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Turn 9 End 2/2


South


Positions north east of Kiev remain the weakest in whole front, so reatreat is only option. Fortunatelly there are no panzers here to exploit it.

Southern and Southeaster fronts, that contain many strong units shifted east to maintain coherent defensive line.
It will buy one at minimum more turn, although next main defensive possition is far far east near Stalino, so I hope it will do for extra 2-3 turns. Unfortunatelly reinforcement level is low so I might not have choice but to retreat prematurely.

Turn 10 Start 1/2


North


Nothing meaningfull happened in the norther part of the front.


Center

Very Little Axis activity in the center.
My chances of avoiding major defeat here are gradually increasing.

Turn 10 Start 2/2


South


Main line in the middle part of Dnepr remained intact.
All is not great however, Germans are deploying Romanian super soldiers

Turn 10 End 1/2


North


I keep stripping this part of the front from best units, so far I haven't been punished for that.
I hope it will stay that way.

Center


Axis are spreading out their panzers even more, meaning massive penetration is unlikely. Most probable scenario will be gradual retreat south of Smolensk.

Turn 10 End 2/2


South


I expect withdrawal in Sumy-Kharkov region to give me enough breathing space to create fort line along river Vorskla.
In the far south, I fear my troops are not numerous enough to stop enemy forces at current positions.

-- nachricht aus berlin --

der verkehrsknotenpunkt smolensk ist für die deutsche logistik sehr wichtig und wird hart umkämpft.
der wetterdienst meldet eine bevorstehende regenperiode, die ohne die einnahme der landbrücke zu schwierigkeiten führen könnte.

die deutschen soldaten sammeln an den anderen fronten wertvolle erfahrungen.
einige rumänische einheiten sind fast genauso kampfstark, wie ihre verbündeten.

-- ende --

(vielleicht liegt der hohe wert der rümänischen einheit an der luftunterstützung der 4. luftflotte? in der nähe waren eine menge bomber stationiert - wegen der krim. ansonsten mal joel draufschauen lassen.)

Turn 11 Start 1/2


North


Minimal activity on that part of the front. Defense line is paper thin, beacuse excess troops reinforced Smolensk area.


Center


Smolensk positions were not breached and German progress in southern part of Central front is slow as well.
Situation is definitelly positive here.

Turn 11 Start 2/2


South


No major breakthough achieved by Axis forces. Worst developments are in far south - Hungarian brigade crossed Dnepr and I won't be able to push it back.

Turn 11 End 1/3


North


Barerly any activity. Focus is on maintaining strong line even at the expense of depth.

Turn 11 End 2/3


Center


Priority is defending Smolensk area as long as possible, evrywhere else I am happy to conceed more ground.

Turn 11 End 3/3


South


German forces near Sumy are weak, so in my opinion threat of flanking maneuver in upper part of Vorslka river is low.

Middle and lower part of river Vorlska is well defended, unfortunatelly situation in far south isn't solvable due to poor units quality there. Most likely I will have to reatreat towards Crimea next turn.

Turn 12 End 1/2


North

Northern part of the front remains static.
It looks that worse is over here.


Center

I have enough quality troops to contain German push once panzers are spread out, hoever it comes at expense of significant loss in quality of deployed units.
Remains to be seen if i will be able to maintain strong lines in turns 15+.

Turn 12 End 2/2


South


I will attampt to defend Dnepr river bend and Vorslka river line for one more turn.

Turn 13 End 1/2


North


All quitet on te northern front.


Center


Position near Smolensk and directly south of eat still hold and I believe I should be able to defend here for 2-3 more turns.
Further down the south I reatreated east to more naturally defensive position.

Turn 13 End 2/2


South


I made conducted massive reatreat across whole souther part of front, it will buy me turn or two, but i fear Kharkov and Donetsk will be lost not long after.

Turn 14 End 1/3

North


Nothing of significe happened this turn.

Turn 14 End 2/3

Center


This is last strong defensive line before that I can make stand long enough to avoid loss of Tula and Voronezh.

Turn 14 End 3/3

South

Quality of units is rapidly deteriorating so loss of Donetsk region is still very probable.
Despite numerous units Criema isn't defended suffienctly strong for my liking.

Turn 15 End 1/3


North

No significant changes across northern front.

Turn 15 End 2/3


Center


Bryansk was strenghtened as much as possible increasing slim chances of holding that city.
Cutting off panzers near Kursk greatly imporved my situation in area lacking strong defensive terrain.