Gen. Goofy Does Barbarossa vs DicedT (No Diced T)

[warspite1]

25th August 1941
Turn 17
Army Group North

Another useful - if not spectacular turn. 16th Army have pushed on from Ostrov north and east to guard the flank of 18th Army who are to be tasked with taking Pskov. I have ordered the Siege Artillery there just in case.

[ChuckBerger]

Hey Warspite, I've had similar problems with aerial resupply not working at all, and have posted in the tech support forum. Might help if you moved your PZG headquarters unit a bit back towards your airfield. That will reduce the range a bit and might allow a trickle of fuel to get through.

But I think this is very counter-intuitive; Ju52s had a long range, even fully loaded, and should be able to make it the 12 hexes...

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: ChuckBerger

Hey Warspite, I've had similar problems with aerial resupply not working at all, and have posted in the tech support forum. Might help if you moved your PZG headquarters unit a bit back towards your airfield. That will reduce the range a bit and might allow a trickle of fuel to get through.

But I think this is very counter-intuitive; Ju52s had a long range, even fully loaded, and should be able to make it the 12 hexes...

warspite1

Maybe I've just been unlucky with the dice OR there are options I have chosen that have made the modifiers head in the wrong direction. My relations with Goering are 'Strong'.

But if not, I think at this stage of the war the Germans were able to do this (hence Demyansk more than a few months later) + Goering keen desire for his Luftwaffe to be seen as 'saving the day'. Anyway, as you will see it worked at the fourth time of asking.

[warspite1]

25th August 1941
Turn 17
Army Group Centre

I said 9th Army were stretched and sure enough they got bitten in a couple of engagements. I have made some progress with 2nd Panzergruppe south of the Minsk-Moscow highway and so have felt able to shift 3rd Panzergruppe assets north to help out..

Further progress has been made by 2nd and 6th Armies in isolating Gomel.

[warspite1]

25th August 1941
Turn 17
Army Group South

Right, the truck 'rob Peter (infantry) to pay Paul (Panzers) helped a little and I got some oil through. I also got a top up courtesy of Goering. The downside of course is that I have few AP's for the infantry - the Romanians can't even cross water, 6th, 11th and 17th Armies can barely attack, and some of 17th Army can't even cross water using rail and road!

But the good news is that I have repositioned the panzers slightly - all hexes have 2 or 3 divisions, and even got some infantry to assist. I have move the 1st Panzergruppe HQ slightly nearer the road too. Finally I've played a ton of pp on truck refits and stuff. Let's hope I can get the panzers moving soon....

One final piece of good news - Odessa has fallen without me attacking. The Soviet had a unit or two in there. How is that possible?

[warspite1]

29th August 1941
Turn 18
Army Group North

Pskov falls to 18th Army but otherwise progress is pretty much non-existent. Siege Artillery is no longer required here!

[warspite1]

29th August 1941
Turn 18
Army Group Centre

9th Army gets smacked once again. I am going to need to do more here. I bring 3rd Panzergruppe much closer to the action to try and dissuade the Soviets from further aggression. I also place a couple of well aimed blows against the Soviets in that area.

That was a waste. Siege Artillery is on its way to Gomel... but the city falls to 2nd Army. The intention (depending as ever on the strength of Soviet forces) is for 2nd Army to head southeast and for 6th Army to head east and, hopefull, provide support to 2nd Panzergruppe's right flank.

[warspite1]

29th August 1941
Turn 18
Army Group South

The troops were rockin' and the tanks were rollin'! Well the latter anyway. The troops of 11th and 17th Division appear particularly ineffective. Maybe they need a rest.

The fuel situation seems to have been sorted and I start to breakout from the bridgehead. Only thing is.... I have no idea what the plan is!!

[ChuckBerger]

ORIGINAL: warspite1


One final piece of good news - Odessa has fallen without me attacking. The Soviet had a unit or two in there. How is that possible?

Soviet played a partisan card, which gets rid of one surrounded unit and increases partisan activity in that theatre.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: ChuckBerger

ORIGINAL: warspite1


One final piece of good news - Odessa has fallen without me attacking. The Soviet had a unit or two in there. How is that possible?

Soviet played a partisan card, which gets rid of one surrounded unit and increases partisan activity in that theatre.

warspite1

Ahhh yes..... thank-you. [:)]

[warspite1]

2nd September 1941
Turn 19
Army Group North

A strange old turn for von Leeb's men. Little to report in the 'Are we there [Leningrad] yet?' stakes. But 16th Army were usefully employed in the tidying up of much of the hinterland, hopefully paving the way to resuming the advance shortly. Hopefully.

[warspite1]

2nd September 1941
Turn 19
Army Group Centre

The northern arm of 9th Army had a better turn - continuing to thin out resistance on the front boundary. For 3rd Panzergruppe it was a case of consolidation rather than advance.

Meanwhile 2nd Army had a stuttering start to their turn. I need them to step up to the plate in order to release 4th Army or 2nd Panzergruppe will be overwhelmed.

[warspite1]

2nd September 1941
Turn 19
Army Group South

The 1st Panzergruppe really are on their own here. The contribution from the three German infantry armies is becoming less and less, while the Romanians are useless. I think all five armies just need a turn or three to rest up. But they are becoming seriously stretched in the south....

[warspite1]

6th September 1941
Turn 20
Army Group North

The 16th and 18th Army continue to edge forward, 18th Army northwards, and 16th eastwards - trying to root out Soviet resistance at the base of the Valdai Hills.

[warspite1]

6th September 1941
Turn 20
Army Group Centre

The sector is very quiet. Ominously the ridiculously over-stretched 9th Army detect a new enemy to the northeast.....

3rd Panzergruppe dishes out some punishment to those Soviets in the front row., but 2nd Panzergruppe make no attacks. They are conserving their energy until 4th Army arrive.

2nd Army struggle to make much headway. This is a pity as I need them as the anvil on which 1st Panzergruppe will smash the Red Army.... [yeah, in your dreams Adolf....]

[warspite1]

6th September 1941
Turn 20
Army Group South (Northern Boundary)

Kleist's panzers continue to push on. All pp are being spent in pursuit of keeping the trucks rolling.... This is make or break for the Germans.

Relations with Wagner? Terrible....

[warspite1]

6th September 1941
Turn 20
Army Group South (Southern Boundary)

All infantry armies have been told to rest up - or at least no attacks.

[warspite1]

10th September 1941
Turn 21
Army Group North

The infantry slog their way forward, but the Red menace is growing in the Valdai Hills. They're breeding like Soviets!

[warspite1]

10th September 1941
Turn 21
Army Group Centre (North)

The German are being stretched tighter than a ....

Once again, the panzer forces are having to be used like infantry just to keep a solid line. 2nd Panzergruppe and 4th Army take Bryansk though and Orel is within the Army Group's sights...

[warspite1]

10th September 1941
Turn 21
Army Group Centre (South)

2nd Army and elements of 4th Army stream south to try and catch the Soviet forces being pushed back by Kleist.