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Sabre21 -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/6/2011 9:51:39 PM)

How many attacks are you averaging per blizzard turn and how many fail? I was only able to make about 40 per turn with a third being failed attacks. The most attacks i made in a turn was 45. This was before the increase in armament points from 200 to 300 per factory which have allowed for an army increase of about 1.5M more men than i could field as the Soviets. You guys have the 300 per armament factory and see the huge increase, this was recently dropped down to 250. I'm in a test game again with that value.

I saw somewhat the same thing with the fort levels you refer to. The difficulty now of a level 2 fort seems greater than before. I was able to hold the line fairly well during the blizzard losing on average only 30 miles (3 hexes) along the front. Only where I put a major attempt was the front pushed back 60 miles. There was only a single significant breakthru but that got closed off and destroyed by a pair of panzer corps that were in reserve sitting on a railhead.



TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/6/2011 10:01:28 PM)

More or less like you. Anyway, I was not making attacks when I saw 2-units stacks (German infantry) with fort levels 2 or 3 and something like x=2x/3x [X(] 2ndACR was heavily entrenched in the north and center. In the south he was very weak though.



TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/7/2011 2:49:39 PM)

Turn 33

29 january 1942


And one more German Division in the bag [sm=00000622.gif] 2ndACR airdropped supplies. I guess this time he sent Iron Crosses instead of kartoffel... They deserve them. They can proudly show them to the Soviet guards somewhere in the Arctic.

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TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/7/2011 2:58:06 PM)

In the Center, a strategic withdrawal. Now I think I will be able to recapture Smolensk. I was not pushing hard in the Kalinin and Western Fronts. Not my priority and the enemy was heavily entrenched.

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TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/7/2011 3:00:22 PM)

30
Northwest
Bryansk
Southwest

31
Northwest
Southwest
Southern

32
Northwest
Bryansk
Southern

And this turn I cannot advance in the Northwest Front [8D]



TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/7/2011 3:12:54 PM)

And I keep harvesting lots of Guards units: 4 Rifle + 1 Cavalry divisions.

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TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/7/2011 4:18:41 PM)

YES YES YES YES! Maybe there will be an Orel Chainsaw Massacre Part II [:D] I have totally surrounded two German Divisions: 17 Panzer and 297 Infantry. I will make a few more attacks though I don't know if they will work.

EDIT: oh, and Kursk recaptured.

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TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/7/2011 5:36:04 PM)

The operation near Orel might be much more dangerous than I thought [X(] The right flank of the Southwestern Front is involved too. If he does not pay attention I am going to massacre many German units [sm=00000622.gif] In any case, this threat alone might be the last nail in the coffin of the two German divisions I was planning to bag...

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Panama -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/7/2011 6:55:48 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: TulliusDetritus

And I keep harvesting lots of Guards units: 4 Rifle + 1 Cavalry divisions.

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Funny thing about the real Guards units. Up until late 1942, by the time they had done something to become a Guards unit, they were so chewed up that they were ineffective. It took a bit of time and material to get them back up to the point where they were just before they became a Guard unit. So actually, when a unit becomes a Guard unit ingame, it should be about as strong as a regiment. [:D]



TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/7/2011 7:37:38 PM)

What can I say... I didn't design this game [:D]



TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/7/2011 9:03:54 PM)

Ok, attacks done.

Attacks: 57
Retreats: 41

Active Fronts:

Bryansk
Southwest
Southern

Leningrad attacks (NOT advancing)

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TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/7/2011 9:10:17 PM)

And yes, the Leningrad and Volkhov Fronts are finally linked [8D]

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TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/7/2011 9:13:36 PM)

Volkhov and Northwest Fronts attacks. Not advancing, but nice massacres... Enemies were dislodged from their fortifications and now...

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TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/7/2011 9:16:00 PM)

Western Front attacks (only one attack in the Kalinin Front so no need of screenshot).

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TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/7/2011 9:17:49 PM)

Attacks in the Southwestern Front (northern part). I am advancing.

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TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/7/2011 9:20:16 PM)

The Southwestern front, southern part. A steamroller!

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TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/7/2011 9:21:57 PM)

And finally the Southern Front thing [8D]

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TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/7/2011 9:26:55 PM)

And the strategic situation in the south. I am trying to encircle the units near Stalino. Either he gives me this town or... [sm=00000622.gif]

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TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/7/2011 9:58:25 PM)

Oh, and this is what 2ndCR has to say about this blizzard thing:

"Overall, the changes made plus using Big A's winter rules seems to have really made a difference. The previous 8 blizzards have played prior to 1.04 have had the entire German army in full rout status by now. At least I still have a front line of sorts"



TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/8/2011 12:09:20 AM)

Turn 34

5 february 1942


Good news. I've got the 1st Guards Army (aka old 18th Army, Southern Front) [8D]

The army will stay in the front-line until the end of the blizzard offensive. Then the HQ will be sent to the reserve aka attached to Stavka. I should then assign minimum 5 Guards Rifle Divisions to this army. And they should be sent to dangerous, critical places (during the German '42 summer offensive). A firefighter brigade that is.

And whilst we are at it, I have been thinking about what to do with the Guards Rifle Divisions. I think they should be the armies reserves (on reserve mode). But given that maybe there won't be enough divisions, they will attached to Stavka and then, once the German offensive starts and I can deduce the main thrust, distribute these Guards among the armies which should be containing the fascist advance (as reserves, reserve mode). Yes, that's the plan [8D]

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TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/8/2011 3:11:27 PM)

The operation near Orel continues. The bad news is that on next turn the Bryansk Front will need to rest... [:(] I still think I might bag some German divisions, which is ok [sm=00000622.gif]

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TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/8/2011 3:16:44 PM)

The attacks I had to make.

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TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/8/2011 3:22:43 PM)

And I can't advance in the Southern Front.

31
Northwest
Southwest
Southern

32
Northwest
Bryansk
Southern

33
Bryansk
Southwest
Southern

34
= Southern => NO advance



TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/8/2011 7:27:46 PM)

Battles: 56
Retreats: 45 [8D]
Routed: 1

Active Fronts:

Northwest
Bryansk
Southwestern

Leningrad attacks (not advancing)

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TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/8/2011 7:29:58 PM)

Volkhov and Northwest Fronts (active in the latter). Looks like the partisans were attacking in this area. Good!

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TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/8/2011 7:33:54 PM)

Kalinin Front (not active). Few attacks, 2ndACR is well entrenched here.

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TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/8/2011 7:35:29 PM)

Western Front (not active) but many attacks were possible. Finally!

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TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/8/2011 7:37:47 PM)

I already pasted some screenshots of the Bryansk Front (the Massacre Zone, I hope! [sm=innocent0001.gif]) so here's the northern part of the Southwestern Front. Active ergo I am advancing.

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TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/8/2011 7:39:20 PM)

And the southern part of the Southwestern Front. More massacres here as well.

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TulliusDetritus -> RE: Stalin's in the gulag - Tullius (Soviet) vs 2ndACR (Axis) (5/8/2011 7:41:07 PM)

And the Southern Front. I made some attacks but did not advance.

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