Oh Christ how I'm going to stop the Red Wave while preserving Manpower?!
With Fortifications, I hope, or peace? Impossible, game says that it's a war between factions and it will only end when one destroys the other.
So I was thinking of Fortifications, to be accurate, defensive lines. My territory do have some fortifications in some areas, while in others there are just no defenses at all.
Maybe it's too late, but I was drawing a plan that contains all lines that I plan to build.
Starting from the east, we got the Danzig-Krakow Line, a long defensive line which runs trough the River Vistula, this will be the very first defensive line the Soviets will come across.
Konigsberg Line, I don't think it will ever be finished, but I still planned it. The idea is to create a defense around the important city of Konigsberg but also protects Memel.
We got the Kolberg and Meritz-Stolp Lines, these two are more or less to perform delaying actions, by this stage the whole army would be in retreat, some units will run back towards the strong Oder Line while others will perform delaying actions in both Kolberg and Meritz-Stolp lines, allowing the units in the Oder Line to have time to deploy, dig in and reorganize.
Next we got the big one, the Oder Line, this heavily defended line will protect the Reich from the Soviet human wave. It will work as a stopping line, to halt the Soviet advance completely. Two big Armies will guard this line by that time, and with mobile reserves on the rearguard to counterattack if the line is broken in a particular area. Further behind, these units that have suffered horrendous losses in the Eastern Front will try to build up strenght, protected by the Oder Line.
We got the group of Berlin defenses, Zickau-Lubben Line links up with the Oder line and works with the the Dresden Line to protect Berlin's southern flank, while in the north the Rostock Line will try to prevent any Soviet advance towards Denmark or to make a enveloping action around Berlin from that direction. These, along with the Berlin-Nord Line, Berlin West Line A and B complete the Berlin Defenses.
Hermann von Salza line is the second biggest defensive line planned, already built by the Czechs years ago, I only plan to reinforce it. It protects the Southern Reich, including Praga and it's defensive lines. If they break trough this line, Czechoslovakia and Austria will be in danger.
Vienna-Nurnberg line is the last defensive line before Austria itself, it's not top priority along with the Munchen line, as I consider these lesser lines.
http://i.imgur.com/DgnkQon.jpgHowever in the Eastern front, things are looking quite historical. The Soviets are launching a strong offensive against the Army Group Centre, which in real life was the target of Operation Bagration, as you know Bagration pretty much destroyed the entire Army Group Centre and isolated the Army Group North. Saving the differences, first being the date, I might fall have the same destiny the Germans had in 1944-1945, at least in the Eastern Front. These are crucial hours.
A defeat here will destroy my Heeresgruppe Mitte, cut off the Heeresgruppe Nord and allow the Soviets to make a run towards the undefended Berlin. Mitte's 9. Armee and 4. Armee are in great danger, totalling 158.000 men are close to be trapped in a pocket. The loss of these two armies will make the Heeresgruppe Mitte a weak combat force. I've rushed elements of the 2. Armee to cover the 4 and 9 Armies retreat, while in the north I'm setting up positions around Kaunas and moving reserves to stop the Soviets in central Lithuania. I've also moved my small transport fleet towards Memel, to prepare if I need to slowly evacuate units from Riga. They are dangerously close to Prussia, just 94km from there.
http://i.imgur.com/RQV2ZMh.jpgHave a nice New Year