Barbarosa 41 revised

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the front lines as of the start of turn 3:

[larryfulkerson]

Elmer is trying to stall me at Riga but I've got sufficient firepower present to subdue the defenders post haste.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the front lines just north of the marshes. I'm trying to get a surround going on all the defenders so that the lost equipment that
usually goes to the supply pool won't. This is a game of inches and every little bit helps.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the front lines in the south:

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the supply situation at the beginning of turn three:

[berto]

WITP:AE's loss is TOAW's (re)gain. Welcome back, Larry. (I think.)

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the front lines at the beginning of turn 4:

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: berto
WITP:AE's loss is TOAW's (re)gain. Welcome back, Larry. (I think.)

Hey there Berto dude. Actually, I still have a WITP-AE PBEM game going on right now and I'm not sure but I think I'm winning. I'm the
Jap player and it's hard to tell if you're winning or not because the situation in China is fluid.

I'm having a hard time getting into the Axis side in this scenario. I'm thinking I'm going to have to go to FITE after all. We'll see
after a few more turns.

I came back to TOAW because it is my first love. I can't leave it for long.

[larryfulkerson]

I finally captured Riga in turn 4. I'm way behind schedule.

[berto]

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

Actually, I still have a WITP-AE PBEM game going on right now ...

That's reassuring, even if you no longer have time to continue your entertaining WITP:AE AAR series. I thought that maybe your Allied PBEM opponent had dropped out.

I came back to TOAW because it is my first love. I can't leave it for long.

Understandable.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's what supply looks like in the Riga area. Shortages are starting to be felt. I'm having to postpone attacks and the like.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the T6 front lines. I'm running into some stiffer resistance now. The advance is going to have to slow down due to supply
difficulties. I'm trying to rest about 1/3 of the force and fight with the other 2/3. It's working so far.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the Riga area w/ the supply displayed as well. Supply is too low to conduct combat so I'm just forming a front line here to contain
the Soviets for now. I'll need to ship some fresh troops in here because it's getting too thin in some spots.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's what the Smolensk area looks like now. I'm thrusting slowly because supply is so low.

[larryfulkerson]

There's a situation going on in the south. I'm going to try an end sweep and try to go behind the Soviet defenders to try to cut them
off from their supply. Will make taking them down easier in the long run.

[larryfulkerson]

I made a hole in the Soviet lines and I'm exploiting it now. I'm going to have to push some heavy squads into that gap to keep it open
and maybe make it bigger. Those little boys are just my recon elements and have no mission to hold the line anywhere.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the turn 7 front lines:

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the Riga area. I was going to try to wrap around the Soviets but I see there's a reserve force occupying that space. D'oh.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the Smolensk area. The Soviets are starting to get a pretty sizable crowd between me and Smolensk. It's not going to be a
walkover. Supply is too low to go to war here yet. I'm thinking it may take a couple of turns to get the supply level to where it needs
to be for some sustained combat.

[larryfulkerson]

I was right in the middle of doing an end-run around the north end of the Stalin Line and some Soviet reserves engaged my recon
units and so the end run didn't work this time. I'll need some more and heavier troops to do an end run it seems.