Another March to the East

[carlkay58]

T01 AGC V Corps:

This corps uses one division to capture Vilnius and the depot there. The other division breaks down and builds a wall after flipping a few more hexes to isolate Soviet divisions.

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T01 AGC XII Corps:

The three divisions advance to capture some more cities to deny them for Soviet routs. They also start to form the southern edge of the Bialystok pocket.

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T01 AGC 1st CD:

This division breaks down into its regiments to seize some more cities and start to form the outer edge of the 2nd PG's sealing of the Bialystok Pocket.

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T01 AGC 14th MD:

This division is broken down into regiments. The big objective for these regiments are to flip the cities of Shumsk and Smorgon so they do not receive Soviet routed units. One regiment is able to do that. Another regiment is used to isolate the Soviet divisions beyond Kaunus and prepare Kaunus for assault too. I keep the third regiment in reserve for helping to lock down pockets later.

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T01 AGC XXXXVI Mot Crps:

This corps is used to capture the Soviet depot at Baranovichi and form a corridor on the south side of the Bialystok Pocket along with capturing cities so the Soviets do not rout to them.

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T01 AGS 103rd RHG Cmd:

This command, broken down into regiments, oozes forward to grab some terrain and start to envelope the enemy.

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T01 AGS LI Corps:

This corps advances and each division takes out one fort which opens two paths to the Soviet rear.

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T01 AGS XVII Corps:

Two of the regiments are used to capture Soviet forts and open up exploitation lanes through the Soviet lines.

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T01 AGN 267 ID:

This division, attached to the XXIV Mot Corps, is now used to attack the Soviet Security unit holding the northern flank of AGS up. This allow the Security regiments to get into the Soviet defensive rear and another regiment of the XVII Corps to also advance.

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T01 AGS 99th Light Division:

This division is used to capture another fort.

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T01 AGS 16th Panzer Division:

It breaks down into regiments and helps to isolate the Soviet front line in the Lvov area.

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T01 AGS III Mot Corps:

As the single whole AGS Motorized Corps, the IIIrd Corps is very important to the attack. It is spread out to pocket the Soviet front lines and the Lvov defenses.

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T01 AGS 11th Panzer Division:

This unit breaks down and helps fill in the pocket near Lvov.

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T01 Decision Time:

At this point I have broken through the Soviet front line defenses and roughed out where the pockets will be formed. I still have the bulk of both the infantry and panzers to move. So now I have to decide what the tactics I will use at this point.

I typically now attack the Soviet front line units to push them out of their forts and rout them into the roughed out pockets where they will have no supplies to replenish or refit. The idea is that they will then be able to be mopped up faster which frees the infantry to push forward as fast as possible.

The other major tactic is to break up the infantry down to regiments, surround the Soviet front line as tightly as possible with the regiments which will also free up some of the infantry to rush through the gaps and get deeper into Soviet territory where they will catch up to the panzers with as much CPP left as possible. Meanwhile the Soviets will be weakened by lack of supply and can be mopped up with the smaller forces left behind.

Both of these tactics are valid and even a mixture of them have proved to work well. So it is a personal choice that gets made. I will start to attack the Soviets as this is testing software and a major tactic change on my part will not allow comparisons to previous games to see what effects the new changes have had. But the save at this point is attached below for anyone who wishes to try out the alternative, examine what I have done to this point, or try to improve on my future performance.

[Jango32]

I am guessing that you don't want to activate Southern Front on turn 1.

[carlkay58]

That is true.

[carlkay58]

T01 AGC Infantry Attacks and Moves:

I start attacking the Soviet front line units in AGC as the southern portion of the defensive line near Brest Litovsk is the one most likely to rout outside of my future pocket. Sure enough two rifle divisions did rout southeast but the rest are routed and in the future Bialystok Pocket. A few of the attacks were tough to win but the front lines are well penetrated and the infantry has fleshed out the north and south edges of the pocket as far as they can get. The rest will have to be held by the panzers.

[carlkay58]

T01 AGN Infantry Attacks and Moves:

Next is AGN. You can see some of the depth that the infantry is able to reach in this front. An AT regiment and NKVD Border Regiment have routed further back but I am willing to see them go - they are not a threat.

[carlkay58]

T01 AGS Infantry Attacks and Moves:

No additional attacks in the AGS sector as I do not have any pockets in the area for the enemy to rout to. I did capture some of the double track rail leading to Lvov but I decided to lose the 1 VP for not taking Lvov this turn (despite it being one of the Soviet depots in the area) in order to keep more of the enemy divisions pocketed.

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T01 AGN XXXXI Mot Corps:

The 36th MD breaks down and forms the northern edge of the forming pocket. The two panzer divisions capture Daugavpils and Plavinas clearing the northern bank of the Daugava River.