RE: 1.04.36 KLilly vs Fulkerson T7

[larryfulkerson]

And I should mention the army from the Western Front next.

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Here's the three Armies inside the pocket.

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And on the north end of the pocket we have another Army. The units on the east side of the pocket are just singleton divisions from
various Fronts.

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Next we have four Armies from the Voronez Front

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And on the southeast side of the pocket we have a mixed bag of three Armies from various Fronts:

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And here's a depiction of the various Armies from various fronts inside the Crimea "pocket"

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Here's the OOB, losses, destroyed units, and production:

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Here's the T65 front lines before any Soviet recon or Soviet movement:

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Here's a close up of the pocket. I'm afraid the guys inside the pocket are goners.

[larryfulkerson]

Did I happen to mention that I managed to move an Axis unit and relieve the pocket for supply purposes? This is probably the last time
they are going to see any supply.

[larryfulkerson]

This is the OOB, losses, destroyed units, and production:

[Encircled]

His line and his logistics chain are far, far, far too long

He has a huge stretch of his line North of Stalino held by Minor Allies.

If they don't move, then Cavalry Corps and Armor Bdes will be able to really threaten his communications with the units that are in the Kuban and over the Don (I'm assuming that they will withdraw, but you never know)

[larryfulkerson]

Thanks, Encircled dude, for that observation.  Maybe this winter offensive ought to start with my units near those Axis allies and push to the sea. Or better yet, maybe a two-pronged approach, one prong going north from the Crimea. Or maybe just pushing those lines further together will convince him he needs to pull out.  

EDIT: Thought I'd insert a picture of the area in question from T66. I just opened the turn from the server and saw this.

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Here's the T66 front lines after Soviet recon but before Soviet movement:

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I pieced together some old screenshots from T65 and T66 and made this animation showing how KLilly is pushing to the NW and
the pocket is slowly being digested from the north down.

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That spot where I relieved the pocket last turn is now sealed off again. And there's another smaller pocket forming ( blue circle ) that I
need to back out of pretty quickly or I'll lose another three or four units there.

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I spent 30 AP's on 6 rifle brigades in V-town ( blue circle ) and I'm thinking of buying some more in Kursk. KLilly is going to continue
his attacking up until at least the start of the mud turns I'm guessing, so I'm thinking I'll be needing some more manpower on the front
lines real soon now.

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I just discovered a disaster. The rail isn't working from Sevastopol. All my guys in the Crimea are starving for supplies. Look at them.....
they're all cherry red from lack of supplies and fuel etc. I'm thinking I have to pull these guys back to the entrances to the Crimea and
set up shop there. Most of these guys can be used somewhere else that way. What do you guys think I should do with this situation?

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The previous post was a result of the 1.05.28 supply bug.  I've now upgraded to the 1.05.30 and they are in supply now.

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KLilly has broken through in T68 ( again ). This is the T68 front lines before any recon or movement.