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T66 - North

Just one attack. Preparing the battlefield for the final push.

T66 - South

He counterattacks frequently. Quite often actually. Sometimes the attacks fail. 2:1 in men and artillery is just not enough.

T66 - Data

OOB is shrinking.

T67 - North

Much to my surprise Leningrad is only protected by a security regiment. I almost missed it. A Cavalry Corps is enough to kick the garrison out of the city. I have a Mechanized Corps in the vicinity but decide not to move it into the city. It was recently formed and has only 5 CV and I don't like mechanized troops in urban terrain. A mistake? Probably.

T67 - Smolensk

His counterattack pushes back two Rifle Corps and one Rifle Division. My own attack in this sector fails. The only good news is that his success comes with a hefty price.

T67 - South

The bridgehead gets bigger and bigger. For a couple of turns now I have turned air interdiction on. I always turn it off in 41 and 42 especially for the Axis because the AI makes absolutely insane decisions. But now it seems to be relatively safe. I have acceptable losses and continually use up his fighters.

ORIGINAL: Oshawott

T66 - South

He counterattacks frequently. Quite often actually. Sometimes the attacks fail. 2:1 in men and artillery is just not enough.

I think the Red Air Force cost him that attack. His final adjusted CV actually went down, unusually. If it hadn't, he would've won that fight. You shot down a bunch of his bombers and got the bulk of yours through. The amount of planes you are getting into these combats is pretty high, 200-300 fighter bombers and 80-100 bombers (mostly shturmoviks I'm guessing) is no joke. Like everything else in this game, the Red Air Force is well ahead of the curve here and has reached effective parity with the Luftwaffe and moving steadily towards outright superiority.

ORIGINAL: Oshawott
Much to my surprise Leningrad is only protected by a security regiment. I almost missed it. A Cavalry Corps is enough to kick the garrison out of the city. I have a Mechanized Corps in the vicinity but decide not to move it into the city. It was recently formed and has only 5 CV and I don't like mechanized troops in urban territory. A mistake? Probably.

In a word - yes but one you can afford.

I think the Red Air Force cost him that attack. His final adjusted CV actually went down, unusually.

I see what you are saying. His adjusted CV should go up because he is attacking and the attacker is favored in this game. Bombers could be the explanation for that. Another explanation would be that it is XXX Corps attacking. Those are the units I destroyed during mud I believe. Could it be a morale/experience issue?

The bombers are all IL-2 or IL-2M.

Mechanized Corps has a lot of tanks and their CV values will go down in dense terrain, in turn the infantry component will be stronger. In a word it's better to have Mech Corps, than a Tank Corps in a city

T68 - North

I get a held result at Pushkin and another one further south.

T68 - Orel

Another Held at Orel. The second try works.

T68 - South

Steady progress in the south. North of the Dnepr he is setting up a new defense line behind rivers. I will wait for blizzard. Look at the fighter losses!

T68 - OOB

I built 9 Artillery divisions this turn.

T69 - North

Very tight battle at Pushkin. Didn't expect these odds. City and urban fighting is unpredictable.

T69 - Orel

It seems to me that he has his strongest forces in this sector. One attack per turn is all I can achieve.

T69 - South

The south is a different story. I am planning a massive push in this sector. The 9 artillery divisions will be used here as soon as they reach 45 morale. I got to greedy attacking a 5 CV stack and two reserve activations screwed up my plans.

T69 - Data

T70 - Data

Mud!

T71 - Data

Mud!