Russia! Why not? (Morvael welcome)

[morvael]

2nd part

[morvael]

2nd Baltic advances slowly along the Dvina.

[morvael]

Inroads are made into Latvia and Estonia, with Zilupe and Abrene being the first significant towns liberated.

[morvael]

3rd Shock Army commander, Leonid Govorov, was promoted to the rank of General-Polkovnik. The formation of 5 light SU brigades and 15 RR construction brigades was ordered by STAVKA.

Strength:
men: 10 045 034 vs 4 739 588
guns: 157 777 vs 47 434
AFVs: 15 834 vs 7 353
aircraft: 21 449 vs 3 205

Trucks:
in units: 272 964 / 273 254 (99.89%)
in the pool: 149 514 / 140 813 (106.18%)
in repair: 109 455

Losses:
killed: 46 963 vs 31 768
captured: 781 vs 663
disabled: 18 886 vs 15 835
guns: 1 359 vs 1 753
AFVs: 464 vs 145
aircraft: 200 vs 28

Including:
in combat: 112 vs 21
from AA: 46 vs 3
on the ground: 0 vs 0
operational: 42 vs 4

[morvael]

Oh, German Panzer Division, you are no longer the champion of the battlefield...

[gingerbread]

ORIGINAL: morvael

Oh, German Panzer Division, you are no longer the champion of the battlefield...

If you had posted it on any other day than today, then...

But today? [;)]

[morvael]

Lol, but it's true. I forgot it's April 1st. Just opened my turn after mud ended and normal CVs returned.

[gingerbread]

OK, lucky you. I envy you the full complement of Rifle Squads. My Mech Corps does not get any new ones.

BTW, why is there more fuel than needed? Is that for the attached regiments?

[morvael]

Turn 140 (February 17th, 1944)

Southern fronts advances towards Odessa, expanding the bridgehead near the sea:

[morvael]

Cherkassy will soon fall into Red Army's hands. German infantry division was saved by panzers, and the Tank Armies forced to retreat:

[morvael]

Advance into Belarus begins:

[morvael]

German regiment from 707th Infantry Division routed. The pressure applied in Latvia is immense:

[morvael]

Northern Estonia evacuated by the enemy, advance may begin soon. In the center the Hungarians put up such fight and the supply situation was so appaling, so that the plan to race to Kiev was cancelled and two Tank Armies were sent north (to help liberate Estonia) and one south (to capture Odessa):

[morvael]

33rd Army commander, Dmitry Onuprienko, was promoted to the rank of General-Polkovnik. 20th Army commander, Vasily Gordov, improved his political rating (8). The formation of 4 medium SU regiments was ordered by STAVKA.

Strength:
men: 10 106 435 vs 4 694 063
guns: 157 978 vs 46 836
AFVs: 16 006 vs 7 297
aircraft: 21 431 vs 3 305

Trucks:
in units: 259 415 / 271 537 (95.54%)
in the pool: 160 388 / 173 964 (92.20%)
in repair: 113 622

Losses:
killed: 18 922 vs 19 635
captured: 580 vs 724
disabled: 17 399 vs 7 261
guns: 607 vs 870
AFVs: 600 vs 132
aircraft: 135 vs 39

Including:
in combat: 72 vs 27
from AA: 25 vs 8
on the ground: 0 vs 0
operational: 38 vs 4

[bigbaba]

oh my. this endless battles with positive outcome for you do create a lot of guards and moral for you and a huge attrition for him i guess.

what about some mobile corps/armies to expliot breakthroughts in his frontline?

[morvael]

No breakthroughts to exploit, really. He has strong, rested panzers in reserve everywhere so I have to attack deliberately and my advance is slow. I'm only pushing him back, which sometimes creates frontline shapes that are hard to hold and then he withdraws. As could be seen near Cherkassy, he can still win with tank armies if they encircle some of his units.

[morvael]

Turn 141 (February 24th, 1944)

Rodin's 4th Tank Army preparing the raid towards Odessa:

[morvael]

Kirovograd & Cherkassy captured:

[morvael]

With supply situation back under control thanks to NKPS troops, Volkhov and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts advance towards Kiev:

[morvael]

Gomel will soon fall into Red Army's hans. To the north, Dnepr is crossed in even more places: