Barbarosa 41 revised

[larryfulkerson]

I captured Odessa finally. Now to subdue the Russians between me and the Juicy cities beyond.

[larryfulkerson]

Okie dokie it's turn 13 now and here's the situation near Leningrad. I'm running into Soviet resistance and my guys are so low on
supplies that it's going to be a couple of turns before I can push any further toward Leningrad.

[larryfulkerson]

This is what Kiev looks like now. I found some holes in the Soviet line and exploited them.

[larryfulkerson]

I don't know about you but I think the supply situation is rediculous and makes the scenario unplayable. So using the TOAW editor
I defined a new event that would increase the supply for the Axis to just over 30, I'm hoping. So I'm going to start over and see what
difference that makes.

[larryfulkerson]

Okay..........that's more like it. That's the kind of supply I'm talking about.

[larryfulkerson]

Okay.........so I started over and here's some of the turn 1 moves in the Riga area:

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Here's a look at the Riga area at the end of turn 2:

[larryfulkerson]

Here's what Minsk looks like. All I have to do is drive into the city to grab it.

[larryfulkerson]

This is Kiev at the end of turn 2:

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This is the front lines at the end of turn 2:

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Here's the supply situation in the Riga area at the beginning of turn 3:

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Here's the front lines at the beginning of turn 3:

[larryfulkerson]

I captured Smolensk just by driving into it. It was empty.....no defenders. Good omen I guess.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the front lines at the beginning of turn 5:

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Here's what the Kiev area looks like now. I'm pushing hard and the Soviets are falling back.

[larryfulkerson]

In overrunning Estonia I got excited and overdrove my units past the limits of the supply chain and so they are out of supply now. D'oh.
So I'm hoping I can repair a lot of rail quickly and get those boys some beans bullets and band aids.

[larryfulkerson]

This picture looks at the area a little south of the previous picture and shows that I'm running all my troops past good supply. I'm really
going to have to remember to rest some of them so that I can put up a creadable defense. If need be. Just in case, you know.

[larryfulkerson]

Here in turn 6 I marched a division toward Kiev shoving everybody out of the way and finally captured the city. Now I have to fight off
counterattacks for the entire Soviet turn before I get credit for destroying the industry. At least that's my understanding.

[shunwick]

Larry,

The supply situation for Barbarossa 41 is generally appalling.

The designers set up a complicated supply model that reduced supply the further the Axis advanced into the Soviet Union (and then plugged in all the wrong numbers).

If that was unmodded and you are using New Supply Rules then you are getting a double whammy as regards supply fall off. IIRC they also set the supply radius to 1 for the Axis.

The scenario requires a completely new supply model for both sides.

I wasn't kidding when I called the supply situation in that scenario a joke.

Best wishes,
Steve

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: shunwick
The supply situation for Barbarossa 41 is generally appalling.

The designers set up a complicated supply model that reduced supply the further the Axis advanced into the Soviet Union (and then plugged in all the wrong numbers).

If that was unmodded and you are using New Supply Rules then you are getting a double whammy as regards supply fall off. IIRC they also set the supply radius to 1 for the Axis.

The scenario requires a completely new supply model for both sides.

I wasn't kidding when I called the supply situation in that scenario a joke.

Best wishes,
Steve

Yeah, I'm finding that out. But I've bumped up the supply level and I'm getting almost adequate supply where I need it. I'll post some
pictures to show you. Here's the front lines in turn 7: