BrianG V Sillyflower (open for discussion)

[BrianG]

last snow turn March 42. Here is my open dilemma.

Comment: With all this action by the Germans in March 42 I would hope that wear and tear rule apply with force.

How I can tell is not known. Maybe Sillyflower kept track of his tank attrition.

[BrianG]

I launch a pincer counterattack to cut off Silly's armor spearpoint.

I intend to attack cut off units in mud and, even knowing I won't win, I should be able to drain tank units
of about 10 tanks a turn.

Well that's the plan.

[BrianG]

I attack a second panzer hex reducing the cut off area.

I also send cav and tank units from west to try and squeeze supply line further north near Rostov

I am 1 hex short of decent pressure on line but fall short

[BrianG]

I recapture Voroshilvov.

[BrianG]

and get closer to Moscow

[BrianG]

Lower level is clear in April 42 not mud.

That is all.

Dismissed!

[ericv]

Good luck. You need a miracle to survive.

In november your losses in men were large but not catastrophic, how did your losses get so enormous?

[BrianG]

Silly breaks pocket during first mud turn.

So much for my pincer attack[:@]

[BrianG]

final positions south

[BrianG]

5 German attacks in mud. No problems.

[BrianG]

final south positions .

End of April mud.

Next turn is clear and the onslaught.

I intend to hold the mountain pass for future harassment of flanks if German attempts deep thrust into Cacuacus

[BrianG]

other view south. I hold line with second tier units and retreat south to line which I think cant be reached

[BrianG]

Rostov final

I am 1 hex from pressure on the rr supply line heading south

[BrianG]

final Moscow before onslaught.

I have been trying to account for all German motorized divisions.

Not sure what the total is but I think I see around 28 or 29 of them.

[BrianG]

Mission: cut off rr supply to German units south of Rostov

Here is one of the early attacks to do so.

[BrianG]

Here is attack south of river. Since I am unsure which will work I attack both sides of the river.


If you notice above the river , I did a second attack (not shown which caused 2 german unit to retreat in a split wide.

Which leads to the next panel

[BrianG]

Well here is a second south attack. It seems to work opening a open hex next to Rostov south of the river.

I have 2 tank corp waiting to exploit.

[BrianG]

Here is the north possibility because of the retreat split. Germans had very little depth in area.

[BrianG]

Success. Long supply line ahead for German tanks units deep past Rostov.

And next turn is MUD. this is a classic wear and tear turn.

But, have the new morale based attrition rules gone to far and thus will result in little German damage.

[BrianG]

Almost a total cutoff.

Unfortunately his taking the Kerch peninsula has open up a closer supply line to units near there.