Starting Prestige: 14852 (10951 after purchases and repairs)
Event:
Huh, I guess I didn't actually buy the Somua parts after all judging by my Commendations total. Kinda wish I had know that before I bought the Prestige Sink, but no use crying over spilled milk. That UI Commendations Display update they mentioned in the 1941 Dev Diary can't come soon enough lol. Anyway, let's get a bunch of crappy planes and a nice Tactical Bomber.
Hero:
I think I'm going to assign this guy to Himmelsfeuer. This should allow it to bomb something in the enemy's AA envelope unmolested before pulling back out of range thanks to Double Move.
Core Purchases and Upgrades
ArtAbt.401 'Raketenwerfer'-BM-13 Katyusha recruited.
I./SGR 'Zima'-Il-2 Shturmovik recruited mid-Scenario.
Skorpion outfitted with 15cm sFH 18
Shrapnell outfitted with 8.8cm FlaK 36
Starting Army Composition:
Core:
Infantry:
- InfAbt.101 'Standhaft'-Grenadier (Opel Blitz)-*,First Aid
- InfAbt.102 'Unpassierbar'-Grenadier (Opel Blitz)-Heroic Defense+2
- InfAbt.103 'Unnachgiebig'-Grenadier (Opel Blitz)
- InfAbt.201 'Tapfer'-Pionere (Opel Blitz)-*
- InfAbt.202 'Ruhm'-Pionere (Opel Blitz)-*
- InfAbt.203 'Wurde'-Pionere (Opel Blitz)
- InfAbt.S01 'Vanguardia'-Azul Infanterie (Opel Blitz)-**, Anti-Infantry Veteran, Oleh Dir, Overrun
- PzAbt.201 'Blitz'-Somua S35-*, Unstoppable Offensive, Anti-Tank Veteran, Albert Kerscher
- PzAbt.301 'Schlachtschiff'-Char B1-*, Unstoppable Offense, Anti-Infantry Veteran, Reduced Slots, Rapid Fire 1.5x
- PzAbt.401 'Inferno'-OT-133
- PzAbt.S01 'Armadura'-Verdeja 2-**, Unstoppable Offense, Anti-Infantry Veteran, Anti-Tank Veteran, Heroic Defense, AT Support
- AufkAbt.101 'Wegbereiter'-Panhard 178-***, Unstoppable Offensive, Anti-Infantry Veteran, Leadership
- AufkAbt.103 'Grenzer'-BA-6-**, Overwhelming Attack, Heroic Defense+1
- ArtAbt.101 'Trebuchet'-21cm Mrs 18 (SdKfz 7)-**, Zero Slots
- ArtAbt.102 'Katapult'-15cm sFH 18 (SdKfz 7)-*, Counter Battery Fire
- ArtAbt.103 'Ballista'-15cm sFH 18 (SdKfz 7)-*
- ArtAbt.104 'Skorpion'-15cm sFH 18 (SdKfz 7)
- ArtAbt.401 'Raketenwerfer'-BM-13 Katyusha
- FlakAbt.101 'Schrapnell'-8.8cm FlaK 36 (SdKfz 7)-*, Camouflage, Cheap Replacements
- FlakAbt.201 'Spuckfeuer'-SdKfz 10/4-*,Resilient
- I./JG1 'As'-Bf 109E-**, Aerial Ace, Adolf Galland
- II./JG1 'Windschatten'-Bf 109E-*, Aerial Ace
- I.ZG1 'Adler'-Bf 110C-Legendary
- I./SG1 'Himmelsfeuer'-Ju 87B-**, Anti-Infantry Veteran, Anti-Tank Veteran, Legendary, Double Move, Lightning Attack
- I./SGR 'Zima'-Il-2 Shturmovik
- Panzerzug 'Eisenwolf'-Armored Train
Tanks:
- PzAbt.101 'Vorhut'-BT-5-**, Unstoppable Offense, Anti-Infantry Veteran, Heroic Defense, Artillery Support
- PzAbt.102 'Dragoner'-BT-5-**,Unstoppable Offense, Anti-Infantry Veteran, Heroic Defense+1, River Assault
- PzAbt.103 'Husar'-AMC 35-*,Unstoppable Offense, Anti-Infantry Veteran, River Assault
- PzAbt.104 'Kataphrakt'-Panzer IIC
- PzAbt.202 'Donner'-Somua S35
- PzAbt.302 'Moloch'-Char B1
- PzAbt.303 'Ungetum'-T-26
- AufkAbt.102 'Pfadfinder'-Panhard 178-***
- PjAbt.101 'Wachter'-47mm SA 37 (SdKfz 11)-*, Hit and Run
- PjAbt.102 'Verteifiger'-45mm M1932 (SdKfz 11)
- PjAbt.201 'Sturmer'-Panzer I Breda-*, Unstoppable Offensive
- PjAbt.202 'Brecher'-Panzer I Breda-Cheap Replacements
- PjAbt.203 'Scrapper'-Panzer I Breda
- ArtAbt.201 'Belagerung'-Sturmpanzer I
- ArtAbt.202 'Rammbock'-Sturmpanzer I
- FlakAbt.202 'Scattershot'-SdKfz 10/4
- III./JG1 'Schall'-Bf 109E
- I./AG1 'Alderauge'-He 70 Rayo
- II.ZG1 'Falke'-Bf 110C
- III.ZG1 'Wurger'-Bf 110C
- II./SG1 'Feuersturm'-Ju 87B-*
- III./SG1 'Hagelsturm'-Ju 87B-*
- I./KG1 'Stratus'-He 111H2
- II./KG1 'Kumulus-He 111H2
- III./KG1 'Zirrus'-He 111H2
Infantry:
- 5 Wehr Infantry (Opel Blitz)
- 2 Bruckenpioniere (Opel Blitz)
- 1 21cm Mrs 18
- 1 Bf 109E
- 2 Bf 110C
- 2 Ju 87B
The southeast quadrant's supply dump is secured quickly, cutting the defenders in that area off from supply.
The northeast defense suffers a similar fate shortly after.
They blew up the bridges to keep us from crossing!? Oh well, anyway...
Well, those certainly make sense. Shame they didn't show up till near the end though, lol.
Ending Prestige: 18768 (+7817)
Thoughts: Here at Warsaw I devise possibly my most audacious plan yet once I secured the eastern sectors: Using Auxiliary Bridge Engineers to cross the river and strike directly at Warsaw's heart instead of circling around and grinding my way through the outskirts.
It's not a strategy I believe I will use again, mostly do to just how much everything has to go right for you to succeed in some aspects and the fact that a big part of what carried me through I believe was the extra Auxiliary Units soaking up fire for my Core. Had I not made sure to send an Artillery through with the first wave of Infantry to ward off and interfere with the counterattacks, had the Polish focused enemy unit better, had I not had the foresight to position my 21cm guns within range of the Polish Artillery to both draw fire and provide Counter Battery support, had a unit surrendered on me...there is a lot that can go wrong (and admittedly did in a few aborted atttempts). It also didn't help that since there are no airfields in the eastern city sections, I was unable to use my air force to assist until I finally claimed the central airfields, and by that point I had already mostly broken the back of the central defenders I would have wanted their help with. Twas also fairly costly on my Prestige, although the amount of Encirclements I was able to pull off in the beginning and end of the Scenario more than made up for that. So ultimately, while a novel way of conquering Warsaw, I would say it's not the most effective by any means.