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Against the AI, it is definitely possible to close several units (18-20) in the Carpatian/Galician pocket ;)

Grazie!!

This is likely due to the increased starting fuel I gave to all German units of Army Group North, Center and South. Did you also micromanage the supply priority of the individual Mot. Army Corps HQ?

I got adjacent to Smolensk but could not take it.

I hope you can take Smolensk on T3!

Thanks!

Thank you!

Me too!

I don't play with unlocked TB and my Air is automated. I just move fighters etc... Advance Army tool is too crude. Great how you play but it is too fast 😂

Yes. In my OOB mod, there is an chain of events that between October and December 1941 might provide the player with additional units taken from the Balkan TB. Just like in this scenario, the challenge is represented by having most combat units locked in the TB. Small spoiler alert: I will find and get rid of Tito and this October/November I will receive some addditional divisions for the meatgrinder of the Eastern Front 😉

@@user-bl7sq8gt4g Haha the game might look fast just because I have fast fowarded it by 2, as most of the people don't like long videos 😂

@@fraulens Haha, yes I know that you accellarete it - hope that one day you will do in depth playthrough where you explain some of the moves, results etc....I know the game good enough to play it but plenty of noobs there that are struggling. I could have learned the game to your level - but I am not playing on Impossible - only normal so I just assign support units to some divisions no min/maxing. Only doing depots etc manually. Good luck with your game - we will see the Winter - try to get Level 2-3 forts 😉

Honestly I don't know. I haven't played the TW mod in over a year unfortunately.

@@fraulens ah alr. If you do return to it, will u make new guides?

Unfortunately I don't have time for an additional tutorial, but I have one special episode coming up on July 13th (as part of my grand campaign) and can give you some written tips: - to avoid clogging your supply lines, send you bomber AOGs close to the NSS. Until March 1942, the Axis is heavily penalised on logistics and vehicles repair rate (5%) and bombers consume a lot of supplies. - recon and fighter planes are your most useful assets in 1941. Use recon planes to conduct "interdiction" missions and spot enemy units and give you an idea of where the enemy weak spots are. Use your fighters to escort your recon planes and intercept the enemy ones. - relocate your fighter and recon AOG at the end of every turn, and make sure your airfields are protected by at least one combat unit. From T5 onward, the Soviet AI likes to counterattack and you don't want your damaged planes to be destroyed on the ground. - manually reassign the fighter AOG to one Air Corps in each Luftflotte, to minimise the supply priority micromanagement. - remember to assign supply and pilot priorities based on your objectives. As, for instance, I like to initially focus on Leningrad, I set the I. Fliegerkorps supplies and pilot priorities on level 4, and then lower it to 2 once the northern sector has been stabilised. I hope this helped a bit!

@@fraulens That helps a lot, much appreciated! I am going to try and mirror your grand campaign and follow along, so would very much appreciate when you make any significant changes to air, supply, support units, or off-map boxes as the weeks and months unfold, just so I don't miss anything obvious. I've been watching your advanced tutorials and am learning a lot, thanks.

@@TimFrancis-l5e thank you for your kind words! Just be careful though, I am using a slightly modified scenario on the Impossible difficulty. Even by following step by step my moves, it will be hard to get the same results. Also, I highly recommend trying the first GC on Normal or by setting the AI morale to 110 😉

Thanks! Yes, I did my best to do a lot of "short" but focused tutorials!

I recommend watching the very first episode of the playlist. This is derived from the Historical OOB mod I prepared for WITE2, and to grant the Axis player a decent opening when playing on Impossible/Hard I gave all German units on T1 32600 CPP 😉 Edit: no movement points were changed, besides giving the Grossdeutschland Motorized Infantry Regiment 60 MP instead of 50.

@@fraulens thanks for the reply! I watched all the episodes but hadn’t picked up on this point. Looking forward to seeing the series develop. Would love to see your air missions set up too!

@@jorgearraya there will be a special episode on July 13th about air recon missions!

After playing most of the short scenarios, it took me 8 attempts in 1.5 years to start the grand campaign before finally committing to this insane project. So yes, I get your fears. If HOI4 is for BOYS, WITE2 is for real men 😅

Hi Tom, all the modifications listed here will be available in the upcoming (and last) OOB mod update!

@@fraulens Where can I find any OOB update and how do I install it or change it? Thanks

@@tombutler7296 the OOB mod is available on the forum (I showed it in one of my latest Advanced Tutorials). Simply download the file on page 4 or 5, and unzip it in the very same game directory (steamapps/common/Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2/Dat IIRC).

3 more are coming on June 29th and more every Saturday 😉

Just wait to see what the AI will do this winter... 😉 Edit: had I played it on Normal, I would have equally used the security divisions to open a gap in the enemy lines. Same strategy, same result. On Impossible, I just added this insane amount of CPP just because it was easier to buff the Germans rather than nerf the Soviets.

Unfortunately it's not available, as I will update the latest OOB mod with the changes listed in this scenario!

I used to get "hold" a lot when trying out the impossible scenario. That's why I gave the Germans a decent boost in CPP, just to ensure that they could breakthrough at least the on the first 2 turns. With these, I usually get around 20.000 manpower losses within the first or first 2 turns.

​@@fraulensThank you. It is interesting to watch - your strategy.

@@user-bl7sq8gt4g Thanks Mario!

I have been studying the opening moves for weeks. Is what comes afterwards that scares me, because "no plans survives the first clash with the enemy" 😉

Thank you Andrew!

I'm glad you enjoyed them! I like to send them equally close to the NSS, to make sure that they will regain combat strength over the opening turns, besides sending to the SR the ones whose pilots are the worst in terms of exp.

There will be some military marches as usual but at a very very very low volume, and they will become "laud" again once my narration will be over ;)

@@fraulens Speaking of music, I use my own mods (with similar contemporaneous recordings, one version for the Germans and one for the Soviets). Do you mod the game's music tracks or just play the music separately? I'm interested if you have some files to share (likewise I'm happy to share mine).

@@thetacticalamateur4890 I have my own tracks. In particular, I am using the marches taken from the Hearts of Iron 4 mod "The Ultimate German March Collection 2.0" ;)

You're welcome!

Short? You mean... "The war will be over for Christmas"? You sound more optimistic then the Wehrmacht High Command!

Yes! Let's see, I have already recorded the very first episodes... and so far, so good!

Thanks!!

Clearly he's not on vacation in Egypt or he would know how to spell the country he is in 😂

@@jaronanderson9168 Haha I wrote it in Poland language and on vacation I drink a lot sorry 😉

Wherever you are, I am glad you're in for this journey!

Glad that I could help!!

Ciao, grazie infinite per il commento! Purtroppo oggi (15/06) incomincia la grande campagna e non ho più fisicamente il tempo di fare i tutorial. Per quanto riguarda l'organizzazione della mappa, quello che cerco di fare io quando provo i sovietici nel 1941 è: - mandare tutte le unità di supporto a livello di battaglione nella TB del fronte finlandese; - convertire a SU tutti i reggimenti dell'NKVD e le brigate fucilieri possibili; - spostare tramite ferrovia le unità combattenti che arrivano come rinforzo sulla mappa e assegnarle ai QG più bisognosi; - ritirare in seconda linea (vicino a Mosca o allo STAVKA) le unità routed e assegnarle direttamente allo STAVKA, per far sì che riprendano quanti più elementi possibili durante la fase logistica. Comprendo che questo sia un micromanagement della madonna ma al momento non ho sperimentato altre alternative!

@@fraulens ti ringrazio per i consigli e ti auguro buona fortuna per la campagna! non vedo l'ora di vederti giocare.

Hahaha that was precisely the reason of why I decided to start these two tutorial series!

I would not change to 9, but rather "lock" the HQ. You can do it via the Commander´s Report or manually for every HQ (not really recommended ^^)

@@fraulens how do you lock it via the commanders report, do you type lck? Like it says when you lock everything

@@fraulens i figured it out -1, I havent mastered the game by any stretch, the furthest i got was march 42. I have the desire to play your mod, do think it is ok to begin even with my limited experience.

@@BlorbusUnimax Just type "-1" in the "Support level" window 😉

@@BlorbusUnimax definitely, my mod offers 4 scenarios, two against the "Normal" AI and two against the "Hard" one 😉

Glad you find them useful!

Thank you!!

Not really. If you keep your units within three hexes from a depot, such units will use horses and carriages to bring supplies. So you not only not use vehicles/trucks but you can also increase your vehicle´s pool by doing so, especially if you have a good logistics network during October 1941 and March-May 1942 ;)

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Grazie a voi!!

Muchas gracias! Es un honor!

Sadly it's not possible. And I thank the developers for leaving the logistics to the AI, I would go insane shall I ever manually control the logistics of WITE2 😅

Yes, just set the morale of the AI to 109 and you won't have this problem.

@@fraulens Enemy units are still teleporting. I tested that. For exemple play first turn Stanlingrad to Berlin as soviets. Make Stalingrad pocket and click next turn. In next turn you are going to see many german units in front of pocket that you made last turn. And there is question mark, from where AI gets that many units? If you start the same scenario but from german side its impossible to move that many units in one turn. So its proof that ai is still cheating and that is very annoying.

@@user-gm1dv5nr6p thank you for your comment. Having never played the Stalingrad to Berlin scenario, I cannot say anything about this. Did you play without FOW to see which units got redeployed around the pocket?

Thank you! I will lower the volume of the soundtrack to it's minimum when recording the grand campaign.

E soprattutto, che fa i tutorial in italiano! 😂

On June 22nd, but the first video will come up on June 15th already. The series will be very special and there will be multiple videos each week. But more on that on June 15th

@@fraulens WoW great news !!! I waiting for this long time 😁