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Date Posted: 10:19:17 08/14/02 Wed
Author: Alan Yngve
Subject: Re: Alpha Russian decisions (Alpha-0)
In reply to: Mike Sprague 's message, "Re: Alpha Russian decisions (Alpha-0)" on 19:35:25 04/29/02 Mon

Mike Sprague contributes:
>>So, back to my original question. If the Russians
>>decide to use some of thier forces to interdict German
>>maneuver, how many squads/leaders should they use and
>>where? ;-)
>
>Ok, I'll bite -
>
>How about 3 squads in J4? 12+1 or 6+1 to the row 1/2
>woods. They can get there turn 2 (right?) without
>leadership movement bonus. Leaves 8 squads and the
>leader for exit. Forces the Germans to move a little
>slower to get into position interdict J exit.
>
>My 2 cents.
>Mike

Yes, they can get there at the end of Russian turn 2. If
doing this you might even want to consider having the 8-0
tag along to be in i5 to attempt to rally any broken squads.

Why? [And yes, I've tried it this way but it's no sure win!]

Against an active German player, at the end of the first
German turn there can be at LEAST, 2x467 with a leader in
P1. With their longer German range and better leadership,
one German option is to fire P1 (or M1) to J4 at 8ift with
net DRM of 0 or -1 (depending on which leader) ... in all
ways a much more potent attack than the potential Russian
return fire of 6ift+2.

So yes, it can help and has helped many a game, but is not
likely to be sufficient by itself. Namely, what does the
Russian player do if that J4 position fails to do its job?

Yes, more comments welcome! :)

-- Alan

"It is not always what you do that is key, but what you
prepare to do if your first plan is not a success!"

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