Russia! Why not? (Morvael welcome)

[morvael]

It was hard to let these brigades go, some were over 2 CV, but each had 400+ trucks (and who knows how many to resupply), while rarely taking part in battle, because there was no place on the frontlines and they didn't trigger as reserves (mostly due to lack of enemy counterattacks). I hoped I might use some to build more tank corps, but it's more important to fix truck problems.

[schascha]

ORIGINAL: morvael

It was hard to let these brigades go, some were over 2 CV, but each had 400+ trucks (and who knows how many to resupply), while rarely taking part in battle, because there was no place on the frontlines and they didn't trigger as reserves (mostly due to lack of enemy counterattacks). I hoped I might use some to build more tank corps, but it's more important to fix truck problems.

You can put them in static too.

[Bozo_the_Clown]

You can put them in static too.

Yes, that gives you extra APs. But if you want to reactivate them later it costs you more APs then you received earlier.

[loki100]

you are rolling west at an impressive pace now (well for an army with no trucks ...)

and yep, those are the sort of mustaches that should take the Red Army all the way to Berlin

[morvael]

Yeah, I considered that, but I would probably never reactivate them again and they would still use up some trucks for resupply. I also thought about the much lower T-34(85) production, so I decided to disband them in the end. I plan to build some SU brigades (and disband the regiments) once they will be available and my truck situation will improve for the summer.

loki100, I think my pace is very, very slow. However I tried to do my best to improve it and you will see what I did in the reports from the next few turns (we have now completed turn 136).

A side note: I found it strange that a POL 7 or 8 officer with good win ratio was dismissed and replaced with a POL 1 guy. I thought it's the guys with poor win ratios and low POL that get dismissed. I had to put the good guy back paying APs.

[carlkay58]

Leader dismissal is a leader check vs POL along with modifiers. Once it is dismissed, there is another algorithm that chooses the replacement that does not consider POL. I almost think it is random, but I have not gotten quite that deep yet.

[morvael]

Thanks for looking at this. For immersion this should be changed so that low POL leader would be dismissed and replaced with high POL leaders.

[morvael]

Turn 131

Dnepropetrovsk captured, Rumanian division surrendered. Second bridge over Dnepr repaired. Two SS divisions versus two Soviet Fronts is not a fair game, so progress west is made at steady pace.

[morvael]

Another two Fronts advance towards Poltava, screened by Rumanian and Hungarian soldiers.

[morvael]

North Caucasus Front is a bit overextended, in addition the southern wing is composed of poor quality armies, so a Tank Army is required to plug the gaps. The other two prepare for a raid towards Vitebsk.

[morvael]

Novoskolniki, with their important rail junction, are captured. Pskov is secured.

[morvael]

Koroteev is appointed to command 5th Shock Army (replacing Tyurin) and the army is designated as a mountain army for use in the Carpathian Mountains. All 8 active mountain divisions will be reassigned to this army, being replaced by new rifle divisions in current armies. Also, Gorbatov replaces Ryabyshev (2nd Shock Army) and Kolpakhi replaces Neverov (64th Army).

[morvael]

Last tank brigade was disbanded. There is still a lack of trucks, but less severe.

Strength:
men: 9 619 846 vs 5 160 932
guns: 155 186 vs 52 424
AFVs: 15 818 vs 7 036
aircraft: 20 808 vs 3 352

Trucks:
in units: 254 507 / 277 435 (91.74%)
in the pool: 165 328 / 191 535 (86.32%)
in repair: 91 456

Casualties:
killed: 30 162 vs 21 540
prisoners: 488 vs 8 447
disabled: 16 866 vs 12 069
guns: 1 076 vs 1 331
AFVs: 264 vs 87
aircraft: 224 vs 229

Including:
in combat: 148 vs 165
from AA: 17 vs 55
on the ground: 0 vs 0
operational: 59 vs 9

[morvael]

Turn 132

Dnepr is finally frozen, so Transcaucasus front can join the fight.

[morvael]

Numerous Rumanian divisions have had enough. Poltava is within reach.

[morvael]

Axis forces withdraw in the center towards Dnepr (no doubt they have a prepared defensive line there), while the Red Army slowed down by blizzard and lack of trucks is not fast enough to maintain contact. Raid to Vitebsk is cancelled.

[morvael]

Several important decisions are made as the new year 1944 is coming. First of all, there is an ambitious military operation planned, codename "Красная смерть", for which nearly all of the elite Red Army units are required.

Second, it is deemed necessary to reduce number of divisional-sized formations and form more rifle corps. That way more pressure could be put on the Axis, without a third of the army remaining idle behind the front lines. It is also deemed more efficient to supply less, but bigger, units. The first step on this road will be to form third rifle corps in armies that recently lost their tank brigades and consist of two rifle corps and four rifle divisions. Most of these armies are in the north.

Finally, severe truck saving measures are undertaken: all transport air regiments are moved to national reserve (following the heavy bombers that were supplying partisans sent to reserve a few months ago), and all support units are detached from their parent combat units, some of them to be disbanded and replaced by brigades, like the SU regiments.

Two ski brigades are formed for the 5th Shock Army (they will later upgrade to mountain brigades).

[morvael]

Strength:
men: 9 656 538 vs 5 119 251
guns: 155 813 vs 51 974
AFVs: 15 767 vs 7 046
aircraft: 20 946 vs 3 163

Trucks:
in units: 255 222 / 278 240 (91.73%)
in the pool: 164 698 / 191 291 (86.10%)
in repair: 92 882

Casualties:
killed: 16 532 vs 16 475
prisoners: 546 vs 614
disabled: 8 462 vs 8 716
guns: 507 vs 956
AFVs: 202 vs 70
aircraft: 92 vs 25

Including:
in combat: 29 vs 21
from AA: 7 vs 0
on the ground: 0 vs 0
operational: 56 vs 4

[loki100]

one of the many things I really like about WiTE is the importance of the humble truck.

Its fascinating seeing how you are trying to get around that particular constraint and even hampered, you are landing some impressive blows

[Peltonx]

ORIGINAL: morvael

Finally, severe truck saving measures are undertaken: all transport air regiments are moved to national reserve (following the heavy bombers that were supplying partisans sent to reserve a few months ago), and all support units are detached from their parent combat units, some of them to be disbanded and replaced by brigades, like the SU regiments.

At 91% trucks are having that big of an impact on your army?

How so?

limited MP's or supplies ammo ect?

What is a very bad truck %?