Newbie playing blitzkrieg DLC
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 1:30 pm
I've waited for new DLC, and it was worthy of waiting.
I'm playing 'Fall Rot East' on easy now.
Polish Campaign
Danzig Corridor: Not so hard. Prepare some FH18s and be careful of polish cavalries. They always trying to disrupt supply.
Mlawa to Modlin: Keep your supply lines. And send your good infantry divs(with arty/eng)to storm Modlin and Warsaw.
The Polish Plain: One of hard scenario. Because of entrenched Poles and Huge map(HQ range is short to cover all front), I need to restart some times. Capture Katowice and Częstochowa quickly to manage your supply. Send your panzers to capture Bzura. The point is using PzDs to capture objects in enemy's rear. Use your infantries to capture Warsaw/ mop up Poles.
Norwegian Campaign
*Because of regimental-based missions, you will need to RETRIEVE your specialists after 'Tronheim'.
Wesertag: Use IR. 310 to capture Vinjesvingen while capturing supply route(there's a curve in the middle-Don't miss them!). Let airborne to capture Fornebu airfield. Because of lack of arty specialist, you will get some casualties. Supply and big map are your enemy than Norwegians.
Tronheim: You need to assign some FH 18s to your infantry rgts. Because of odd behavior of Norwegian unit, it's easy to capture Dombas. I send 2 infantries to Namsos and an infanty/mountaineer to south(this movement will cut enemy supply in Roros). I sent an infantry west of Fagerness to cut enemy's supply. Then follow the railroad and capture objects(and Olympic ticket). There will be a British unit in Andalsnes, so send your units to quickly capture it(Roros will need only one rgt). In Namsos, pour your airstrike in British bde and disrupt enemy's supply. Our bombers will deal with lone French unit. Don't forget to RETRIEVE your specialists!
French Campaign(now playing)
Low Countries: Air artillery is very useful. I used it to capture Eben-Emael. Use He 111s to assist capturing Rotterdam. I send infantries with artys to crack Dutch defensive line(with LSSAH) while most of my armored/motorized units to south. It can be hard to capture Mons in time. And be aware of French armored formations. They will hunt your weakened PzDs or infantries before sacrifice. Maybe you will need to use normal infantry divs as cannon fodder.
Sickle Stroke: Upgrade your panzers as best as you can. Infantries will keep your supply route. Dash your panzers to the sea. French armors will trying to damage your panzers-so watch out.
Dunkirk: Allied resistance is stiff, so be careful(my SS-VT get nearly destroyed). You won't defense Amiens, so don't keep it. Don't try to destroy every encircled units, let them lay down weapons to capture POWs. In my case, I quickly redeploy infantries between Dunkirk and Amiens while most of Panzers are moving to south. French armors will inflict casualties to your infantries, so I use 4-5 panzers to south(they have De Gaulle, we have Rommel). And attack French around Amiens/destroy Dunkirk pocket. Maybe you will be lucky enough to have 70 POWs.
Fall Rot West: Map is sooo huge, so you need to keep your supply lines. Even one-step unit will trying to cut off your supply route. Use oversupply to quickly capture enemy objects. Panzers need to capture empty object/cut supply while infantries to mop up French/keep supply route. If you capture Angouleme in time, you will get paratroopers, keep it until when you needed. It remind me 'Advance to Antwerpen'. 51st Highlanders were also breve, too.
(There's only 7. PzD unit, not 7th panzer/etc. I also have same problem about 7. PzD)
Fall Rot East: How to handle it? I'm stuck!
Etc
-Because of better stats of German units, I think combat itself was easier than original campaign. But it is offset by lack of specialists and huge map.
-Love newly designed units, especially French Somua tank. Also Gurkhas are added, to!
-Historically, four leichte divisions(LD) in scenario 'The Polish Plain' are reorganized as Panzer divisions(1. LD become 6.PzD). When I started 'Sickle Stroke', I noticed that some PzDs inherited its former LDs' experiences(if 1. LD has 215 exps in the last phase of 'The Polish Plain', 6.PzD will have 215 exps in the initial phase of 'Sickle Stroke'). Nice details.
-Noticed that there are Spanish units in game. Maybe next will be Operation Felix?
-Also noticed Yugoslav Partisan is cut.
-Are there some plans about stand alone Allied scenarios for Blitzkrieg DLC(maybe Battle of Arras & Abbeville, Battle of Pindus, Defense of Crete, etc...) It could be great fun!
I will come back after completing historical scenarios. Thanks for great DLC!
I'm playing 'Fall Rot East' on easy now.
Polish Campaign
Danzig Corridor: Not so hard. Prepare some FH18s and be careful of polish cavalries. They always trying to disrupt supply.
Mlawa to Modlin: Keep your supply lines. And send your good infantry divs(with arty/eng)to storm Modlin and Warsaw.
The Polish Plain: One of hard scenario. Because of entrenched Poles and Huge map(HQ range is short to cover all front), I need to restart some times. Capture Katowice and Częstochowa quickly to manage your supply. Send your panzers to capture Bzura. The point is using PzDs to capture objects in enemy's rear. Use your infantries to capture Warsaw/ mop up Poles.
Norwegian Campaign
*Because of regimental-based missions, you will need to RETRIEVE your specialists after 'Tronheim'.
Wesertag: Use IR. 310 to capture Vinjesvingen while capturing supply route(there's a curve in the middle-Don't miss them!). Let airborne to capture Fornebu airfield. Because of lack of arty specialist, you will get some casualties. Supply and big map are your enemy than Norwegians.
Tronheim: You need to assign some FH 18s to your infantry rgts. Because of odd behavior of Norwegian unit, it's easy to capture Dombas. I send 2 infantries to Namsos and an infanty/mountaineer to south(this movement will cut enemy supply in Roros). I sent an infantry west of Fagerness to cut enemy's supply. Then follow the railroad and capture objects(and Olympic ticket). There will be a British unit in Andalsnes, so send your units to quickly capture it(Roros will need only one rgt). In Namsos, pour your airstrike in British bde and disrupt enemy's supply. Our bombers will deal with lone French unit. Don't forget to RETRIEVE your specialists!
French Campaign(now playing)
Low Countries: Air artillery is very useful. I used it to capture Eben-Emael. Use He 111s to assist capturing Rotterdam. I send infantries with artys to crack Dutch defensive line(with LSSAH) while most of my armored/motorized units to south. It can be hard to capture Mons in time. And be aware of French armored formations. They will hunt your weakened PzDs or infantries before sacrifice. Maybe you will need to use normal infantry divs as cannon fodder.
Sickle Stroke: Upgrade your panzers as best as you can. Infantries will keep your supply route. Dash your panzers to the sea. French armors will trying to damage your panzers-so watch out.
Dunkirk: Allied resistance is stiff, so be careful(my SS-VT get nearly destroyed). You won't defense Amiens, so don't keep it. Don't try to destroy every encircled units, let them lay down weapons to capture POWs. In my case, I quickly redeploy infantries between Dunkirk and Amiens while most of Panzers are moving to south. French armors will inflict casualties to your infantries, so I use 4-5 panzers to south(they have De Gaulle, we have Rommel). And attack French around Amiens/destroy Dunkirk pocket. Maybe you will be lucky enough to have 70 POWs.
Fall Rot West: Map is sooo huge, so you need to keep your supply lines. Even one-step unit will trying to cut off your supply route. Use oversupply to quickly capture enemy objects. Panzers need to capture empty object/cut supply while infantries to mop up French/keep supply route. If you capture Angouleme in time, you will get paratroopers, keep it until when you needed. It remind me 'Advance to Antwerpen'. 51st Highlanders were also breve, too.
(There's only 7. PzD unit, not 7th panzer/etc. I also have same problem about 7. PzD)
Fall Rot East: How to handle it? I'm stuck!
Etc
-Because of better stats of German units, I think combat itself was easier than original campaign. But it is offset by lack of specialists and huge map.
-Love newly designed units, especially French Somua tank. Also Gurkhas are added, to!
-Historically, four leichte divisions(LD) in scenario 'The Polish Plain' are reorganized as Panzer divisions(1. LD become 6.PzD). When I started 'Sickle Stroke', I noticed that some PzDs inherited its former LDs' experiences(if 1. LD has 215 exps in the last phase of 'The Polish Plain', 6.PzD will have 215 exps in the initial phase of 'Sickle Stroke'). Nice details.
-Noticed that there are Spanish units in game. Maybe next will be Operation Felix?
-Also noticed Yugoslav Partisan is cut.
-Are there some plans about stand alone Allied scenarios for Blitzkrieg DLC(maybe Battle of Arras & Abbeville, Battle of Pindus, Defense of Crete, etc...) It could be great fun!
I will come back after completing historical scenarios. Thanks for great DLC!