RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T7

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the T69 front lines after Soviet recon but before Soviet movement:

[larryfulkerson]

In one of the major surprizes for me so far in this game, THIS is one of them. KLilly, it appears, has pulled his units back to re-form in a
different place, probably closer to his supply lines. I guess I'll just have to advance to fill the vacuum left there. That mega-pocket he
formed in the last three turns is almost gone now. Just a couple of remnants have managed to hold on this long for one reason or
another.

[larryfulkerson]

So um..........hey you guys. I've created one of those Combined Arms HQ units and now I don't quite know what to do with it. Is it just
for air bases alone or can I assign ground units to it as well? The tag with the leader says restrictions: "Air Only" so I'm guessing it's
just for air bases. Right?

[larryfulkerson]

Okie dokie.......here's my moves such as they are:

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the OOB, losses, destroyed units, and production:

[larryfulkerson]

Turn 70:

Um........I just got the T70 moves from KLilly off the server and was taking a look around ( I'll post the front lines shortly, don't worry ) and
I found this little statistic. None of the captured equipment is being used except for a 37MM AT gun in one of my units. All that stuff is
still in the pool. Just thought you'd like to know that.

EDIT: I just looked at the picture again........maybe it's two 37mm AT guns in one of my units.

[larryfulkerson]

T70: Here's the front lines before any recon or movement:

[Flapdrol]

Perhaps a stupid question, but why are you attacking in Finland? What is your strategic goal?

You need about 6 divisions up north digging in deep and the fortified zones outside Leningrad, and that's it for the rest of the war. You have killed a few Finnish divisions, so Finland has no offensive power left.

Those corps would do much more good either defending in the south or attacking near Riga or in the center.

[larryfulkerson]

This is another one of those MUD turns when nothing important happens.

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: Flapdrol
Perhaps a stupid question, but why are you attacking in Finland? What is your strategic goal?

Um.......so I thought maybe I could drive the Finns out of the war entirely. Maybe I won't make it anytime soon but I'm thinking that my
attacking the Finns is helping the war effort by siphening off some replacements and equipment etc. and that maybe sometime in the
future I might be able to get so far into Finland that they would just drop out of the war effort. It happened in one of my AI test games
and I was able to rail an entire front worth of troops down to the NorthWest Front to continue the effort. Of course, this all happened in
late '42 and early '43 but it DID happen. So I thought maybe I'd just do it again.

[larryfulkerson]

I spent about 120 AP's on some new Rifle Divisions. I'm going to need those when I go to build the Rifle Corps I have planned. Plus, I
need the extra horsepower on the front line in a lot of places. I've still got about 120 AP's left to spend on something. I'm not sure what
I'll need it for next turn but I may need it next turn for something.

[randallw]

So you created a Combined Arms HQ, but it seems to be an Air HQ?  That sounds like a game bug; that type of HQ should be for ground units.

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: randallw
So you created a Combined Arms HQ, but it seems to be an Air HQ?  That sounds like a game bug; that type of HQ should be for ground units.

I think so too.

Here's the OOB, losses, destroyed units, and production:

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the T70 front lines before any recon or movement.

[larryfulkerson]

Get a load of those CV's. I'm going to have to call off the war in this AO. Everybody back to your start positions.

[larryfulkerson]

I bought a bunch of rifle divisions and left them parked at Stalingrad while they are frozen. Axis CV's are still too high to attack anything
more than suicideally.

[larryfulkerson]

T70 was kinda slow and quiet......it was a turn where not much happened.

T71 (22Oct42):  Here's the front lines before any recon or movement:

[larryfulkerson]

I boosted a lot of air bases to hold 9 planes each hoping to get an edge in the air war. I'm not winning fast enough in the air.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's my moves such as they are:

[larryfulkerson]

This is the OOB, losses, destroyed units, and production