Thriumph or Tragedy? (D21)

[Jukipo]

Turn 7, 7/13/41 AGC

Defending bridgehead

The enemy makes heavy attacks against the Mogilev bridgehead. 10th Motorized Division hold its ground and the enemy is beaten back.

3rd Panzer Armee advances in the north towards Smolensk. 2nd Panzer Armee is going to attack NE.

[Jukipo]

Turns 7 and 8, 7/13/41 – 7/20/41 AGS

Kiev

1st Panzer Armee reached Kiev. The enemy defenses are not very strong yet, but panzer divisions are weary after a rapid advance. It’s not possible to assault the city until 6th Armee arrivies. Delay will give the enemy time to entrench. AGS does have to find a way across the Dneper River and then encircle the city. The enemy seems to be weak in the north around Chernobyl, but the terrain is very difficult and there are two rivers to cross. The other possible location is Kaniv bridge in SE.

[Jukipo]

Turn 8, 7/16/41 AGN

Loknya

8th Panzer Division moves unopposed to Loknya. Supply situation is difficult.

Meanwhile 41st Panzer Korps captures Strugi-Krasnye halfway from Pskov to Luga. 18th Armee elements are at the outskirts of Tallinn.

[Jukipo]

Turn 8, 7/16/41 AGC

10th Motorized Division suffered some losses defending Mogilev bridge. The enemy resistance is stronger than before, and the supply situation is not good either.

Orsha is captured and there opens huge gap in the enemy lines. 3rd Panzer Division moves east on the south bank of Dnepr. Several Panzer Divisions are resting on the Minsk highway.

[Jukipo]

Turn 9, 7/20/41 AGN

Out of supply

8th Panzer Division advances 80 km towards Staraya Russa. On the way it overruns some fleeing Russian units. By the end of turn panzers are completely out of fuel.

Meanwhile there is heavy fighting north of Strugi-Krasnye. The east bank of Lake Peipus is undefended and SS Polizei Division captures Chernevo.

18th Armee reaches the Gulf of Finland.

[Jukipo]

Turn 10, 7/23/41 AGN

Resting

8th Panzer Division is resting and resupplying.

Narva and Luga are captured. 18th Armee and 4th Panzer Armee meet near Narva. SS Polizei Division cross Luga river.

[Jukipo]

Turns 9 and 10, 7/20/41 - 7/27/41 AGC

Smolensk is surrounded! Breakthrough near Orsha led to massive collapse of Soviet front between Smolensk and Krichev. 2nd Panzer Armee is suffering supply problems but 4th Armee infantry divisions move east and are closing Yelnia.

10th Motorized was resting after heavy battles at Mogilev.

[Jukipo]

Turns 9 and 10, 7/20/41 - 7/27/41 AGS

Pripyat River

48th Panzer Korps moved north and was preparing to cross Pripyat and Desna rivers.

Meanwhile 6th Armee divisions penetrated the first defenses of Kiev. The city itself is already heavily fortified.

[Olorin]

Could you take a zoomed out screenshot pls?

[Jukipo]

Situation on 7/27/41 after 10 turns.

AGN is on the gates of Leningrad. The enemy has not managed to form a solid line of defense. Supply situation is not good, but I must press hard when the enemy is weak.

AGC: Smolensk is surrounded. The supply situation is bad, and troops are tired. Situation will improve when the city is taken.

AGS: Troops are in the west bank of Dnepr. Next objectives are to cross the river and capture Kiev.

Losses after the first 10 turns:
9633 Heavy Rifle Squads
1245 Engineer Squads
295 Panzers (all types)
164 Fighters (all types)
70 Stukas
368 Bombers (all types)

Railheads are on the map in cyan.

[DanNeely]

ORIGINAL: Jukipo

Situation on 7/27/41 after 10 turns.

AGN is on the gates of Leningrad. The enemy has not managed to form a solid line of defense. Supply situation is not good, but I must press hard when the enemy is weak.

I'm really eager to see how the hyper aggressive advance plays out for you vs Larry's much more cautious and supply preserving advance. I went back and compared your T10 position vs the big maps in his thread: on the southern 2/3rds of the front you're roughly 3 turns ahead, but much farther in the far north where it took him to t20 to reach lake Il'men in force and until nearly t30 to reach the outskirts of Lenningrad.

[DanNeely]

With your next turn, could you include a zoomed out screenshot of activity in Finland? I'm a bit curious if you're massively ahead of schedule there too.

[Jukipo]

ORIGINAL: DanNeely

I'm really eager to see how the hyper aggressive advance plays out for you vs Larry's much more cautious and supply preserving advance.

I’m not hyper aggressive. Barbarossa was a surprise for Stalin and I’m going to keep hammering him when his pants are down. I will not give him time to breathe. I believe sweat saves blood. I’m on the right track if my divisions are tired marching.

[Jukipo]

ORIGINAL: DanNeely

With your next turn, could you include a zoomed out screenshot of activity in Finland? I'm a bit curious if you're massively ahead of schedule there too.

I’m not massively ahead of schedule. Smolensk was historically captured on 16th of July. I encircled the city on 23rd of July. So, I’m actually a week behind! Manstein reached Porkov on 10th of July, I was there 16th July. Again, a week behind! Larry and cpt flam are massively behind the schedule and it’s going to cost them blood later.

[Jukipo]

Situation in Finland on 7/27/41

Advance to Murmansk has stopped. There is no road and the supply is non-existent. It’s impossible to go on. I may have to go back to Litsa River.

36th Geb Korps has advanced along Salla-Alakurtti railroad. Alakurtti is heavily fortified, I have not made serious attempts to take it.

Finnish forces have reached Lake Onega and are continuing to the Svir River.

[Jukipo]

Turn 11, 7/27/41 AGN

8th Panzer Division advances towards Staraya Russa. There is a meeting engagement with Soviet 262 Rifle division. The enemy withdraws but the 8th Pz is unable to continue attack because lack of supplies.

Kingisepp is captured and the road is open to Leningrad! 18th Armee captures Tallinn. 36th Motorized Division captures Novgorod. Supply situation is difficult, railhead is near Voru.

[Jukipo]

Turn 12, 7/30/41 AGN

Staraya Russa

8th Panzer Division assaults enemy positions near Staraya Russa and the town is captured.

16th Armee fights hard in the middle near Luga. Bridgehead is formed but there is no breakthrough.

In the north the situation is much better. 18th Armee divisions arrive near Oranienbaum and the enemy line seems weak. It may be possible to drive right to the city!

[Jukipo]

Turns 11 and 12, 7/27/41 - 8/3/41 AGC

New Orders

Smolensk was captured on turn 11, AGC has reached its first major goal. It’s time to think about the next objective.

AGC will take Moscow. The first stage of assault will be the capture of Rzhev - Vyazma - Bryansk - Orel line.

The enemy is weak north of Smolensk – Vyazma highway. 57th Panzer Korps is attacking to Vladimirskoye.

2nd Panzer Armee is going to capture Bryansk. Fresh divisions are moving to SE. 10th Motorized is still resupplying near Mogilev.

[Jukipo]

Turns 11 and 12, 7/27/41 - 8/3/41 AGS

Dneper

16th Motorized Division fought hard crossing Pripyat River. Division was completely exhausted and suffered 25% casualties. Thanks to the bravery of the division, 55th Korps was able to cross the river.

I’m trying crossings on several locations. Dneper is tough nut to crack.

[Jukipo]

Situation on Black Sea region on 8/3/41

Rumanians have encircled Odessa. I’m going to let them to take the city. 11th Armee continues east towards Krim.