Another March to the East

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T02 AGC XX Corps:

The corps tries to finish capping the northern edge but was not quite able to.

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T02 AGC V Corps:

This corps finishes off the threat at Svendoneliai and caps the northern edge of the Bialystok pocket. The Bialystok Pocket is almost secured except to the very east.

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T02 AGC VIII Corps:

This corps could have finished the Bialystok Pocket but instead goes up to rout the NKVD Sec Regt and help form a pocket on the rifle division.

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T02 AGC XII Corps and the IDs attached to 2nd PG:

These units spread up the eastern edge of the corridor to form the outer wall of defense. The 1st CD also seals the eastern part of the Bialystok Pocket so the panzer units will be able to continue to advance.

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T02 AGS Start:

The northern pocket held but all of the rest were broken and fairly emptied. But I should still be able to pocket all of the units that escaped as the rail line was broken.

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T02 AGS XVII Corps:

The corps is not able to eliminate the tank corps but it is forming a pocket and helped to seal the western edge of the Pripyet Marshes.

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T02 AGS LI Corps:

Break all three divisions down into regiments to start to setup some new pockets. The problem in this area will be trying not to get my FBD held up too badly.

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T02 AGS 6th Army:

The 6th Army finishes pocketing the one rifle division while advancing to cover the northern flank of AGS.

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T02 AGS 103rd RHG:

One division's worth of regiments are used to recon into the unknown finding no remaining Soviets. The other division sets up to reform the pocket to its north.

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T02 AGS Hungarians:

I use the Hungarian troops to also recon the Soviet lines as my intel is very slim in this area.

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T02 AGS 17th Army:

The 17th Army completes some pockets and penetrates deeper to free up some more of the panzer forces. I have new plans for the FBD.

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T02 AGS Rumanian Front:

The 11th Army and the Rumanian forces advance into Soviet territory. The Rumanian Cavalry Corps heads north after the XI Corps opens a hole in the line. Now to see if the 1st PG can connect and pocket the Soviet defenses.

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T02 AGS 1st PG:

The 1st PG forces a hole through the Soviet defensive line and exploits deep to create a large pocket. I don't know if it can hold the pocket but it should at least slow down the Soviet withdrawal enough that I can reform the pocket next turn and still keep all of the Soviets trapped.

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T02 AGC 2nd PG:

The Panzer Group is tasked with holding the southern flank of the advancing corridor. It forms a defensive line along the southern portion while also expanding into contact with the enemy defensive line. There was not enough MPs left to really push the Soviet defenses.

*DRAT I DID NOT TAKE A PICTURE*

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T02 AGC 3rd PG:

The Panzer Group fills in to the northern flank of 2nd PG, crossing the Dvina in strength, and capturing Polotsk.

(*You can see some of the 2nd PG line to the south of 3rd PG*)

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T02 AGN 4th PG:

They advance to contact with the enemy while forming a pocket north of the Dauga River. I think that the only units pocketed are all HQs but that will give some chances for Soviet leader losses.

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T02 AGN Rail Status:

You can see the eight orange circles where the eight RAD units attached to the 18th Army has repaired rail hexes. They include all three ports and are beginning to fill in the holes of the captured rails and make some longer lines. I have two FBDs (circled in blue) that will link together at Vilnius with the 4th PG FBD heading northward towards Daugavpils and the 3rd PG FBD heading towards Minsk. There are only a few rail repairs to perform to connect a lot of the track I need.

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T02 AGC Rail Status:

You can see the orange circles now in the north where the other two FBDs have advanced past Vilnius. The 2nd PG FBD is working on the rail from Brest Litovsk to Minsk. It has two turns to reach Minsk and by that time the pocket will be cleared from the double rails.

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T02 AGS Rail Status:

This picture is not quite so good. Neither the 1st PG FBD nor the Rumanian FBD are able to repair rails to the east. The Rumanian FBD has moved north to help connect rail up to the double line in Proskurov while the 1st PG FBD is working its way to the southeast towards the city of Drohobycz. This city is actually very important to the Axis as there is a level 4 Oil Production center there that will produce 10,000 oil per turn. So it is an additional boost for the Axis oil production. The two RAD units attached to the AGS HQ are transferred to the VIII Hungarian Corps HQ to start repairing rails in a more controlled manner next turn. This HQ will coordinate repairing the remaining rails into Drohobycz as the Oil Production facilities there are repaired.

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T02 Axis Ground Reserves:

I will remind you that I had turned off REFIT for all units in the Commander's Reports Units screen. So none of the units currently in the Reserves are on REFIT. The units that are at TOE 100 are transferred to the MAP while the rest are set to REFIT. I will also note that I have no cares about the Axis Air Reserves because the AI Air Assist will do whatever it wants about those matters regardless of anything I try and do.