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Turn 30

Overall
The USSR keep pushing, this time around however we make a few counterattacks. Unfortunately the one we needed to succeed with in AGC, failed, despite a 4:1 pre battle CV and determined attacks. Oh well, it is only likely to lose us 3 divisions [:@]. The USSR launch 37 attacks, scoring 5 held, 31 retreats, 1 shatter, while our 8 attacks ammount to 3 held, 4 retreats and 1 rout.

Losses
USSR : 64.000 troops, 405 guns, 147 AFVs, 238 AC.
Axis : 84.000 troops, 584 guns, 51 AFVs, 9 AC.

Pools
Manpower : 70.574
Vehicle : 136.112
Armaments : 129.934
Hiwi : 7.

Pest control
We only manage to chase away one partisan this turn, another is still on the board.

Turn 31

Disclaimer
Print Screen will not take a new picture, so no picture this turn.

Overall
Unless the winter-penalty ends soon, our forces will be in Poland soon...
The USSR makes 45 attacks, scoring 8 held, 36 retreat and 1 rout, while our 5 attacks results in 2 held and 3 retreats.
We are now on the west side of the major rivers again, and all reserves have been deployed. The winter needs to end or the game ends in -43 the latest...

Losses
USSR : 80.000 troops, 675 guns, 344 AFVs, 5 AC.
Axis : 82.000 troops, 631 guns, 62 AFVs, 5 AC.

Pools
Manpower : 73.810
Vehicle : 137.210
Armamanets : 141.357
Hiwi : 0

Pest control
3 partisans run away this turn.

Concerns
Will the winter end while I am still in the USSR?

Should be 45 USSR attacks for turn 31, just to show you I am reading your AAR
I wonder if the 0 Hiwis just means they have all been used?

ORIGINAL: AFV

Should be 45 USSR attacks for turn 31, just to show you I am reading your AAR
I wonder if the 0 Hiwis just means they have all been used?

Edited. Thank you [:)]
But all of them in 1 turn?
Turn 28 - 102.884
Turn 29 - 14

I must be missing something.

Terje

Turn 32

Disclaimer
Still paint issues. Guess I'll have to reboot the system.

Overall
I nominate myself for the award for fastest Axis loss in a pbem.
The USSR keeps pushing, and I am now even forced to deploy panzers in a vain attempt to halt the 7M USSR army, to no avail I might add. We are now back at the Pripjet, and will have to keep falling back.
The USSR launch 48 attacks resulting in 7 held, 34 retreats, 7 routs. We try 3 attacks, scoring 2 held and 1 retreat.

Losses
USSR : 80.000 troops, 620 guns, 189 AFVs, 211 AC.
Axis : 88.000 troops, 788 guns, 63 AFVs, 13 AC.

Pools
Manpower : 77.880
Vehicle : 137.897
Armaments : 153.711
Hiwi : 2

Pest control
3 partisan units are forced to retreat.

The blizzard won't last forever. Soviet players have occasionally burned out their forces in the blizzard, outrunning their supplied hexes; the mud season and return of damaged squads/equipment for the Germans often stabilizes the front.

ORIGINAL: randallw

The blizzard won't last forever. Soviet players have occasionally burned out their forces in the blizzard, outrunning their supplied hexes; the mud season and return of damaged squads/equipment for the Germans often stabilizes the front.

Too late I fear. I am slowly being pushed into the Baltics, the USSR OOB is closing in on 7.5M.
Nah this game is over in all but the name [:)]


Terje

Turn 33

Overall
The USSR close a pocket around three divisions this turn, we have no chance to save them. The USSR manage 45 attacks for 14 held, 23 retreat and 8 rout, compared to our 3 attacks which score 2 held and 1 rout.

Losses
USSR : 63.000 troops, 367 guns, 183 AFVs, 146 AC.
Axis : 72.000 troops, 545 guns, 30 AFVs, 13 AC.

Pools
Manpower : 80.386
Vehicle : 139.204
Armaments : 169.549
Hiwi : 8

Pest control
6 partisans are chased away this turn.

Well while loosing 3 divisions is not good it is far from the end of the world or the war. Concerned about the other infantry division at the southern left corner of the map. Can you attack that soviet armored brigade and free that division?

ORIGINAL: Tophat1812


Well while loosing 3 divisions is not good it is far from the end of the world or the war. Concerned about the other infantry division at the southern left corner of the map. Can you attack that soviet armored brigade and free that division?

I thought I got it back (I managed to move it back one hex), but it shows as surrendered this turn so...


Terje

Turn 34

Overall
The USSR manage to force two surrenders this turn, and we decide that we need to attack some of the more exposed USSR positions. Well, when 900 men beat off 30.000 you know you are in for a treat. The USSR launch a total of 37 attacks, scoring 5 held, 25 retreats, 2 surrenders and 5 routs. They also manage to form yet another pocket, this one we did manage to reopen, but now we need to hold it for a turn or two, going to be close.
We make 13 attacks, scoring 5 held, 3 retreat and 5 routs.

Losses
USSR : 75.000 troops, 631 guns, 378 AFVs, 214 AC.
Axis : 118.000 troops, 1.298 guns, 92 AFVs, 10 AC.

Units lost
We lost quite a few units;
34th Infantry Division, 45th Infantry Division, 52nd Infantry Division, 79th Infantry Division, 192nd StuG battalion, 750th Pioneer Battalion, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, 3/31st SP Flak Company.

Pools
Manpower : 71.657
Vehicle : 142.464
Armaments : 176.545
Hiwi : 0

Pest control
3 partisan units are forced to retreat.

Turn 35

Overall
So, the defenders of Nikolaev decided to surrender instead of routing...Great. And the USSR resealed the pocket this turn for good. Nice. All in all I will have lost 12 divisions in 3 turns...
The USSR launch 58 attacks, scoring 3 held, 46 retreats, 8 routs and 1 surrender while we make 12 attacks for 6 held, 3 retreats and 3 routs.
Morale is at an all time low atm, even worse than in the previous game.

Losses
USSR : 104.000 troops, 937 guns, 320 AFVs, 223 AC.
Axis : 118.000 troops, 1.292 guns, 68 AFVs, 36 AC.

Units lost
198th Infantry Division, 22nd Airlanding Division, 1st Rumanian Cavalry Division, 741st Pioneer Battalion, 744st Pioneer Battlaion are all lost at Nikolaev.

Pools
Manpower : 74.571
Vehicle : 145.340
Armaments : 183.351
Hiwi : 9

Pest control
4 partisans run away this turn.

Hey, just another two or three turns of suffering in the blizzard! [;)]

I think at least these loses of divisions will all be rebuilt eventually.

ORIGINAL: randallw

Hey, just another two or three turns of suffering in the blizzard! [;)]

Well...That should bring my number of lost divisions up to 20 [:D]


Terje

ORIGINAL: Tophat1812


I think at least these loses of divisions will all be rebuilt eventually.

Most of them will, but still I am out alot of units by now, and my offensive capabilities were just further hamstrung (see below).


Terje

Turn 36 aka It does not rain, it pours

Overall
Not only did we lose tons of troops this turn, the USSR even managed to form yet another pocket, this time trapping two infantry divisions and two panzer divisions. Did we manage to dislodge the 1 CV armored brigade? Nah. Do we still have southern front? Nah. Do we have any real chance of success? Nah. Do we have alot of offensive power left when the season reopens? Nah. So, right now I am contemplating digging in and just form some assault groups and trap whatever we can before falling back to a defensive line again.
The USSR launch 67 attacks, scoring 9 held, 42 retreats, 2 shatter, 2 surrender and 12 routs. We launch 11 attacks, scoring 3 held, 3 routs and 5 retreats.

Losses
USSR : 53.000 troops, 683 guns, 258 AFVs, 182 AC.
Axis : 145.000 troops, 1.696 guns, 30 AFVs, 45 AC.

Units lost
Another bad turn, the following units were lost;
260th Infantry Division, 167th Infantry Division, 267th Infantry Division, 31st infantry Division, 255th Infantry Division, 8th SS Cavalry Brigade, 654th Panzerjager battalion, 210th StuG battalion, 15th Rumanian Infantry Division, 8th Rumanian Infantry Division.

Pools
Manpower : 83.151
Vehicle : 147.882
Armamanets : 178.325
Hiwi : 4

Pest control
6 partisans were chased away. Guess this is about all I am doing ok.

I am a fight front guy and I will fight for every square mile, but not in the 1941 blizzard. I have learned to run. Blizzard is almost over, just run. Don't lose any panzers. You should have them in the rear in cities, you will need them to restore your lines come snow. There is no need to try to restore lines or free pocketed units. You will lose more units trying to save units. If a unit is pocketed go on it will just be worse getting even more units cut off. Your opponent could have made things much harder for you if he had built more cav units.

In the 1941 blizzard consider all your Romanian units as not there or empty shells. Any front held by them will be gone because they were never really there.

If you chose to continue the game I can give you some pointers. This game, if you continue, will probably end in Berlin.

ORIGINAL: RCH

I am a fight front guy and I will fight for every square mile, but not in the 1941 blizzard. I have learned to run. Blizzard is almost over, just run. Don't lose any panzers. You should have them in the rear in cities, you will need them to restore your lines come snow. There is no need to try to restore lines or free pocketed units. You will lose more units trying to save units. If a unit is pocketed go on it will just be worse getting even more units cut off. Your opponent could have made things much harder for you if he had built more cav units.

In the 1941 blizzard consider all your Romanian units as not there or empty shells. Any front held by them will be gone because they were never really there.

If you chose to continue the game I can give you some pointers. This game, if you continue, will probably end in Berlin.

Off course this game continues. I will make my last stand in Flensburg or somewhere if need be, but yes, the game is lost.


Terje

Turn 37

Overall
Well, atleast the USSR did not manage to trap any more units this turn. On the other side, the front is now back where it was on turn 4... And some Austrian located in East Preussia and/or Berlin decided to dismiss von Leeb, Küntze and List this turn.
The USSR launched no less than 59 attacks, scoring 7 held, 44 retreat, 6 rout, 1 shatter and 1 surrender (which is odd as there were two stacks that surrendered...).
We made 4 attacks scoring 2 retreats and 2 routs. We are also seeing more and more guard units on the map. As if things were not bad enough allready [:)]

Losses
Something is wrong with the losses report again... Too tired to add up all the attacks for this turn, so will only post what was listed.
USSR : 3.000 troops, 48 guns, 80 AFVs, 17 AC.
Axis : 36.000 troops, 102 guns, 7 AFVs, 2 AC.

Units lost
4th Panzer Division, 10th Panzer Division, 10th Motorized Division, 197th Infantry Division, 521st Jagdpanzer battalion, 654th Pioneer battalion, 45th Pioneer Battalion, 10th Rumanian Infantry Division.

Pools
Manpower : 86.870
vehicle : 144.590
Armaments : 185.315
Hiwi : 6

Pest control
5 partisan units are chased away this turn.