Ah, you mean Mamontov. Interestingly enough, I've never heard of Moscow raid being more than a rather daring idea. Of course, we'll never know for sure, but taking into account the way Mamontov operated, I doubt he would have risked something like that. Here is what Wrangel wrote, for instance: "I c...

Mobile war does not come from Budenny, as it was forbidden by his friend Stalin for very long (who spoiled the bolshevik strategy against Poland in 1920). I may be mistaken, of course, but as far as I know most military historians agree that Triandofillov and Tukhachevsky were inspired by Konarmiya...

I'm sort of coming back to RUS, and skimming the forum I noticed that a general opinion about cavalry is "you only need it for screening". Historically, cavalry was tanks of RCW. Both sides relied heavily on it as mobile breakthrough and shock troops. Almost all memoir sources tell about the devasta...

Yes, seems to be the problem with AI behaiviour. Should be easy to fix, though - otherwise AI seems to be very smart. >you shall be happy with 2 minutes Well, pity then, I simply don't have this kind of time. I looked forward to playing the GC so much. Anyway, not complaining: the small scenarios ar...

Now that I've played some more it really seems a design oversight. Either Port Artur artillery is to good or AI needs to be taught not to rush onto it. Here is a screenshot by my friend, he claims he got this kind of outcome twice. Unfortunately I had no time to try and replicate this myself, but in...

It was a Japanese assault on Port Artur, fresh from the transport ships. Yes, it seems I got lucky. Judging by the reports Japanese command lost control very early into battle, and at the same time Russian fortress artillery performed remarkably. Meanwhile, won the russo-japanese war and starting to...

Can somebody please tell me how on earth did I win this? My very first battle in the game, and it turned out... well, rather epic, judging by the casualty counts