Directive 21 ( FITE mod w/ Soviet PO )

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: cesteman
Are you trying to make them exploit your line and then cut them off and surround those pesky units?

Hey, that's a great idea. Like the pawn gambit, dangle an irrestable treat and when they go for it....spring the trap on 'em. Thanks, I like that. Nah, I just wasn't looking around when I should be before moving my unit(s). Mistake I made....will probably happen again before too long.

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I figured out that I'm losing on average about 1300 Heavy Rifle Squads per turn. That's about 3 times how many I'm making each turn.

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But on the other hand the Soviets are losing about 3100 Rifle squads per turn....that's about 2000 more than they are making each turn.

[vahauser]

Larry,
 
Directive 21 sets the Attrition Divider at 6.  With the Attrition Divider set at 6, I would expect the battles to be bloodier.  Much bloodier.  I think that is what you are experiencing.

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Here's the minimap movie showing the moves from turns 3 throu 7:

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Here's a series of images showing the close-up of the moves starting in the northernmost sector and working our way to the south. First the north sector:

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And the next sector to the south: [ this is the view that shows me surrounding the city of Minsk ]

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And the next sector to the south:

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And the next sector to the south:

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And the next sector to the south:

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And the southernmost sector:

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Here's the north half of the front lines at the end of turn 7:

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Here's the south end of the front lines at the end of turn 7:

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By my careful calculations I destroyed 29 Soviet units in turn 7:

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Here's the Soviet losses so far by turn 7's end:

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And here's the Axis losses by the end of turn 7:

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Here's the minimap moves movie showing the moves from turns 4 throu 8:

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Now I start a series of close-up moves movies starting at the north sector going south:

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And the next sector to the south: [ please notice that the Axis forces captured Minsk in this turn ]

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And the next sector to the south: