TAIFUN (Axis) vs crispy131313 (allies) 1939

[Taifun]

All this troops deployed well behind the front lines around Belaya Tserkov and Kiev we suppose, out of reach of our main forces. At the end of the turn 2 Mechanized Corps, 3 Rifle Corps, 2 Fighter and the medium Bomber escaped destruction!

[Elessar2]

ORIGINAL: Taifun

The remainder of the Soviet troops automatically deployed by the computer were nowhere to be found!! And we are talking about 1 HQ, 4 Rifle Corps, 4 Mechanized Corps, 2 Fighter and 1 Medium Bomber! They should have been deployed around Proskurov and Vinnitsa but here Chris used a very good strategy. He flooded the whole area with garrison units! Proskurov, Vinnitsa and Zhitomir were completely surrounded by these units… So I deduced that these troops needed to be deployed near a city… and here is the magic…

Don't blame him one bit. I'm not sure, as the Soviet commander, why I should be forced to duplicate Stalin's mistakes in his initial troop deployments.

[Taifun]

At the end of this eventful first turn against the Bolsheviks we managed to destroy 21 land Soviet units including: 12 garrison, 3 mechanized, 1 HQ, 1 Army, 1 Inf corps and 1 light tank corps. Stalin's strategy worked partially in the South, saving important automatically deployed units but at an expensive price. Those ubiquitous Soviet garrison units will play a very small part in the future defense of the Mother Land.

In the South front no localities could be captured and worst, we left exposed our forward fast units Northwest of Uman (a price to pay in order to get near those Inf mech units). In fact that is exactly what happened next turn June 27th, when in a Soviet wise move, a big pocket with our fast mobile units was temporarily formed and cut off.

[Taifun]

North of the Pripyat Marshes the key cities of Daugavpils and Polotsk were captured. The big city of Riga was surrounded and we were advancing fast towards Ostrov. The Capital of Belorussia Minsk was invested…

[Taifun]

By the second Axis turn, July 8th 1941, the strategic cities of Vitebsk and Ostrov were captured. To our surprise Riga was abandoned and Army Group North had an unopposed ride North through the Baltic States… Minsk was surrounded and assaulted.

[Taifun]

In the Ukraine, the cities of Uman and Nikolayev were captured (Kherson was captured by para assault in the first day of the war unopposed)…

[Taifun]

July 22nd 1941.
Army Group North Attacks the city of Tartu in the Baltic, destroying the defending fanatical Soviets but failing to take the town. Pskov falls opening the road towards Luga further up the road. In Army Group Center the NM Objective City of Smolensk is captured, the Bolsheviks take a severe blow in their moral! Minsk is about to fall, their defenders getting low in supplies, are completely cut off well behind the main front.

[Taifun]

In the Ukraine Belaya Tserkov, the town defending the southern approaches of Kiev is captured. The Soviet troops defending Cherkasy on the Dnepr are destroyed but the town is not taken. Kirovograd, heavily defended by an entrenched Army, will be assaulted next turn. The Crimea peninsula is isolated from the rest of the USSR.
At the end of this turn, the total number of Soviet alive land units is 33 (including many low value garrison units).

[Taifun]

August 5th 1941
In the Ukraine the Capital Kiev falls in our hands, enraging Stalin for sure. The great Dnepr river is crossed in force while to the southeast we approach the important city of Dnepropetrovsk.

[Taifun]

In the Northern Area of operations the Luga defenders are destroyed leaving the city open for a quick occupation next turn.
Powerful armored elements of Army Group Center approach the new Soviet resistance line Rzhev-Viazma.
A new Soviet low of 27 alive land units is reached at the end of this turn.

[Taifun]

August 19th 1941
Army Group Center is reinforced with a new panzercorps for the advance toward Moscow. The town of Vyazma is captured after a brief ferocious fight.

[Taifun]

In the Southern Front the NM objective city of Dnepropetrovsk is captured. Odessa finally falls after a prolonged heroic defense.. The cities of Kharkov and Rostov are the new objectives in OKW plans.

[Taifun]

Army Group North passes trough the town of Luga (undefended) on its way towards Leningrad. The big city is well defended against aerial attack with 2 AA units but lacks big infantry units in its southern approaches…

[Taifun]

September 2nd-9th 1941
We are now 1.5 months behind our current turn.
In a surprising Soviet decision the NM Objective City of Leningrad is given low priority and all of its defenders are operated away from the area and rail transported to the new Moscow front [X(]. Only an Infantry Corps is left behind as a token sign of resistance. The city is quickly surrounded by German forces from the South and will fall next turn September 16th!
This is a critical decision and I think that it will greatly help Germany winning the war in the East Front. Surely a very difficult decision to take, I think that the city could have resisted 2-3 turns, fixing important German units. Stalin is obviously giving Moscow absolute priority for reinforcements.
In his new strategy, the key town of Rzhev was reinforced with the 2 AA units and an Infantry Army from Leningrad. Army Group Center will now be continually reinforced with aerial and land units for its final drive towards the Soviet Capital… Hitler thinks that, weather permitting, the big city could be captured before the arrival of the Siberian reinforcements...

[Taifun]

In the Southern Front Kharkov, thinly defended with a garrison unit, falls easily in our hands. It is obvious that the Soviets are scraping the barrel for troops and that this a critical time for them. We must take advantage of this situation pushing as fast as possible towards Rostov and Stalingrad!

[Taifun]

October 4th Army Group Center
The German forces are gathering around Vyzama for their final push towards Moscow. The important town of Rzhev is still firmly in Soviet hands despite numerous assaults.
Rain and mud limit our attacks. Additional air and artillery units arrive in the area. Several of our Bomber units are upgraded to level 3, as well as our fighter wing in this area. The Luftwaffe is well in advance technologically compared to our enemies.

[Taifun]

October 4th Army Group South
The big city of Rostov is captured and the river Don crossed: the door is open towards the Caucasus oil fields! Stalingrad is not that far away, the key NM Objective City on the Volga river.

[Taifun]

October 26th Army Group South.
Our bridgehead South of Rostov is expanded. Armored elements push in good weather towards Stalingrad and capture Morozovsk.

[Taifun]

October 26th Army Group Center.
Kaluga town Southeast of Vyazma is captured and our troops reach the suburbs of Tula. In a daring operation a para unit jumps North of Moscow and cuts the rail connection between Kalinin and Moscow, effectively isolating the troublesome town of Rzhev from a direct connection with the Capital. This town, defending behind the mayor river Volga, is a hard nut to crack!

[Taifun]

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