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End of Russian Turn 19: October 26, 1941

WEATHER: VERY RAINY/VERY MUDDY (again)

COMBAT:

Fortifying key cities along Wehrmacht advance lines. Soviets are making rifle brigades now due to new for boots at the front (with a lack of artillery). I AM SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ADDING ARMY-LEVEL ARTILLERY ...

End of German Turn 19: October 26, 1941

WEATHER: HEAVY RAIN/HEAVY MUD

COMBAT:

Limited attacks to opportunistic ones.

Vyazma fell with 22000 men lost (3 divisions).

Kremenchug falls. Pushing NE from Kiev in general direction: Kursk, Belgorod, and Kharkov.

Pushing towards Kneproptrovsk (3 hexes ...

End of Russian Turn 18: October 19, 1941

WEATHER: Heavy Rain/Extremely Muddy

Supplied Vyazma by air.

12 hexes from Kharkov. Formed outer ring of units in front of Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye. Defending full length of southern Dnepr.

GOOD QUESTION!

The only encirclement so far is at Vyazma because they stayed and fought for a critical city on the road to Moscow (i.e., they are expendable). The rest of the retreats are mainly due to the buildup of huge number of Russian divisions not fit for front line defense, even with heavy ...

MODELING LOCOMOTIVES AND FREIGHT CARS

THE U.S.S.R. MUST HAVE HAD A VERY EFFICIENT RAILROAD COORDINATION OPERATION. I WAS THINKING THAT PERCENTAGES OF AVAILABLE LOCOMOTIVES AND AVAILABLE FREIGHT CARDS BE USED ON PRIORITY:

[WHAT PERCENTAGE FOR SUPPLIES?]

WHAT PERCENTAGE FOR MOVING AMMO?

WHAT ...

End of German Turn 18: October 19, 1941

WEATHER: HEAVY RAIN/MUDDY

COMBAT:

Attacking where mud is not overwhelmingly a problem.

Slow advance towards Leningrad.

Vyazma isolated!

Approaching outskirts of Sumey. 6 hexes from Dnepropetrovsk. 6 hexes from Zaporozhye.

FINALLY, I UNDERSTAND THE ...

"The Rat Patrol"