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Don't count me as an expert by any means, I still have allot to learn for sure.

Larry,

Pelton may not be an expert but he is spot on, up north you lose very little if he gains ground but down south and center there is manpower and production you REALLY don't want to lose if you can help it. My experience is all from the Russian side and i suggest getting the shock armies out of the line if you can, put good leaders in charge and use them as a reserve. Put your armor and guards units in them and they will be able to counter the german breakthrough's effectively. Also if you can counter attack in areas where your recon shows a weak line you can attrition the enemy down which you should with a 3 million man advantage. Use mostly infantry as your armor can get chewed up pretty bad if you stick it out to far  (trust me on this[:D]). It is nice to see that a player who has lost Moscow (Leningrad is mostly a forgone conclusion against a good German Player) is still fighting hard and not giving up

Here's the front lines on April 23, 1942 ( T45 ) before any Soviet movement has taken place:

And here's the ground losses so far:

And here's the OOB:

And here's the state of Soviet production:

Here's how the air war is going. I've lost a bunch of planes.

It's April 1942; you haven't collected the tank brigades together to form tank corps.

You didn't collect the cavalry divisions to form corps either.

ORIGINAL: randallw
It's April 1942; you haven't collected the tank brigades together to form tank corps.

Answer #1: I'm working on it as we speak. I ran outta AP's.

ORIGINAL: randallw
You didn't collect the cavalry divisions to form corps either.

See Answer #1.

Here's the front lines before any Soviet movement in T48:

Here's the ground losses so far:

Here's the OOB:

Here's the state of Soviet production:

Here's the front lines in T51 before any Soviet movement. Notice the huge pocket KLilly is making in the center of the map. Whoa.

And here's the ground losses so far:

And here's the OOB:

And here's the state of Soviet Production:

That Axis corridor may be too wide to cut off; it's tempting but I don't see a part of the neck where it's only Romanians guarding it.

Counter attack at base with the units that are in the bubble. Move as many trrops in the center of the bubble to where he will try to cut you off. You might be able to slowly moe north if you can keep it open. If you can stall him from sealing the pocket for 2 or 3 turns that will delay his next try at a pocket and give you time to reform your lines.

You have allot of troops to north, send down any armor you have to start sealing it off the break though. Counter attack his forward mech and tank units if you can.

You have 7 million men start counter attacking anything you think you might have a chance of winning. The only way your numbers will drop is if he gets pockets.