Russia! Why not? (Morvael welcome)

[cpt flam]

1-14-43 just tried an assault against Voronezh (failed)

our losses
7 820 men, 140 art, 45 AFV & 43 AC
17 770 " ", 340 " ",363 " " & 49 ""

pool
99 150 men
179 900 VEH
208 657 ARM
19 Hiwis

[cpt flam]

turn 84 trench warfare continue allways harder [:(]

butcher bilt
8 720 men, 160 art, 70 AFV & 22 AC
12 310 " ", 235 " ",213 " " & 33

pool (continue to grow)
108 360 men
172 900 VEH (down again)
227 114 ARM
5 Hiwis

[STEF78]

I think Morvael should try to take initiative right now.

I can see powerful stacks and he can afford greater losses than Cpt Flam

[morvael]

I was ill, so we had a week-long break

Trucks is what is stopping me. I can't recover since mud hit for the first time (was losing 1600 trucks per turn in '42, now I'm regaining 2000-2500 per turn thanks to L-L). This is causing higher casualties and lower MP limits, so I hardly can afford to attack unless cpt flam will position his units next to mine. Currently I have only 87% of required trucks in units and 72% of required trucks in the pool.

[cpt flam]

1-28 end of this bloody month
continue to grind forward (at high cost)

losses
9 300 men, 200 art, 39 AFV & 33 AC
8 450 " ", 175 " ",144 " " & 29 ""

pool continue to grow
103 980 men
167 300 VEH
231 736 ARM
742 Hiwis ?

[cpt flam]

I can tell that they begin to have teeth
turn 86 i make a test for some rest

few losses
2 900 men, 56 Art, 23 AFV & 9 AC
3 820 " ", 77 " ", 50 " " & 8 ""

pool active allways
109 205 men
164 100 VEH please I need more
241 989 ARM
16 Hiwis

[loki100]

this is brutal grinding stuff, but it seems as if you are still making significant dents in the Red Army.

one thing I am coming to really appreciate about this game is the importance of the humble truck ...

[morvael]

Truck is king, unfortunately. I'm not making any new mech and tank corps just because I lack those damned trucks...

Last turn (4th March, not shown here yet), I lost 771 tanks for only 102 Axis, highest losses since July'41. Good that I have lot of this stuff in the depots

[cpt flam]

2-11 no real grinding but keeping at same level
we continue to clean in front of Boguchar

losses
5 801 men, 130 art, 28 AFV & 3 AC
13 200 " ", 260 " ",205 " " & 67 AC

pool
106 160 men (-3 k)
161 500 VEH (-3 k)
254 364 ARM (+13 k)
2 200 Hiwis ?

[cpt flam]

turn 88 and I must attack or they will continue to grow

butcher bill
6 620 men, 115 art, 38 AFV & 20 AC
9 640 " ", 210 " ",105 " " & 42 ""

[cpt flam]

3 attacks went well and 2 failed
some more commander to kill on his side [:)]
action was against 23-47 in the south

pool
109 950 men
157 300 VEH
263 419 ARM
1 736 Hiwis

[STEF78]

How does the OOB look like?

Is the rest of the front quiet?

[morvael]

Both OOBs are huge, 8.5M vs 5.6M. Some action around Tula and from Voroshilovgrad to Stalino, but nothing major, just some attempts by me to recover a hex or two and straighten my frontline.

[cpt flam]

I would like 5.6 but this is with frozen units

date is 2-25 first armor clash and a possibility to brake some forts behind

losses from assaults
5 060 men, 100 art, 21 arm & 44 AC
11 510 " ", 220 " ",229 " " & 58 ""

pool
109 390 men
156 500 VEH
277 311 ARM
11 Hiwis

[cpt flam]

turn 90 this time was better

pool
132 300 men
155 800 VEH
291 811 ARM
19 hiwis

[cpt flam]

Morvael spoke of it
I'm proud to show the result of a tank encounter[;)]

[cpt flam]

turn 91 new game is a german push followed by a russian repulse
russia awake in crimea and took back Feodosya

losses in attack
8 480 men, 160 art, 58 AFV & 14 AC
18 590 " ", 370 " ",276 " " & 92 ""

actual pool
114 490 men (-18 K)
153 600 VEH (-5 K)
297 195 ARM
4 Hiwis

[cpt flam]

3-18 life is dangerous for some Italians having to break forts
I disband my first unit on card (FBD) as the work is a bit lazy for them

losses this time
11 970 men, 220 art, 60 AFV & 4 AC
19 810 " ", 435 " ", 70 " " &39 ""

pool
137 240 men (+22 K)
152 900 VEH
313 419 ARM (+16 K)
4 750 Hiwis [&:]

[loki100]

ORIGINAL: cpt flam

Morvael spoke of it
I'm proud to show the result of a tank encounter[;)]

that looks like an impressive culling of Soviet armour

how confident are you of holding your current lines when better weather returns?

[morvael]

This is just to refresh my units and let them recieve newer types of equipment