Battleground Europe (WWIIOL) worth it?

[TheBrauerHour]

I was there. But judging from your Lagus sig, we were on the same side. I am in the 1775th.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by TheBrauerHour

I was there. But judging from your Lagus sig, we were on the same side. I am in the 1775th.

Ow, oopsie. My post wasnt clear on that was it? Yeh, on the same side, someone asked if I was the same dowly as here. Jaguar or something like that was his name.

Aaanywho, just though to check if he was a registered member of SS or a lurker.

Carry on.

[Dowly]

28/06/2009 - 1700GMT - Verdun

Osasto Lagus' operations

Again an attempt to take Verdun from the allies. 2 main objectives were to capture and hold the Notre Dame hill to the NE of the city and use it as an staging area to launch infantry attacks to the city itself. Second objective was to deny the enemy from getting their armor and AT guns into positions.

Tsingis from Lagus went for the Notre Dame hill and kept it under guard while the rest of Lagus towed 88s to the SE hill that overlooked the east armybase. Shortly after, the allied armor started to spawn in, just to face sudden death as 6-8 88s unleashed on them. The allies even tried to get their naval units to cover the city, but our 88s got rid of them in minutes.

On the NE hill, the Notre Dame was changing hands from axis to allied and back. Allies knowing it's importance, they started to slowly encircle it and thus deny any axis attacks launched from there.

Verdun itself was in chaos, depots were captured and recaptured by the allies constantly. We didnt seem to get a hold of a bridgehead in the city.

The tide of the battle was turning, enemy airwings began furious attacks on our 88s and succeeded in destroying most of our guns. We abandoned the 88 tactic and concentrated to get as many enemy aircract down as we possibly could with our AA guns.

Kampfgruppe Wiking came to help with their aircraft and the skies started to show signs of clearing, but we still didnt have a grip of the city.

After awhile, Lagus decided to abandon Verdun and start joint operations with KGW.

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28/06/2009 - Andenne

KGW & Lagus' joint operations

Attack order on Andenne had been just given when KGW & Lagus loaded up on a single Ju-52. Objectives being the capture of Huy(Lagus) and Namur(KGW) depots.

Few casualties during the jump, but most of the troops landed on target and started to capture and clear the surrounding areas around the depots. Both depots were captured at the exact same time and never switched hands again throughout the battle.

South side was quickly ours, but the enemy would surely try to counter-attack over the bridge from north. 2-3 37mm PaK's took positions so that any enemy armor that would try to cross the bridge would be exposed to all guns.

We didnt have to wait long for them to try their relief attempts. Tank after tank fell to our PaK's (I got 5 tanks, and the rest got quite a few too). They even tried to drive their trucks over the bridge, good luck, when faced with ATGs and lots of LMGs and other infantry.

Our only setback during the attack was when someone from Luftwaffe accidentally destroyed the bridge that connected the south and north side of Andenne. Not that we were in great trouble over it, but it took alot more time to eventually take the town. During the repairs on the bridge, infantry was constantly swimming across the river to distrupt the enemy from killing our repair teams.

When the bridge was back up, it became only a matter of time when Andenne would fall to Axis hands. Armored cars and tanks rushed over the bridge to surround the armybase, while infantry started relentless assault attempts to the bunker.

Few attempts later, the town of Andenne was captured.

Jump on Andenne:

[vodkaphile]

I'm a builder with a lifetime subscription so I pop in now and again.


After you play for a month, you'll get addicted. It is just very hard to learn.


Ace's High II is good as well for flight sim.

[Dowly]

Coolio! The life subscription thing would be awesome but a wee bit costy for me.

[Captain Vlad]

Hey Dowly, they ever change it to where you can actually use the sights on your SMG?

[Dowly]

What you mean? Ironsights are there, but you cant adjust the sights to different ranges.

[Dowly]

Some footage from Lagus' squadnights

[Dowly]

Wohoo! Finally got my Stug3g!

15/7/09 - 1618hrs - Attack on Ath

Instead of rushing to the town, I though of taking my beast to cover the southbound road leading from Ath to our firebase. After the first wave of our attackers, they'd surely try to bog us down to our FB. I found an excellent spot 500-600m west of the road. The N side had thick bushes and the E side, facing the road, had a berm, making my StugIIIG very hard to see during the night.

I stopped my engine and started to wait. Blasted panzers, move up! I cant hear a darn thing with you driving around! After a few minutes it was finally quiet, only the airpla.. wait.. that's not coming from a panzer! I cranked up the volume and turned my commander from left to right in hopes to pinpoint the sound's origin. A-ha! There you are! British Crusader III, straight out the factory, going south 750m east of my position.

I adjust the sights, start my engine and quickly swing my panzer 45 degrees to right. Now, quick, engine off and to the gunner's seat. Where did it go?! Back up to the tower to listen, hmm.. it stopped. Oh wait, there it goes again! First shot lands just over it's commander. WAKEY WAKEY! Small adjustments to the Zeiss and another shot goes out, this time hitting the tank and burrowing my 75mm AP grenade right to it's engine area. Pieces of the Crusader fly towards the sky in a big explosion. I r a happy camper.

Hoping he didnt see me, I decide to stay put. Another 3 of our Panzers go past me towards NW, go get them! BOW!! Oh sh- that's no good, that's a 17pdr! All three of the panzers blow up under the fire of the british gun. You tosser! Engine on, thru those bushes and keep that gun ready! The 17pdr might be deadly, but it is also a big target, in under a minute I had located it and was already pumping lead to it. Jebus that armor is thick! 4-6 rounds later it was finally destroyed.

Right, time to get back to base. Straight south and then 90 degree turn to east to evade any enemy tanks or ATGs near the road. Around halfway thru, I stopped to listen. Seems like there's room for one more; a Bedford truck was coming down the road with somekind of ATG in tow and single rifleman sitting onboard. One round and the truck was a flaming piece of junk.



15/7/09 - 1647hrs - Attack on Ath, covering the east flank

After resupplying, I headed towards a forest on the east side of the southbound road. I dont like forests, not that much cover, but this one had a good view to the road and few bushes to hide in. Listening was impossible this time around due to heavy aircraft activity over my head constantly. Fortunately, we had active players on the attack, giving detailed reports on any enemy movement around the city.

One of the reports got me anxious '2 Cru's going towards south FB', I looked at the map and the guy who reported them was near the road, 1000m or so to my NW. The tanks propably use the forest for cover, so I turned my Stug so I could see as much of the forest over the road as possible.

Another report came shortly after 'Cru on road going for SFB'. Wha? I looked to my 1o'clock and saw not one but two invidual dust clouds coming from the road. Oh you cocky bastards! Ok, then, let's see how it plays out. I reversed behind a bush and turned so the barrel was facing towards the bend on the road. One... then the other Crusader III came behind the bend and rushed down the road towards my position. It was still dark and I was pretty confident they wouldnt see me in time.

I planned to wait for them to come close enough to expose their sides to me, but that plan was ruined when the latter Cru stopped for some reason 600m from me. Stug can take some beating, so I waited for the first tank to come within 300m and I started firing. First round struck it to the tower, it stopped and turned to left just enough for me to get a round to it's side armor. KABOOM! One down, one to go.

I swirled the barrel towards the other Cru, but it was just out of the reach. F**k! Engine on, turn right and back behind the optics. CLANK! Gah, there goes my commander. You little tit! I peppered the Crusader to it's front hull and to the tower, disabling it's turret. It tried to machinegun me down for some reason, so I responded with few more AP rounds before the tank went quiet.

Back to base!

[Laffertytig]

yep i would be the subsim guy (jaguar12) that said hi a while ago. i cya in the mix quite a lot, normally leadin from the front as well

[Dowly]

Ah, you it was.

[Dowly]

Back in to it after few months break. Couldnt have gotten in at better time, just for the attack on Antwerp.

Here's how I saw it.

I saw the 5 minute warning message from the High Command notifying everyone that the operation was about to begin. I decided to keep myself at St. Niklaas, in my Stug for few more minutes before joining up. After 30 minutes of boredom because of lack of targets, I returned my Stug and headed to the nearest airfield and hitch a ride from one of the FJ units attacking Antwerp.

Around this time, the attack had been going on for 20-25 minutes and half of the city had been captured by the axis forces. Our job was to jump in to the southern armybase that was separated from the city itself. Loaded up with 7 paras, we headed of and got over our target without any problems from the allied airforce. As I stepped out of the plane, I realised that I was spot on, directly below me was the bunker and I was floating down right to it's doorway.

Me and some wehrmact guy who's name escapes me, were the first ones to assault the bunker. He went first and got nailed by the allied bastard guarding the entrance. I grabbed a grenade from my belt and tossed it in from one of the gunports. Judging by the screams from inside, the nade had done it's job. After reloading my MP40, I rushed in and was abit surprised that I wasnt greeted with a hail of bullets. I moved deeper and still no resistance, I searched the whole bunker and found out that they had had only one guy defending it.

After I captured the bunker with ivacsomething providing cover for me, I stayed there to repel the following enemy assaults with few other paras who had survived the jump. Soon after, Antwerp was captured. It took the axis team 1 hour and 2 minutes to take the city that usually can take half a day and more to take.

Was nice.

[TheBrauerHour]

Great job!

I am taking a short break until open beta of 1.31. I am still subbed, just not playing right now.

[Laffertytig]

yeah im kinda holdin out for the next big update as well. think im a wee bit burnt out after pouring hours of my life into the last campaign as well.

what a fight that was, so many twists n turns and was sad when we (axis) eventually lost

[TheBrauerHour]

It seems most all of us Subsimmers play Axis. lol

It is the team that rocks!