Turn 1 Enemy
It seems the Germans are, erm, running away…preferring to fight another day! All in all I lost 8 steps and some static defenses.
I’ll make a point of replacing the ones in the South first, being as I know he’ll be coming up there like a steam train (or I think!).
Unfortunately, I made the mistake of firing my artillery and leaving them in place. He spotted some of them and counter fired. I will not be making that mistake again.
Overall I’m fairly pleased. I had left some units exposed and I was thinking they would be picked off. As it is, my opponent was so determined to defend Kharkov, he neglected to make the most of the opportunities I presented.
{North}
In the North, I noticed some movement directly from the North towards Kharkov. Also, he withdrew all his forces from the front line directly east of Kharkov. Before he did, he made some limited attacks…just to let me know he has a sting in his tail I suppose. This is where he fired his counter battery…like I said, a mistake not to be made again.
He’s blown bridges (red circles), dropped detachments AND placed air interdiction. He really wants to slow me down. That’s fine…I’ll be taking it slow and easy anyway.
Yellow lines show his movements away from the front line.
The yellow lines show the places he made some limited attacks.
