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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 10/28/2018 2:59:42 PM   
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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 10/28/2018 3:03:48 PM   
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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 10/28/2018 3:06:16 PM   
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In the air the German losses are not sustainable in the long run. Of course this doesn't matter, as the war will be over before christmas.




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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 10/28/2018 3:11:58 PM   
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Finally Generalmajor Gehlen was able to deliver what is believed to be a very accurate account of Soviet troop strength. It is known not to be comparable with prewar wargames, as the Soviets for unknown reasons reduced the supply staff of their HQs considerably.




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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 10/28/2018 3:12:25 PM   
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In 2x3 the Germans pushed the Soviets to Yaro.. and now winter +1 the Germans are paying a price. The Soviets ... They can retreat further ;) and fight battles at the very end of your supply lines.

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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 10/28/2018 3:16:09 PM   
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Finally the losses so far.




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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 10/28/2018 3:19:42 PM   
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Finally the attack on Leningrad is about to begin. Von Leebs plan is rather simple and everything is prepared well.




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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 10/28/2018 3:22:19 PM   
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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 10/28/2018 3:26:23 PM   
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2x3 Soviets were at 3.9M end of turn 8 this game is at 3.4. I might propose the Soviets are in much more trouble in this game from a manpower standpoint. The difference of 500,000 men is about 70 divisions less to get in the way of the German onslaught. About equal number of Germans between games.

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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 10/28/2018 3:28:09 PM   
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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 10/28/2018 3:53:33 PM   
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To make a comparison of games:
2x3 Soviets were at 3.9M end of turn 8 this game is at 3.4. I might propose the Soviets are in much more trouble in this game from a manpower standpoint. The difference of 500,000 men is about 70 divisions less to get in the way of the German onslaught. About equal number of Germans between games.


There's been quite some changes since 2by3 was started and alot of the nominal quotas in manpower, OOB, losses etc seem to have changed since then
Building OOB currently as Soviets is abit of a struggle and you need to sacrifice other advantages to do so easily

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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 10/29/2018 2:36:05 AM   
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Status: offline 		Any turn I get more than 30 German fighters I think of as a good turn in the air.

Blubel was doing very well on the ground though. I have generally been too aggressive throughout this game and he has made me pay for it.

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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 10/29/2018 5:03:38 PM   
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Any turn I get more than 30 German fighters I think of as a good turn in the air.


Definitely - and indeed probably the one true metric of Axis/German air war performance. They have lots of level bombers and recon - they can be scattered like confetti or you can even live without many. When the fighters go low - you are at the end.

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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 10/29/2018 5:24:26 PM   
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Any turn I get more than 30 German fighters I think of as a good turn in the air.


Definitely - and indeed probably the one true metric of Axis/German air war performance. They have lots of level bombers and recon - they can be scattered like confetti or you can even live without many. When the fighters go low - you are at the end.



I will give you one of my turns in 41 ;-) (99% of those are Germans) But yeah keep up the pressure on those German fighters :)






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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 10/29/2018 5:27:23 PM   
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Any turn I get more than 30 German fighters I think of as a good turn in the air.


Definitely - and indeed probably the one true metric of Axis/German air war performance. They have lots of level bombers and recon - they can be scattered like confetti or you can even live without many. When the fighters go low - you are at the end.



I will give you one of my turns in 41 ;-) But yeah keep up the pressure on those German fighters :)







Ouch!

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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 10/29/2018 5:30:13 PM   
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Any turn I get more than 30 German fighters I think of as a good turn in the air.


Definitely - and indeed probably the one true metric of Axis/German air war performance. They have lots of level bombers and recon - they can be scattered like confetti or you can even live without many. When the fighters go low - you are at the end.



I will give you one of my turns in 41 ;-) But yeah keep up the pressure on those German fighters :)







Ouch!


German fighters is the key that must be turned. Wrote about it in my other AAR. The quicker they are gone the better the Soviets will be. I can already see the difference in the next turn. But yeah TheDoctorKing is on the right track and that is GREAT :)

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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 10/30/2018 3:10:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yeah, but he's killed 3.5 million of my guys more or less. I think 1942 will be rough. Turn 19 deployed totals are 5,195,457 Axis (3,530,531 Germans) to 3,639,210 Soviet. Not good.

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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 10/30/2018 6:43:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		Do some maths about what manpower you want to be at come 42 and plan offensives based around those projections once you offensives slow down just stop and fort up ready for 42
You can always just fight in two fronts in December then stop and fort up the second you start slowing down and prep for 42
Without knowing your manpower centres you should gain 500-700k from all the mud turns in between now and 42 too!

Bottom line just take it easy in winter and use it as prepping time for defensive lines and manpower gains over an all out offensive time and manpower drain

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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 10/30/2018 1:18:48 PM   
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Yeah, but he's killed 3.5 million of my guys more or less. I think 1942 will be rough. Turn 19 deployed totals are 5,195,457 Axis (3,530,531 Germans) to 3,639,210 Soviet. Not good.


Turn 15 I am at 3,800,000 men Army myself with yet another pocket and a crap load of divisions that have been "hasty attacked" to an oblivion morale of the high 20's. Basically making these division worthless. I have lost close to 3,000,000 men too. So our two games are running pretty much in parallel.

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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 12/16/2018 7:32:24 AM   
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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 12/16/2018 7:33:34 AM   
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In the center everything was ready for the next big push.




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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 12/16/2018 7:35:15 AM   
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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 12/16/2018 7:41:51 AM   
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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 12/16/2018 7:43:57 AM   
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In the South Odessa finally fell and last weeks pocket was cleared.




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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 12/16/2018 7:47:39 AM   
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At Leningrad the Soviets had retreated to the outskirts of the city. The goal was clear.






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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 12/16/2018 7:53:19 AM   
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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 12/16/2018 7:57:36 AM   
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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 12/16/2018 8:05:42 AM   
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At Rzhev the Soviets stayed and an ambitious double envelopment was planed.




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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 12/16/2018 8:07:28 AM   
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RE: Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or ... - 12/16/2018 8:11:10 AM   
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Status: offline 		It also proved possible to reach the outskirts of Moscow, which was only lightly defended. Alas, there was not a drop of gas left for an hasty attack. Kalinin was also captured without resistance.
The only reserve left for the next week in all of AG Center was the 9th Panzer division.




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