George vs. Seille - A Russia 1941 AAR over 60 turns

[seille]

Murmansk ? There was no way to get Murmansk.
My defense was too good so far for any german major achievements.
 
Mostly i reacted very well to Georges attempts to get Moscow or other important places
like Sevastopol.
 
But now this will change

[seille]

Russian turn 18.

production and losses:

[seille]

The north and the center.

[seille]

The south:

[seille]

We´ll have a small break again since George is not at home for a while.

[seille]

Btw, i was wrong.
The germans don´t fight at 150% for the next three turns.
My russians lost the half of their attack value, so Germany has a 200% advantage (like i had in the winter).
 

[Jeffrey H.]

I don't understand why George has left a powerful panzer unit on static garrison duty West of Rostov. You'd think that could be handled by an infantry unit.

[seille]

The question is what he planned with that unit beside protection of the northern flank of AG Romania.
Maybe he wanted to use it as southern attack arm in a attempt to cut of my Stalingrad Front.
Or he wanted to use it for a fast attack to Rostov.
Actually it´s hard for him to use tanks. Many rivers, a lot of bad terrain. with good effect he can use his tanks
actually only against my Stalingrad front.
 
Would you move out and transfer the tanks to other places ?
I would not. Imho the german unit is placed well (from german point of view).

[Jeffrey H.]

Well, he may have plans for it but I would have moved it out and replaced it with a less mobile unit. I would have done it a few turns ago. But, now that you mention it, Rostov is looking a little vulnerable.....

[seille]

Again: Where do you want to use these tanks then ?
Crimea ? Not the right battlefield for them overall.
The tanks are ok even in defense especially when combined with some infantry.
It is not a attack only weapon even this is the job they do better.
George simply waits here for a opportunity to use the speed of that unit.
It can become a pain for AG south if he starts using it against.
If he´ll do he need the tanks and the speed.

[TheArchduke]

Still no update? I am longing to see how the summer offensive fares.

At least near Leningrad there is some light at the end of the tunnel. Leningrad is invaluable as it unites AGN with Finnland and makes things a lot easier.

[seille]

George will post his next turn soon.

[george1972]

The story (finally) continues with turn 19, June 17, 1942

Our offensive has taken the Red Army completely by surprise (well, sort of...) and they fight with a 50% penalty. Payback time!

[george1972]

Due to Seille's tactical withdrawals, the fighting mostly happens in the North around Leningrad. Despite the fact my ring around the city was broken, I am strong enough to take the city and push back the Red Army.

In the Center, I follow the Red Army's withdrawal to the Orsha-Vitebsk line...

[george1972]

In the South, all fronts commence their general offensives. Due to the withdrawals, most combats are fairly short since my units don't attack with their full AP allotment. Overall the results are "not bad" but also not spectacular.

[george1972]

The overview of the Northern half of the front shows the advances made. Overall the bonus comes at a good moment, since without it I would have been forced to conduct mostly defensive operations.

[george1972]

In the South, the situation is different. Although the Road to Moscow is well covered, the defenses towards the East are very thin and despite the fact the Romanians were as good as beaten a few turns ago, they are now able to retake the initiative.

[seille]

Russian turn 19.

It contains less comments this time because i mostly just moved back my troops
to evade the german bonus attacks. Hard time for my troops.
I´ll go more into detail again when the bonus turns are over.

First the production screen + production routing.

[seille]

The north and center.

[seille]

The south.