Another March to the East

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T09 Supply Net North:

A few very long supply routes but overall it is looking pretty good. Things should improve as the rail net improves. Warsaw is at priority 4 but has less than 13K freight so I leave it at 4.

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T09 Supply Net South:

Way too many long routes down here. Things should improve with the capture of Odessa but the southern forces are definitely stretching thin. Lvov has almost 28K freight so I reduce the priority to 1.

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T09 Air Phase:

I don't change anything and the air war continues as it has - half of the aircraft lost are in the Naval Patrol.

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T09 AGS Rumanians:

The Rumanians are still gathering their strength by Odessa so they pull back some divisions to regain CPP for another assault.

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T09 AGS 11th Army:

LIV Corp eliminates the southern pocket and advances to the outskirts of Nikolaev. XXX Corps eliminates the central pocket and advances to Yuzhny Bug river near Voznesenak. XI Corps eliminates the northern pocket and advances to the Soviet defensive line. XXXIV Corps punches a hole in the Soviet line at Dobrovelichavka.

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T09 AGS 17th Army:

XXXXIX Mtn Corps punches a hole in the line. IV Corps takes the hole that XXXXIX Mtn Corps opened and busts it open even further in the Zvenigorodka area. LII Corps works with XXIX Corps (1st PG) to capture Mironovka.

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T09 AGS 6th Army:

6th Army stretches as far north as possible to allow 4th Army some slack to deal with the penetration of their defensive line.

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T09 AGC 4th Army:

4th Army is able to cut off and isolate the attacking Soviet army.

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T09 AGC 9th Army:

9th Army is aided by elements of the 2nd PG and captures Smolensk.

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T09 AGN 2nd Army:

The army continues its attacks and advances to the outskirts of Velikie Luki as well as advancing 10 miles on most of the front.

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T09 AGN 16th Army:

The army advances and opens the pocket where the 4th PG had been cut off.

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T09 AGN 18th Army:

L Corps cuts through the enemy territory and starts to help pocket the Soviet defensive line on the eastern bank of the Narva River. XXXVIII and I Corps build the western wall of the pocket. XXVI Corps is the army reserve near Tallinn.

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T09 AGN 4th PG:

The PG comes one hex short of trapping the Soviets to the west of the Narva River. But the forces are controlling the eastern bank and have out flanked the Soviet defenders.

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T09 AGC 3rd PG:

LVII Mot Corps is able to breakthrough the Soviet lines just south of Prechistoe. XXXIX Mot Corps is able to breakthrough to the south and pocket a Soviet Corps.

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T09 AGC 2nd PG:

The majority of the 2nd PG was involved in the fighting (both defensive and offensive) for Smolensk but the XII Corps is able to open a hole near Pochinok and XXXVI Mot Corps is committed from the PG reserve to exploit the hole cutting to the north and capturing Yelnya, Dorogobuzh, and Durova. Some reshifting of other panzer units is able to form a pocket around the central Soviet line on the Smolensk - Vyazma rail line. It will probably be broken, but these units will be hard pressed to totally escape without a major influx of combat units by the AI. If you notice that last turn this was a heavily defended area by the AI with many three division stacks defending everywhere but my moves with 4th PG breaking through north of Pskov drew the Soviet forces there for containment and this area was stretched thinner. This turn I make my threat here so troops will be coming to this area to defend the Moscow approaches and hopefully lessen the defenses near Leningrad.

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T09 AGS 1st PG:

As I mentioned earlier I needed more pockets. Any time you have an infantry army able to blow out a three hex wide hole in the enemy defenses and you have panzers nearby you will get pockets and a deep advance. The 1st PG is able to open up a deep penetration and form two solid pockets of 13+ Soviet divisions and the Western Front HQ. 11th Army and the two infantry corps attached to the 1st PG are in excellent position to wipe out these two pockets next turn.

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T09 AGS Rail:

The Rumanian FBD continues southeast and builds a new depot in Rudnitsa. The 1 PG FBD puts Zihtomir on the rail net with its level 2 railyard.

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T09 AGC Rail:

The 2nd PG FBD continues to work its way north on the double rail on the western bank of the Dnepr and builds a new depot in Mogilev. The 3rd PG FBD connects the double rail from Minsk to Orsha and starts to continue on to Smolensk.

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T09 AGN Rail:

The 4th PG FBD bounces back to Pskov and starts to repair the single rail heading along the eastern shores of Lake Pskov, building a new depot in Seredka. This line makes more sense now that most of the line is captured.

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T09 Soviet Garrison:

The garrison is only at 88% which is not nearly good enough. I have sent the Hungarian SEC and Cav brigades from the map this turn which will show up in two turns.

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T09 Cleanup:

I send a Wefer and a Stug bn out of the reserves. The Flak units are not being built up fast enough - the light and medium flak equipment is the limitation. I fly supplies to Gdov, Smolensk, and Nadlymanske.

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