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larryfulkerson -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 12:35:01 AM)

I opened my turn from Kevin and found the front lines to be this ( I haven't moved anything yet ):

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 12:42:43 AM)

In the earlier turns I was hurting for trucks and now I'm awash in them. I've got trucks coming out of my ears. No need to put anybody in static mode yet either.

As for the Axis turn 11 attacks : There were 99 battles: 59 observed, 8 held, 22 retreated, 6 routed, and 3 "supplies" whatever that is, and one surrender.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 1:15:12 AM)

I've got 9 airbases that don't have any planes on them and this picture is all that's left to assign from the National Reserve. I'm guessing that the Russian Air Force isn't as big as it's forecast to get yet. Or maybe I have too many airbases. Maybe I should think about disbanding one or more of them.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 1:28:44 AM)

Here's a close-up of the Leningrad situation. Nothing is breaking through right now so I'm somewhat encouraged. Leningrad is empty but maybe Kevin doesn't know that.......or maybe he's trying to free the Finns. Or maybe he's trying to deprive the SU of the manpower that Leningrad has. Maybe I should send him an email telling him it's empty of industry and he'll divert to Moscow or something.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 1:34:46 AM)

Here's the situation a little further south of the above image. Remember I haven't moved anything yet.......I'm just giving some close-ups of the various areas in play.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 1:39:03 AM)

Here's the situation around Smolensk

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 1:43:28 AM)

Here's what it looks like in the Orel and Kursk areas

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 1:46:45 AM)

Here's a look at the Kiev area. Kevin is still trying to construct a pocket near Kiev.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 1:50:08 AM)

And here's what it looks like down toward Odessa. Kevin is trying to break a hole in my lines in the deep south for the first time. He must have gotten all his ducks in a row down there.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 1:57:36 AM)

Here's the OOB, losses, destroyed units and production:

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 2:05:34 AM)

There's a couple of Front HQ's that don't have any airplanes: Bryansk and Reserve. I need to look into that. Ground support is very important in this game. Ural's and Volga Fronts don't have any planes either but then they don't need any yet.

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M60A3TTS -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 2:41:32 AM)

Will you post a commander report showing the army HQs?



larryfulkerson -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 3:28:05 AM)

I decided to evacuate all the industry out of Kirovgrad ( or however you spell it ) :

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 3:36:05 AM)

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ORIGINAL: M60A3TTS
Will you post a commander report showing the army HQs?

Why yes, I will. Here you go. What's up? What are you looking for? Anything important? Details, I want details. LOL.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 3:43:32 AM)

And then I decided to move all the industry out of Kremenchug. Yeah, I know, I've never heard of it either.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 3:52:51 AM)

Here's the front line after I moved everything, just before I ended my turn.

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M60A3TTS -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 4:20:53 AM)

I've discovered you can learn quite a bit from this screen, and uncover potential opportunities for improvement, although I also should have added "...and sort by HHQ."  But on to what's here, or not.

6th Army is overloaded, and with 200k men is your largest army.  Really too big and should try and shrink it down.  It's also commanded by Muzychenko who is a "Quad-4".  That is to say a grade 4 in admin, initiative, infantry and morale, i.e a substandard leader.  Much better commanders are available, though maybe you prefer to spend the APs elsewhere.  Koniev, Rokossovsky, Tolbukhin, Zakharov and Malinovsky all appear to be looking for meaningful work.

You have most armies locked, but have a few with high SUs and at support level 3.  So they'll bleed off unless that is your intention.

Interesting choice on the plus-up of Moscow Military District.  I don't think that command ever converts to a front. 

Bryansk Front only has 2 armies, you might add a third, even if it's only a Stavka shell army initially.  You could move some CUs around to offload some out of SW front and transfer it to the same shell army for better balance.



larryfulkerson -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 5:13:52 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: M60A3TTS
I've discovered you can learn quite a bit from this screen, and uncover potential opportunities for improvement, although I also should have added "...and sort by HHQ."  But on to what's here, or not.

Sorry about the missing sort. Yeah, I've been looking around on this screen and I'm seeing nugets of good info here and there. Thanks for pointing this out.

quote:

ORIGINAL: M60A3TTS
6th Army is overloaded, and with 200k men is your largest army.  Really too big and should try and shrink it down.  It's also commanded by Muzychenko who is a "Quad-4".  That is to say a grade 4 in admin, initiative, infantry and morale, i.e a substandard leader.  Much better commanders are available, though maybe you prefer to spend the APs elsewhere.  Koniev, Rokossovsky, Tolbukhin, Zakharov and Malinovsky all appear to be looking for meaningful work.

Yeah, 6th Army is way too big. I'll move another HQ over there and relieve it somewhat.

quote:

ORIGINAL: M60A3TTS
You have most armies locked, but have a few with high SUs and at support level 3.  So they'll bleed off unless that is your intention.

It's mainly due to an oversight on my part I'm pretty sure. Good catch.

quote:

ORIGINAL: M60A3TTS
Interesting choice on the plus-up of Moscow Military District.  I don't think that command ever converts to a front. 

What in the world is a plus-up?

quote:

ORIGINAL: M60A3TTS
Bryansk Front only has 2 armies, you might add a third, even if it's only a Stavka shell army initially.  You could move some CUs around to offload some out of SW front and transfer it to the same shell army for better balance.

Moving some of the SW front to Bryansk is a good idea. Another good catch. Thanks.



M60A3TTS -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 5:18:39 AM)

On the Moscow Military District plus-up, I meant that you assigned armies to that command and that was interesting as I don't think it will ever move.  If you ever get moving west in a serious way that might become an issue as the armies keep moving further from Moscow.  But clearly that is not a concern now.

And FWIW, this is not the level of play we've seen from you in the previous two PBEMs. Keep up the good work [sm=happy0065.gif] . Klilly is going to find himself in trouble if you simply keep playing this well.



kfmiller41 -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 5:36:11 AM)

Hey Larry i got challenged by Carnage tonight and an going to play him as the Russians, so any sage advice you on defending the motherland please feel free to share[&o] in my thread.



CarnageINC -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 5:40:40 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: miller41

Hey Larry i got challenged by Carnage tonight and an going to play him as the Russians, so any sage advice you on defending the motherland please feel free to share[&o] in my thread.



What he really meant to say is any advice on how to let the motherland to be defeated, please feel free to share [;)][:'(]



kfmiller41 -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 6:02:56 AM)

Touche[:D] Don't want ot hijack your thread Larry, your doing really well so far.



randallw -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 7:38:56 AM)

I see a division south of Lake Peipus that has a few German divisions next to it; there's one of those dotted blue lines that marks the area impassible, so maybe the Germans can't attack it?  The division isn't really defending anything in that current hex.



larryfulkerson -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 11:02:15 PM)

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ORIGINAL: miller41
Touche[:D] Don't want ot hijack your thread Larry, your doing really well so far.

Thanks for your kind words.......and don't worry about hijacking my thread.........anybody can post whatever is really interesting no matter what in the world it is.....'cause I like interesting things. So I'll be watching your AAR with interest too. Good luck to the both of you and may you both have some fun, exercise your minds, and try to teach each other your distinctive playstyle. We all have one and I'm on the brink of finding out how KLilly plays because I've played him so many times. He and I think a lot alike I think. He is a really good compeditor and I'm thankful he's playing me ( again ). This is fun.



larryfulkerson -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T11 (8/7/2011 11:02:57 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: randallw
I see a division south of Lake Peipus that has a few German divisions next to it; there's one of those dotted blue lines that marks the area impassible, so maybe the Germans can't attack it?  The division isn't really defending anything in that current hex.

Lemme look the area up when I get a chance ( when it's my turn again ).....and we'll see what you mean.

EDIT: Oh. I see what you mean. Um........the dotted line doesn't travel between me and the German units so I'm assuming that I'm in that hex by necessity as that hex could be entered by the Axis dudes.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T12 (8/7/2011 11:42:36 PM)

Here's the T12 front lines before I move anything. Anybody else see something strange? Where in the world are the Finns?

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T12 (8/7/2011 11:59:07 PM)

Here's another one of those Commanders Reports to showcase the Army HQ's:



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larryfulkerson -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T12 (8/8/2011 12:09:37 AM)

Out of the 6,000+ aircraft that are ready only 40 or so are in the NR. So I'm almost fully deployed spoiling for a fight with the Lufftwaffe.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T12 (8/8/2011 12:18:40 AM)

I have bombers who have more kills than some of my fighters. I'm guessing that's because we're counting those Axis planes destroyed on the ground as well as the shoot-downs.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T12 (8/8/2011 12:23:36 AM)

Only 5 attacks this time. And no airstrikes. Strange. Maybe Kevin is refitting this time and resting his units.

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