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Nix77 -> RE: Heading East into the Soviet Union (4/11/2021 7:18:12 AM)
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ORIGINAL: carlkay58
Nix77:
I do not find the depots storing in the rear detracts anything from the front depots. First the front depots have a higher priority so they will grab from a lower priority depot when they need freight first.
Say I have a 4 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 0 (NSS) supply line from front line to rear. When my front line units draw from the first 4 depot and it needs freight to send them it will go to the first 3 priority depot and take what it can from there. If it still needs freight it will go to the next 3 depot, etc. This happens all down the line. BUT this is not all drawing from the same railyards for capacity as each of the depots are further back so the 30 hex range may mean that the second 4 depot has an additional level 2 railyard to draw with than the first 4 depot. So you are not necessarily using the same railyards to do the shipping. Anything a lower priority depot is storing is open game for a higher priority depot to grab without having to go directly to the NSS so having lower priority depots storing freight along the way is less distance for that freight to travel to where it is needed. Remember that freight is pulled in this system - not pushed. If there is little or no demand the freight will not travel in large amounts.
I have not yet used the FBDs to set up a Super Depot. I find that you can get sufficient supplies to the front without them and that lets your FBDs advance your railheads. As you can tell in the AAR there are never enough FBDs and using the RAR Labor units to help fill the gaps is NOT sufficient nor as easy to use.
I hope that answers your questions. If not, let me know and I will expand further.
Thanks for the answer!
I understand your depot system, but I'm a bit surprised and worried to see how efficiently it's working. On the other hand it kind of makes sense to see the more AP you use on depots, the more efficient your logistic network gets.
My expectation would be that the more depots you build, the more railyard cap you would be using for "useless" intermediate hauling and storage. But it actually can be that this intermediate hauling reduces the freight distance penalties, and thus uses the railyard cap more efficiently at the cost of maybe wasting it a bit by hauling to unused intermediate depots.
OK that was mostly me thinking out loud :)
Your AARs are an absolute goldmine, keep it up!
PS: By being worried, I meant that it seems the German logistics leash isn't tight enough. HLYA being at Leningrad's gates on T4 and your apparent abundance of supplies just raises my suspicions, but we need to get more AAR material and experience before making any hasty conclusions about the logistics system.
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