2by3+

[WingedIncubus]

What do you mean, you have done South? I have not even done Centre yet. Centre has priority phase on North, then South.

[Psych0]

OK, won't happen again. I just don't have much time the coming day or 2 and I saw 'air done' appear in the dropbox. Then saw neither yourself or drking online here, so quickly did my turn. Apologies if I messed anything up.

[WingedIncubus]

Allright, as long as the troops around Chernigov were not touch I'll relent on this one.

I will make my turn in Centre tonight, then thedoctorking will go next.

[WingedIncubus]

My turn will take longer as the situation in the Centre is more complicated than expected - and I do not want to mess it again like in my GC with Psych0.

Ground Commander Psych0, I will need a list of Armies available to be shipped to Centre Front. The upper Dnepr and Smolensk are empty and I might need reinforcements.

[Psych0]

At the moment there's not much spare, but next turn I expect to be able to transfer 5th Army. Have you moved Orel MD to the Dnepr already? And covering Dnepr south of Mogilev with some 4 units is sufficient this turn. 26th Mech Corps is also on it's way from the Caucasus somewhere, got as far as west of Orel thus turn.

[WingedIncubus]

ORIGINAL: Psych0

At the moment there's not much spare, but next turn I expect to be able to transfer 5th Army. Have you moved Orel MD to the Dnepr already? And covering Dnepr south of Mogilev with some 4 units is sufficient this turn. 26th Mech Corps is also on it's way from the Caucasus somewhere, got as far as west of Orel thus turn.

The whole of Orel MD is covering the front South of Mogilev behind Zlobin. I will do with what I have then.

Remaining AP: 20
Remaing Cap: 14272

Main info:

- Pocketed troops in Central Front has spreaded enough to block every possible railway line of supplies to all Axis troops in front of the Dnepr.
- Zhukov and Western Front have successfully relocated away from enemy lines. Zhukov is reportedly still alive.
- 5th Mechanized Corps has temporarily relocated to Smolensk to spare railway cap, while 7th Motorized Corps is in Moscow
- A temporarily main line of defence has been build between Vitebsk and the Dnepr, while we have occupied the eastern bank of the Dnepr. Strongest presence in Orsha, Mogilev, and down Mogilev to Zlobin
- Strong points were build in the rear at Surazh, in the woods south of Rudnya, north of Chausy, and in on the Pronya swampbanks
- The whole 24th Army is in Reserve, building forts along the upper Dnepr in front of Vyasma.

Vatutin has taken over 20th Army.
Tobulkin has taken over 13th Army.

NOTE:

My turn is now on the Dropbox.

I have not touched to 62th Corps in and around Vitebsk. It is up to thedoctorking to decide whether it reinforces Vitebsk or Velikiye Luki, since it belongs to 22th Army.

https://imgur.com/vc7c254

[thedoctorking]

Esteemed comrade, may I recommend assigning the STAVKA units in the Mogliev-Smolensk region to Western Front? They are much more powerful when in command. I have taken the liberty of doing so for units north of the Dvina. Doesn't cost any AP either.

I also did move a couple of air units that appeared in danger of being overrun. In line with earlier guidance from you as acting STAVKA, I will move the airborne units ahead of my front into more defensible blocking positions in the area in front of Velikie Luki.

[thedoctorking]

Drakken, I'm also noticing that you don't seem to have moved in the Gomel/Pripyat region. Maybe I have a bad save game file? Or you put up a save game file that didn't have all your moves in it?

[thedoctorking]

OK, I've made my moves.

I've got a strong defense in front of the Pskov/Piepus gap. The closest place the HQ for that armored div in the swamps could be is four hexes away, and through the swamp, so I'm hoping that guy doesn't have much fuel to make attacks. I have a reasonably strong defense between Pskov and the Sorot River. To the south, there is only an airborne corps between the enemy and Velikie Luki. Again, though, I'm not seeing any HQ for those motorized divs north of the Dvina (and I did a bunch of recon missions into that area so I figure I would have seen something if it was there. I think that's their HQ in the bend of the Ulla, well south. So they should also be short of fuel. I've got a corps behind the Narva River in the north and a cordon of security guys across central Estonia to slow down any offensive in that direction. They could have a rail line up towards Riga, so supply for their guys up there might be a little better than in the center.

[thedoctorking]

ORIGINAL: Drakken

ORIGINAL: Psych0


I have not touched to 62th Corps in and around Vitebsk. It is up to thedoctorking to decide whether it reinforces Vitebsk or Velikiye Luki, since it belongs to 22th Army.

https://imgur.com/vc7c254

My understanding was that holding Vitebsk was crucial to the position in the center so I left them in and around the city. Figured your guys behind them would keep them from getting cut off.

[WingedIncubus]

ORIGINAL: thedoctorking

Drakken, I'm also noticing that you don't seem to have moved in the Gomel/Pripyat region. Maybe I have a bad save game file? Or you put up a save game file that didn't have all your moves in it?

My units in the Pripyat marshes have moved. Axis has ZOC next to the railway so they are unusable.

[WingedIncubus]

Thank you everyone. I will make the last touches and submit the turn to Axis.

STAVKA has ordered 6 new Construction Battalions (and not RAILROAD Construction Brigades), plus 5 Sapper Battalions. Use them for your forts on Turn 3.

You have all done a bang-on job. [:)]

[thedoctorking]

Do construction battalions help build your fortification levels?

My general rule in solo games I have played is that each army should have a sapper regiment and each corps should have a battalion, and when the engineer-sapper brigades become available later on - in winter some time - I switch over to those at the army level and assign the regiments to corps or fortified regions. We won't be able to build corps until 1942 some time, I think, except cavalry corps which can be built starting turn 6 or so. We should do those as soon as we can because cavalry divisions are pathetic things. Sorry Budenny...[8D]

[WingedIncubus]

ORIGINAL: thedoctorking

Do construction battalions help build your fortification levels?

Yep, if they are attached to a Corps or Army HQ, or to a Fortified Region.

[wallas]

Attention all front commanders I will begin sending aircraft to the reserve for reorganization. Please be aware the lack of air support will only be temporary and the air force will keep up air recon and fighter cap as best as possible. Also I see AP being distributed in above post and none assigned to air command please advise why.

Air Command

[WingedIncubus]

ORIGINAL: wallas

Attention all front commanders I will begin sending aircraft to the reserve for reorganization. Please be aware the lack of air support will only be temporary and the air force will keep up air recon and fighter cap as best as possible. Also I see AP being distributed in above post and none assigned to air command please advise why.

Air Command

It was a mere oversight on my part, as I did not know Air Command needed APs. I will make sure on T3 when neogodhobo comes back that Air Command is not forgotten.

[thedoctorking]

Looks like they're done? How bad is it?

[WingedIncubus]

ORIGINAL: thedoctorking

Looks like they're done? How bad is it?

I've checked the Dropbox. Centre and North are done for Axis, but not South yet.

[thedoctorking]

I'm seeing north, center, and south now in the Dropbox. It's pretty rich that they're complaining about us being slow and now they're sitting around with apparently everybody completed and haven't given us the turn yet.

[WingedIncubus]

ORIGINAL: thedoctorking

I'm seeing north, center, and south now in the Dropbox. It's pretty rich that they're complaining about us being slow and now they're sitting around with apparently everybody completed and haven't given us the turn yet.

I was advised that we should expect their turn by tomorrow. First, they need their Sup Commander to oversee the last touches and press the end button.

Their Turn Manager has also made a call for them to calm down and stop complaining about our "slowness" since we have all lives and we must work with our Sup Commander temporarily AWOL - and me taking it over the shoulders.