Nice work! One of the tips I picked up years ago is that you want as much Germany infantry marching towards your objectives as possible - you can use the RHG security divisions to mop up pockets or the infantry that arrives after Turn 1 so that you keep your original units moving and keep the ...

Greetings,

I would be interested in playing a bitter end game as the Soviets. I ran a big multiplayer game on the Hex discord a few years back where my team was summarily crushed. I am relatively intermediate in this game.


no +1, harsh blizzard
no airborne drops
no amhib landings

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Greetings,

I just finished a PBEM game with Charly 5 so I thought I would reach out on here if there was a way to get in contact with someone over PBEM otherwise I don't know how to connect.

Thanks!

Greetings! Can you post the screenshot? You are saying that units in supply are actually out of supply/fuel on the game screen?

<t> I think the more important thing to realize as the Soviets are what other factories to evacuate outside of arms and HI (i.e. tanks, planes, armored cars, rockets, etc.). You will find that you can normally get away with evacuating just a few points from those factories rather than the whole ...

<t> The 1942-1945 scenario is too easy for the Axis. The Soviets have barely any cavalry corps and get so many units surrounded on turn 1 that the Germans are at the Volga right away. In addition, the Soviets have few internal reserves since so many units are stuck on STATIC mode. It is easier for ...

<t> I think the fuel bug is probably a bigger issue for opponents who are not evenly experienced/matched up. The issue is that in 1941 in particular you are never quite sure if a panzer is getting real fuel or extra fuel bug fuel and that can become a real problem. If you survive 1941 in good shape ...

<r> Congratulations! There is a Road to Leningrad walkthrough on the WITE Library of Resources that I highly recommend for new players because that really helped me a lot.<br/>
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You are right that you do not have to always keep all panzers attacking. Ideally, 1-2 panzer corps do an HQBU every ...

yes there is a check mark below the textbook that says "Embed picture in post." You also need to convert it to the right file format so that it loads.

<r> Southern sector looks pretty stable this turn, no major worries. <br/>
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<r> I broke out 2 rifle divisions and a Guards rifle corps from an encirclement, and shifted some reinforcements back this way. A tank army from Stalingrad and a cavalry army from Moscow are brought back here for a turn, since the turn before mud is always very dangerous. <br/>
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<r> I am worried about an attack south of Leningrad so I reinforced this area a bit more. <br/>
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I am scrambling to return the armies I detached from these fronts back from the Penza-Saransk front lines to support Moscow. <br/>
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The Moscow defenses have enough counterattacking power ...

<r> Turn 67 - no major worries or moves this turn and mud is almost here!<br/>
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60 AP this turn: <br/>
2 x rifle corps = 40 AP<br/>
3 x rifle brigades = 15 AP <br/>
2 x AP on transferring units<br/>
3 x new fighter squadrons &#61664; Il2 factories – one is working, the other needs 9 more ...

lekseus - you need to just switch to the Beta which Steam allows you to do.

<t> I love the description of HOI3 as "minimal detail"! <br/>
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After the first two turns when the Germans run rampant, you wait for your infantry to catch up while your panzers refuel on turns 3 (and do an HQBU build-up where you want to attack) and maybe turn 4 in some areas. Then you use ...

<r> Germans more than happy to occupy some of this area. I thought about making this my main focus for a winter offensive, but it might just take too long in terms of transferring forces. <br/>
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<r> Time to start thinking about winter offensive plans. There are two areas not guarded by rivers that offer an opportunity to attack.<br/>
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With 4 Cavalry Armies and 8 Tank Armies, along with all of Southwestern Front reformed and fighting along this line I can make some good headway. <br ...

<r> I moved a cavalry army northwest of Moscow just to be safe for now. This area remains very thin. <br/>
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<r> Turn 66 and ORGANIZING ARMY HQs:<br/>
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60 AP this turn:<br/>
40 on 2 new rifle corps in the Penza-Saransk region<br/>
15 on 3 new rifle brigades (I have 17 rifle brigades and need 167 more for my 368 rifle divisions) <br/>
5 on reassigning brigades to STAVKA (so they are available to ...

<r> Most of the southern forces withdraw back to the Don and Volga River lines. Better safe than sorry. <br/>
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Closing these front lines will repeatedly become a major tug-of-war match between myself and my opponent. Unfortunately, his infantry are dug in at level 2 and 3 forts while my ...