Turn 5
Southern Front
Its ridiculous. I have a Tsarist Commander, I then have Zhukov taking over and not one army fully activated in the south..... [&:]
So a situation where I should be able to give the three Romanian divisions east of the Dneistr a bloody nose, means I can actually do.... nothing.
Ditto 9th Army and the Germans to the north..... In a fit of anger I decide to attack here anyway. Because they cannot move and attack, failure means the entire army are likely to be surrounded but I can get an 80% modifier and its 351 vs 216 with the Germans in Blitzkrieg posture (so not so good on defence) and most of the Soviets are at 100% readiness.
The attack shows what would have been possible against the Romanians as the three German divisions are beaten back across the river.
Emboldened I now re-consider going with what I have against the Romanians further south....
I can get 214 vs 151 with an 80% modifier. One division is at 70% readiness - the other three at 100%. The Romanians are surprisingly well dug-in considering they have just crossed the river, but have readiness between 60 and 78%. They too are in Blitzkrieg posture.
What to do? Move to a better defensive position or go for it? Hell let's go for it. I check around desperately for any more units to attack with, but the units in Odessa are all short on AP's. Here goes.... The attack is a success and once again the invaders are ejected from the east bank.
Unfortunately there are three German divisions that have formed a bridgehead, but those attacks improve the mood somewhat.
Elsewhere...
12th Army defend Proskurow with a couple of divisions, but 4 of the army's units cannot get across the river and there is a large gap between them and the retreating 9th Army. Had I known those attacks would have been successful I would not have withdrawn so quickly [:(] Ah the joys of being an army commander...[:D]
That leaves Southwestern HQ and once again the lack of AP's means the defence is compromised. 228th Rifle Division in the north cannot move even one hex which would have seen them behind the river line northwest of Zhitomir. These units should be running but....
