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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/22/2018 12:48:00 AM)

Okay, I've put together a cut and paste thing with the unit display's of the bombers
on the tops of the stacks...we can watch now, from turn to turn, how fast they heal.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/22/2018 2:01:22 AM)

One of the recon assets from Korps HQ has zoomed out to the extent of his MP's and he's
getting close to Orsha and the heavy fighting that usually takes place there. Probably
no zooming through there any time soon.

EDIT: Wait a minute, that's not a recon asset...it's an engineer unit. I'm using him
for recon, why? I'm not sure how that worked out. He was available most probably.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/22/2018 2:59:31 AM)

I've leaped across one river just to have to try to capture the crossing on the next
river to the east. I want to trap all the Soviet units I can before they get away
to safety. Plus, I feel like I'm behind schedule here.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/22/2018 4:14:10 AM)

Here's the situation in the north right now. I have an armor unit adjacent to Pskov
and he can probably defend himself until I can get some folks to drive themselves to
his aid. Probably at least a whole turn. He'll last that long.

I've gotten into a situation where too many people went east instead of some of them
going NE and I need to reposition about a dozen divisions pretty quickly because there
is an area to their north a bit that seems wide open and needs warm bodies.

The Minsk area has been cleared out; now those folks can make their way toward Smolensk.
I expect a hard fight at Smolensk. It's been my experience in the past that Elmer rails
in a bunch of troops to stand in the line and some of them are stout. We'll see.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/22/2018 11:31:31 AM)

Here's the south right now. I've blown a hole in the Soviet lines and I'm going to
release the Panzers to fill it. Exploit is the name of the game.

EDIT: This image was made at the end of turn 6 and everybody has already moved.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/22/2018 11:42:09 AM)

There were 80 separate battles sometime during turn 6 and a lot of progress was made.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/22/2018 11:59:23 AM)

Here's the front lines in T7 before I have moved anybody.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/22/2018 4:03:48 PM)

I grabbed Orsha right under the noses of the Soviets. It was empty so I took
occupancy easily. Now to hold onto it. I'm sure there are to be Soviet
counterattacks. But Axis units are coming up to the river and I'm starting to
fight over the river crossings again.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/23/2018 12:15:17 AM)

Of the original Stalin Line I blew a hole in the middle and I'm driving units into
their backfield to surround them and isolate them and kill them. I'm trying to get
all of them in an out-of-supply situation to make the take-down easier. Kiev is just
five or six hexes to the right of this image.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/23/2018 12:38:00 AM)

The Pskov originally had just that one armor unit up here and now follow on forces
are starting to arrive and the area is much stronger now. I'm going to try to outflank
the defenders in the city rather than the high losses straight forward approach. I'm
wondering what would happen to the game if I neglected Leningrad this time. Just drive
straight for Moscow instead. I'm thinking of trying that this game. Maybe try to
isolate Leningrad from the rest of Russia.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/23/2018 1:10:48 AM)

Some of the Finns became active this turn so I've got them busy pushing and shoving.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/23/2018 3:02:37 AM)

This is Orsha right now. It seems that we're fignting over the river crossings again
and I'm slowly getting the upper hand. The supply situation has fallen and I may
have to call a halt temporarily to give it time to rise again. Plus, the boys are
getting tired. And worn down slightly, over the past several turns. All the constant
moving and fighting. Even moving can cause a small loss.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/23/2018 4:08:34 AM)

Here's what I'm trying to do down south right now. I'm moving a large group of
formations from the NW to the SE trying to get between the river and the Soviets
so that they can't get away. I want a chance to kill them. So I'm wondering what
if I moved everybody another 20 hexes to the east and then drive SE because that
would include another river besides and I need those crossings too anyway.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/23/2018 11:15:20 AM)

Here's Kiev right now. I'm trying to surround and kill some Stalin Line remnants and
then I'll surround Kiev and see if I can't force a crossing somewhere to get on the
other side of the river.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/23/2018 11:45:47 AM)

Pskov is getting crowded right about now. I've decided to go for the city and the rail
line leading east from there. If I can continue to capture the rail line east for
quite a while, I might be able to get some decent supply out there to those folks.
Fighting is going on a bit south of here and the advance continues.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/23/2018 1:47:45 PM)

I'm getting across the river at the spots where the crossings are pointed out and
the idea now is to roll up his lines both north and south and kill all those defending
units. And then I'll concentrate on Smolensk and possible supply points.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/24/2018 1:03:37 AM)

Here's the front lines in the north in T10. So far so good.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/24/2018 1:28:35 AM)

Here' the Pskov area right now. I'm aiming to get the railroad away from the Soviets
so that I can supply troops this far north this far east for an advance to the east
from here. The object is to isolate Leningrad from the rest of Russia if possible.
There's no real hurry I guess, I can't do anything without the rail so it's a goal
for these formations.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/24/2018 3:01:43 AM)

Here's what's going on in the south right now. It's a tidal wave moving from NW to
SE and everybody is aimed at Odessa and the Crimea. Too early to predict how long
it'll take to clean everything up. This mess will take another 10 turns or so.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/24/2018 6:40:09 AM)

Here's what's going on around Smolensk right now. All of a sudden all these Soviet
units have come at me, some of them armour and I wasn't planning on having so much
traffic in this spot but I see it's popular and Elmer has plans to hang onto Smolensk
it seems. I'm not sure yet what plan I'm going to hatch to defeat this situation.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/24/2018 8:53:09 AM)

Here's some of the Axis losses so far. Light I must say.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/24/2018 10:26:59 AM)

Here's Kiev right now. I've got it contained on the west now to contain it on the
east as well. I'm getting units across the river on the east side but they are out
of supply and can't move. The rails aren't all that close yet. This is going to
be a long war. Maybe the units on the west side of Kiev can collapse their footprint
or something. Without a lot of losses somehow. I need to move the RR arty to the
Kiev area to pound them some.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/24/2018 11:14:23 AM)

The advance in the south has reached Odessa and the Rumanians have started the blocking
of the city. With the no stacking rule I'm going to need a lot of arty to make any
progress at all. Maybe I should try to ship some RR arty down here to help out with
the bombardment. I guess really that won't be possible until the rails reach here.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/25/2018 5:14:56 AM)

This is the Gomel area just NE of Kiev and I've got units getting across the river
making a new front for the Soviets to contest. Supply is low and progress is slow.
I'm hoping to be able to find some more troops for this AO as it's got promise to
push back the Soviets to Orel and Kharkov.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/25/2018 6:51:48 AM)

The Finns are busy pushing and shoving and slowly making progress. The Finns are
only marginally better proficiency than the Soviets and they are almost evenly
matched.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/25/2018 7:28:30 AM)

Here's the front lines in T13 before I have moved anybody.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/25/2018 8:26:38 AM)

Here's the Smolensk area right now. It's a terrible struggle going on and Soviet
units are attacking so hard that some of them evaporate. They don't want to lose
and it shows. The advance has ground to a halt in this area and gains are measured
in inches. If the supply level were higher I could do more.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/25/2018 11:31:25 AM)

This is the Odessa area right now. The Rumanians have started the seige of the city
and i've gathered up some arty tubes ready to do some bombardment just as soon as
they are over 100% in ammo. I need the best performance from these tubes that they
can give me and fully supplied units seem to do better. I have no idea how long it
will take to take down the city and the no-stacking rules are going to effect how
long it'll take but I'm optimistic.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/25/2018 12:08:01 PM)

Here's what the Pskov area looks like right now. All the German units in this image
are pressing to the NE and I'm trying to capture the roads and rails for the supply
I'll need to continue pressing. So far I've been able to find holes to exploit and
it's been working pretty well. I'm optimistic about this one.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Adventures in Russia (3/25/2018 2:20:34 PM)

I've been moving units and the look about Smolensk has changed and now I'm trying to
make the best of a sort of hole I made in the Soviet lines and maybe do some tiny
exploit. I'd like to find a supply point and activate it. Supply levels tend to be
low and that slows down the processing of enemy units.

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