Steel Inferno: AG A – Part I: Race for the Caucasus (Solo AAR)

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At start positions:


Closer look:
https://i.imgur.com/RPaAK6o.jpg

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End positions:


Closer look:
https://i.imgur.com/SCYvGZr.jpg

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Loss by Phase:

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Events

Heat


Partisans

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Air Directives

I setup three recon, two GA and one AS mission:


Map placement:


GA seems to be loosing the interdiction effectiveness.

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Air Execution Summary:


Lost 13 aircraft, 9 Ops and 4 due to flak. So far German losses are a bit higher then the Soviets. Seems its mostly due to Operational losses (92) and then flak (28). The Soviets have thus far lost 77 to A2A, 5 on the ground and 10 to Ops.

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Freight:


Army Group A, 17th Army and 1st Panzer Army received more supplies then they needed. Air Command received much lower then needed.

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Arrivals:


Withdrawals:

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Leader deaths:

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Ground at start positions:

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Ground ending positions:


Closer look:
https://i.imgur.com/DUCAh4O.jpg

Notes:

XXXXIV Corps (97th and 101st Jaeger Divisions and 454th Sec. Div., 1st Panzer Army) are protecting my northern flank.

XXXXIX Mountain Corps (1st and 4th Mtn. Div., 2nd Rum. Mtn. Div., 73rd Inf. Div. and the Bergmann Ost Mtn. Regiment, 17th Army) is in the middle but needs to shift south towards the mountains.

V Corps (9th, 125th, 198th and 298th Inf. Div., 17th Army) need to stay in the middle, or be used to take Krasnodar.

III Panzer Corps (23rd Panzer Div., 1st Panzer Army) is sitting adjacent to Nevinnomyssk after swinging south and capturing Armavir.

LVII Panzer Corps (Wiking SS Mot. Div., 16th Mot. Div. and 1st Slov. Mobile Div., 1st Panzer Army) has just captured Mailkop (200 VPs).

XXXX Panzer Corps (3rd and 13th Panzer Div., and GD Mot. Div.) has encircled Krasnodar.

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End of turn losses:

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Turn Summary (Four weeks in):

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Events

Tech Brigade


Stall


Partisans


Conference

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Reinforcements:

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Air Directives:


Zoomed in a bit:


GA on Krasnodar:

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Air Execution Summary:


Lost 43 aircraft...

Effects of the GA mission:

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Ground at start positions:


Closer look:
https://i.imgur.com/mZBevwP.jpg

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Logistics

Supply:


Freight:


Army Group A, 1st Panzer and 17th Army received more than needed again.

Ground command overall was great but the Air command was short around 300 tons.

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End of turn 4 ground:


Closer look:
https://i.imgur.com/Za8DnfO.jpg

NOTES:

1st Panzer, XXXXIV Corps (97th, 101st Jaeger Div., 297th Inf. Div., 454 Sec. Div. and 4th Bicycle Sec. Regt.) pushing east and protecting the northern sector from any counterattacks towards Rostov.

1st Panzer, V Corps (9th, 125, 198th and 298th Inf. Div.) advancing east and protecting the delicate center of my advance.

1st Panzer, III Panzer Corps (23rd Panzer Div.), pulled back to Armavir to refit for later operations.

1st Panzer, LVII Pz Corps (Wiking SS Mot. Div. and 16th Mot. Div.) pulled back to Maikop to refit for later operations.

1st Panzer, XXXX Panzer Corps (3rd and 13th Panzer Div., GD Mot. Div. and 1st Slov. Mobile Div.) surrounded Krasnodar and pushed the GD towards Krymskaya.

3rd Rum. Army, Cav. RM Corps (5th, 6th and 9th Rum. Cav. Div.) securing the left flank.