Oshawott (Russia) vs. Stef78 (Axis)

[Oshawott]

T34 - South

Preparing to encircle D and Z town. Airlanding division gets temporarily encircled. Continued push to the lower Dnepr. I want to occupy all the swamp hexes.

[Oshawott]

T34 - Odessa

I decide not to move that brigade towards Romania. Instead it is swinging north but is one hex short of a minor encirclement. It is very chaotic here. All his troops are pushing from the east and I am mostly pushing to the north and west.

If I remember correctly I moved an airbase into this pocket to provide better fighter, bomber and recon coverage.

[Oshawott]

T34 - Data

[Oshawott]

T35 - North

Well it is pretty much over in the north. I just can't break through here. Totenkopf division is just too powerful and fortifications are too strong. I thought about my strategy and the flaw in my plan was that I didn't put some cavalry corps up north to attack the hexes with the finish troops. It might have been possible to relieve Leningrad but it would have required at least 3 cavalry corps each with 3 sappers.

I continue to push were it is easy but the bulge will have to be eliminated come March.

[Oshawott]

T35 - Center

Slowly grinding west!

[Oshawott]

T35 - Southwest

A little bulge is forming but it is too late.

[Oshawott]

T35 - South

Slow motion encirclement of D + Z town. The Romanians have some fight left thanks to swamp terrain.

[Oshawott]

T35 - Odessa

Awesome fighting back and forth. He plows through with a motorized division and I surround and route it. A really good fight in this sector. Finally, a Romanian division shatters.

[Oshawott]

T35 - Data

This time I am also displaying air losses.

[jwolf]

You have a nice collection of guards units. That bodes well for the future. By the way kudos for a great campaign so far.

[Oshawott]

Thanks, it certainly has been an interesting campaign so far.

I am not really sure what's going to happen now. There was no March offensive. Wherever he attacked I was able to counterattack. Leningrad has fallen now. I am unable to determine where the summer offensive will start. He is already building lots of forts in the center of the front. Should be interesting.

[Oshawott]

T36 - South

It is the same old story in the north, center and southwest so I skip the screenshots.

In the south I have almost encircled Dnepropetrovsk and I did encircle Zaporozhye with the help of airborne drop # 3 and 4. I continue to focus on the Axis allies.

[Oshawott]

T36 - Odessa

I have started to retreat closer to the city in preparation for the evacuation of all but three divisions.

[Oshawott]

T36 - Tank Brigades

It is quite hard to create guard tank brigades.

[Oshawott]

T36 - Data

[Oshawott]

T37 - South

Zaporozhye is evacuated but a Romanian division with 20 CV remains in Dnepropetrovsk. The combat result shows what happens when you don't plan the sequence of your attack. I should have attacked the flanks first instead I go straight for the city. The first attack fails but the second attack succeeds.

I will try to hold Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk as long as possible.

[Oshawott]

T37 - Odessa

I continue to retreat towards the city and start evacuating the first divisions. A Held result to the east of the city will make the evacuation easier.

[Oshawott]

T37 - Overview

An overview of the front.

[Oshawott]

The best horse in my stable. Literally! Although this Corps is in serious need of some rest.

[Oshawott]

T37 - Data

This time with VP numbers.