Froonp -> RE: Modifications to MWiF Russia (Urals & East) Map portion (7/31/2006 11:55:06 AM)
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I wanted to live up a little this thread, to help making the decisions. In WiF FE, a unit with a 2 movement factor can walk from a home city to the next in clear weather, without loosing supply (so without having to disrupt and stop and becoming helpless), if the cities are 10 European hexes apart (5 Pacific hexes). Distances between neighboring cities in the Penza - Krasnoyarsk area are as follow (See on the maps on posts #1, #22, #23, #24) : A1. Penza - Kazan = 6 European hexes (WiF FE), 10 hexes (MWiF). A2. Penza - Kuibyshev = 7 European hexes (WiF FE), 10 hexes (MWiF). B1. Chelyabinsk - Omsk = 8 European hexes (WiF FE), 12 hexes (MWiF). B2. Magnitogorsk - Karaganda = 10 European hexes (WiF FE), 18 hexes (MWiF). C1. Omsk - Novosibirsk = 8 European hexes (WiF FE), 10 hexes (MWiF). C2. Omsk - Semipalatinsk = 6 European hexes (WiF FE), 10 hexes (MWiF). D. Novosibirsk - Krasnoyarsk = 8 European hexes (WiF FE), 11 hexes (MWiF). E. Semipalatinsk - Alma Ata = 10 European hexes (WiF FE), 12 hexes (MWiF). F. Krasnoyarsk - Irkursk = 12 European hexes (WiF FE), 15 hexes (MWiF). Thus, in the advent of a German success pushing the Russians east of Penza in MWiF, the retreating Russian units (I consider they do not have an HQ in that case) can suffer from supply problems, be obliged to stop moving or disrupt to move while out of supply, and be dead meat for the Germans, things they do not have to face using the WiF FE maps. Hence, my proposal is to add a couple of cities, about 1 in each dangerous interval. Interval A : Penza - Kazan & Penza - Kuibyshev. Larger in MWiF than in WiF, but not lethal (does not exceed 10 European hexes). Primary Proposal (shown on post #22) : - Add Ulyanovsk (between Kazan and Kuybyshev, hex 44,78, 620.000 inhabitants). Along the west bank of Volga halfway between Kazan and Kuybyshev. Ulyanovsk is the city Lenin was born in, and got the name from Simbirsk in 1924 (Borger). Interval B : Chelyabinsk - Omsk & Magnitogorsk - Karaganda. Far larger in MWiF than in WiF, and lethal (exceeds 10 European hexes). Primary Proposal (shown on post #23) : - Add Petropavlovsk (west of Omsk, hex 43,97, 200.000 inhabitants). - Add Tyumen (west of Omsk, hex 38,94). - Add Akmolinsk (Astana) (Rail intersection hex north of Karaganda, hex 50,99, 350.000 inhabitants). It's the capital of Kazakstan. This city has changed it's name many times and at the times of Stalin it had the name Akmolinsk. Secondary Proposal : - Add Kurgan (west of Petropavlovsk, 335.000 inhabitants) (Borger). I prefer Petropavlovsk, and I'm not sure we can add 2 new cities (Froonp). Interval C : Omsk - Novosibirsk & Omsk - Semipalatinsk. Large but not lethal. Primary Proposal : - Add no cities. It is a very sparsely inhabited area (Borger's wife), so adding no city is OK from my point of view. Moreover, the addition of Akmolinsk may help the travel from Omsk to Semipalatinsk. Secondary Proposal : - Add Pavlodar (Northeastern Kazakstan, alongside Irtysh south of Omsk, 4 hexes south east of Omsk, hex 47,103, 300.000 inhabitants) (Borger). Interval D : Novosibirsk - Krasnoyarsk. Far larger in MWiF than in WiF, and lethal (exceeds 10 European hexes). However, this is so far from the most eastwards German advance ever seen. Primary Proposal (shown on post #24) : - Add Tomsk (west of Krasnoyarsk, hex 37,114). Secondary Proposal : - None. Interval E : Semipalatinsk - Alma Ata. Large but not lethal. Primary Proposal : - Add no cities. It is desertic area, so adding no city is OK from my point of view. Secondary Proposal : - None. Interval F : Krasnoyarsk - Irkursk. Already lethal in WiF FE, larger in MWiF. Primary Proposal : - Add no cities. It is desertic area, so adding no city is OK from my point of view. Secondary Proposal : - None. Opinions anyone ?
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