Albert Canal Super Hard
Started with 548 prestige, Bought 88 with truck and truck for Fallschimjaeger then bought replacements 74 left .
(I tried 1 army composition for 1 day than listened to the 7 hour discussion by Braccada and Lt. Joker and changed my composition based on their discussion)
In the air 2 Green Fighters, 2 Bf-110D’s inc Helmut Lent.
North of Albert Canal: Fallschimjaeger; 88; 2 10.5cm arty’s; Sturmpanzer; 1st Recon; 2 Gebirsjaeger’s; and Oleh Dir.
South of Albert Canal: 2 Gebirsjaeger’s; 2 10.5cm arty’s; Sturmpanzer; +1 Movement 88; SE Pz3F; Panzer 4D; and Panzer 1B.
Battle Report:
Day 1: Sunny
Seized Zonhoven and nearby airfield and Hasselt.
Destroyed 2 Belgian Inf’s and 75mm FRC AA.
Day 1 ai CA:
Arty hit aux AA -2 me and both my Bomber and Fighter Trap’s worked.
Day 2: Sunny
Seized airfield near Houthalen.
Destroyed 2 CR.42’s, 7 Veld, Belgian Inf, and 47mm FRC.
Day 2 ai CA:
Bomber just ripped apart by AA and Fighter double tap leaving just 1 str left.
Dutch inf nicked aux AA guarded by arty -4 them and ambushed Dutch inf into my green Gebirsjaeger guarded by arty -1 me -8 them.
Day 3: Sunny
Seized Albert Canal Bridge (19,12).
Destroyed Dutch Inf, Potez, and Belgian Inf.
Force Surrendered Dutch Inf.
Day 3 ai CA:
Panhard retook Albert Canal Bridge and attacked 1st Recon moved off it for a trap -6 them and Dutch Inf hit Green Gebirsjaeger guarded by arty -5 them -1 me.
Day 4: Sunny
Seized Houthalen and Hechtel as well as reseized Albert Canal Bridge (19,12) and exited to set up another trap.
Destroyed Panhard, Cavalry, and 2 Dutch Inf’s.
Day 4 ai CA:
Cavalry retook Albert Canal Bridge (19,12) and attacked 15th Gebirsjaeger -8 them.
Day 5: Sunny
Destroyed Cavalry and Hotchkiss H35.
Force Surrendered Belgian Inf.
Day 5 ai CA:
nothing
Day 6: Sunny
Seized Albert Canal Bridge (19,12) and (18,09) as well as Sint – Truiden.
Destroyed Belgian Inf, 75mm FRC, and Cavalry.
Force Surrendered Belgian Inf.
Day 6 ai CA:
nothing
Day 7: Sunny
Seized Diest.
Destroyed Belgian inf.
Day 7 ai CA:
Bomber and fighter Trap worked.
Day 8: Sunny
Destroyed MS.406, Potez, Blenheim, and Cruiser Mk1.
Force Surrendered Belgian Inf.
Day 8 ai CA:
Matilda 1 tried to hit Green Gebirsjaeger in the forest guarded by arty -6 them -0 me.
Day 9 Cloudy
Destroyed Light Cavalry, Matilda 1, and Belgian Inf.
Force Surrendered Belgian Inf.
Day 9 ai CA:
British Inf hit 88 in forest guarded by arty -3 each and British Inf ambushed by 1st Recon guarded by arty -1 me – 4 them.
Day 10 Sunny
Destroyed British Inf, Hotchkiss H39, French Inf, and 47mm AT.
29th 10.5cm arty awarded Iron Cross 2nd Class.
Day 10 ai CA:
Recon nicked my 11 str 10.5cm arty -2 them; British Inf hit aux AA guarded by arty -6 them -3 me; and British Inf stopped trying to hit my 88 in the clear guarded by arty.
Day 11: Sunny
Seized Mol, Aarschot, Westerlo, and Albert Canal Bridge (15,07).
Destroyed Dingo, Belgian Inf, and 2 British Inf’s.
Force Surrendered French Inf.
Helmut Lent awarded Iron Cross 2nd Class.
Day 11 ai CA:
nothing
Day 12: Cloudy
Pressuring Heist-op-den-berg, Leuven, and Lommel.
Day 12 ai CA:
2 Strat Bombers came out.
Day 13: Sunny
Seized Heist-op-den-berg and airfield next to Leuven.
Destroyed Whitley MkV, Belgian Inf and 75mm arty.
Day 13 ai CA:
Cruiser Mk1 and 47mm FRC AT hit Panzer 4D leaving me with just 1 Str…:shock:
(This was a big mistake and something I could have avoided by a little more patience.)
It will end up costing me about 125 prestige to replace.
Day 14: Cloudy
Seized Lommel, Herentals, Leuven, and now pressuring Brussels.
Destroyed 2 Belgian Inf’s, 47mm FRC AT, and Cruiser Mk1.
Day 14 ai CA:
British Inf tried hitting an 88 guarded by arty -5 them -0 me.
Day 15: Sunny
Seized airfield next to Brussels and Albert Canal Bridge (10, 06).
Destroyed British Inf and 25mm AA.
Day 15 ai CA:
Nothing
Day 16: Sunny
Seized 2 parts of Brussels and Mechelen.
Destroyed Belgian Inf.
Force Surrendered Cruiser Mk1.
Polish Arty awarded Iron Cross 2nd Class.
Day 16 ai CA:
Enemy hit aux AA -7 me.
Day 17: Sunny
Seized the rest of Brussels and airfield next to Weerts and pressuring Malle and Zandhoven as well.
Destroyed Whitley Mk V, British Inf, and Belgian Inf.
Force Surrendered 7 Veld.
Day 17 ai CA:
Dutch Inf hit aux AA guarded by arty -1 each.
Day 18: Sunny
Seized Weert and Lier.
Destroyed Belgian Inf.
Force Surrendered Dutch Inf.
Day 18 -20 ai CA:
Nothing
Day 19: Sunny
Seized Malle, Zandhoven, and Schoten.
Destroyed 2 Belgian Inf’s.
Day 20: Sunny
Seized airfield near Antwerp.
Day 21: Sunny
Seized part of Antwerp.
Destroyed 47mm FRC.
Marginal Victory with 589 ending Prestige
Next time The Hague with 664.
I was awarded an SE Gebirsjaeger with truck that I will be selling as still awaiting another SE Tank…have to be extremely close with my 1st SE unit to getting a hero and will have to debate whether or not to sell if it is a super good hero.
Looking at the layouts in my other playthroughs I believe the right composition for my army may be the following:
2 Fighters; 2 Fighter Bombers; 1 Tac Bomber; 1 Henkel; 3 tanks; 6 arty’s; 1 Panzerjaeger; 1 Recon; Fallschimjaeger; Reg Inf; Oleh Dir; SE Geb; 2 other Gebirsjaeger’s.
(Let me know what you think because I am considering buying another Fallschimjaeger in a truck…last round is starting to make a Fallschimjaeger believer out of me, just need to keep them on the ground.)
Thanks and as always…Stay Lutheran my Friends