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The Soviets run a lot of interdiction, which is slightly annoying in combination with the light mud. They also retreat to the Luga river line and I follow suit, catching a couple of stragglers in the process. An attack on Staraya Russa fails.

There is more interdiction on the way to Moscow, but without the mud it doesn't seem to make a huge difference. The Soviets have strongly reinforced the area and are holding a lot of good defensive terrain. They have also broken one of the minor pockets. I will need to extend the flanks more widely to make more progress here.

The Soviet line has only one weak spot, held by a regiment. Model leads a successful attack on this vulnerable location.

The flanks are extended successfully and a couple of small pockets formed. Rzhev is found undefended and Ryazan is ZOC locked.

Further south the defenders of Kursk have refused the chance to evacuate and now find themselves deep behind German lines. The 2nd Army advances on Voronezh against light resistance.

At Kharkov the checkerboard defense has mostly stayed in place but the northern flank is in the air so the city is easily pocketed.

Kleist's PG1 finds some stubborn Soviet cavalry defending the direct approach to Rostov. They are outflanked by taking Voroshilovgrad and a motorized regiment makes it within 40 miles of "the gateway to the Caucasus".

On the Crimean isthmuses I grind into the first line of Soviet defenses. The level 3 fort at Perekop is reduced by von Salmuth and I doubt the fortifications behind it are quite as good.

Better late than never.

Looks like perfect weather this turn and next - time to do some damage.

Starting situation: In the Crimea I finally make a clean break through the eastern entrance. Temporary motorization comes in handy to close the pocket around Perekop as the Romanians don't have enough MPs. I should have left a Panzer division with the 11th Army.
At Rostov the DR/GD combo does an encore and seizes the city from Soviet cavalry. A bridgehead is secured across the Don.

Von Schwedler captures Kharkov.

A lonely German motorized regiment does a complete ride around Voronezh.

Soviet tank forces attempted to relieve Ryazan but von Vietinghoff held them off quite well: He then proceeds to take the city and surround the counterattacking mechanized force.

Model takes a second hex in Moscow by assault and not much of the garrison escapes the battle:
Hoth's PG3 finds the Soviet flank and starts rolling it in, while sending Rendulic's 2nd korps on a deeper drive beyond Kalinin.

The AGN sector continues to be the underperforming area of the front. A three divisions deliberate attack on Novgorod is beaten back by Vatutin, as are a couple of other attacks on the Luga line. The meagre results here are two divisions pocketed and a 1-hex advance closer to Leningrad.

AGN and AGC are getting rainy weather next turn.

Another week, another hex closer to Leningrad. This time the Soviets gave ground voluntarily.

Slowly encroaching into the Valdai area.