Sicily to Brenner Pass Revised

[larryfulkerson]

I usually have plenty of CS on hand when I'm attacking via land combat. It's making a difference too. Plus there's arty in range.

[larryfulkerson]

I may have to revise my estimate of when Rome will fall now that I've had better recon on the target. There's at least two
mechanized units sitting in Rome and they aren't going to be easy to push around. I'm going to need at least a division
to handle them. I'll see if I can't find one not doing anything right now. The mopping up operations are almost at an end
and, then again, everybody will be pressing north. My partisans have devestated northern Italy for supply purposes. There
may be another supply point in the middle of Italy somewhere, maybe Balogna, and I'll drop the bridges around that place
to see where else supply might be coming from.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the T46 front lines. Mopping up is completed and those units can now be moved to the rear of the German front line so as to
unhenge the German defense. East edge is proceeding north. West side if pressing for Rome. Middle of the map is where there's
a lot of action and lots of defenders. I'm thinking that these are the Gustov Line units that I've finally found.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the T48 front lines. I'm moving north on the East side and I've got Rome surrounded on the West side and there's a raging
fight going on in the middle.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the Rome area in T48. I'm in mop up mode and there's units pressing east into the middle of the map. I'm seeing an opportunity
to start on the East coast and build rail west into the middle. But on the other hand there's a good beginning of a rail near Rome....
maybe I should just lengthen what's working well already.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's a view of the fighting in the middle of the map. I'm pressing the enemy units to get into fewer hexes so I can surround them
better. I'm going to be entering mop up mode for this group on the south edge soon and then we'll press further east.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the front lines in T49. In the middle I'm mopping up and the supply level is getting too low on the East coast to conduct combat
but in the West we're pressing north again. Some small mop up near Rome. I'm shifting the RR engineers to the Rome area to work on
the rails headed N and NE. Mostly the NE one.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's a view of the rail heading NE out of Rome. I'm thinking I can build this rail in about 50 turns or so. Whoa.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the supply situation in the middle. It's sufficiently low that each attack must be "saved up for" in terms of supply. I like the units
to have about 70% readiness before they attack. I can't always get that but it's a good target. Keeps the units strong for combat even
though it does slow down the tempo of operations somewhat.

[larryfulkerson]

I've been keeping the partisans busy busting bridges. They must have busted close to 50 of them now.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the T50 front lines. It's mostly units pressing north and mop up going on in the rear. The rail is progressing from Rome headed
east and things are going well. The Air Force is helping immeasurably. Is that a word?

[larryfulkerson]

Here's some of my losses so far:

[larryfulkerson]

I did these two theater options just to see what they do. You know, to see if they work.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the front lines in T51: More of the same really.

[larryfulkerson]

T53 front lines. I'm pounding the targets from the air to soften them up and save some lives. Pressing north on the West side and
on the East side, the supply level is still too low to make much progress but the rail lines are progressing and soon the advance will
be on the go.

[larryfulkerson]

T55 front lines. The East side is running into areas of very low supply and they are going to have to pull over and wait for the MP's
leading a convoy of supply trucks. On the West side we've advanced into areas of very low supply and so on and so on. Logistics is the
biggest bottleneck in this scenario. Progress is being made in the middle of the map too and hexes are being converted and we're
making connections between the east and west slowly.

[larryfulkerson]

T56 front lines. Most of the mop up is completed and most of the units on the West side are lined up along the coast road in the max
supply area for that part of the AO. Another way to say it would be they are parked along the road because that's where the supply
level is highest not necessarily high enough. The most available. On the East side the supply rail is getting closer and the supply level
is rising and it's time to move some units over there so they can press north some more.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's how I've been conducting aerial missions here lately. It seems to be working well. I don't get very many INT interruptions and I'm
shooting down enemy planes that have the audacity to try to interfere w/ my attacks.

[larryfulkerson]

T57 front lines. Everybody is pressing north and the rail is getting closer to the action.

[larryfulkerson]

T59 front lines. The supply rail has reached the East coast and has turned north. Now to switch the engineers to the West coast and
see if there's a rail somewhere headed NE and into the middle somewhere.