Red Prince
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So, the Axis attacks this impulse: And the results: Attack on Odessa: Assault, Fractional Odds .581 (No), Roll = 3+1 = 4 = -/1S (attackers disorganized) Attack on USSR [55, 56]: Blitz, Fractional Odds .337 (Yes), Roll = Automatic = */2B (Breakthrough) Attack on USSR [47, 53]: Blitz, Fractional Odds .491 (Yes), Roll = Automatic = */2B (Breakthrough) Attack on USSR [44, 53]: Blitz, Roll = 4 = */2B (no Breakthrough, due to terrain cost) Attack on Riga: Assault, Roll = 10 = */2S The damned Ground Support didn't help at Odessa. Even though the USSR got the result it wanted, I still think it was the right thing to do. In this case, it gave extra (though not needed) help to the attackers . . . and . . . they got to rebase to the front lines, gaining them about 4 hexes each while doing something (supposedly) productive. Didn't work out, but you takes your chances. The 4-3 INF got smacked hard, but the Germans still aren't at the Dnieper, and with all of those factors available, Kiev might have been history. There is still room to maneuver for the USSR because they are not dealing with enemy ZOC. Both of the Blitz attacks in the North actually stopped the Germans from gaining an extra hex, due to terrain costs. In the case of the CAV, it was the 2nd hex advance that would have disorganized the MECH, and in the case of the GARR it was the hex he was in that prevented a Breakthrough. Had I realized this, I could have had Rommel in Vitebsk on the result, but I didn't, so the Russians get a break. Riga fell. Would have loved that roll for Odessa, but it is actually better used here, since there are more units of value involved. Later on I'll post the positions . . . when we get back to the Allied impulse. I may post an overview of the region after rebasing aircraft, but my Chinese just arrived.
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