t25 will be blizzard time
When I look back at my summer campaign, it is a desaster.
My main mistakes
- I did not protect the rail supply lines enough.
I do not know what went wrong, as I immediately manned newly conquered cities.
Maybe Agame's promoting (by air supply) of soviet partisans had an impact.
- I did not do HQ-buildups in the offensive for Moscow (and Leningrad),
partly because of broken rail lines (2 times in front of Moscow,
it took 2-3 turns to repair each time), partly because I moved so fast forward
in North and Center that my HQs could not do build-ups.
So my opponent lured me - unintentionally, as I believe -
into moving too fast forward to be able to make HQ-buildups.
Two beginners struggling who makes the bigger mistakes...
I won this struggle, I think. Maybe because the German side is harder to master.
Having reached Borodino, which is 7 hexes from Moscow,
at the end of turn 8 (August 7th) and then not being able to take Moscow, is a shame.
Having reached the southern bank of the Neva at the end of turn 8
and then in 9 not attacking the backdoor ist a big mistake also, but I took Leningrad.
I should have regrouped Panzergruppe 4 earlier to Moscow though.
On the other hand Agame put all his efforts very early in defending Moscow.
He had built a deep defense with several lines of 2-3 fortifications.
I should have crushed or envelopped these lines.
As I could not, he preserved much of his army.
I now, at the end of t 24, face a Soviet Army that will soon be beyond 6 million men.
