战争艺术3：坦能堡1914战役策略与战术建议.pdfVIP

1INTRODUCTION

ThefollowingaresomeStrategicandTacticalsuggestionsfortheRussiansinTheOperationalArtof

WarsTannenberg14Scenario(v3.0ACOWVersion)byToddKlemme.

ThearticlecomeswithanSALfile(Tannenberg14Start.sal)thatrepresentsaPBEMgamebegunusing

RussianpasswordPassword.Thefileissettothepointwhereallpre-combatmovementhasbeen

executedandround1attackssetupforresolution.Playerscanresolveround1attacksforthemselves,set

upandresolvesubsequentcombatrounds(andmovementshouldtheywish),andthencontinuethegame

throughtotheGermanturn(selectyourownGermanpassword).SinceFogofWarhasbeenturnedoff,

playingbacktheturnstepbystepwillshowallmovementsforallunitsintheRussianturn-unitnameis

visibleatthebottomoftheplaybackscreen.Thiswayplayerscanfollow-stepbystepandshouldthey

wish-allmovementsandcombatsexecutedintheRussianturn.BearinmindthatwithFOWoff,players

seealotmorethantheyotherwisewouldinplayback(i.e.everything)-theymightwanttosetupthe

positionsfromscratchusingahotseat(insteadofPBEM)gamewithFOWon,andthenlookattheTurn

1situation(andbeyond)fromaGermanperspective.

2THEKEYSTOADRAWORMARGINALVICTORY

ThisisthebestIthinkonecanhopeforagainstareasonablycompetentGermanplayer-anythingbetteris

eitherverygoodluckorincompetenceonthepartofaGermancommander(orboth).

2.1THERUSSIANARMY

Firstlyrecognizeitforwhatitis-comparedtotheprecisioninstrumentthatistheGermanArmy,itisan

ill-disciplinedmobwithalotoffront-lineunitsatc40-50%proficiency.Mostreserveunitsarepitifulat

20%proficiency,andinamomentofinitialpanicIevenseriouslyconsidereddisbandingtheminthe

hopesofusingthemtoreplacecasualtiesinbetterunits.ThatisuntilInoticedtheyconsistofIrregular

Squadssoitwouldbeafruitlessexe