Rodina Struggle (Morvael vs Cpt Flam)

[M60A3TTS]

cpt, even though the cavalry divisions still cost 20 ap each, you should get about 15 new divisions built. You need them as cavalry corps for any serious winter offensive.

[sillyflower]

It doesn't look like he has the 325 APs needed (inc. cost of making the divisions into corps) for them to be built in time to be much use in this winter. Even if he had the APs, I doubt he has the arms points to spare.

[M60A3TTS]

Volkhov Front arrives next turn to push him near 500 AP. Yes, arms would be an issue but better to start sooner than later.

[cpt flam]

thanks for your advice
actually I sent back turn 30
i have few Cav corps but allready 2 guards
20 points is a bit prohibitive in my view

[cpt flam]

Turn 23 or November 20, 1941
again two weeks before winter
we have a status-quo between Bryansk and Kharkov
Volkhov front arrive
Mikhail Khozin (49 Army) is promoted Général Polkovnik

[cpt flam]

in the south
Makeevka falled in the Huns hands
and Vyacheslav Tsvetaev (51 Army) died in an accident
Evgeny Zhuravlev will take command
this army guard the crimea

[cpt flam]

Turn 24 or November 27, 1941
an overview of the front line before winter
a new division is awarded Guard

[cpt flam]

and the losses after this bloody summer
he got a lot of prisonners [&o]
time for revenge come soon

[M60A3TTS]

Good luck trying to re-take Moscow.

[cpt flam]

Turn 25 or December 4, 1941
NorthWest Front will try to take back Rzhev
one more rifle div become Guard and i got my first Tank brigade

[cpt flam]

opération is launch toward Tula
a lot of Panzer and Motorized div on the front line
losses are light for this week
Axis 7 500 men, 20 AFV & 200 Guns
Russia 10 300 " , 90 " & 130 "" only 6 T34
armies are going to start line in part

[morvael]

With the Moscow bulge there was not enough infantry divisions to cover front lines, so a tough winter awaited the panzer boys. Besides, manpower is most important factor in preserving army strength, and butchered infantry divisions "cost" more men lost than units with more hardware, which can always be replaced once the production ramps up...

[loki100]

ORIGINAL: morvael

With the Moscow bulge there was not enough infantry divisions to cover front lines, so a tough winter awaited the panzer boys. Besides, manpower is most important factor in preserving army strength, and butchered infantry divisions "cost" more men lost than units with more hardware, which can always be replaced once the production ramps up...

also after your success in the autmn, cpt flam must have a finite set of resources ... and you most definitely have something worth defending?

[morvael]

Orders from Wolfsschanze: not one step back!

The idea is not to abandon any territory and hard-built forts, but seal any gaps that will appear with help from units remaining in their undamaged forts. Victorious counterattacks will be used to slow down morale decrease by giving me some of it back after winning.

edit: the problem is that in areas captured at the end of November (near Rzhev, Kaluga and Tula) there was no time to build forts...

[cpt flam]

in the center
our lines closed around Tula I got the 24th Guard rifle in this sector
losses from my part
Axis 11.7 K troops, 330 Art
Mine 13.7 k "" , 160 "
not much AFV (some from Rum Armor Div

[cpt flam]

as Morvael said there is attacks and counter-attacks
this keep both armies occupied
my advances are fréquently by brigade at half TOE
in the south most actions are between Stalino & Kharkov
Nikolai Vatutin (44 Army, Transcaucasus Front) has been dismissed
Nikolai Simoniak take command

[cpt flam]

25 th guard promoted in 24 Army (near Rzhev)
attacks and counter-attacks around Tula
no possibility toward Moscow

[cpt flam]

struggle continue between Kursk and Kharkov
3 cav corps are there

[cpt flam]

some fights too near Stalino
losses this turn
17 660 axis for 21 330; just gone past 3 millions
500 art "" vs 200 for me
not much tanks
actually 10 cav corps (eleven soon)

[cpt flam]

action- réaction between Rzhev and Moscow bulge
i got my first Guard cav corps (near is HQ)
and the 26th guard inf awarded