Q-Ball -> Fall Turkis Re-Cap (2/24/2012 4:13:34 PM)
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10/1/42 We bagged 5 more divisions near Boguchar, running this summer's POW total up over 800,000, and division count close to 100. That will be it, though, for Fall Turkis, or "Case Turquoise", our Summer Offensive. What did we accomplish? The Good: The Red Army is at 5.7 mil, which I think is pretty low at this stage. This was my major objective this summer, to keep these guys down, and I think we did that. We destroyed alot of divisions; some of those are probably excess, but some will require APs to replace. I suspect that smokindave has excess Manpower in the pool, but is probably short on Rifle units. I haven't seen any Artillery. He probably has alot of APs to spend, and may be a bit behind in terms of building the Red Army. We also cleared several Manpower centers, including Rostov, Voronezh, Tambov, Lipetsk, Ryazan, and Tula. Hopefully that takes a bite out of Red Army recruitment. Concerns: My front is awfully long. While attacking this is a good thing, and stretches the Reds out, but once the Soviets get serious, I will need to consolidate my lines. This almost certainly means pulling out of the Tambov bulge. I think the Red Army is sufficiently weakened that I won't see alot of activity this winter. He probably needs the extra months to build Corps and SUs and train everybody. I anticipate some attacks but nothing huge. From what I can tell of smokindave, he understands how to build the Red Army, so I expect him to build Corps and Artillery and use them properly. Plans: Given where I think the Red Army is, we are going to be active this winter. I am not pulling out of the Tambov bulge, and I would like to plan a winter offensive at some point. Maybe more of an attack than an offensive. The reason primarily is that I want smokindave to be in a defensive posture, even as he is attacking me. I want him to have to protect his flanks when he is stacking Corps up to attack. Only way to do that is to convince him I can, and will, attempt to pocket units in winter. So, I will pick a spot and pocket a couple units, for the sole purpose really of sending a message: We can still bite. That is my hope, anyway. [image]local://upfiles/6931/BE359800EE374DA7ACBB516EB5B095E5.jpg[/image]
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