T-34/85 -8 them -1 us.
Day 5: Sunny (81)
Seized Laza.
Destroyed Romanian Pz4F/2, 2 Romanian Inf’s, Romanian Cavalry, 2 SU-85’s, Conscripts, Romanian Recon, and 4 T-34/43’s.
Bought 3 regular Reps for aux Inf and 5 Elite for +3 Att 8.8cm PaK.
Day 5 ai CA:
2 mines were destroyed.
T-34/85 hit +3 Att 8.8cm PaK guarded by 3 arty’s -3 me -4 them.
Freidrich Pein nicked by 2 attacks from T-34/43 and SMG.
IS-2 hit aux Regular Inf -10 me -4 them.
Day 6: Sunny (81)
Destroyed T-34/85, BA-64, 2 T-34/43’s, and SMG.
Bought 2 Elite Replacements for +3 Att 8.8cm PaK and 1 regular Rep for StuG4.
Day 6 ai CA:
2 mines destroyed.
StuG4 nicked by T-34/85.
2 aux inf’s hit -6 me -7 other.
Freidrich Pein hit by IS-1 -4 me.
+1 Range/+1 Att Wurfrahmen nicked by arty.
Also was able ambushed a couple of units.
Day 7: Sunny (82)
Destroyed 2 Mtn Inf’s, T-34/43, 2 IS-1’s, SU-152, T-34/85, IS-2, SMG, Romanian Tiger 1, 57mm Bofors, and 150mm arty.
+2 Def 22nd JagdPanther awarded Iron Cross 1st Class.
+6 Def Regular Infantry awarded with a Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves.
Bought 9 and 5 Regular replacements for aux Infantry, and also 4 elite for Freidrich Pein.
Day 7 ai CA:
Enemy destroyed aux Inf.
Other aux Inf hit guarded by arty -3 each.
Fighter trap but still nicked 3rd SE King Tiger.
Enemy seized Kishinev and attacked +6 Def Grenadier -7 them.
SU-85 hit +2 Att/+1 Movement 17cm arty -4 me.
Romanian Inf attacked JagdPanther in hills but stopped by artillery guarding the unit.
Day 8: Sunny (83)
Pressuring Bacau.
Destroyed Romanian Mtn Inf, Romanian Pz4 F/2, SU-85, Yak-7, SU-152, SMG, 37mm AA, BA-64, 2 Conscript’s, and 37mm Bofors.
Bought 4 Elite for +2 Att/+1 movement 17cm arty.
+5 Def 6th SE King Tiger awarded with a +1 Initiative 3rd Hero.
Day 8 ai CA:
2 Bomber Traps, and 1 Fighter Trap sprung but still had 8.8cm PaK nicked.
+1 Range StuG3B nicked.
1st SE King Tiger nicked.
Another ambush with SU-85 -13 them.
Day 9: Sunny (82)
Seized Kishinev back as well as Bacau.
Destroyed 2 La-5’s, 2 IL-4’s, 2 Conscript’s, Mtn Inf, SU-85, and Romanian Cavalry.
Day 9 ai CA:
Romanian Pz3M ambushed by recon. -3 me.
47mm Bofor’s hit +2 Att/+2 Def sIG38(t)m -2 me -4 them.
Bomber nicked 4th SE King Tiger and arty nicked +6 Att Regular Inf.
Day 10: Sunny (84)
Seized airfield near Moinesti.
Destroyed 2 Conscript’s, Yak-3, IL-2 Sturmovich, 2 SMG’s, 2 Mtn Inf’s, 2 Conscript’s, 3.7cm AA, 47mm model 1936, and Romanian Pz3M.
Heinrich Bar awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves.
Day 10 ai CA:
Enemy attacked aux inf guarded by arty -3 each.
Fighter Trap worked like a charm.
Arty nicked 2nd SE King Tiger as well as +2 Att/+1 Movement 17cm arty.
Day 11: Sunny (87)
Seized airfield near Tiraspol.
Destroyed Romanian Marder 3H, 150mm arty, 3 Mtn Inf’s, 122mm arty, and 37mm AA.
Day 11 ai CA:
Mtn Inf hit +2 Att/+1 Movement Elephant -1 them.
Day 12: Cloudy (87) (Reloaded this round after the end of Round 15 as knew I could set up for 2nd Wave better, but needed to go way back to do it.)
Seized Moinesti and pressuring Baiceni.
Destroyed Romanian Pz4F/2, Romanian Mtn Inf, 2 47mm 1936 AT’s, 3 SMG’s, and 122mm arty.
4th SE King Tiger awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds.
Day 12 ai CA:
2 arty’s attacked +3 Def SdKfz 7/1 -2 me.
Day 13: Cloudy (88)
Destroyed 2 Mtn Troops and Conscripts.
Day 13 ai CA:
3 ambushes all of which at no damage for me.
This is the way to set up to handle their on coming 2nd wave, unfortunately I needed to do it again for Day 14 for same reason I did back to Day 12.
Day 14: Sunny (88) Reloaded as detailed in previous notes.
Seized Piatra Neamt and Buhusi.
Destroyed M16MGMC, 2 T-34/43’s, Romanian Pz3M, Mtn Inf, and Romanian Inf.
Bought 5 regular Reps for aux Inf and 3 Elite for +3 Att 8.8CM PaK.
Day 14 ai CA:
Fighter, arty’s, and ISU-122 hit JagdTiger -4 me -5 them.
Guards in Half track were ambushed for -8 them.
Enemy seized Butor.
Day 15: Sunny (91)
Destroyed 2 Guards in Half –Track’s, M16MGMC, 2 T-34/43’s, Yak-7, SU-76, Romanian Cavalry, Romanian 15cm arty, and IL-2 Sturmovich.
+3 Att 8.8cm PaK awarded Iron Cross 1st Class.
Day 15 ai CA:
2 arty’s hit +6 Att Regular Inf.
Mobil AA hit Otto Kittel -2 me.
Fighter hit +1 Att/+1 Range Wurfrahmen -3 me.
Marder 3H nicked Matthaus Hetzenauer.
Aux Inf hit -2 me.
Day 16: Sunny (97)
Pressuring Roman because I seized the airport.
Awarded SU-76, Romanian Marder 3H, T-34/85, Romanian Inf, KV-85, 2 Cavalry’s, La-5, M16MGMC, and Yak-3.
+5 Def 22nd Fighter Bomber awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves.
+3 Def 22nd SdKfz 7/1 awarded +1 Range 2nd Hero.
Day 16 ai CA:
Enemy Self Emulated on my Fighter Trap.
Enemy destroyed mines.
Enemy reduced aux Inf to just 3 Str.
Enemy seized part of Kishinev.
Arty hit +2 Att/+3 Def Nebelwerfer -3 me.
Day 17: Sunny (99)
Seized Roman.
Destroyed Romanian Mtn Inf, 2 T-34/43’s, SU-152, KV-85, and ISU-152.
Helmut Wirnsberger awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves.
Bought 2 Elite Replacements for 1st SE King Tiger as well as 3 Elite for +6 Att Regular Inf.
Day 17 ai CA:
Fighter nicked +6 Def Regular Inf as well as an arty.
Auxiliary inf destroyed by attacks.
Day 18: Rainy (99)
Seized Bogdanesti.
Destroyed Romanian Hetzer, Romanian Cavalry, SU-76, 2 Guards, ISU-152, T-34/85, and T-70.
Bought 7 regular replacements for auxiliary inf.
Day 18 ai CA:
2 attacks on +3 Att Regular Inf -3 me.
Ambushes and defenses well played by artillery and well placed units. (no more damage)
Day 19: Sunny (100 from here on out)
Seized Baiceni, Liteni, and part of Kishinev back.
Destroyed ISU-122, 3 Cavalry’s, Romanian Hetzer, T-34/43, T-70, Guards, and 122mm arty.
+6 Def 9th Grenadier awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves.
Day 19 ai CA:
All attacks failed to hit.
Day 20: Cloudy
Retook Butoc, backed out of Nisporeni, and seized Codaesti and even Suceava. (Oh Goodness I had to put these notes elsewhere on my sheet. I even seized Rauseni, Balatina, and Munteni.) I am going every where.
Destroyed Romanian Inf, Guards, La-7, 2 Ilyushin IL-4’s, ISU-122, Guards in half-tracks, 37mm AA, and 122mm arty.
Day 20 ai CA:
2 attacks on Oleh Dir -4 me.
AA hit +3 Att/+1 Def FW-190A -3 me.
Cavalry hit aux Inf -7 me -2 them.
Enemy seized Nisporeni.
Day 21: Sunny
Seized Botosani, Balti, Liteni, Parlita, Jassy, and its airfield. (These final rounds I am going for broke.)
Destroyed ISU-152, SU-76, 2 47mm model 1936’s, Romanian Mtn Inf, Romanian Inf, 122mm arty, SU-152.
Day 21 ai CA:
ISU-152 nicked Freidrich Pein.
Day 22: Sunny
Seized Nisporeni, Mindresti, and Pepeni.
Destroyed Bofors 37mm AT, Cavalry, ISU-152, Conscript, and 45mm AT.
Marginal Victory with 122502 ending Prestige
So close, so very close.
Unable to take Calarasi.
I was hoping I could pull it off and I almost did it, but not quite.
Next time Budapest 44 with 132370 of prestige to work with. (I want to get caught up on these so I can start recording my playthrough of 45 East)
Until next time…Stay Lutheran My Friends.