Operation Barbershop - Carnage(Ax) vs. Redmarkus(Sv)

[Redmarkus5]

TURN 41 - Chernigov

An opportunistic push south of this city has resulted in a small breakthrough. It would useful if the enemy pulled back behind the line of the Dnepr at this stage.

[Redmarkus5]

TURN 41 - Kerch

The Axis has eliminated my landing in Kerch, but I now hold all of the Kuban in considerable strength. I am digging in in depth and he will have a difficult fight if he tries to use this route again.

[randallw]

He must be feeling his lines are thin if there are infantry regiments up front; that's probably from a split division rather than standalone regiments.

[jomni]

Sad to hear about your landing force.  But it was innevitable as they were automatically isolated.
Think of it as a large scale Dieppe.

[2ndACR]

Nope, those are stand alone regiments. Luftwaffe to be exact.

Nice amphib. And a good diversion of his armor.

[Redmarkus5]

ORIGINAL: randallw

He must be feeling his lines are thin if there are infantry regiments up front; that's probably from a split division rather than standalone regiments.

Yes. I was a bit surprised that he decided to attack me in the Dnepr sector. I would have happily dug in and refitted until after the mud. I think the Soviets can handle the current tempo of operations better than the Axis.

[Redmarkus5]

ORIGINAL: jomni

Sad to hear about your landing force.  But it was innevitable as they were automatically isolated.
Think of it as a large scale Dieppe.

I learned a lesson about resupply with that one - capture a port on the same turn you land!

Historically, the Soviets lost about 30% of their Kuban invasion force, so given that my attack was much smaller, the results are about on par.

[Redmarkus5]

ORIGINAL: 2ndACR

Nope, those are stand alone regiments. Luftwaffe to be exact.

Nice amphib. And a good diversion of his armor.

Thanks - yes the diversion certainly took the pressure off up north...

[randallw]

Luftwaffe field units showing up in early 1942?

[Redmarkus5]

ORIGINAL: randallw

Luftwaffe field units showing up in early 1942?

Soviet Guards units showing up outside Hitler's bunker in '43/'44? LOL

[Redmarkus5]

ORIGINAL: randallw

Luftwaffe field units showing up in early 1942?

Seriously though, the formation of Luftwaffe field units was a response to crises, so if the crises come early, so should some of the field units.

[Redmarkus5]

TURN 42 - Mud

Almost zero movement this turn. Digging in, refitting and forming a few Tank Corps.

Recon shows that the enemy is still maintaining a large force of armour around Kerch. I can't believe he will try another attack into the Caucasus by this route, but I am moving a third Army up to deepen the defences there just in case. Maybe this could become my Kursk in '42...

[Redmarkus5]

TURN 43

Mud, glorious mud... Nothing worth reporting this turn

[Redmarkus5]

Turn 44 - more mud, but I have made some successful attacks toward the Dnepr...

[cookie monster]

wrong thread

[Redmarkus5]

This PBEM game is now officially ended. My opponent and I agreed that the Soviets are overpowered after the first winter, even with me using a 'historical' linear defense from turn 1. I haven't analysed all the factors, but the blizzard effects are a major contributor.

At this stage, we were clearly not going to see an Axis resurgence in '42 and I was even making gains in the mud.

I will be waiting to see how the game evolves and what design decisions are made by the devs before coming back to PBEM.