Battle Report: Sealing the gap @ Hochwald

Mapa: Hochwald Gap

Mga Manlalaro:

Axis
silentbreacher Blitzkrieg Doctrine
kan707 Blitzkrieg Doctrine
mechwarrior2000 Scorched Earth
fuckito Defensive Doctrine

Allies
Haddaway1 (brit)
ImSorryImNewHere (US)
1thInfantryCompany(brit)
MustStillBeMine(US)

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Ang susunod na Battle Report ay ihahatid sa inyo ng ating butihing manlalaro na si kan707. - silentbreacher

Veteran players of 4v4 maps know that the Hochwald Gap is all about opening moves.
It's fast and furious from the get go and everything hinges on establishing a foothold in the middle of the map.

This is not the most exciting game, but there is a lot of helpful specific axis strategy for this particular map that can be seen in this replay.

In this game, the featured Filipino players are Mechwarrior2000 (Panzer Elite) and Fuckito (Wehrmacht), who are among the regular players you will see in the Manila channel almost everyday. (adek!) They are the team who vie for control for the left side of the map while silentbreacher and I push for the right side, and the isolated island where the high resource points are situated.


Mechwarrior's Ketten sprints to the leftmost fuel point nearest to the Allies side and plants a booby trap.

While, Fuckito, a notorious piospammer, spits out Pioneers. By his 6th Pioneer unit, he builds his Kampkraft Centre, and engages a British recon squad supported by a Bren carrier with three pioneers, at the ammo point in the exact middle of the map. Mech joins the fight with his two infatry squads to form a solid front against the British force who decides to split his Bren and Recon squad into two attacking fronts.

Unfortunately, for the Brit (Haddaway1), his Bren is attacked from behind by Fuckito's two other Pioneer's emerging from the HQ. This is the Bren's weakness and with Haddaway leaving his Bren stationary, is quickly finished off. Haddaway1's recon squad doesn't fare better and backs off with only two remaining men and their health precariously low.

Haddaway's teammate, 1thInfantryCompany, offers no support in this area and decides to have his Bren guard his recon squad capping the leftmost ammo point of the map. It's a +5 ammo and not in a strategic point. There must be buried gold somewhere in there.

By now, Haddaway1's second infantry squad has appeared and builds an MG nest close to the Allies main bridge, with the purpose of blocking access to the buildings. The Recon squad also helps in building the MG nest.

Note to British players: British unit build times are not expedited with multiple units

Meanwhile, Mech's Kettengrad has sneaked to the fuel point right beside the Allie's footbridge


Thanks to silentbreacher for letting post this battle report.