Sicily to Brenner Pass Revised

[sPzAbt653]

I was counting on SOME supply being there near Salerno but NNOoooooooo there's no supply to be had.

Don't you ever check for Supply Point locations before you conduct an Amphibious Attack ? [;)]

[larryfulkerson]

"Don't you ever check for Supply Point locations before you conduct an Amphibious Attack ?"

I probably ought to start doing that. Obviously. I'm kinda new to this scenario and I'm used to knowing where everything is when I play.
Bad habit. I'm breaking it as we speak.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's my losses as of the beginning of T27:

[larryfulkerson]

Here's what it looks like at Salerno. I've got a regiment surrounded but I don't dare attack it. I'm out of supply. I'm just holding him
there for a while. I'm going after the supply source first.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's how the air war is going:

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the Axis losses so far:

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the T28 front lines. I invaded Sardinia at two points and found Axis aircraft stationed there. No land units seen yet. So far so
good.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's Salerno in T30:

[larryfulkerson]

T31's front lines:

[larryfulkerson]

Here's Sardinia now. I'm clearing all the roads first then going back and converting what terrain I can convert. It'll take a turn or two to
get it all done.

[larryfulkerson]

So it's T33 and I see this screen. I'm thinking some unscrupulous player would drop the 1st British Airborne somewhere anywhere almost
to get some use out of them but I'd rather play realistically.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's how the air war is going. The front lines haven't changed. We're trading shots back and forth and my air power is slowly making
a hole for me.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the front lines by Salerno now. I've got the troops from Morocco backing me up there. I'm trying to find an alternate path with the
Free French troops and the supply level is still too low for combat when you are far away from the supply source.

[larryfulkerson]

Here in T36 I finally got a recon unit behind the enemy stacks and cut them off from supply and blew the bridges because it's too
dangerous for it to stay there very long. He may have been there too long as it is. I've got the Free French traveling down these
roads and they will show up in this AO in about 3 turns or so.

[larryfulkerson]

So here's something you don't see every day. The 79th is listed twice once where it's eliminated and one where it's coming in a
future turn.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the front lines in T39. The front isn't moving very fast overall, not at all in some places. I'm moving arty to the front and I'm
shifting some of the fighters to CS instead of AS. I've been pounding the German positions w/ my bombers every turn and so far
the number of losses is low to medium. Sardinia has been invested and there's no islands left to grab. I'm thinking of maybe doing
another invasion closer to Rome.

[larryfulkerson]

In the area around Ariano I think maybe I've made a small hole and perhaps the way might be clear to the north side of Salerno. I'm
going to pursue that thought and see where it leads because I need a break right about now.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the front lines in the Foggia area now in T41:

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the front lines in T41: I'm making progress in the Foggia area.

[larryfulkerson]

OK. It's T43 and I see this screen: