How to lose the war - PDH vs Cpt Flam

[Klydon]

I think the second plan has some issues in that the rail line between is left intact and he can potentially rail out a lot of units if need be or rail in a lot of troops. 

The other thing that will be going on soon is the effect the Russian tank corps movement will have on breaking German encirclements. I say movement because they move a lot faster than anything the Germans are used to seeing, but they are about 1 step above being a beer can in durability.

[cpt flam]

a quick overview from soviet side
for the first time from long away I have some ARM points
manpower pool is now less than a million
I have begin to reform some units

[PeeDeeAitch]

Is this normal? I ask because it is fairly early on a saturday morning, I am without coffee so far, and I don't recall seeing all zeros before - well, except in my exam scores.

[ComradeP]

Theoretically it might be possible if refitting units absorb all replacements, but I've never seen values of 0, the lowest I've seen were a few hundred men.

[PeeDeeAitch]

Also, my negative manpower situation is worrying, in the long run negative soldiers could hurt me.

[Klydon]

Obviously you need to flog your propaganda troops for not meeting their quota of getting Russian solders to join your army! [:D]

[ComradeP]

0 replacements in the normal replacement phase is possible, Pavel confirmed it. I've posted that you have negative manpower.

[Keunert]

i think you have to send this negative human mass result to CERN.

[Mynok]

Yikes...negative manpower.....does that mean a certain number of soldiers turn into women each turn? [:D]

[PeeDeeAitch]

Enough with the negative waves, Moriarty

[Mynok]

Frauen am front,
Frauen am front,
machen die Russkies,
menschlich sofort!

[:D]

[PeeDeeAitch]

Thankfully manpower is up to zero by the time the clear-mud-clear-mud cycle starts. I was forced to make all soldiers from Field Marshall down reassigned to rifle units.

[PeeDeeAitch]

Pictures later - the first clear turn was anti-climactic. The tanks are still resting, the infantry still whining, and a cheeky little spoiling invasion in the Crimea had to be cleaned up.

[PeeDeeAitch]

Bob or others probably don't care anymore, but the most exciting thing happening is my reports of strength and replacements. As you can see, still pretty healthy.

[PeeDeeAitch]

Replacements. At least some get through!

[PeeDeeAitch]

Manpower - Here our "Strength through Pizzas" campaign has paid off, as the negative Germans have gone. The last thing we need is negativity!

[PeeDeeAitch]

Here is the problem I face. While it is the first clear turn since waaaaay back when, my tanks are not strong enough. 11th panzer only has 64 ready tanks in it. This might work in turn 2 or three of an offensive, but not to open the attacks. Time is needed.

[PeeDeeAitch]

And for those who worried that the 402nd Bicycle Recon might have had a rough winter busting through drifts in their mountain bikes, here they are!

[Encircled]

Whats happened to thier "30+" morale boost as an "Elite" unit?

[Klydon]

It appears the 11th panzer must immediately start attacking if it wishes to fix the tank issue since it has T-34's there. [:D]

Actually for the 11th ToE (75%) is pretty good. I don't know that it will get a lot more tanks with your two biggest elements well over 80% for tanks. You certainly are not building T-34's and I don't think panzer II's are really going to make that big of a difference for you, but then I could be wrong on that.

Maybe attach some battalions to pump it up some in areas you are concerned about?