A tale of three cities (hooooper vs Bomazz)

[Wuffer]

I had to admit that a sping offensive by GHC Kharkow--> down south was my first thought, too.
you look quite thin there.
The lack of 'valueable' German troops in the south didn't appear like an accident or oversight... but as a gambit. ?

Waht's the state of reconnaissance of mot. Inf. + Pz.-Div? And how much Inf. is hiding somewhere?

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edit: interesting aar, btw

[hooooper_slith]

I think it is a strategic trap. I would guess there is something like a panzer group in Germany, and possibly an infantry army.

[Scook_99]

Yeah, it looks a whole lot like a Von Manstein move, just a year ahead of Stalingrad. I am just not positive on shattering your minors, unless you can guarantee pulling this off as Germany. If he has 4 million Germans around in March, 1943, Bomazz will look like a stinking genius.

[hooooper_slith]

I would have to co-operate to make that possible ...

[Scook_99]

And it is so obvious, I imagine you will hang out to destroy as much rail as possible before pulling into a more defensible position. Uncle Joe would hang out, though!

[hooooper_slith]

It would be a giant repeat of the Izium bulge.

[hooooper_slith]

Turn 33
Time is running out for the blizzard offensive, and in the south at least, Soviet attacks build up to a furious pitch.

But first, a state secret: one of my opponents weaknesses is a slightly careless approach to peripheral detail. We saw this with the failure to take the Baltic ports during Barbarossa, and there was also a failure to take the Onega coast during the Finnish drive down the eastern isthmus. This allowed the Soviets to slip a brigade behind the Finns, and it has been fighting a guerrilla war against the supply routes. Now in the recent retreat by 7th Army, it was possible to add a division to our long range raiding force.

[hooooper_slith]

On the Leningrad relief drive, more painfully slow progress.

[hooooper_slith]

In front of Vyshny Volochek, Akimov's 11th Army is now in position to launch an assault on 12th Panzer division.

[hooooper_slith]

The Moscow front remains stable.

[hooooper_slith]

Tula: we still want to retake this city before March.

[hooooper_slith]

Kharkov: the mega encirclement continues.

[hooooper_slith]

Further south, the vanguard of Zakharov's Transcaucusus Front are entering the western Ukraine as the fighting builds to a mighty climax.

[hooooper_slith]

At Nikolaev, the position of the Axis is becoming critical. I think a pull back is imminent.

[hooooper_slith]

Air losses. The VVS has certainly been brave ...

[hooooper_slith]

The pocket north of Dnepropetrovsk was wiped out ....

[hooooper_slith]

So the game of chicken continues...

[hooooper_slith]

Turn 34

Leningrad: two attacks succeed, more fail. But for all those people who wished their U2 factories destroyed by Germans, consider just how deadly these flying sewing machines can be.

[hooooper_slith]

After a series of wearing down attacks, Vyshny Volochek is stormed.

[hooooper_slith]

Moscow: the front line is almost straight, which is the condition of maximum entropy. We're going to dig in now.