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Thunder in the East - GC41 NEE K62 (A) vs AtAtack (S)
Moderator: Joel Billings
T12 Krasnodar
Operation Edelweiss makes contact with the Soviet defenses at Krasnodar.
"Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak" - John Adams
T12 Sevastopol
At Sevastopol the Romanian tank division got counter-attacked and pushed back again.
However this leaves the Soviet defenders in an exposed position. German infantry conducts a series of deliberate attacks pushing the Soviets out of position with some routing. Von Salmuth's Romanian cavalry rides through the gap and, assisted by strong German SUs, captures a lightly held Sevastopol.
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T12 turn summary
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T12 losses and OOB
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"Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak" - John Adams
T13 weather
Rain in the central sections of the front this week. It looks like a stroke of good luck next turn with a continental polar air mass keeping the September rains away from most of the front.
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"Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak" - John Adams
T13 Krasnodar
Krasnodar is pocketed and I'm securing a solid bridgehead towards Maikop. The Crimean troops are getting ready to cross at Kerch to support the advance.
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"Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak" - John Adams
T13 Stalingrad
Stalingrad has been reinforced but not enough. The northern flank is in the air and the city gets pocketed with 5-6 divisions.
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T13 Saratov
The advance on Saratov continues with the capture of Penza.
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T13 Gorky
Guderian puts Gorky into a ZOC lock. I have to be careful here as a very strong mechanized division is present. The surrounding units are reinforced with AT SUs.
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T13 Yaroslavl
At Yaroslavl Hoth breaks through the Soviet lines and secures a few ZOC locks.
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T13 Leningrad
At Leningrad this is probably the last turn with clear weather this year. However Hoepner's PG4 is well rested.
In heavy fighting Hoepner's troops finally break through multiple Soviet lines entrenched in good defensive terrain. Manstein secures the city itself in a surprise attack.
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T13 losses and OOB
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T14 weather
My good luck with September weather continues as a second continental air mass is expected to ward off the rain again next turn in all active areas of the front.
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T14 Leningrad
AGN tries to secure a bit more ground around Leningrad before the heavy rains but it's slow going against the heavy Soviet fortifications.
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T14 supply traces north
Supply traces in the northern section of the front.
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T14 Yaroslavl
Hoth pockets Yaroslavl and a good number of its defenders.
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T14 supply traces center
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T14 Saratov
Some cavalry divisions are discovered and pocketed in front of Saransk. The advance on Saratov otherwise continues at a steady pace.
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