Another March to the East

[carlkay58]

T04 Supply Net South:

The supply net has not really advanced - no real surprise there since the rail heads really just started to advance last turn. The 3rd Rum. Army Recon Group has moved forward with the front line.

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T04 Air Phase:

We have established that even with AI Air Assist on I can perform supply transport without any breaking of the system. Another tool to get the AI to do what I want is through the Commander Reports - Air - AOG tab. There I can change the stance of AOGs and determine whether I want the AI to ADVANCE, HOLD, RETREAT, or FLEXIBLE. I personally do not care for FLEXIBLE as it seems too chaotic for me. If I place the AOG on HOLD then I can manually change the location of an AOG and it will stay there. I will do that with the Fleiger Fuerher Ostsee AOG at this time. This is the complete collection of naval aircraft in the LW.

I have two objectives I wish to achieve here. The first is transferring the AOG to the Black Sea to be used against Odessa. The second is to transfer the command from Luftflotte 1 to Luftflotte 4. The AOG is currently near Koenigsberg. I right click on the AOG label and drop down to Naval Ops and select Odessa. I then right click again, go down to reassign AOG to and select Luftflotte 4. I then have to change the stance to ADVANCE so the AI will now control and move the AOG for me.

I now activate the Air Phase. A Naval Patrol directive is now created for Luftflotte 4 which does no sorties as the AOG had to transfer down and had no mileage left. There is a Superiority directive for Luftflotte 1 that did not fly any sorties either. This is because the fighters are out of range of the directive box.

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T04 AGS Rumanians and 11th Army:

The advance reaches the Dnestr River with a crossing with a Rumanian division. The 3rd Rumanian Army and the Rumanian Cav Corps is attacking westward to reduce the pocket.

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T04 AGS Hungarians:

The Hungarians work with the 103rd RHG Cmd to reduce the pocket further and cause more Soviets to surrender.

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T04 AGS 17th Army:

The army concentrates on eliminating pockets while plugging the hole between the 11th Army and 1st PG.

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T04 AGS 6th Army:

Pocket elimination and maintaining contact with the southern flank of AGC.

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T04 AGC 4th Army:

VII Corps relieves elements of the 2nd PG and connects to the northern flank of AGS. IX Corps extends the line to Babruisk. XXXXIII Corps uses the 134th ID to eliminate the northern portion of the Bialystok Pocket while resting its other two divisions near Minsk. XIII Corps advances to the Dnepr River beyond Babruisk to support 2nd PG forces there.

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T04 AGC 9th Army:

VI Corps gathers in the Krupki area and elminates a small pocket while also opening a hole in the Soviet line in front of Mogilev. VIII Corps eliminates the Soviet pocket south of the Dvina River and forces back the front of the Soviet line on the Land Bridge. XX Corps fails to eliminate the remainder of the pocket north of the Dnestr. V Corps seals the pocket back up and fails to advance on the road from Polotsk to Velikie Luki.

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T04 AGN 2nd Army:

XXXV Corps eliminates the last of the Bialystok Pocket. This frees up the other corps (LIII and XXXXII) to advance northeastward towards Polotsk.

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T04 AGN 16th Army:

X Corps enters the front line extending 9th Army's northern flank to Zilupe. II Corps covers from Zilupe to Abrene. XXIII Corps concentrates near Abrene. XXVIII Corps attacks north from Abrene and reaches the Velikaya River south of Ostrov.

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T04 AGN 18th Army:

XXVI Corps advances along the coast towards Parnu and captures Viljandi and Maisakula. L Corps captures Valga. I Corps extends from Valga to the southern shores of Lake Vortsjarv. XXXVIII Corps takes Aluksne and connects to the 16th Army's western flank.

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T04 AGN 4th PG:

LVI Mot Corps pockets three Soviet divisions and crosses the Velikaya River. XXXXI Mot Corps forces its way to the outskirts of Pskov.

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T04 AGC 3rd PG:

The 3rd PG launches a coordinated attack forcing its way through the Soviet defensive lines towards Velikie Luki and capturing Vitebsk.

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T04 AGC 2nd PG:

XII Corps advances to firm up the XXXXVI Mot Corps northern flank. XXXXVI Mot Corps crosses the Dnepr River at Rogachev and forms a bridgehead there. The XXIV Mot Corps drives towards Mogilev. XXXXVII Mot Corps passes through the XXIV lines and reaches the banks of the Dnepr River north of Mogilev.

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T04 AGS 1st PG:

LI Corps concentrates near Tarnopol. XXIX Corps captures the Soviet 13th Tank Division but the 152nd Rifle Division retreats in the pocket. XIV Mot Corps has the Wiking SS MD finish the pocket off the rest of the corps continue to attack towards Shepetovka. XXXXVIII Mot Corps takes Starokonstantinov. III Mot Corps finds a hole in the Soviet line and penetrates over 40 miles behind the lines nearly pocketing a Soviet army.

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T04 AGN Rail:

It is easy to spot how Riga is connected by rail throughout the Baltics. The 4th PG FBD repaired various rail hexes to supplement the captured ones as the rail to Pskov was captured almost complete. I create a new depot in Jalgava to improve the supply net in that area for the airbases.

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T04 AGC Rail:

I create a depot in Krupki despite no railyard because I need a depot close to the front I am currently at. Once I capture into the land bridge this depot can be lowered in priority. I currently have two double rails to Minsk done and expanding on the double rail to Smolensk and the double rail to Gomel from Minsk.

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T04 AGS Rail:

A new depot in Chernovtsy which also connects its level 2 railyard to the rail net. Next turn the 1st PG FBD should be in Tarnopol where another depot will be built. The VIII Hungarian Corps is moved so next turn the oilfields at Drohobycz will be connected. The Corps will then move to start repairing rail somewhere else.

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T04 Miscellaneous Final Steps:

Nothing in the Reserves is ready for the map so all of them go to REFIT. I move the Army and higher HQs to depots to help the supplies. I have enough APs so I make 18th and 11th Armies into Assault commands. The 11th Army is more for the command points which are really needed there. All over stacked airbases (red circles) are being expanded (no AP costs but they are all in well supplied areas). I am not building new airbases at this time as there are several good airbase complexes near the current front lines (such as Pskov). I spend the rest of my APs on creating depots in Rumania and Hungary garrison locations. This will save on truck usage, especially during the bad weather months.

T04 Files:

[Jango32]

What's the consensus on the new recon AD?