Another March to the East

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T12 Freight:

The surplus is +3K. The panzers are all well supplied but some of the infantry armies are starting to suffer more.

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T12 Trucks:

Unit trucks used are down to 45K which is 7K lower than last turn. The supply lines are catching up to the front lines.

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T12 Supply Net North:

Some good improvements on the supply front.

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T12 Supply Net South:

The ports are starting to come online for the Rumanians and 11th Army but this will improve as the ports repair.

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T12 Air Phase:

The Recon directives are performed resulting in a single air combat where the Soviets shoot down 5 Axis recon aircraft for the loss of one fighter.

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T12 AGS Rumanians:

The Rumanians capture Nikolaev on their first assault. The Rumanians start to mass south of Nikolaev preparing to invade the Crimea.

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T12 AGS 11th Army:

LIV Corps crosses the Dnepr River and forces itself to the Karkinitsky Bay cutting off Soviet forces in the peninsula. XXXIV Corps advances on the northern flank of LIV Corps. XXX Corps goes into reserve at Kherson in support of the Dnepr crossing. XI Corps forms the pocket and freeing the trapped panzer forces.

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T12 AGS 17th Army:

The army advances and manages to punch two holes in the Soviet defenses one of which is exploited by the Hungarians.

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T12 AGS 6th Army:

The army holds the Kiev line solid. Some advances here and there but the main thing is to hold the Soviets in place as much as possible.

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T12 AGC 4th Army:

The army follows up on the retreating Soviets while opening a hole towards Chernigov.

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T12 AGC 9th Army:

The army spreads out and tries to relieve as many of the panzers as possible.

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T12 AGN 2nd Army:

The offensive continues towards Toropets.

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T12 AGN 16th Army:

Attacking towards Volot while collapsing as much of the pocket as possible and helping form another small one.

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T12 AGN 18th Army:

Trying to help advance through the hole in the Soviet lines and form a pocket of Oranabaum.

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T12 AGN 4th PG:

LVI Mot Corps completes the new pocket while grabbing territory to the north towards Leningrad. XXXXI Mot Corps works towards creating the Oranabaum pocket but falls short only 10 miles from Leningrad.

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T12 AGC 3rd PG:

Launching from Durovo the PG punches through the Soviet line and continues down the Smolensk - Moscow highway to the outskirts of Vyazma.

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T12 AGC 2nd PG:

The PG punches through the line and is able to penetrate almost 50 miles deep.

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T12 AGS 1st PG:

The infantry corps help bolster the northern line along the Dnepr River. An attempted thrust towards the Dnepr River bend by two Panzer Corps are stopped by an excessive amount of reserve activations by the Soviet defenders. The corps helping 11th Army is able to advance and succeeds in forming the pocket north of Karkinitsky Bay.

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T12 AGS Rail:

The Rumanian FBD will reach Odessa just before it is withdrawn. The 1st PG FBD continues down the double rail south of the Dnepr.

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T12 AGC Rail:

The 3rd PG FBD reaches Velikie Luki and then heads back west to link up at Rezekne. The 2nd FBD reaches Durovo and then is back to Smolensk to start doing the single line running southeast from there.