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lojishen -> RE: One side only AAR, DnO lojishen vs. German Opponent, no looking opponent! (8/13/2007 8:23:11 AM)
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Southern Theatre T8:
Nothing happening in the Kiev or the Southern Fronts. German advance units are still 40-70 Km's from Kiev and no where near the Southern Front. Makes for boring reporting, but when you are the Soviet player in DnO, you love boring reporting!! From my perspecive, the most boring AAR in history would be perfect.
However, despite all the boredom from the north to Kiev, this turn was unfortunately not all boring. Remember that picture of an empty southern Rumania from last turn. Well, it wasn't empty. In fact, it was full of all kinds of troops, and they managed to assault a weakly held line of the Dnestr River, and gain a significant bridgehead farily close to Odessa.
It seemed an unlikely spot to attack as there aren't any bridges in the area, and as I didn't see any enemy forces near by, I thought I could get away with holding the eastern bank with small regiments and construction units. This was a mistake. The Axis are across in strength, and I'll have to scramble to contain it. I withdraw the bulk of the 2 Mech and parts of the 9th army to positions east of the bridghead, and spread out the 5 Cav. I was going to withdraw the 5 Cav to the Ingul River this turn, but that is no more, and the 5 Cav will probably die in place. The 18 Mech holds its current position as it is mostly committed anyway, crushed any attempts of the Germans or Italians to get across the river this turn, and thus prevents a quick penetration by the 11th army to the Ingul River line.
This might be a good time to answer the question of why fight for Odessa at all, at least why so hard. In DnO, there is an event variable that grows as the Soviets lose key cities. If the event variable gets to 100, then bad things happen for the Soviet. Each of the key cities has a range of dates for it to fall: early, roughly on time, and late. If the city falls in the eary range then the event variable goes up quicker than if it falls later. For example, if Odess falls before turn 17 then the event variable climbs 12%. If it falls between turn 17 and 25, then it only goes up 8%. I try to keep the city from falling early, and unless it is vital to the overall war effort, I don't mind if it falls in the middle. Thus, the Odessa front has orders to hold Odessa until turn 17. The Kiev front has orders to hold Kiev until turn 19.
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