Q-Ball
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Feb 26, 1942: Last Call! We continued the attacks around Moscow and Z-Town, as well as opportunity attacks up and down the line. This turn, we inflicted about 30,000 casualties on the Germans, for the same number of Soviets, as our attacks tapered off. The losses were even, though, as most of our attacks were designed to be "Sure Things", in order to get units some wins, or just kill Germans, which is grand fun of course. Moscow: We failed to take Moscow. We have the city, though, in a bit of vice-grip. I am digging NW of the City, in a salient that Tarhunnas is going to have to eliminate. I am moving units to the shoulders of this, to prevent a wholesale cut-off. I don't think he has the Panzer strength to really do that, though, anytime soon. My hope is that we hang around into the spring, so he has to use forces to bludgeon forward rather than using them in better attack terrain in the south. Z-Town: Tarhunnas broke through to Z-Town, again, but this time we took it. We isolated it, but rather than wait for him to break the pocket, I lined up 18 units (yes, 3 from every adjacent hex), and attacked. The defenders routed out of there. This is important, because we cleared the Dnepr River line. I am pulling back over the Dnepr now, and will dig, and await the inevitable attempt to push me back to the Crimea and Sea of Azov. Snow: In preparation for Snow, I did put a little depth around in order to dig, but I don't anticipate major German offensives. He might attack the Dnepr line, which would be smart right now. I am vulnerable, and can't do much about that right now, since my units there are in sorry shape. I am sure that I will have to pull-back on the Crimea eventually, but I am hoping to push that off until late Spring. I anticipate heavy attacks around Moscow as well, to clear that bulge. Other than Dnepr and Moscow, I don't think the Germans will do much in the Snow. With less than 500 operable tanks at the moment, he just doesn't have the Panzer strength for a major push. I will post a full map of the front next turn. First, the stats: Butcher's Bill: See below; the Wehrmacht is pretty cooked at the moment. He may have alot in the Manpower pool, so the Germans could recuperate pretty quickly, but at the moment the Wehrmacht is still hurting. My losses are no joke; I have alot of unready and shell units, and I really need to build some units back up. I am starting to form reserves. My Tank Strength hovers around 3,300, with empty tank pools.
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