Although things look fine I still feel the Red Army is still a major threat as the Romanians are in desperate need of being completely withdrawn from the line to refit.
Two good things down that way I manage to cut off 5 Red Army units which the AI could not rescue.
The other was that I had the 2nd Rom Korp as a strategic reserve guarding the entrance of the Crimea. I had these troops there in case the line really collapsed.
I was determined to hold the peninsula, I have now moved them forward hopefully next turn i will get them into the line and pull the entire 48th Pz Korp out for refit.
Well I manage to keep the Red Army under 4.5 mill but the armour continues to grow, very troubling.
In other news from OKH, LV Korps Erwin Wierow is dismissed and Dietrich Von Saucken takes command.
Well The Fuhrer and his circus clowns have some bad news coming there way very soon, I have been saving my Admin points and during April there will be wholesale changes at all levels of the Ostheer and also at OKH and OKL.
Here I launched major attacks all along the Front pushing many Red Army troops back, got a lot of routs and cleared the line in front of Moscow almost.
The Red Army took some huge casualties this turn, I was hoping that by driving them back they would not move up to the line and my troops could get some rest without have to be pulled out of the line.
Although it was a big number of losses for the Soviets, I too took heavy losses particularly in Armour, we shall see if it was worth it when the AI has its turn.
Supply Turn 42
This is a welcome sight I am Just ahead in the full supply situation. though some Inf Armee's are behind my Pz Armee's are well supplied.
always a welcome shift, combination of not much (if any) deep snow, the removal of the truck/train malus in April 42 and that you usually have a decent rail net at this stage can all underpin quite a recovery. You even get replacements starting to arrive [;)]
Well firstly on the winter subject I was lucky dam lucky, many times I thought the line at just about every sector would fold any moment.
WITE1 winter is bad this is brutal but well worth the test, despite the almost 10 weeks of preparation put in to building a solid line you can never be prepared enough.
The Romanians can and will do the job but they either need to be double stacked with the Germans or triple stacked if its just them, unless you have forts and even then cross your fingers.
That can be difficult in the south as its open terrain and a lot of ground to cover.
The Germans have it tough to and the Panzers get wrecked but you need them in the line.
I am playing against the AI, it would have been a different situation if it was a human player I would have been in serious trouble as its my fourth game and I am no where near as good as any of the players here.
If I did this same game again the same way it could be totally different, so I am not patting myself on the back, this was first winter beginners luck.
I will say it seems to me that defending in front of Moscow is better with the defensive terrain than trying to hold Mariupol on the Black Sea.
I need to smash the AI during the summer of 42 or I have to go through the winter again facing a stronger Red Army, really want to avoid that at all costs.
I manage to hold all my victory points I captured, so that gives me a great starting point as I don't have win back lost cities again.
You actually did quite well - it just does not fell that way while it is going on! It is actually harder against the AI with its ability to 'teleport' units to wherever it decides to attack and often getting more attacks against a single spot in the line than a human opponent ever could.
You actually did quite well - it just does not fell that way while it is going on! It is actually harder against the AI with its ability to 'teleport' units to wherever it decides to attack and often getting more attacks against a single spot in the line than a human opponent ever could.
Thanks, appreciate your help and advice on matters.
