Arstavidios Vs Pelton Soviet perspective

[Tarhunnas]

ORIGINAL: Arstavidios

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I ususally save every half hour or so when doing server games, in case something should happen.

[Arstavidios]

Starting again.

I've notived something strange this turn with armament production ??????
Looks like christmas gifts have arrived?

i think there's something wrong going on here.........
Not that I'm unhappy with it but it may become something of a problem.

[Arstavidios]

so basically it seems like there is a display bug in the event log and there's a production increase in 1942.
so looks like I'm gonna get a few more guns from now on.

Meanwhile :

[Arstavidios]

Turn 31
I keep pounding his lines.
About 24 motorised or panzer divisions have been spotted in the frontline. so I guess the situation is tense for the Axis. i pounded a few of them.
the line from Stalino to Orel is fairly strong. I'm pushing regularly on the rest of Front.
 
i expanded my bridgehead on the South coast. Maybe they will hold long enough and I will be able to link with them. Maybe not. I'll see how this turns out.
 
In the Moscow area I took back Kaluga. Viazma might be reached by the end of the winter. In the south I've taken Kursk. I'm in front of Orel and Stalino. Kharkov is 5 hexes away but his lines are too strong fo a direct assault.
 
NW and Kalinin front are puching nicely. Caucasus front needs some rest. Bryansk and SW front a becoming operational again. 1st shock army with 12 guards divisions under Stavka is between Bryansk and SW front. This turn i regrouped and rested them behind the line.
 
I reorganised my armies that were getting mixed up. Moved unready divisions behind, moved forward divisions that have recovered.  My numbers are growing again. 5 828 000 men at the begining of the turn. The more I hit him now, the weaker his offensive in summer. i should also have quite a lot of guards by the end of the blizzard. I can afford heavy losses as long as The Germans also take some casualties.
 
construction brigades are repairing the rail lines regularly. However, they've been taken over by front HQs now. I've added sappers to the armies. They're not as good at digging but they help with attacks. I hope they won't be taken over by the fronts.
 
I'm bringing forward the rest of the brigades that are scattered all over the place.  Tank brigades and cavalry are useful as exploitation units to occuppy the hexes that have been vacated after the infantry attacks. quite often infantry does not have enough MP left to  adavance. The following turn infantry can advance into the hex without paying the extra cost and make a deliberate attack.
 

[Arstavidios]

Turn 32.

Winter offensive continues.

Nothing spectacular. He spent 3 months digging in so progress is slow but steady. I now have 56 guards infantry divsions. A lot of my units are in great shape. with many units with 5 or 6 offensive CV. Some guards reach 8. So although the germans are heavily entrenchend i can push them back. I'm a bit conservative and i avoid risky attacks where you can lose several thousand men to nothing. However every turn shows a nice stream of german retreats and many units are badly battered.

NW and kalinin fronts are pushing regularly. His units are badly weakened there. i'm nearing the Valdai hills. 10 hexes from Novgorod.

I'm launching some attacks on Finish brigades. I've got a couple of retreat results so far. the fins do not have many men.

In front of moscow I keep pounding him. i have some powerful units there. german defenses are strong but my units are powerful. So i keep pushing. some breaches are appearing.

Between Kaluga and Kursk is where I'm achieving most success. 1 st shock army is piercing through the german front.

south of Kursk Little attacks. German front is strong. I can only break a few hexes every turn. A lot of german reinforcements have reached the front since the begining of the winter.

I'm advancing but won't achieve anything spectacular.

My army is growing regularly stronger. My infantry now increases by about 50 000 men and 1 500 guns every turn. that's not too bad.

Transcaucasus front is now activated.

Tank strength remains stable between 5000 and 6000 tanks. More and more tank brigad are getting operational with their Cv and movement capacities increasing regularly.

Is the soviet units CV going to get reduced after blizzard or is it going to remain at this level?

My units have gained a lot of experience on some easy fights and i now have some powerful units. stacks of entrenched divisions with a 6 or 7 offensive CV may keep the Germans honest in 1942.......

[Joel Billings]

From the manual's first winter section:

To better reflect their impact, the displayed CV values for Finns, Soviets, and Axis mountain and ski units are doubled during
first winter blizzard turns to account for the first winter surprise effects on other units. This is a
display item only, as the actual CV values themselves don’t change in combat.

[Flaviusx]

You are doing a great job flipping over guards. 56 guards rifle divisions has to be right around your cap.

[Arstavidios]

Yes, looks like I've reached the limit by now.
Anyway easy wins will be good anyway for experience morale and leaders. I'll should get a few promotions and Stalin will be less likely to shooy them
A few ratings improvements too

[Scook_99]

Comrade President Stalin may become jealous someone else is getting credit he so richly deserves and may in fact be more inclined to execute them in 1945.............

[Arstavidios]

just need to get to Berlin, then comrade stalin can shoot whoever he wants
You don't need smart generals in peacetime

[Arstavidios]

Turn 33, some attacks along the line but i'm running out of steam.Many divisions are now unready. i keep pushing where I can. again many retreats here. The german front is wavering but not cracking. some counterattacks are starting. I need to be careful.
 
axis losses should grow to about 1 500 000 men. My losses should reach a little over 4 000 000 men. axis tank strength is still low.
My infantry units keep getting more men and guns. However I recieved so many units over the last months that many of them are still low, and replacements are dilluted among many units. i have 549 infantry units by now, with about 3700 000 men and aover 50 000 guns. 4 500 000 men would be good.
 
So far most of my strength is in the frontline armies. Most of them have 12 divisions. infantry brigades tanks and cavalry are under stavka.
 
I need to take some divisions into reserve armies
Maybe put a few tank brigades and infantry brigades into the frontline armies. Still a few blizzard turns to go. I need to make the most out of that

[Arstavidios]

TURN 35,
I keep pounding the German lines at about the same rate.
Nothing spectacular. I'm nearing  1 500 000 axis losses against almost 4 000 000 soviet losses. My numbers keep growing slowly.
My armies are a bit mingled by now, and many divisions are depleted. Ive not recieved any more guerds for a couple of turns so I guess I reached the cap. Some guards sapper appearing though. could be useful.
 
I disbanded a few airbases this turn. The tank factories from Kharkov and Leningrad are almost repaired, they should start growing soon. The Stalingrad factory is likely to go offline soon meanwhile i keep producing. I've taken a few guards divisions off the line to start building a reserve. I'm also assigning some infantry brigades to front line armies in exchange for divisions to build a reserve.
 
The Germans should be able to launch some counterattacks in March so I need to start getting ready. the whole army needs to shift back to defensive mode again even though I have to try to keep up my offensive as long as possible. I tken Gorlovka in the Stalino group but the other two hexes are strongly defended.
 
In the Kursk area, I've made a salient but did not have enough strength to break through. In front of Moscow I pushed the germans one hex along almost the whole front.
 
NW and kalinin fron keep pushing toward the hills. German units are weak and outside fortifications there, Hasty attacks now work. Many unready divisions though. Most of my divisions have between 5000 and 8000 men and between 70 to 110 guns. I have plenty of tanks and planes. More guns would be nice. at the moment I have a little ARM stock but not big. about 1 turn of production. Not much, but still better than 0. trucks are not yet an issue but the motor pool is slowly falling.

[Arstavidios]

Turn 36
With February fast coming to a close I limited my attacks to a few easy shots especially on rumanians in the south.
it's always pleasing to see them run. I took Orel back. About 15 000 thousand casualties for each side.
 
Meanwhile a lot of reaorganisation is taking place. I started sorting out the armies that were badly mingled. that's not yet finished though. Guards divisions are taken to the rear and put under stavka command. I'm bringing in some rifle brigades to the front and assigning them to armies to replace the gone divisions, so front line armies should now have 8 divisions and 4 rifle brigades. This will take several turns. I may build a few extra rifle brigades. 
 
naval brigades are hoarded under 10th army.  I retreated about one hex in the Kursk area. I can't achieve a breakthrough there and I need to take the 1st shock army back to the rear.
 
2nd shock army is also getting organised with 8 rifle divisions
 
Guards will be organised into rifle armies too. I will get more or less a dozen reserve infantry armies. 5 or 6 cavalry armies with 3 corps each and about 36 front line armies. i need to get all that organised before the start of the german summer offensive.
 
hoppefully my blizzard offensive has weakened him enough to reduce his snow offensive capacities in March.
 
Losses so far are about 1 500 000 axis to 4 000 000 soviet. I almost have 6 000 000 men.
The Kharkov T34 factory is down to 0 damage so it should start expanding. i could only get 4 out. There's no tank shortage so far. however I will soon start building some tank support units. Cavalry corps are starting to recieve some sapper regiments.
 
 

[Arstavidios]

TURN 37
Last turn of blizzard. I only launched a few easy attacks this turn. I mostly reorganised my forces for the coming snow turns.
depleted divisions and guards were pulled out of the line and replaced by infantry brigades. still a lot to do to complete the process. some reserve armies are starting to emerge from the current chaos. it's time to think about digging in.
 
in the blizzard offensive I managed to take back rzev, Kaluga, Orel, Kursk and Gorlovka. I managed to push the front a few hexes especially in front of Moscow Where i'm now 2 hexes from Viazma. In front of Kursk I withdraw slowly to reduce the salient and bring my guards divisions back to the rear. I don't want to see them cut off and destroyed. Some regular reinforcement divisions are coming in.
 
Guards divisions are assembling. I already made two armies out of them on the 8 div + 4 brigades model. I also have the 1st shock army with 12 guards divisions.  
 
My aim is to make 50 rifle armies 1 mountain rifle army. I have 22 cavalry corps at the moment. This will make 7 * 3 corps armies
I will assemble more corps as i recieve more divisions. there are enough naval infantry brigades to make one full army and have some spares. So maybe two armies. airborne brigades make an other army.
 
tank brigades will remain under stavka for the moment. I'll see what I do with them.
 
Losses now are  1 500 000 axis to 4 000 000 soviets. I have 6 000 000 men now.
Germans have a little under 2 700 000 ready now. This should grow fast as reinforcements are going to start arriving.
 
Italians Hungarians and Rumanians will also arrive, hopefully I'll also be able to get my numbers up.

[Sabre21]

I wouldn't waste putting the Guards divisions into Shock armies. The Shock Hq morale bonus no longer stacks with the Guards bonus, so it is better to take your better non-Guard units and place them under the Shock Hq's. This way you have a better chance of making more Guard units and Guards Hq's.

[Klydon]

ORIGINAL: Sabre21

I wouldn't waste putting the Guards divisions into Shock armies. The Shock Hq morale bonus no longer stacks with the Guards bonus, so it is better to take your better non-Guard units and place them under the Shock Hq's. This way you have a better chance of making more Guard units and Guards Hq's.

+1

It also results in that many more units with some sort of moral bonus, which is good for the Russians.

[Arstavidios]

The guards divisons will be taken out of the Shock army. in the coming turn. i'm currently shuffling around 100s of soviet units.
hopefully things will be sorted out and organised for the summer season. the plan is to keep guards, shock armies cavalry, tanks paras and naval infantry as reserves with possibly a few regular armies if I have some extra. he will probably be able to pierce my frontline wherever he wants too but I should have plenty of reserves ready to move in.

[krupp_88mm]

maybe this isnt the place for a question like this but what is the difference between HI and armaments? also can the soviets save armaments by shutting off excess production they seem to have way more tanks / aircraft then they need every game

edit oops i did post in the wrong thread sorry lol, and thanks for answering my question anyway, you showed great friendship and love, fight him with hugs

[Ketza]

Kruppp im concerned about you.

The big gun was a bit more "wargamish"

[:D]

[Arstavidios]

Humm, lookks like Krupp has posted on the wrong thread
HI is used to produce supplies that are used by other production if I understand correctly. you cannot shift production even though you may have thousands of tanks and aircraft piling in the pool and you're short of trucks and guns
 
I would happily scrap 4000 or 5000 aircraft from the pool and recycle the into machin guns. well I guess there are at least 10 000 machine guns siting in unused aircraft anyway