Tom Hunter
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Strategy wise I think Toidi is more or less correct. Running a big army to the Northern rail line cuts off Leningrad, but it also runs a big army way off into a swamp. If I can keep it there that could be a win for me, especially if I avoid getting encircled. Sapper222 has an opportunity, but one that could become a problem. I took some risk in the center to make it a bigger problem. Flaviusx is also correct, the German opening can grab far more of the Red army than historical, though the Soviets can also do very a-historical things as well. I am certain I could do much better vs Sapper222 or anyone else if I started a second game. To be good at the second game you have to play the first one, so here we are. I think Sapper222 is a good player, but I guess I am more bloody minded than Flaviusx, because I have no real problem with his opening moves. I have bigger problems with my early moves, but that is the nature of games. At least if we lose we get to do it again. Sapper has a movement advantage locally in the Center and North, but I have a strategic movement advantage in rail movement, and I pushed a lot of stuff North to take advantage of that. It may stay there, or it may move back South, we will see. It’s still a long way to mud season, we have more turns until mud than we have played so far. It’s possible I won’t have much of an army by then, because I have to fight Sapper222 for territory now, he advanced very quickly. We’ll see. It’s been an interesting turn, the Russians had their first successful counter attacks, and at the end of the turn the Germans have more troops surrounded than the Russians. That’s not going to last, but it is kind of a fun fact. The Germans have 3.33 million men, 33694 guns, 2199 tanks (-400) and 2875 planes. German allies add 1.8 million men, 13501 guns, 573 planes and 1120 tanks The Russians have 4.07 million men up about 57,00 from T5, 40393 guns down 1,500 from T5, 3820 which is about 2,000 less than T5 tanks and 5831 planes up almost 400. Soviet losses are 1.9 million men, 26,000 guns and 13,600 tanks, Gemans have lost 165,00 men 1,000 guns and 1500 tanks. T8 Moved parts of the aircraft factories and the 3 arm from Voronezh to Kirov. 4 arm from Ordzhonikidzgrad north of Bryansk to Magnitogorsk. 4 arm from Rostov to Serov, that is two moves of 4 from the same city to the same city, which the game seems to look at as creating separate factories. Moved the better model Lagg from Taganrog to Ufa.
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