Field Marshal von Fogger vs Comrade Marshal Fulkerson

[fogger]

Inf losses have been heavy the past two turns. Lsses are due to heavy attacks against units in my rear.

[fogger]

and tank losses

[fogger]

and air losses

[fogger]

Larry has moved some air units forward so I hit his airfields again this turn. This what my intl people tell me.

[Petey]

Thanks for the Axis status update. Please tell me again what the premise of this WITE mod is? What's been changed?

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: Petey
Thanks for the Axis status update.

Yeah, thanks Fogger dude.

ORIGINAL: Petey
Please tell me again what the premise of this WITE mod is? What's been changed?

What's the premise? I donno that it has one. I know the house rules are changed, and the Axis minor allies have their squads broken
out by nationality instead of the generic Rifle Squads now. I'm not sure what all has been changed......Fogger would know more about
that than I would.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the northern part of the front lines. Murmansk fell big time and the Axis units are running rampent.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the front lines a little further south. Not much is changing at Leningrad itself.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the front lines in the Kiev area now:

[larryfulkerson]

And finally, here's the front lines down in the Odessa area:

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the latest on the Soviet air war:

[Lobster]

ORIGINAL: fogger

Inf losses have been heavy the past two turns. Lsses are due to heavy attacks against units in my rear.

Ouch. That must have been a painful operation. Was a local anesthetic used or a general?

Looks like the Axis is falling well behind the historical time table. Are the heavy losses during mop up because of ignore losses while fortified?

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: Lobster
Looks like the Axis is falling well behind the historical time table.

Is it really? I've been rushing units forward just to get in the way of the Axis advance and my losses have been gynormous. I'm hoping
all that sacrifice will buy me enough time to get my reinforcements to the forward areas. And it was my impression that John was doing
rather well for himself. Except for that aborted invasion just to the NW of Sevastapol he's had no failures anywhere so far. And I've
been scrambling for units and moving them seems like the entire game so far. I'm having a blast.

ORIGINAL: Lobster
Are the heavy losses during mop up because of ignore losses while fortified?

This would be my guess too. I've been scrupulous in putting everybody I can change into ignore losses state and digging them in. So
I would guess that John's losses will be higher than they would if I hadn't done that. I'm guessing here.

[Petey]

ORIGINAL: Lobster

ORIGINAL: fogger

Inf losses have been heavy the past two turns. Lsses are due to heavy attacks against units in my rear.

Ouch. That must have been a painful operation. Was a local anesthetic used or a general?

Looks like the Axis is falling well behind the historical time table. Are the heavy losses during mop up because of ignore losses while fortified?

I too felt that the Axis is a little behind the historical ground capture. That said, he is spending a lot of time and units eliminating surrounded Soviet units. The upside for him is that it takes the Soviet kills out of the replacement pool.

[larryfulkerson]

I too felt that the Axis is a little behind the historical ground capture. That said, he is spending a lot of time and units eliminating surrounded Soviet units. The upside for him is that it takes the Soviet kills out of the replacement pool.

I guess it's official then......John is falling behind the historical schedule and that means it's possible that the Soviets may be winning?
And the Soviet losses HAVE been higher than "normal" too.

Here's some of the losses so far:

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the condition of the aircraft. I've been holding back those aircraft that are below about 75% in readiness and moving them into
the action as they qualify for it. I've been thinking that maybe that's the wrong way to do it. I'm thinking that maybe I should hold them
all back until they are all ready and then deploy all of them simultaneously. That way they would support each other better. What do
you guys think?

[Petey]

Then again, capturing Murmansk is a big deal

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: Petey
Then again, capturing Murmansk is a big deal

I agree. I'll probably miss that 5% in production sooner or later. On the other hand there's nothing industry-wise that John can destroy
up there and now that he's got it he will have to defend it the rest of the game. Or until I can take it back whichever occurs first. To tell
you guys the truth I'm not all that interested in fighting the war that far north. If it weren't for having to hold Leningrad I'd much rather
use those defenders to defend Moscow. Or somewhere.

[Josh]

ORIGINAL: Petey

Then again, capturing Murmansk is a big deal

Yeah I love it when that happens, let's see how that works out.
@ Larry; I'd use up all the obsolete (bi-) planes, they're scrap anyways, and be more careful with the better planes.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's that one area just south of Murmansk where I can bottleneck the Axis units, perhaps permanently. I need to repair the bridge
however if I want to defend to the west of it. The supply drop is significant.