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ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

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ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Larry, did Axis AI ever try to attack northern Leningrad HEX and take it (after it took the southern Leningrad HEX in turn #14)?

Without that Finns are not released...

BTW, can you post Axis savegame from turn #15 (i.e. the first turn after AI took southern Leningrad HEX)?

Nope, they only took the Leningrad hex and no more. In fact, after a turn or two they evacuated Leningrad so I could reoccupy it.

Here's the T15 axis save game:

Prior Preparation & Planning Prevents Pathetically Poor Performance!

A & B: WitW, WitE, WbtS, GGWaW, GGWaW2-AWD, HttR, CotA, BftB, CF
P: UV, WitP, WitP-AE

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ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

As far as I am aware, the AI only attacked Odessa once and the result was "held". I don't remember which turn that was so it'll take me a while to find the saved game for that event. I'll get back to you as soon as I find it.

Prior Preparation & Planning Prevents Pathetically Poor Performance!

A & B: WitW, WitE, WbtS, GGWaW, GGWaW2-AWD, HttR, CotA, BftB, CF
P: UV, WitP, WitP-AE

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ORIGINAL: AFV
I assume you have been spending all of your APs for support units (building like they are going out of style). I also assume not for any infantry divisions?
So what have you been building? (in general, not asking for a specific count)

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ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

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ORIGINAL: AFV
Larry, this is a basic question coming from an inexperienced Soviet player. I have been following this from the start and should have asked 25 turns ago but- early on, few turns, do you start assigning divisions from the Corps HQ to an Army HQ?
Really, this is also open to any player who has an opinion on this.

Keep asking these salent questions. That's the only way to get an answer. I seldom have enough AP's in the early turns to get some divisions assigned from the Corps HQ to an Army HQ. Plus as RandallW says below, they usually dissappear on turn 5 or 6 or so.

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But if they are in an Army HQ and I need to move them to a Front HQ I guess the only way to do that is disband them in the Army HQ and move them from STAVKA after buying them or just buy them in the Front HQ.

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ORIGINAL: CheerfullyInsane

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But if they are in an Army HQ and I need to move them to a Front HQ I guess the only way to do that is disband them in the Army HQ and move them from STAVKA after buying them or just buy them in the Front HQ.

Nope, you can move them, but you have to do it manually. Right-click the HQ, left-click the engineer in the SU-list on the left, and then assign a new HQ for it.
Personally I never use the auto-assignments. It results in way too much chaff going to the combat HQs.
Doing it manually is time-consuming and it'll cost you APs, but the end-result is worth it IMHO.

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ORIGINAL: CheerfullyInsane
You Sir, are in serious trouble.
How serious depends on how well your opponent adapts to his new role as the Soviets.

I'm not very experienced with the Axis either, but you should be close to Mogilev at the end of Turn 2 and Pskov should've fallen by now.

Couple of things, though it's hard to spot trends from one screenie.

Concentrate your armor. Don't get reckless with them, but they have to push until the gas runs out. Flank security is the job of the infantry.

Presumably PG 1 has been busy establishing and clearing the pocket in the south, but the other 3 PGs really should be further along. And why in the name of all that is holy are you using armor in the Pripet marshes?!?
Get them out of there most ricky-tick. Use the PGs to swing around Pripet and cut the rail-links instead.
Yes, eventually it'll have to be scoured through to nail anyone left behind, but that's for SEC divisions or the cavalry, NOT armor.

The thing about playing the Axis in ´41 (and why I hate playing them) is that you have to PUSH.
You only have 17 turns before the mud hits, and you'll never have a better chance at hurting the Red Army than now. So the advance has to be somewhere between reckless and suicidal.

Remember that wherever you are at the beginning of September is probably going to be your final defense-line come blizzard. Any gains after that probably won't have time to dig in.

Having said all that, it is perhaps also the time to point out that you're doing far better than I did on my first attempt as the Axis.

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ORIGINAL: randallw
Back to your game as Soviets, the armaments pool is still dry. I'm wondering what type of units you've ordered up, and how many of them. Running dry of armaments in 1941 looks a bit abnormal.

TURN     Capacity            Dmgd         pool       built       number of units
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24          350              0           167687     1779250      1346
25          350              0           132925     1852250      1391
26          350              0           102650     1929250      1448
27          350              0           46974      2003750      1504
28          350              0           7071       2080750      1522
29          350              0           0          2164000      1532

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ORIGINAL: randallw

Back to your game as Soviets, the armaments pool is still dry. I'm wondering what type of units you've ordered up, and how many of them. Running dry of armaments in 1941 looks a bit abnormal.