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T30 - North

Leningrad holding. Another failed attack on the city. TOE of these units is down to 30% so mostly hand to hand combat. [:)] But every failed attack boosts morale of these units.

The push northwest is almost impossible. He has a lot of firepower here and units are entrenched not to mention the horrible terrain. The push southwest is much easier. A bulge is forming which will have to be corrected at some point.

T30 - Center

The same goes for the center. Only deliberate attacks against heavily entrenched units are possible and these have to be carefully calculated. The most important thing is the sequence of attacks. I always try to do the attacks first which I think are guaranteed to succeed and hope I can get all the reserve activations out of the way. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

T30 - Southwest

Very good progress in this sector. He gives up Orel without a fight to avoid encirclement. Next on the list are Kursk, Belgorod and Kharkov.

T30 - South

In pursuit of the enemy trying to reach the Crimea. He obviously pulls out troops to reinforce Odessa. There are mostly Romanian and Italian divisions in the far south. They always rout with massive losses. But so far none of them shatter which surprises me.

T30 - Crimea and Odessa

I am now able to break out of Crimea because he has to weaken this sector. I push north with tank brigades but I know they will get pushed back or routed.

At Odessa I do the one and only amphibious landing of this game. One division lands at Ochakov and the port damage is relatively low so it is an immediate supply source. I think one amphibious landing is OK. I land additional troops in Odessa and continue to attack.

T30 - Battles

The list of held results. Even deliberate attacks are sometimes not enough.

Many units turn guard this turn.

T30 - Data

OOB, production and losses.

T31 - North

This continues to be very interesting. No attack on Leningrad this turn. My troops are slowly withering away but they are too strong for a bunch of regiments.

I make progress throughout this sector. There are reserve activations with almost every attack. Breakthroughs are not possible.

T31 - Center

Same situation in the center. I am slowly grinding through fortifications. Lots of reserve activations and many, many 1=2 battles.

T31 - Southwest

I reach the outskirts of Kursk, Belgorod and Kharkov. Frontal attacks of city and light urban hexes are not a good idea so I plan to encircle the cities.

T31 - South

I have almost linked up with my troops in the Crimea and Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye are not out of reach. My plan is to capture the cities before the blizzard ends and use them as anchors for the March counterattack.

T31 - Crimea and Odessa

Very chaotic situation. At this point it looks like his southern front has almost collapsed. The Romanians are routing at almost every battle with huge losses. However, they are not shattering.

I land more troops at Odessa and Oshakov and fight multiple battles. I still plan to land two full armies there.

T31 - Wins and Losses

A quick overview of the wins for my Rifle Divisions and Cavalry Corps. I like 5th Guards Division with a ratio of 27:0. I must admit that this is slightly absurd.

T31 - Data

OOB, losses and production. Armament points have bottomed out and are now rising again.

T32 - North

Yet another attack against Leningrad is repelled. Morale of one unit increases to 46.

He evacuates Novgorod. I am not sure if I would have been able to encircle the city. I am trying to cut the Pskov rail line but progress is painfully slow. There is very little resistance further south. The bulge is getting bigger.

T32 - Center

Overall, good progress. Numerous held results at VL. Many forts west of Vyazma. Instead of encirclement I herd his troops so that there are maximum retreat losses. His reserve activations are getting much weaker now. Most are just adding between 6 and 10 CV.

T32 - Southwest

Kharkov and Belgorod are encircled. However, it will be easy for him to escape. I am trying a bigger encirclement operation at Kursk.

T32 - South

I linked up with the Crimea and the two remaining goals are Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye. It would be really nice to have these to light urban hexes under my control.

T32 - Crimea and Odessa

I am almost at the lower Dnepr. There is very light resistance. The Romanians are taking extreme losses. However, supply is now getting restricted. The spearhead is 40 MP away from the railhead.

More troops are landing at Odessa and I am preparing to break out to the west. But as you can see he is heavily reinforcing this area now.

T32 - Data

OOB, Production and Losses. Armament points are continuing to increase.