Part 3 of FitE 5.0

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Most of the progress in turn 28 happened in the southern half of the front lines, approaching Sevastopol, and gaining some hexes to the NorthEast of Dneprodzerzhinsk, etc. :
 

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Here's the moves for turns 25 thru 28:
 

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Here's some Soviet losses so far ( before any combat in Soviet turn 28 ):

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The Soviets counterattack hoping to spoil the Axis attack plans:
 

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I'd be greatful to hear from the scenario designer what the status of Petsamo, Finnland, is for sending Finnish troops up there to help in the reduction of Murmansk.  I mean can they cross the border going eastward into Russia up there or.....???
 

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Here's the Axis view of the north half of the front lines just after the first combat round of turn 29:
 

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Here's the south half of the front lines as seen by the Axis.  Those holes in the lines are probably going to be plugged by the Soviets since they always have been plugged in the past:
 

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Here's the Axis air loss report just after the first combat round of turn 29:
 

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The Axis has moved a lot of railroad engineers in to help repair the railroad leading to Sevastopol so the attack can proceed more quickly.  The ceasefire is scheduled to begin turn 32 and the Axis needs to have sacked Sevastopol before then, hopefully:
 

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Just after the first combat round of turn 29 the Axis has finally gone over the 40K loss mark in Heavy Rifle Squads:
 

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Here's the moves for turns 25 thru 29....most of the movement is just north of Sevastopol:

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Here's some Soviet losses so far ( before any combat in turn 29 ):
 

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In the Leningrad area, the idea was to defend along the river since it offered a defensive advantage but now the Axis is across the river and there's no longer any reason to defend there, so the Soviet dude is thinking about pulling his some of his units back during the cease fire to more defensable positions, to the entrenched area, where the supply is better, where the lines will be shorter, where the artillery can be concentrated more, etc. :
 

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Here's some Axis losses so far ( before combat in turn 30, and the large jump in numbers of units in play is due to the breakdown of some units in the Soviet counterattacks last turn ):
 

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The Axis has repaired the railroad almost all the way down to Sevastopol:
 

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A Soviet counterattack created a hole in the Axis lines that will have to be dealt with soonest:
 

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The Soviets have created a hole in the Axis lines and the Axis has created a hole in the Soviet lines :
 

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Here's the Axis view of the South half of the front lines:
 

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Soviet counterattacks near Petsamo ( near Murmansk ) has shattered the Axis lines and probably only be saved by the advantageous appearance of some Finnish divisions:
 

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The Axis has decided that the 163rd Inf Div and the 6th SS Inf Div were not in the most advantageous positions and they are to be repositioned to the NW of Leningrad, closer to the city center itself and any gaps caused by the movement(s) are to be filled in by Finnish troops: