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Here's the other place where KLilly was attacking:

That noise you hear is my troops racing forward to take up the vacant real estate in the NorthWest Front area. It looks like KLilly
pulled back big time. Maybe he's going to set up on the west side of the river leading out of Riga. ??

Props to you for the fine AAR`s. I think you have done better most of us in these Games, and I`ve been following them all. What is the Exp. and Morale of those Guards Rifle Divs. he`s attacking down South at the T 82 pic ? Also what`s the leadership stats like ?

The Air Game play eludes me, but have you tried any ground attacks against those Pz. Divs ?

Thanks !

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

T82: Here's what KLilly is doing in the far south now:

Here's my moves for T82:

Here's the oob, losses, destroyed units, and production for this turn:

Of all the Rifle Corps I have, these are the biggest:

You probably have very few tank units with heavy tanks right now ( if the tank brigades have been merged into corps ).  Order a few tank regiments and have them train up in some backwoods MD.

10.000+ medium tanks, almost 10.000 light tanks, just rusting away in the pool
Perhaps build a few more Tank Corps, not to go adventuring with them (they are very poor in defense), but just to be able to take more tank casualties and less infantry casualties when attacking?

For the rest you are doing fantastically well. Both Panzer attacks seem to have floundered already. Keep lengthening the front where possible: his withdrawal from the northern Baltic states shows he is in trouble: he needs a shorter front so he can free his best troops for counteroffensives.

Maybe send even more troops to the Crimea bulge:
- to make sure that his offensive won't be able to shorten the front there much more
- and should you be able to cross the Dnepr towards Nikolaev, his troubles there will really start

T83: KLilly has succeeded in isolating some of my better units. Maybe I can break them free.

In the NorthWest Front I'm still moving to occupy all that vacant property that KLilly has left open and I entertained the thought to
maybe amphibiously invade Helsinki with some troops. I reconned it and there was nobody home but sea movement didn't allow
Helsinki as a destination so I'm wondering if I should amphibiously invade, you see. I bombed a nearby port as an experiment but
only 3 bombers flew so there was no damage to the port ( strength 2 ). Lost three fighters.

Here's my moves with an overlay showing my recon and my attacks:

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

T84: Here's the Axis attacks in the far south. KLilly has eliminated that isolated stack or two and is now taking on my new lines down
there. He's still on the advance! I may have to pull back to the entrances to the Crimea.

Here's my moves in the deep south. I'm scrambling to get some guys on the south side of the Axis thrust and it's not working as fast
as I feel it's needed. I wish I had more tank Corps present here.

Here's the front lines in T84 after my recon:

EDIT: Just to clarify: I've moved nothing but the group in the deep south where all the Axis attacks are taking place. So the front lines
will change ( especially in the NorthWest Front area ).

Here's my moves in the NorthWest Front Area:

Here's my moves in Fronts more south of the NorthWest Front:

As you noticed, no amphibious assaults are possible in the north, only transporting (to and from friendly ports).

Keep hitting those tanks in the Crimean area. Forcing them to retreat always really weakens them and will force him to pull them back relatively quickly. He only has a very narrow penetration into your lines, so you should be able to mass and hit him.

You could also think about taking an army or two out of the northern area (where he retreated) and putting them in reserve around Orel or so in order to react to potential offensives of his.

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

ORIGINAL: DTurtle
As you noticed, no amphibious assaults are possible in the north, only transporting (to and from friendly ports).

D'oh. Oh well.

ORIGINAL: DTurtle
Keep hitting those tanks in the Crimean area. Forcing them to retreat always really weakens them and will force him to pull them back relatively quickly. He only has a very narrow penetration into your lines, so you should be able to mass and hit him.

Yeah, that and bombing them with "ground attacks" via the aircraft. They run out of supply sooner when I do that.

ORIGINAL: DTurtle
You could also think about taking an army or two out of the northern area (where he retreated) and putting them in reserve around Orel or so in order to react to potential offensives of his.

OOooooops. I don't have a reserve at all anywhere. Oh man, this is a disaster waiting to happen. I'm going to have to keep what I
have rather than try to grab more, just so I can gather enough troops to form a reserve of some kind. Great idea turtle dude. Keep
those good ideas coming.