Moscow '42 AAR: Sukhinichi II : We Will Rescue You

[Strela]

OK, but wouldn't him not knowing which strategic option you chose make it all the more crucial to try to remove possibilities from the list?

Strela presumably does know that there is nothing in the objective to the southeast of 18th Panzer's starting position, so sending some units that he doesn't intend to use there for early warning of a flanking attack seems like an economical way of removing one of your strategic options from the list if nothing happens, or responding to it if it does happen.

ComradeP,

I made the decision to hope (pray?) that Dog Soldier would take either the North or Centre option. As Brian mentioned he caused me huge grief by coming from the north in one of our prior games and I though that he would either repeat that or reinforce the siege around Sukhinichi and try and bloody the Panzers who are actually quite weak.

One thing to note is that I put flank guards out on the left (to counter the north option) and considered that recon units on the right would have to do. I had also been edging 208th Infanterie's recon units up the road towards 18th Panzer in the hope that I might see the Cav if Brian had decided to go with the South option.

Finally, I have been very aggressive with the 18th Panzer. They really are very weak and the reserves/flank guards are all companies or battalions with less than 100 men bar one. Not ideal for facing 300+ men cavalry squadrons. Breaking the siege and freeing 216th Infanterie as quickly as possible is key for getting some decent infantry to handle whatever the Soviets throw at me next.