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This is T36, I think, and something has happened to my graphics overload folder and I need to fix it. I'm clearing out the Leningrad area, I've captured Sevastopol finally, I'm in the process of crossing the Kertch Straits, and things are going rather well. I've got 30.2 HRS's so far. That's enough to survive the Soviet Winter Attacks.

You never cease to amaze me with your commitment to this scenario Larry

I think it's my favorite because it has offensive and defensive periods and the Soviets have a large task ahead of them but are favored in the long run. Plus I've only beat it once as the Axis. Out of the dozens of times I've played it.

This is T40. I'm sneaking up on Moscow. Did I mention that I captured Sevastopol? I'm still aiming for Stalingrad before winter sets in. I have 30.6K HRS's.

I cleared out the Leningrad area of enemy troops and now I'm busy repairing all the rails leading north out of there. I found a dummy unit that I can use to garrison the post at Leningrad. Although I can't imagine anything sailing into the port belonging to the enemy. It's T42 and the Soviet Winter Offensive is supposed to happen about T49 or so. I'm going to start resting my guys to anticipate the strength they're going to need to weather the blows of Soviet units that are at an of their ground shock value of 120 for about 10 turns or so I believe. I'm hoping that with the backup of enough arty that I'll be able to stand with the Soviets toe to toe for long enough to hold the lines together. We'll see.

This is a view of the action going on near Moscow right now. Is this the kind of details you guys want? I've been posting the front lines zoomed out but if you'd rather see details like in this picture I'll start posting them.

Here's what's happening in the Rostov area right now. I'm flooding into the AO spreading out. I haven't worked out a good plan for this AO. I'm guessing the grand plan is to capture all the oil areas down south. We'll see how it goes. I'd still like to arrive at Stalingrad before winter.

Get to Stalingrad so you have a ricepaper-thin defensive line in the south?

I think I read somewhere that that's a tricky position to defend.

Somehow I got seperated from my last copy of GifAnimator.exe and has to go looking for something to replace it and I found something that might work but I couldn't figure out how to make the blink period longer. Anyway, this is the same picture as above but with the roads and rails depicted, Such as they are right now.

This is the Moscow area in T44 as it is right now. I've managed to push even closer to the city proper and I think it's going rather well. I have a ground shock of 115 and their ground shock is 98 so I'm trying to take advantage of the difference. The airfield strikes I've been making lately haven't resulted in the losses I've been willing to take so I've quit doing that. I've been bombing his HQ units and I've lost a handfull of planes but I've been successful in taking out quite a few command squads with the chance to knocking that formation into reorg. Most every turn now on the last round of the game almost all my aircraft are left in a yellow condition but they almost always are ready to go ( green ) the next turn. It's now 19Nov41 and winter is setting in hard, the rivers are frozen over and the snow is getting deep. I have 29.6K HRS's left.

Here's what it looks like north of Moscow. I'm barely able to keep him on his side of the line....it seems like I spend most of my time plugging holes in the gaps he makes.

Here's what's happening south of Rostov right now. I'm running into some light resistance so far. Small groups of Soviet units at a time. Nothing approaching a front line anywhere.

I'm sneaking up on Stalingrad slowly. There's been very little resistance getting there. The Soviets have probably built a fortress there. I have 29.6K HRS's left.

This is the beginning of T50. This is the third turn of the Soviet Winter Offensive, which means their ground shock is 120 and my shock is 90 so they have a significant advantage over me right now. You can see all the breakthroughs they have made in my lines. I'm going to have to pull back all my units and get reorganized at the next defensive line to the west wherever that is. Hopefully along a river bank or forest or some other terrain defensive advantage. But the good news is that I'm getting closer to Stalingrad all the time. This may be the time I lose the initiative and have to revert to the defensive for a little while.

Compared with the above image there's not a whole lot of difference except that spot where the Soviets have broken through my lines good and proper. I'm going to have to pull back obviously, and I'll probably lose a hand full of units in the process.
I'm not sure how much I'm going to lose in units and territory but I'm pretty sure it won't be pretty. This may change the course of the game. We'll see.

This is the start of T52 and shows the Stalingrad area right now. I expect to have the city in another couple of turns.