Russo-German War 1941-1945

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Minsk has just about come under German control. Only a few stragglers left to clear from the centre of town.
Will be starting a slow march on toward Orsha next. It is pretty much a straight shot to Orsha down the central Rail line and roads. This will mean a lot of repairs will be needed. Can't help but think this is going to slow me down a lot.

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Kiev seems so close yet so far. will be trying the same tactic as with Pskov. Will be trying to cross the River south of Kiev then swing north and take the defenders one at a time. This is the plan anyhow.
First I have to deal with the never ending Russian Tank Divisions that Elmer keeps placing in the way of my advance.

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The attack on Pskov is coming along. Russians are throwing everything at the attacks but I am able to hold on to the new ground I’ve taken. Been shelling them with lots of artillery which is a slow process but it is draining their strength somewhat.
There was a small Russian counterattack north of Tartu but have managed to keep it in check. Now for the push back.

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Had to hold up with my mobile forces everywhere but especially here in the centre. Their health is down to 40% and supply is low. It takes quite a bit of time for them to recover at this rate. They are all dug in and awaiting the RR repair teams to get a little closer. Infantry is still pushing along slowly.

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A quick shot of the south. Not much has changed, Russians still throwing tank divisions at me non-stop. Supply a real issue here as well but am going to start pressing toward Kiev now.
With my mobile forces at very low supply and health I have chosen to not venture out too far with them at this time. I am keeping them together so that Elmer does not get any bright ideas to come in and test their strength. RR repairs are coming along, a bit slowly but moving forward every turn. I do have a question that I am not able to find in the manual, what is that little cyan coloured number I get in my attack hex sometimes when I attack with artillery?

[Hellen_slith]

ORIGINAL: DownNOut

I do have a question that I am not able to find in the manual, what is that little cyan coloured number I get in my attack hex sometimes when I attack with artillery?

Not sure what you mean, about the cyan coloured number ... can you zoom in on it?

Thanks for this AAR, am following with great interest. I am playing Soviets against PO Germans at the moment, this is a fun scene. Okay, well, thanks again!

[DownNOut]

This is what I get when I order some artillery attacks.
How goes your game as the Russian side?

[Hellen_slith]

Still not seeing the cyan color you mentioned so I cannot answer that ... but my effort in this same scene ver. 1-3 as Soviets against PO Germans is going pretty fun, I tried to use an ad hoc Soviet strategy to "confuse" Elmer and it has worked out pretty good for me so far (I still hold Leningrad and Moscow and Southern Front has stymied Germans pretty much as of turn 33) major gains for Soviets so far is Galician Oil Fields and Bucharest / Belgrade, I have notice lots of Germans going West instead of East, I think maybe designer might think about putting more "guards" garrisoned on the points back East, but as stands I find it pretty fun to play as Soviets versus the PO as Germans. Ongoing AAR for that is found in link below, is two page pdf file so far Okay, well, not trying to hijack your thread, I am following it with great interest. I tried playing Axis too (ver 1-1) and was trounced by Soviet PO and surrendered at turn 200 or so (aar is here in this forum somewhere) now am trying to play Soviets this time. Have a great gaming day!

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bHo_w ... Q7GEsBM1q4

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Yes I read your AAR, you will have to try another one as the Germans. I am just trying to make it past turn 20 in this one. Learning alot as I go. Have made several mistakes that will probably come back to bite me. Russians seem to come in waves. If you come through a wave alright then you have 2-3 turns of little resistance. Then another wave.

[Hellen_slith]

One thing I have noticed about Computer Player Elmer is, in general, if you do not attack him he will not attack you. E.g. keep interdiction down, he will not interdict as much. In some areas, he will not attack if you do not attack (gives you chance to supply, then attack later)

This is not always true, sometimes he will attack regardless, but in general Elmer follows your lead, at least in many instances and in many areas in my games against PO

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Well it would appear that I have taken Pskov. At least for the short term. The Russians are Training in some more troops for me to deal with. Going to try to make a line from Pskov east to Lake Il'men and wait for me RR repairs to get a little closer. I am a little spread out here in the north so will be looking into fixing that situation, I think that once I can get Vitebsk dealt with in the centre things will even itself out.

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Lots going on in the centre. Crossing the river has been a real issue but I think I have a bit of a foothold now. Was across at Mogilev but was forced back onto the west side of the river. I think that my crossing at Shklov will hold up.
Orsha is German but just barely. Lots of punch and counterpunch going down. I feel better about the situation but I don't feel good about it yet.

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Kiev is still a problem but am slowly getting a handle on it. Trying to force a crossing at Kaniv. I think that if I can get a Pz Division in the Russian backfield things will go a lot better for me.

[larryfulkerson]

what does it look like just north of Kiev near mogilev.

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All the fronts have somewhat evened out from north to south

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ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

what does it look like just north of Kiev near mogilev.

This is Mogilev a couple of turns later and I am across in force. I was able to get two Pioneer Battalions in place just to the south of the city and the Russians folded without even putting up a fight. They were distracted a little by my second crossing just north of Mogilev at Shklov.

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Here in the north I am being hampered as much by supply as by the enemy. I will be waiting here outside of Velikiye Luki for a couple turns until my units health comes back to a lovely green colour. I have a Russian infantry division surrounded at Loknya and will try to eliminate him this next turn. Part of my northern forces are helping in the centre so I am a little thin here in the north.

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A Russian counter attack near Vitebsk has me scrambling a little bit. I am coming off two turns of terrible combat results where the Russians are holding their ground all across my front lines. I was able to get good casualties on the Russian side but they would not give up any ground. My forces on the other hand seemed to bug out at the slightest attacks. My guys would suffer only 3-5% casualties and back away from the enemy, even when they were dug in.
My units health has improved somewhat so I am continuing on toward Smolensk.

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Here at Odessa I feel that I have survived the huge stacks of Russian units in each hex. They have been attacking out of these last two strongpoints but have been taking as many causualties as they have been causing. Another couple turns should see me able to take Odessa and rejoin my advancing southern forces.