Toidi
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Well, if your opponent could not really break your lines in '41, the chances he will be able to do it in '42 are small. Soviets in '42 are in most respects stronger than in '41 and can counter attack just as efficiently with the corps. Things might be different if you had at the moment 4.5 million army and around 280 arm points. As it is now, only huge mistakes could lead Soviets to losing the war. And the mild blizzard does not matter too much - as long as he has his infantry on the front line, they lose morale, which means that in '42 they are at 70 morale, not 75 and not 80+ as before. If he keeps tank divisions on the front too, he will have not enough tanks in '42 to do anything meaningful - not to mention that tanks with low morale are just useless. Finally, your morale situation at the moment is good. As such, you will not be much affected by lower morale in '42 unless you start losing many battles (which is unlikely). Honestly, situation of Axis is dramatic and hopeless. Normally, your opponent would need 1.5-2 millions of troops encircled in '42 for a draw. In this game, he needs 3-4 millions. That is impossible against competent Soviet player. You will have enough troops for a carpet and 3+ armies of quality reserve units ready to be thrown at the attacking tanks. And that is still optimistic - knowing about the 30cv wall waiting for him in the first and second line of forts, he may struggle to attack at all. Germans may just keep the front static in '42 and hope that it will stay this way for as long as possible - given he may have lot of man and arm in the pool, German player may be under illusion that this is doable. I think Steve would not do it as his prime choice, but he may do it because of necessity and futility of any advance. To conclude, yes, you did not win the war, but your chances of winning are really high. So high that I would just give up being Axis, and would be very happy to accept my opponent surrender as Soviet as 2+ years grinding towards Berlin are not really that fun - for most part there is not that much tactics involved thus shifting the counters can be quite boring... quote:
ORIGINAL: Callistrid I'm not won this war. The german has several strong troops, and minimal causes. During the winter turns, I can't break the german lines around Leningrad, and Moscow. Level 2-3 fortification in difficult terrain, plus reserve panzers, and of course mild winter, negates any chance for succesfull breaktrough. Only South from Tula seems to have any chance breaking the germans line. Honestly I never saw rumanian troops, so I belive they building a fortification line since 8-10 turn ago.
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