Thanks all for the suggestions. It turns out it was a loadout issue — I had assumed the Ju-88s had mines assigned by default but they were actually using their HE loadouts. I’ve tested it all out and it looks like that was the primary cause. Now onwards to Sevastopol…

I’m playing Axis vs Soviets and I’ve run into a problem where I had assumed I had Odessa isolated but when the fortress fell, 90% or so of the surrounded defenders escaped. I have moved on with my game but I wanted to understand why it happened lest I allow the Soviets to escape next time from ...