Prussia in Peril - East Prussia '14 Central Powers AAR - major victory turn 114

[ComradeP]

Turn 92 12:00 31st of August 1914



Some Russian cavalry units appear in front of the Landwehr brigade at Bittkallen. It will soon start to move into the woods again.

The spike in losses is a clear indication of the intensity of the initial attacks aimed at the 2nd Army pocket.



The orderly withdrawal west continues.

3. Reserve Division is too weak to hold the line of trenches east of Wehlay, but they will provide a temporary benefit. The Detached units of Festung Koenigsberg are not suitable for frontline service as Disruption recovery will take days. The artillery, however, will prove to be very useful as it fires across the Pregel. First indirectly, after that with open sights.



The big gap between 1. Reserve Division and 36. Reserve Division is not too problematic due to the Omert River slowing the Russians down, but at some point it will need to be plugged. My intention was to use the reinforcements from the Western Front for that and to have the Russians more or less walk into them.



Disrupted units highlighted.

The first attacks on the perimeter are costly, but there's no "clean" way to do it with the means at hand. The first Russian direct fire by each unit hurts, but after that casualties from direct fire will steadily decrease.

Russian field guns remained surprisingly effective until Disrupted.