Workshop for the new guys - Directive 21 (D21)

[larryfulkerson]

Here's a view of the Neya area right now. The supply to this area isn't excellent. But I'm pushing forward hard and these Soviet defenders are worn out, tired, and low on supply. I'll push through here without much trouble.

temp.png (2.39 MiB) Viewed 148 times

[larryfulkerson]

Here's a view of the Arzamas area right now. The defenders are invisible because of the limit of my recon range, but I'm pretty sure there's Soviet defenders present. But I'm pretty sure they are sparse. I'm anticipating a lot of advancing in this area in the next several turns.

temp.png (2.27 MiB) Viewed 147 times

[larryfulkerson]

Here's a view of the T103 front lines right now, before anybody has moved. Inset 1 is the area shown zoomed in inset 2. In this area I'm just tying down Soviet units that could be better used in other areas. I have no goal per se in this area. Just to babysit some Soviet units, maybe kill some.

Inset 4 shows the area indicated by inset 3. In this area I'm fighting over river crossings to advance further east. I want to capture the bridge at Manturovo first before I try to kill the Soviet units trapped against the river to make sure they are really trapped. Although there is a broken bridge just north of my recon unit near the city.

Inset 5 shows a wicked stack of Soviet units. It's huge and has a lot of units and it's probably going to take most of them to tackle this bad boy. On the other hand that's a lot of Soviet units to kill at one time.

Inset 6 shows the Italians being assisted by German units to push the Soviet units back. I'm mostly after the roads and rails leaving whatever is in-between gets bypassed.

Inset 7 shows the Rumanians pushing the Soviets further south along the roads and rails through the mountain foothills and into the mountains.

Inset 9 shows the Axis forces forcing the Soviets to retreat before the steamroller as it follows the roads and rails south. I've managed to trap some Soviet units without supply in the mountain roads. I'll wait until they are pushovers and kill them.

temp.png (6.58 MiB) Viewed 123 times

[larryfulkerson]

This is a T103 view of the Manturovo area right now. I'm fighting over a couple of river crossings and I've captured one, the southernmost one, and I'm in the process of killing all of the Soviet defenders.

temp.png (2.67 MiB) Viewed 79 times

[larryfulkerson]

This is a view of the Konosha area right now. I'm in no hurry making any progress in this area because there are no high value targets this far north so I'm just tying down Soviet units that could be defending somewhere else.

temp.png (3.17 MiB) Viewed 78 times

[larryfulkerson]

This is a view of the Shumeriya area right now. I'm looking at an open road a long way to the east and pitiful defenders when I get there. I'm repairing the rail as I go so that the supply levels won't hold me back. This advance isn't possible without supply.

temp.png (2.33 MiB) Viewed 77 times

[larryfulkerson]

This is a view of the Chervlennaya area right now. I've just now captured an intact bridge over the river in the inset upper rightmost. That's the last bridge over the river so I've captured them all. I'm going to concentrate on the rail going SE from here. This is a strongpoint for the Soviets so I'm probably going to have to flank them cut off their supply path and starve them a bit before trying to assault them.

temp.png (1.61 MiB) Viewed 76 times

[larryfulkerson]

In the middle of the battle I just now completed the surround on a large area of Soviet territory so that everything that still exists inside, is out of supply and can't disband. Whatever exists inside the pocket is going to get killed.

temp.png (2.58 MiB) Viewed 70 times

[larryfulkerson]

It's now T105 and this is the northern edge of the battlefield because Murmansk is no longer in question. I'm making sure to repair the rail as far as I can to help support my advance because it would be impossible without a constant inflow of supply. I keep running into these drib and drabs of Soviet units at random. It's not hard just tricky due to the spread of Soviet units. I'm just going to follow the roads and rails as I go further NE.

temp.png (2.86 MiB) Viewed 16 times

[larryfulkerson]

This is a view of the Kazan area right now. I've just arrived adjacent to some pitiful Soviet units. Unfortunately all the Axis units in this inset have already moved and the 387th Inf Div has also exhausted his MP's so there's nothing remaining to push those defenders aside. It's frustrating but it is what it is.

temp.png (1.93 MiB) Viewed 11 times

[larryfulkerson]

This is the T105 front lines in round 9 just before what might turn out to be the last combat phase. I'm making progress all over the map. This may tend to lend proof of the theory that Germany might have won in Russia if only they could keep up their rail repair. The only difference between vanilla D21 and my modded version is that most of the German HQ's were given 99 rail repair crews. And if they are used prolifically rail repair isn't a problem.

temp.png (7.04 MiB) Viewed 7 times