TXX Events

[larryfulkerson]

Here's what's going on near Kiev right now. I drove my recon units in and amongst the Soviet units and created a path around all of them so now they are cut off from their supply source and I can take them down easier. They can't receive any reinforcements when they are out of supply....is my understanding, so I need to do this to all the Soviet units I destroy. I've captured some crossings over the river south of Kiev and I'm using them to get into the Soviet backfield. Kiev is on the verge of falling already. I used all the RR arty I own to help pulverize the defenders and it helped a lot. I need to move them to Odessa now that Kiev is on it's last legs. I've got Romanian arty doing the bombarding at Odessa but the RR arty will accellerate the process.

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[larryfulkerson]

Here's what's going on in front of Moscow right now. I thought I'd do a panarama so you guys could get a better idea of where everything is and what's going on with a bigger scale. Imagine all these units moving at the same time. This is T18 round 1 just before the combat phase.

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[larryfulkerson]

I've managed to push my way through the D-town crossing and I'm spreading out and now I have a toe-hold on the east side of the river. The way looks open to Kharkov so I'll push that way. I'm also moving some troops to the SE on my way to Rostov. I also need to designate a TF to move on Stalingrad.

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[larryfulkerson]

It's now T18 round 3 and this is what's happening near Leningrad right now. I've shoved one of my recon units deep into enemy territory as bait. I've noticed that my bombers are really good at CS and attacks on my units usually get some air cover on their defense. I expect him to get attacked and I hope to be able to give him some support soon. I'm expecting Elmer to push some of his units toward the aforementioned recon unit and that will make his front line even more porous and I'll be able to advance faster. That's the theory. I'll let you know how it worked out.

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[larryfulkerson]

I thought I'd look into the state of affairs in the department of Expected Reinforcements and I found this:
I'm due to get 7 units in T19 and 5 of them are brown water boats. There's one Disband unit that will spawn at Trondheim I do believe and I plan to disband it if it shows up somehow. There's also the 702nd Div HQ unit that might spawn somewhere in Sweden I think. I may have mislabeled some of my lines. And in T20 I'm going to receive two Turk units that I plan to disband. I can't move them and the Soviet units never move so I figure I can gain all that Turkish equipment to the pools. Let some other unit have that equipment. The Odessa CD gun unit will switch to "stand by" mode. All I have to do is occupy the hex and the CD gun unit will appear next turn. There will spawn an Italian unit in Italy. And the Talin CD gun unit will appear. And one more brown water boat. As if I needed another boat.

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[larryfulkerson]

It's now T19 round 3 and this is what's going on in the Leningrad area right now. I'm still slowly pushing the Soviets NE and will soon arrive adjacent to the city. Notice that the recon unit that I pushed deep into the enemy backfield is still there but is now low on supply so I've dug it in to give it some rest and I expect it to still be there next turn. The rails need to be repaired before it will be all the way to the front lines.

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[larryfulkerson]

This is what's going on in the Bryansk area right now. The Soviet defenders are sparce and I'm in the process of surrounding a small group of Soviet units to eventually destroy them. Then I'm on my way to Orel.

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[larryfulkerson]

This is what's going on to the west of Moscow area right now. I'm trying to surround small groups of Soviet units to destroy them. I need to drive a small unit along the road just to the east of the Soviet units so I can eventually cut off the defenders from their supply source. Elmer is railing in more and more troops to this area and that makes it just a little bit harder to take these guys down.

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[larryfulkerson]

This is what's going on SE of Vyazma area right now. In the south of this image I have several recon units spreading out zooming into the empty areas around this area. My Panzer units are slicing their way through the defenders easily and Soviet units are disappearing faster than Russian journalists.

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[larryfulkerson]

This is what's going on in the Kiev area right now. I'm pressing south with the forces you can see and offmap to the south I have forces crossing the river and spreading out into the Soviet backfield and they are pressing to the north and east as fast as they can. I finally captured Kiev and will clear out the city sometime in the next several turns.

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[larryfulkerson]

This is what's going on to the SE of Bryansk right now. I'm pressing toward Orel and I'm running into scattered Soviet units and my forces are chewing them up almost without stopping the advance. Good progress is being made in this area.

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[larryfulkerson]

This is what's going on near D-town right now. I've forced my way through the crossing at D-town and I'm spreading out and moving units in various directions. The crossing at Z-town is proving to be a tough nut to crack. I have repaired the rails all the way to D-town so the supply level is great on the west side of the river and almost adequate on the east side. The Romanians are breaking their way into the Crimea as all this action is going on.

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[larryfulkerson]

This is what's going on near Kherson right now. I've forced my way across the crossings and the Romanians are driving across the crossings and spreading out and forming a front line and will soon arrive at the bottleneck leading into the Sevastopol peninsula. Soviet resistance was largely missing and / or sparse.

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[larryfulkerson]

Here's the Soviet losses so far. I've killed more than he has assigned but he's making bou cou of them each turn.

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[larryfulkerson]

It's now T20 round 2 and this is what's going on to the east of Kiev right now. I still have a way to go to isolate the Soviet defenders along the east edge of the river. They still have a pathway to escape to the east. I'm driving on Kharkov as fast as I can get there. I've captured some crossings over the river and that's helping to isolate the Soviets but there's more to be done yet. All the rails are repaired all the way to the front lines so the supply levels are adequate even on the east side of the river. I'm railing into this area a lot of small units to help convert the hexes and establish some roadblocks to the escaping Soviet units. Elmer is railing a lot more troops to this area to stop my advance but that just feeds in more troops for me to kill. Usually the fights are sharp and over quickly but those along the riverbank are drawn out over a period of several turns and I think part of that is that the Soviets have entrenched themselves in those areas. My Panzers are coming in really handy in this type of terrain.

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[larryfulkerson]

This is what's going on to the west of Moscow right now. It's only 27Aug41 so we're starting to get into early fall season but there's still plenty of time to invest Moscow. I've repaired the rails close to the front so supply is great. I've lost 20.7 HRS's, there's 27.3 HRS's assigned, and I have 897 HRS's on hand.

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[larryfulkerson]

It's now T20 round 4 and here's what's going on just south of Leningrad right now. The rails are repaired close to the front lines up north but not so much down south of this image. I've driven some fresh units north on the east side of this image and retreated the original recon unit that spent a couple of turns in enemy territory to rest, refuel, and refit. He'll be ready for combat in another couple of turns. I'm trying to isolate Leningrad from the rest of Russia to prevent any more troops from entering the battlefield. That means that I have one more rail line to interrupt and that's the one in the NE corner of this image.

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[larryfulkerson]

Here's what's going on SE of Leningrad right now. The rails are repaired close to the front lines and supply is great. The Soviets have organized a good screen in this area but there's no serious Soviet front line here so I'm optimistic that I can make my way through this defense eventually. That depends on how many more troops Elmer will rail to this area. Also, Elmer has started making airfield strikes so I have to make sure I have a fighter unit stationed with the bombers so they don't get slaughtered. The Soviets usually do airfield strikes with several hundred participants involved. So the character of this game has changed. The Soviet are starting to counterattack seriously.

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[larryfulkerson]

Here's what's going on to the east of Kiev right now. I have put up a screen to the east of Kiev to prevent any Soviet units from escaping but it's a loose screen and has many holes and it's still possible for Soviet units to escape but those Soviet units up against the east riverbank aren't trying to escape very hard. I need to capture Kharkov ASAP to help close the escape routes. There are plenty of Soviet units to the east of my screen that could possibly move west and tangle with my troops.

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[larryfulkerson]

Here's what's going on near Sevastopol right now. Axis forces are in the process of forcing their way into the Crimea. The railroad is repaired almost all the way to the front lines so supply isn't a major problem. The Italians are part of the operation but I'm planning on sending them toward Rostov and eventually Stalingrad. I'm going to use the 11th Army units to take down Sevastopol and the Romanians to tackle the Kertch Straits.

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