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larryfulkerson -> RE: FitE Axis turn 27 (7/7/2006 11:05:27 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Szilard

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ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

You may notice that a little more than half of the stukas made it out and back.  The Soviet air defenses were fearce in the Leningrad area and in hindsight I probably should have sent some fighter escorts.


May also be the AA bug at work; ships seem way over-powered in terms of AA at the moment.


Yeah but I'm beta testing the 3.0.0.17g version which supposedly has fixed the AA bug. So I'm guessing that it's the Soviet fighters at work here. I could be wrong of course.



dobeln -> RE: FitE Axis turn 27 (7/7/2006 11:39:59 AM)

250+ fighters vs. undefended Stukas should be a slaughter, imho ;) (An aside: Does the new version fix the AI:s tendency to suicide attack fleets with air assets?) 



larryfulkerson -> RE: FitE Axis turn 27 (7/7/2006 5:43:08 PM)

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ORIGINAL: dobeln
250+ fighters vs. undefended Stukas should be a slaughter, imho ;) (An aside: Does the new version fix the AI:s tendency to suicide attack fleets with air assets?) 


I'm not sure. I'm hotseating this FitE game. But I'm pretty sure that's one of the things we're gonna test.



larryfulkerson -> FitE Axis turn 27 (7/7/2006 6:45:45 PM)

After two combat rounds in turn 27 the Axis is still seemingly winning in the air at least:

[img]http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3116/axisairlossreportturn27end8rc.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Axis turn 27 (7/7/2006 6:52:04 PM)

Here's the Axis progress made in the Leningrad area during turn 27:

[img]http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/3406/leningradareamovie28rd.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Axis turn 27 (7/7/2006 10:49:30 PM)

Most of the Axis progress was in the Sevastopol pennsula as can be seen in this moves movie for turns 25 thru 27:

[img]http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/7359/groundsituationturns25thru27mo.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Soviet turn 27 (7/7/2006 11:09:12 PM)

Here's the Soviet losses so far ( before combat on turn 27 ):

[img]http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/3117/turn27somesovietlossessofar2fj.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Axis turn 28 (7/8/2006 6:27:21 AM)

Here's some of the Axis losses so far ( before any combat on turn 28 ):

[img]http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/5026/turn28someaxislossessofar8qv.gif[/img]

And here's the loss report after the first combat round:

[img]http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/7876/turn28someaxislossessofarpostc.gif[/img]

And here is the Axis loss report after the second combat round:

[img]http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/5377/turn28someaxislossessofarpostc1.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Axis turn 28 (7/8/2006 7:30:04 AM)

If we take the 253rd Inf Division as an example we can see that several of the regiments are seriously understrength:

[img]http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/6321/turn28253rddivisionstats2od.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Axis turn 28 (7/8/2006 8:01:37 AM)

It is well known that the air loss report exaggerates the enemy losses but even with half the reported Soviet losses, it's an impressive shoot-down by the Axis, and this is before any combat takes place:

[img]http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/5214/turn28axisairlossreportprecomb.gif[/img]

And after the first combat round:

[img]http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/4272/turn28axisairreportafter1stcom.gif[/img]

And after the second combat round:

[img]http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/8669/turn28axisairreportafter2ndcom.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Axis turn 28 (7/8/2006 10:03:38 AM)

Most of the progress in turn 28 happened in the southern half of the front lines, approaching Sevastopol, and gaining some hexes to the NorthEast of Dneprodzerzhinsk, etc. :

[img]http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/5331/southhalfoffrontlinesturn288ip.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Axis turn 28 (7/8/2006 11:38:51 AM)

Here's the moves for turns 25 thru 28:

[img]http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/3803/groundsituationturns25thru28mo.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Soviet turn 28 (7/8/2006 11:42:11 AM)

Here's some Soviet losses so far ( before any combat in Soviet turn 28 ):

[img]http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/2251/turn28somesovietlossessofar8wg.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Soviet turn 28 (7/8/2006 5:47:10 PM)

The Soviets counterattack hoping to spoil the Axis attack plans:

[img]http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/4972/sovietcounterattack3us.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Axis turn 29 (7/9/2006 6:07:24 AM)

I'd be greatful to hear from the scenario designer what the status of Petsamo, Finnland, is for sending Finnish troops up there to help in the reduction of Murmansk.  I mean can they cross the border going eastward into Russia up there or.....???

[img]http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/6994/petsamofinland7sl.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Axis turn 29 (7/9/2006 6:29:27 AM)

Here's the Axis view of the north half of the front lines just after the first combat round of turn 29:

[img]http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1197/axisviewifthefrontlinesturn292.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Axis turn 29 (7/9/2006 6:43:28 AM)

Here's the south half of the front lines as seen by the Axis.  Those holes in the lines are probably going to be plugged by the Soviets since they always have been plugged in the past:

[img]http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/6749/southhalfaxisviewoffrontlinest.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Axis turn 29 (7/9/2006 6:54:03 AM)

Here's the Axis air loss report just after the first combat round of turn 29:

[img]http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/2200/axisairlossreportafterfirstcom.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Axis turn 29 (7/9/2006 7:21:57 AM)

The Axis has moved a lot of railroad engineers in to help repair the railroad leading to Sevastopol so the attack can proceed more quickly.  The ceasefire is scheduled to begin turn 32 and the Axis needs to have sacked Sevastopol before then, hopefully:

[img]http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/4764/axisrailroadreportinthesouthtu.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Axis turn 29 (7/9/2006 7:26:05 AM)

Just after the first combat round of turn 29 the Axis has finally gone over the 40K loss mark in Heavy Rifle Squads:

[img]http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/5774/someaxislossessofarturn299uw.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Axis turn 29 (7/9/2006 8:49:44 AM)

Here's the moves for turns 25 thru 29....most of the movement is just north of Sevastopol:

[img]http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7418/groundsituationturns25thru29mo.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Soviet turn 29 (7/9/2006 9:03:51 AM)

Here's some Soviet losses so far ( before any combat in turn 29 ):

[img]http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/6175/turn29somesovietlossessofar3ft.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Soviet turn 29 (7/9/2006 9:26:04 AM)

In the Leningrad area, the idea was to defend along the river since it offered a defensive advantage but now the Axis is across the river and there's no longer any reason to defend there, so the Soviet dude is thinking about pulling his some of his units back during the cease fire to more defensable positions, to the entrenched area, where the supply is better, where the lines will be shorter, where the artillery can be concentrated more, etc. :

[img]http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/9602/leningradturn29movie6uh.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Axis turn 30 (7/9/2006 5:54:53 PM)

Here's some Axis losses so far ( before combat in turn 30, and the large jump in numbers of units in play is due to the breakdown of some units in the Soviet counterattacks last turn ):

[img]http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8595/turn30someaxislossessofar0tl.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Axis turn 30 (7/9/2006 6:40:46 PM)

The Axis has repaired the railroad almost all the way down to Sevastopol:

[img]http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/4072/sevastopolmovie7cd.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Axis turn 30 (7/10/2006 4:53:43 AM)

A Soviet counterattack created a hole in the Axis lines that will have to be dealt with soonest:

[img]http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/2592/sovietcounterattackcreateshole.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Axis turn 30 (7/10/2006 6:35:01 AM)

The Soviets have created a hole in the Axis lines and the Axis has created a hole in the Soviet lines :

[img]http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/6128/turn30northhalfoffrontlines5lq.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Axis turn 30 (7/10/2006 6:59:56 AM)

Here's the Axis view of the South half of the front lines:

[img]http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/6471/turn30southhalfoffrontlines4ms.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Axis turn 30 (7/10/2006 7:59:36 AM)

Soviet counterattacks near Petsamo ( near Murmansk ) has shattered the Axis lines and probably only be saved by the advantageous appearance of some Finnish divisions:

[img]http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/1326/petsamocounterattacks9nd.gif[/img]



larryfulkerson -> FitE Axis turn 30 (7/10/2006 8:11:13 AM)

The Axis has decided that the 163rd Inf Div and the 6th SS Inf Div were not in the most advantageous positions and they are to be repositioned to the NW of Leningrad, closer to the city center itself and any gaps caused by the movement(s) are to be filled in by Finnish troops:

[img]http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/2504/axisrearrangementsnearleningra.gif[/img]



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