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T40 - South

Again, nothing happening in the north, center and southwest. In the south I keep hammering the Romanians and Italians.

T40 - Odessa

Last picture of Odessa until something happens again. I will keep 3 units in the city until they get routed.

T40 - Data

T41 - Overview

Just an overview this time. Look how organized I am. This will soon change. [:D]

T41 - Two Battles

Two battles stick out this turn. The first one shows that Leningrad has fallen. Two more divisions remain in the northern part of the city but that is only a light urban hex.

The other battle shows what happens to a Russian army if you attack a level 3 fort. You just have to wait for Corps filled with sappers otherwise there is no point.

T41 - Data

T42 - Data

Mud!

pity you finally lost Leningrad, certainly shows the gains from being prepared to do air supply as it kept him pinned down for a long time.

pity you finally lost Leningrad, certainly shows the gains from being prepared to do air supply as it kept him pinned down for a long time.

Yeah, it was a good fight. Lots of Held results and those urban hexes are great for sheltering troops during blizzard. The air supply really made a difference.

T43 - Leningrad

The city is now completely in the hand of the fascists. But not without another heroic battle!

T43 - Data

Mud!

T44 - Axis Buildup

Clearly a buildup west of Tula. But recon is very poor despite the fact that I am flying dozens of missions. Are the forts obscuring the units? Another sign that something is going to happen here is that there is an airbase with lots of Ju-52 in the vicinity.

I put almost the entire Western Front into reserve: 3rd (Cavalry), 4th (Rifle) and 13th (Rifle) armies. Their main task is to contain any Axis breakthrough.

T44 - Data

More mud!

T45 - Overview

T45 - Data

Still mud. Nothing happening.

T46 - North

I am planning a daring combined arms operation in the north. The goal is to encircle some Finnish troops and to push north. Airborne brigades will land behind enemy lines and cavalry corps and tank corps will hopefully be able to push through the weak Finnish line. Or maybe they won't. [:D]

T46 - Data

I'll warn you right now, there seems to be some unwritten thing about Soviet air often not working in the north. Just saying, don't be shocked if despite everything looking perfect, the airdrops won't seem to function.

I'll warn you right now, there seems to be some unwritten thing about Soviet air often not working in the north. Just saying, don't be shocked if despite everything looking perfect, the airdrops won't seem to function.

Airdrops worked just fine. But recon was a total failure. I flew at least 8 recon missions and it showed nothing in the rear. Not even a shell outline. This probably has to do with the horrible terrain up there. I pushed north in my last two games as SHC but always got stuck up north at the three hex land bridge or even earlier. This time I wanted to try something more aggressive.

Yeah, from my experience terrain and forts make air recon very hard if not impossible.