The First Blitzkrieg, SeaLion

[gwgardner]

10/23-31

Not a whole lot to report concerning operations for the last week of the campaign, due to continued rain and mud conditions.  Offensive operations were limited to destroying my army in the attack on London!  The Luftwaffe was much less effective for the last 15 days of the scenario because of the weather.  Plus it took enormous losses in an abortive attempt to reduce the London Garrison.

Final victory report:


I made so many errors early on with regard to supply, but that in the end was not the real story.  I believe the worst mistake I made was going after London.  I though I needed to capture it, to gain its port.  However, after Brighton and Dover were unsuppressed about 10/12, supply was not an issue.  Just the weather and the ferocious AA around London.

If I had isolated London, and gone after the many other objective cities/hexes, a victory might have been obtained.

Final situation:



Quite a fun scenario, but for the weather.  The AI in this game is very good on defense.  I have not tried it with the AI in an offensive role.  Note that the AI concentrated its defense to the east of London, where the preponderance of my forces were.  Whether that was a reaction to my actions, or scripted by the AI I have no idea.

There's plenty of replayability in these scenarios.

The one thing that irks me about the game is the lack of command/control, attention to organizational heirarchy.  There are Army HQs, with command effect, but its not as immersive as it could be if there were more structure to the OOB.