EXPLOSIVE Wargame Strategy Which ONE Reigns Supreme?

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  • @WARdROBEPlaysWWII
    @WARdROBEPlaysWWII 7 днів тому +1

    Doing a campaign like this, I’m always impressed. Keep em coming.

    • @bigbattleslittleworlds
      @bigbattleslittleworlds  7 днів тому

      Thanks and I am glad your enjoying it. Do you have a side your focusing on or just voting for the best option for both? I just had a quick look on your channel and see you have a lot of map based campaign videos that I will be having a watch of soon.

  • @lukefarrell6769
    @lukefarrell6769 7 днів тому +1

    Yet another excellent batrep William!! We needed an extra couple turns befire the reinforcements came!! The dice are Prussians I feel lol. Looking forward to voting, will there be live chat this week?

  • @totalburnout5424
    @totalburnout5424 5 днів тому +1

    Napoleon had no luck that day. It was unexpected that the Austrians reacted so quickly. But he still could have done it. The weather probably made him depressed. 😮‍💨 The second battle was a solid victory for the Allies payed in Prussian blood. It remains exciting...

    • @bigbattleslittleworlds
      @bigbattleslittleworlds  4 дні тому +1

      Exactly and now we have an almost role reversal of favour to the French. Maybe it was a Pyrrhic victory for The allies.

  • @warpstone18
    @warpstone18 7 днів тому

    Very interesting turn there. That was a hard turn for the French, with our forces so far apart its hard to gain an advantage in any location to try and turn things around, but overall this turn we didnt make any major blunders, inflicted some good casualties but shame about the loss of the bridge in the south.

  • @willcorlett7630
    @willcorlett7630 7 днів тому +2

    Bit tough on the French who really should have fared better that turn.
    Ney is isolated and has to be wary of being attacked from both the North and the West, so moving west only invites this, probably the best chance is to strike north and hopefully damage the two corps there.
    Napoleon could go risky again and try to link with Ney to surround and take out the centre Coalition corps, but if it goes wrong it will be disaster as it leaves Paris wide open. Therefore I suggest falling back kind of South Westerly to link with the Guards and Reserve. Talking of the southern forces, they should move NW to attempt to link with Napoleon, aiing to be on the northern bank of the river.
    No real scares for the coalition , the southern forces continue to press west, engaging when possible, In the north the two corps should continue their personal war with Ney. The centre however needs some thought.
    Attacking Ney is attractive but hands the campaign initiative back to the French, moving away from threatening Paris. A better move is to stay compact and continue westwards , daring Napoleon to attack, but at the same time denying the Guard and Reserve any easy river crossing.
    As usual William , great batreps, looking forward to the next one

    • @bigbattleslittleworlds
      @bigbattleslittleworlds  7 днів тому

      Thanks Will, I am glad you enjoyed it and I very much enjoy reading your summaries of the options it is very interesting to read so thank you for that.

  • @bringer-25
    @bringer-25 7 днів тому

    A very interesting turn there, I think overall the advantage went to the coalition but only slightly. The French do have a path to victory but It will take good weather and good leadership but I think uniting and breaking the allied centre is the way to go Napoleon strikes from the North and Ney hits them from the Flank. If successful the allied centre fall apart and the French can then move on mass against the now more isolated wings. That is if everything goes to plan. Famous last words.

  • @markewald6995
    @markewald6995 7 днів тому +1

    Please pardon the lengthy comment incoming, lol.
    First, there was a repeat of the central battle in my video replay, but no report on the battle at Joinville with Ney against the single Allied corps. I'm assuming that didn't go well for the Allied corps since the flag marker is gone later in the video. Still, regardless of that result, I think that Ney's force is cut off from supplies. Being in France and considering the time of year, his army can't rely on the standard French foraging tricks for political reasons. Meanwhile, the Allied corps that flanked him and are now sitting across his supply line to Paris have a road leading directly east over which they can bring their supply trains. I think that should have a pretty large impact on Ney's operations imo.
    Since I brought up lines of communication issues, let's turn this around and point out that both the Russians and Prussians had absolutely no qualms about ravaging the French countryside taking whatever they wanted. In fact, from my reading, they were really savage in their depredations inside France. I think this adds to the argument that Allied supply lines need not totally relied on for the sustenance of their armies regarding food and fodder. Again, this is my take on the scenario.
    As for Napoleon's strike at the Allies, that really was a best-case scenario for the Allies short of the French hanging around to fight it out and getting badly whipped. I think the French effort was rather half-hearted considering the distance they marched to achieve this opportunity. My two cents worth is that the 3 Allied corps need to stay in a compact triangle formation and keep pressing northeast to a point in-between Suzanne and Fere-Champeoise which lets them cover their supply line while still pushing toward Paris, giving Napoleon a dilemma regarding Ney. By triangle formation, I mean one corps travels cross-country while the other two use the road net even if it slows down the overall army march rate. It's a three corps variation of the battalion carre formation that Napoleon used in nearly all his Grand Armee campaigns where each corps was in a half day or less marching distance of supporting the others. if Napoleon wants to renew his attack, close up and meet it. If he moves east to help Ney, use one corps to march northeast and cut his lines of communication while the others harry his flank.
    As for the south, I proposed last week that one Allied corps throw a pontoon bridge across the river between the two towns where the battles ended up being fought, forcing the French to weaken one or both of their corps to meet it or else let them cross unmolested and either fight it out or retreat. Still, the fighting turned out in our favor with the Prussians forcing a passage rather handily and gaining a bridgehead. Going forward, I still favor one corps continuing along the southern road toward Sens which eventually leads to Fontainebleau , where I believe Marmont eventually surrendered his army? The other 3 corps of the southern army should continue pressing northeast toward Nogent or Montereau to threaten Paris. From there, they can either cross the Seine ag go at Paris from the southeast, or use the river as a screen as they slide west (this would require a pontoon bridge crossing below Montereau) to move up from Fontainebleau and attack Paris from the south.
    One final general campaign mechanic comment. Right now, both sides make their option choices and then weather is rolled for. This week saw heavy rain, which I believe the actual commanders of both sides would have recognized as really bad for offensive operations. I rather doubt any of them would have decided to launch major attacks in such weather, but instead would have used the week to maneuver or dig in. This would have actually benefitted the French in the south as the Allied attack would have been stalled by the rain-swollen river and the unreliability of gunpowder weapons. May I suggest that you handle the next turn on Friday as you have, but at the end of that stream, you roll for the weather that will affect the campaign after the conclusion of week 5's battles. In other words, when you make your next battle report, before you suggest options, state the weather conditions for the upcoming week.
    All in all, this campaign is developing in an interesting direction. I feel the French are too scattered to make any serious counterpunches while the Allies have enough manpower to keep the French backpedaling. Congratulations to the Allied tactical commands for their level-headedness and effective troop handling.

    • @bigbattleslittleworlds
      @bigbattleslittleworlds  6 днів тому

      Hi Mark, sorry about the mix up wit the battle reports, I forgot to mention that Neys battle video failed. But to summarise, it started of as a hard assault for the french but ultimatley their numbers started to tell. The allies managed to withdraw relatively in tact but then Ney was able to catch up and inflicted heavy casualties, 1 more withdrawal but again they were caught and this time surrendered / destroyed. You are correct he is cut off so has been unable to resupply so is in a bad state at the moment, he needs to get back into supply or go for an allied supply depot like Chaumont for a temporary relief. That is a very good point regarding the allied supply lines and just taking what they wanted. I will look into a way to implement that, possibly a D10 rather than D6 regain each turn. In the south your Pontoon idea is I believe what swung the battle in the allied favor in the way the French dispatched troops to cover that crossing leaving the furthest south undermanned against the Prussians. I very much like the idea regarding the weather so we shall start that. Another suggestion has been made that with the options we drop the option with the lowest level of support and then roll for the remaining 2-3.