dmoose42 -> RE: My German Adventure! (8/12/2020 8:41:13 PM)
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Turn 14: AGC forced the Rzhev pocket to surrender, netting 58 thousand prisoners and another 192 AFV’s. In bolder news, we decided to press northward in a giant encirclement action, seizing Torzhok, and plopping some infantry next to Kalinin and other units approaching Vyshny Volochek. Separately, elements of the 2nd panzer group units pushed east to the Moskva-Volga canal, coming within three hexes of northern Moscow. We are optimistic about completing this encirclement next turn, potentially capturing upwards of 25 units. In the southern portion of the front, we reached Kaluga and are 30 miles from Tula and Orel. Looking at the picture of the front (previously posted), I worry that this diversion will just chew up my panzers basically take them out of action for the rest of the turns before mud. We will see if we made a fatal mistake. In other news, elements of the AGC pushed south to meet up with AGS near Sumy, encircling a wide swath of land stretching west to the Dnepr. Our spies estimate that there are 18 more Soviet Units in this sector. Aside from meeting up with AGC, the majority of AGS pushed the border west nearly 100 miles, and surrounded Kharkov, seized Belgorod, and reached Kursk. A momentous day for AGS. The one exception is our siege of Odessa, which cost us 1300 Romanians this turn as we attacked. We have decided just to attack every turn until the Russians surrender. AGN continued its grind towards freeing Leningrad, nearly reaching the Volkhov River. We have shipped north the 40th Panzer Corps with two armor and one motorized decision to help break the stalemate. Russian Update: The Russians launched a few counterattacks, but were unsuccessful in all 5 attacks, suffering 5500 casualties compared to 468 for me. I lost 1 AFV, they lost 75. Casualty report: End of Turn #14: 24 units destroyed for a total of 419 units destroyed. German Losses to date: 298k men (22k last turn), 1757 AFV (141 last turn), 747 aircraft (62 last turn) Russian Losses to date: 2.756 million men (157k last turn), 15041 AFV (522 last turn), 7844 aircraft (190 last turn) OOB Update: Germany – 3.45 million soldiers, 33.5k guns, 4722 tanks, 3541 aircraft Russia – 3.72 million soldiers, 51.0k guns, 5154 tanks, 7274 aircraft
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