brianG v tyronec anatomy of disaster all welcome

[BrianG]

North Moscow final positions.

1 more turn of blizzard

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OOB

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ground kia

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air kia

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its just warming up now.

Grab some popcorn.

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Russian continue slug thru the Fins hoping to reach the Lake and cut the Axis force in 2.

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I had another loss attacking this hex. Close to winning. Which is NOT winning.

Very stubborn heavy forest

[BrianG]

Middle view before action. Could the partisan which is on top of a German rr hex, please look around and loosen a few rails.

Thanks


I know its just a PC rookie, but it would be good training.

[BrianG]

I finally withdraw.

It ends up being an insufficient distance.

Snow and March next.

look closely:

does it seem far enough away considering his tanks have been in action throughout February?

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Sveboda bend final.

I pull back from his tank hoard and leave screening force and have D line further back at the river.

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final far north.

Ty is inviting me into these open spaces.

I am not falling for it.

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Final North Moscow.

Again in hindsight I see The Germans are holding a very strong force near Kalinin trying to keep open the RR into that area. These 3 or 4 hexes cannot be budged.

Otherwise I thought I was in OK shape around here.

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South Moscow

I pull back as precaution.

At this point I thought I had good idea where all his tanks were.

Maybe missing one tank corp.

Yet, I was at the tip of a very slippery slope.[>:]

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So it seems I have no photos' of turn 38 and 39 of the Stalino area. Why would that be?

Well maybe it was an ordinary slow retreat with no heavy German pursuit. Just infantry keeping close. That leads me to now realize that Tyronec decided to use his tanks in February and then gave them full rest and refit on turn 38 and 39 , on rr supplied hexes. This gave him 2 turns to cause havoc and then we hit spring mud.

My thoughts then must have been . Ok only a few more turns to mud. Maybe he is resting his tanks for the next summer. I mean he used them heavy in February.

Thus 38 and turn 39 did not indicate the doom. I was falling back and after 39 was only 2 turns from mud and a much needed break in the fighting.

And then came turn 40 and turn 41.

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so here the German captured another 4 units.

not unexpected but i think i can retreat ok here.

we are at March 42 snow

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Then this very bad timing:

Why after a nice winter of advancing would Stalin go bonkers and dismiss Zhukov.

And what madness arranged for him to put Kulik in charge.

Maybe he wants to lose the war.

Oh and my 1st Guards Army which is just south of Moscow north of Tula

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South -- My retreat line.

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retreat south of Moscow.

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North final

Seems like a redeploy of Fin positions for new offensive?

I am alert for a German pincer from the south attempting to reach the fins.

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All red and dazzle