smokindave34 (Axis) vs M60A3TTS (Soviet) 41 CG

[HardLuckYetAgain]

ORIGINAL: M60A3TTS

ORIGINAL: HardLuckYetAgain

For these bombing raids what were your losses?

88 LBs.

Thank you.

So your thoughts on this is to prevent taking of the ports along the coast quickly. Or just to get over the river?

[M60A3TTS]

ORIGINAL: HardLuckYetAgain

ORIGINAL: M60A3TTS

ORIGINAL: HardLuckYetAgain

For these bombing raids what were your losses?

88 LBs.

Thank you.

So your thoughts on this is to prevent taking of the ports along the coast quickly. Or just to get over the river?

Increase the MP cost for follow on units to cross the river.

[HardLuckYetAgain]

ORIGINAL: M60A3TTS

ORIGINAL: HardLuckYetAgain

ORIGINAL: M60A3TTS




88 LBs.

Thank you.

So your thoughts on this is to prevent taking of the ports along the coast quickly. Or just to get over the river?

Increase the MP cost for follow on units to cross the river.

Ok, Thanks. You did mention that earlier & I understand that will impede the coming infantry. Would it be worth it to even consider delaying the armor going for the ports per se? Or just not worth the bombers to do so?

[M60A3TTS]

ORIGINAL: HardLuckYetAgain
Ok, Thanks. You did mention that earlier & I understand that will impede the coming infantry. Would it be worth it to even consider delaying the armor going for the ports per se? Or just not worth the bombers to do so?

I don't think it is worth it. Also while on the subject, I'm not terribly fond of how fast ports repair themselves. Railyards are one thing, but ports are a different beast and require more specialist skills.

[M60A3TTS]

The northern defense such as it is, starts forming at Pskov.



In the center, Tolbukhin takes 20th Army from Remezov. The AI wastes no time killing off Pavlov commanding Western Front and replaces him with Sokolovsky. Not a bad choice actually, so he will do for now.



At railyards within a reasonable distance from Smolensk, units with decent stats have been delivered from various locations and unloaded. They are then set to refit. They will be at full strength on the next turn and can reinforce 20th Army. I also have Purkaev commanding 28th Army. Next week, both 20th and 28th Armies will be folded into the new Western Front that also will become an assault front.



A general pullback takes place in the south.

[HardLuckYetAgain]

I don't think SmokingDave will hit this entrained unit, but if he does will only have 10% of Combat value if they are attacked. Interesting

[M60A3TTS]

ORIGINAL: HardLuckYetAgain

I don't think SmokingDave will hit this entrained unit, but if he does will only have 10% of Combat value if they are attacked. Interesting

It's a calculated risk. Naturally he has no idea what may be on a train.

[HardLuckYetAgain]

ORIGINAL: M60A3TTS

ORIGINAL: HardLuckYetAgain

I don't think SmokingDave will hit this entrained unit, but if he does will only have 10% of Combat value if they are attacked. Interesting

It's a calculated risk. Naturally he has no idea what may be on a train.

Of course! I love it.

Would be funny if Smokingdave did go this way around your defense, marked in yellow, like Seminole did in his scenerio against another opponent. But you are probably a couple turns ahead anyway and already know the answer

Keep up the excellent work on this fine AAR!

[HardLuckYetAgain]

I found that even while loaded on trains my Soviet divisions filled up while on the train at a depot to the mid to high 90% range. Is this a bug or curious why unload?

[Aurelian]

ORIGINAL: M60A3TTS

The severe losses taken by our air forces requires an immediate reorganization. Over 50 fighter regiments with their valuable pilots are relocated to the Caucasus. Here they will remain out of service for many weeks as there are simply an insufficient number of replacement aircraft available. Those formations of sufficient size and identified as flying obsolete aircraft will be reequipped along with up to date air regiments in active service. In this way the Soviet Reserves will not be full of both functional and broken air regiments.

I'm having some trouble understanding how to do that.

[M60A3TTS]

ORIGINAL: Aurelian
I'm having some trouble understanding how to do that.

That's not hard to believe, it takes several steps, takes time to do, but here they are in order from turn 1 of another game:

1. At the start of the air phase, all AOGs should be displayed. Pick an air command and left click on its banner. Here we'll choose Western Front for no particular reason. This will display in detail what each AOG in Western Air Command contains.



2. We will need an empty AOG. Select an air unit with a minimum number of planes and click on it. When the unit comes up, click on the AOG so you can reassign the unit. We want an empty AOG to which we can assign 5 of these broken units. The Baku PVO IAD is available so we will reassign it there. Now do this for 4 similar units to bring the total # of regiments to 5 for the Baku PVO IAD.



3. Once that is done, reselect the AOG from the Western Air Command so only it displays the regiments assigned to it.



4. Then you go to the Caucasus and find an empty airbase. There happens to be one at Baku. Hold the control key, hold left click on mouse and draw a box around the airbase.



5. Select Immediate Transfer to have units sent there.



6. Go to Air Tab in Commanders Report and filter for the units in the Baku PVO IAD. Set replacements to Restricted.



7. Go to the AOG on the map, right click the banner to change the AOG to North Caucasus Air Command





And you're done!

It's time consuming, involves a lot of clicks, but now they just wait for turn 12 when they can begin to be re-equipped and sent back out.

You will likely need to shuffle some units to empty a few AOGs to make it work for all the units that need to be sent, or alternatively just assign direct to the North Caucasus Air Command and sort out the AOGs later.

[M60A3TTS]

ORIGINAL: HardLuckYetAgain

I found that even while loaded on trains my Soviet divisions filled up while on the train at a depot to the mid to high 90% range. Is this a bug or curious why unload?

I've not seen that. Are you talking manpower, supplies or both?

[Aurelian]

Thanks M60A3TTS!! Clears it up nicely.

[M60A3TTS]

Numbers for the end of turn 1

[M60A3TTS]

Week 2 - 29 June 41

Since there is no repeat of the air raids on Week 1, reorganization of the air forces can continue without hindrance.

In looking over the advances made by Dave this week, there are no tempting air interdiction targets, so the LRAC will take the week off. On to the ground campaign...

Typical week 2. A lot of Soviets dying and becoming POWs.



North




Center



Dave goes right through the Land Bridge.



South



A pocket forming...

[M60A3TTS]

A lot is written about trading space for time, and there is definitely something to that. But I'm still counterattacking at the same time.

[M60A3TTS]

The VVS is reorganizing, but is not idle either.

Air transports drop supplies to various city depots, bringing full-strength units that are bound for the front to full logistical strength. Up go the CVs at the same time.

[M60A3TTS]

Note how I place a couple hugging units that will deny some CPP to his lead units.

The south pulls back to what I consider a reasonable distance. But as will be seen, it wasn't "reasonable" enough. [:(]

[M60A3TTS]

Week 3 - 6 July 1941

At the start of the week in the north, PG4 is over the Velikaya. The bridgehead is small enough that an airstrike will be brought in to interdict the river crossing.




In the center, Dave opts not to make a crossing of the Dnepr, but heads straight for Smolensk. Vitebsk is actually ignored during the push east.




In the south, Dave sends two panzer corps east, then southeast in order to pocket 3 tank, 4 mountain, 4 rifle divisions and a mechanized division.

[M60A3TTS]

The airstrikes go in from Leningrad, Northwest and Long Range Air Commands.

Air resupply missions are also directed to two airbases. Resupply by air simply can't be overemphasized. I will regularly divert ground units onto air fields to receive drops prior to positioning them into the line.




Western Air Command conducts a recon mission to see how far away is the German infantry. They are coming up fast.




More air resupply in the center. I like free CV!




Only a couple air resupply missions in the south. Since there isn't much doing with air, let's check in on Southern Air Command.