Tom Hunter -> T28 (12/18/2013 2:12:16 AM)
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Saper222 sent me a note saying I had my first German unit surrounded this turn (1 on the map) as it turns out the real number is three, two regiments and a division. I was not able to grab more this turn, and its not really enough, but it is nice to get something. One of the interesting things about this offensive is that punching the empty bag in the center is turning out to be a good way to capture units, but a bad way to build guards. The troops that have the most wins, and therefore the best chance of converting, are way up North in the Leningrad front. As near as I can tell you need 11 wins to have a chance of getting a guards conversion, and I’ve got one unit at 10, two at 8, and 5 at 7. Many have none. This is one of the many things worth focusing on early in the game, though it does ad huge time overhead to look the units up as you move them. My motor pool is declining, its now 139k (117) I plan to shift effort up to the Moscow front soon, because the rail heads are much farther forward there. I have 12 RR engineers on map, and am building three more. I would be in much worse shape if Saper222 had continued attacking in the snow, but its still a tough situation to supply my armies. At the moment I am working on building guards, preparing defense lines, and trying to capture some German units. I’m pleasantly surprised, Saper222 stayed fairly far forward and I think I am getting a few more than he expected, but German casualties over all are very low, 11k this turn. An interesting point, Saper222 was able to counter attack on a substantial scale last turn, causing 9 retreats often on hexes that had two divisions. Maybe the original blizzard is not that bad? I’m really not sure, I do not have enough data points. Air war was 60 Axis to 214 Soviet, not a particularly good turn, but not a disaster either, another slow step forward. Factories continue to evacuate, by the time Saper222 starts to advance again there will be nothing anywhere near the front. I think he is still likely to get an auto victory, and I have just discovered that the victory locations display is not working at the moment, if that continues he may find winning much easier. We'll see. [image]local://upfiles/14870/545A6602E1884856B1BB35D4EE19A128.jpg[/image]
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