heliodorus04
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Joined: 11/1/2008 From: Nashville TN Status: offline
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By stroke of luck I managed to take the port in the south, which was held by a very strong mountain division in a level 2 fort. It was no match for SS Wiking and a Heer division in deliberate attack. I can’t hold it, which is unfortunate as it will mean the divisions in the pocket route rather than surrender, but I’ll get half of them. And route was the result I was going for when I outlined this last turn, so I have to be satisfied with achieving my objective. I beat the hell out of units he was definitely anticipating to attack with. Proud of myself here. Again, I see a lot of weak units east of the tri-city area, and brigades. East of Kharkov, it’s as if he’s already preparing Spring forts (oh how I would hope). Next turn, everyone heads west, whipping up on as many Soviet divisions as we can, and I can’t see why that won’t be all of them. I want to force them to route (and surrender, where applicable). The crimea scares me still, and I’m sending an infantry corps of 11.Army down, but it won’t be there before the second turn of the blizzard, and it’s going to be caught in the open on the first, more than likely… But right now I’m relying on Romanians to hold the eastern reaches, and that’s a recipe for disaster. Three more German divisions and a corps on the way. That is more or less the turn. All turn long, I have heard the patronly advice of ComradeP warning me that delays to attack Russians mean getting caught in the open, possibly, as Blizzard hits. I’ll probably have some mobile elements that make it, and some that do not, to safer cover. But the Soviets will be punished. And then we’ll continue with preparing winter quarters. My hope is that he’s as short on units as he looks. Aside from the power stacks around Moscow, particularly from Voronezh south, I’m not seeing large concentrations of units. But who knows how much he can rail. I continue to see the reserves far east of Moscow, and I can’t imagine they are brigades, since I see so many brigades around the Donbas. That is more than likely the super strong Siberian units that trickle in early, and guards.
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Fall 2021-Playing: Stalingrad'42 (GMT); Advanced Squad Leader, Reading: Masters of the Air (GREAT BOOK!) Rulebooks: ASL (always ASL), Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game Painting: WHFB Lizardmen leaders
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