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Grognard1812 -> RE: Soviet GT 34 (1/5/2018 1:55:23 AM)

The city of Ryazan (1 VP) was re-occupied by the Soviet army.

Tyronec now has 243 VP, and needs 242 VP or more to win a sudden death campaign game victory on the first week
of April in 1942. The Soviet army must recapture 2 more VP to prevent a sudden death campaign game loss.

The situation east of Moscow at the end of the turn.

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Grognard1812 -> RE: Soviet GT 34 (1/5/2018 1:57:23 AM)

The Soviet army is only 20 miles from the city of Kharkov.

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Grognard1812 -> RE: Soviet GT 34 (1/5/2018 1:59:21 AM)

GT 34, Axis and Soviet loses.

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Grognard1812 -> RE: Soviet GT 34 (1/5/2018 2:02:27 AM)

The Soviet army has remained at around 5.3 million since the beginning of December 1941.

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HardLuckYetAgain -> RE: Soviet GT 34 (1/5/2018 2:05:51 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Grognard1812

The city of Ryazan (1 VP) was re-occupied by the Soviet army.

Tyronec now has 243 VP, and needs 242 VP or more to win a sudden death campaign game victory on the first week
of April in 1942. The Soviet army must recapture 2 more VP to prevent a sudden death campaign game loss.

The situation east of Moscow at the end of the turn.




I see Stavka LONGING for home!!!!!!



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Nix77 -> RE: Soviet GT 34 (1/5/2018 8:09:26 AM)


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ORIGINAL: HardLuckYetAgain

I see Stavka LONGING for home!!!!!!



I think that's the Reserve Front, but I'm sure they wouldn't mind the pleasures of Moscow either!



John B. -> RE: Soviet GT 34 (1/5/2018 1:15:19 PM)

I think Tyronec is fighting hard and it may come down to weather (or some sneaky counter attack by the Axis).



piotrmx -> RE: Soviet GT 34 (1/5/2018 6:04:18 PM)

Game as Model. Make the frontline shorter.



Grognard1812 -> RE: Soviet GT 34 (1/5/2018 8:55:25 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Nix77


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ORIGINAL: HardLuckYetAgain

I see Stavka LONGING for home!!!!!!



I think that's the Reserve Front, but I'm sure they wouldn't mind the pleasures of Moscow either!


It is actually the Kalinin Front, Stavka has ordered that they prepare the final offensive to re-capture Moscow.




tyronec -> T35 (1/6/2018 9:20:24 AM)

T35.
AGN. Concede another row of hexes in the salient but no closer to Moscow.
AGC. Down to 3 hexes to Kharkov and Belgorod. It is quite open to the south of Kharkov but I am not sure if the Soviets have enough units to extend in that direction, would also stretch their supplies further. We do more counter attacks and rout a total of 30 units (most armour brigades but including some mountain infantry and guards) and shatter one this turn, one failed attack.
AGS. The advance has stalled this turn.
Got about another 6 reinforcement divisions down to help stiffen the defence.


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Grognard1812 -> Soviet GT 35 (1/7/2018 12:36:15 PM)

Second turn in February 1942, blizzard in all Soviet weather zones.

The slow advance towards Moscow continues with the Soviet army only 50 miles from the city.

Stavka is optimistic and full of confidence and expects the offensive to continue into the first week of April,
Stalin has ordered that Stavka start making plans for a move of its headquarters from Gorky back to Moscow in April.



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Grognard1812 -> RE: Soviet GT 35 (1/7/2018 12:43:12 PM)

The Soviet army is only 10 miles from Kharkov and 20 miles from Belgorod. The Axis are unable to have strong
defenses in every hex, and the Soviet army makes good progress by attacking weaker sectors of the frontline.



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Grognard1812 -> RE: Soviet GT 35 (1/7/2018 12:55:16 PM)

A major breakthrough has occurred in the frontline between Kharkov and Stalino led by 6 cavalry corps. Stavka
has ordered that the advance be continued with a major advance towards the Azov sea to cut off the supply lines
to the Axis units in the Stalino area and a secondary attack towards Dnepropetrovsk to extend the Axis lines.

Recon missions have determined that only an Axis ally division and 3 German infantry regiments block
the advance towards Dnepropetrovsk.

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John B. -> RE: Soviet GT 35 (1/7/2018 2:03:51 PM)

The big question is whether this will yield the necessary VP in time.



tyronec -> T36 (1/8/2018 6:40:09 PM)

T36.
AGN. Concede another row of hexes, routing a couple of stacks in the process.
AGC. Continue the fighting withdrawal, Soviets are getting a bit closer to Orel and Kursk.
AGS. Don't have enough units in place to take out the salient south of Kharkov but get some good attacks elsewhere along the line. Bring in another 7 divisions. Lose one hex East of Stalino though still have a good fortress line in place.

Six turns to go till April, the odds are most of them should be Snow or Mud; I can afford to lose one more city. Will endeavour to counter attack any Soviets that come within two hexes from any of them.

In total routed 39 units (including 6 cav. Corps) and shattered one this turn. In the main combat areas about half of my divisions are up to normal morale levels again, they seem to gain 2 morale points from a win when they are very low.


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Nix77 -> RE: T36 (1/8/2018 8:32:30 PM)

How does the OOB look like, there's been quite heavy fighting?



tyronec -> RE: T36 (1/8/2018 8:36:13 PM)

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How does the OOB look, there's been quite heavy fighting?

Will have a look when I get the file back. Think I had about 300k men in the pool though not many tanks. I have been recycling a few units every turn back to cities to refit but some units are well down. Am hoping the Soviet cavalry are suffering too.

Have never played HvH blizzard as Axis before (made a LOT of mistakes) but have been doing 10-15 attacks a turn in Feb which seems a lot. However we had so little combat up to about T13 I think both sides have had low losses overall.



John B. -> RE: T36 (1/9/2018 12:23:24 AM)

Given that you're pretty close to winning a sudden death victory you can't really say you've made too many mistakes!



tyronec -> RE: T36 (1/9/2018 10:09:12 AM)

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Given that you're pretty close to winning a sudden death victory you can't really say you've made too many mistakes!

I have made a lot of mistakes since T15, the biggest one was not understanding the supply rules properly. Would encourage everyone to pay attention to the following two clauses in the latest patch and be clear about their impact:

6. Minimum base rail supply modifier for both sides changed from 25% to 10% (before weather effect is applied).
7. Base Axis rail supply modifier will be decreased by 20 (instead of 10) before November 1941, and by 10 (instead of 0) before April 1942.




Grognard1812 -> Soviet GT 36 (1/10/2018 1:06:41 AM)

Soviet GT 36

Blizzard in all Soviet weather zones. 3rd Turn in February.

In the Kharkov area the Soviet drive towards Dnepropetrovsk and the Azov Sea continues. The Soviet army is still
only 10 miles from Kharkov.



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Grognard1812 -> RE: Soviet GT 36 (1/10/2018 1:10:52 AM)

In the Crimea sector the Soviet army attacks the Axis defensive line, breaking out of the Crimea.



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John B. -> RE: Soviet GT 36 (1/10/2018 12:40:52 PM)

Given the number of Germans in the way, it looks like a looonggg ten miles to Kharkov!



Nix77 -> RE: Soviet GT 36 (1/10/2018 1:30:02 PM)

I think you already answered this Grognard, but why aren't you using the fronts to their full effect? Was the idea to concentrate air forces to Stavka and use the best leader there?

I think that if you skip the front bonuses for a long time, the absence of extra supports squads and leader checks will start to add up. Have you considered this?


Or am I just mistaken and the front armies are all colored white? :D



HardLuckYetAgain -> RE: Soviet GT 36 (1/11/2018 2:20:43 AM)

The coming snow turns could turn into a disaster for the Soviets.



Nix77 -> RE: Soviet GT 36 (1/11/2018 6:18:48 AM)

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ORIGINAL: HardLuckYetAgain

The coming snow turns could turn into a disaster for the Soviets.


The panzer concentrations near Gorlovka and Kharkov look like big evil teeth ready to chew the blob heading toward Dnepropetrovsk :)

Desperate times call for desperate measures as Grognard is forced to rush for the cities. It's definitely an interesting situation!



tyronec -> T37 (1/12/2018 4:00:50 PM)

T37.
Still Blizzard, snow predicted next turn.

AGN. Concede another row of hexes.
AGC. Hold the line this time, routing any stacks that have advanced.
AGC. The soviets continue to expand their salient south of Kharkov. It is threatening my rail line but a long way from any cities. If they continue West will see if I can do it any damage with improved weather. The lead units are now some 15 hexes from their railhead.
Soviets take two hexes in front of Kharkov but get routed back. The area to the East of Stalino looks very secure.

This turn the Soviets have ended up no closer to any cities that they are near to.
Bring up another 6 divisions of reinforcements down south, there is a trickle from the rear and some from AGN.
In total rout 36 units this move, including three Cav. Corps.


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tyronec -> RE: T37 (1/12/2018 4:01:57 PM)

AAR at the start of T38, I have about 200k men in the pool.
Combat losses have been heavy over the blizzard and several infantry divisions pocketed, but most of the damage was logistics attrition.

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EwaldvonKleist -> RE: T37 (1/12/2018 4:13:02 PM)

The Soviet offensive at Charkov looks allot like the historical second battle for Charkov.



Dinglir -> RE: T37 (1/12/2018 6:31:57 PM)


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ORIGINAL: EwaldvonKleist
The Soviet offensive at Charkov looks "allot" like the historical second battle for Charkov.


If this game goes as the historical battle, there will be few turns to go.



Nix77 -> RE: T37 (1/12/2018 7:02:58 PM)


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ORIGINAL: EwaldvonKleist

The Soviet offensive at Charkov looks "allot" like the historical second battle for Charkov.


If that one word wouldn't have been with quotation marks, you'd be in trouble :D



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