BrianG v Smokindave34 ( SMOKIN now allowed)

[BrianG]

middle and the escape route

[BrianG]

Southwest Moscow. I attack his forward elements as they approach my First line of defense.

Offensive reserve activation as well.

[BrianG]

and more Moscow

Very heavy Russian casualties in the win

[BrianG]

down south

This attack routed an hq

[BrianG]

Final South

I pull out as best I can.

[BrianG]

final middle escape.

All my infantry escaped.

[BrianG]

Final Moscow. I give up my line a little to easy but I just cant lose these troops in a surround.

[BrianG]

final up north

armor has moved elsewhere

[BrianG]

As I post this we are already at second mud turn.

Open Moscow

Germans break into northern suburbs of Moscow.

[BrianG]

I counterattack south of Moscow. Here was my attack lineup

[BrianG]

and a nice victory. We are playing +1 btw

[BrianG]

A Hungarian rout down south as I try to extract some trapped units.

And keep river line in dispute. I am concerned with possible next turn lunge toward Stalino.

[BrianG]

back to Moscow This retreat was not a helpful direction

[BrianG]

Final south. Retreat and set up for battle of Stalino

[BrianG]

Final escape corridor. He should really have cut this off at least 2 turns ago

[BrianG]

North retreat final

[BrianG]

Final Moscow.

Stalin is getting nervous.

[ericv]

One of the big problems playing the soviets remains. German losses are extremely light. No wear and tear, practically no combat losses.

I have had in my current game in 1941 an attak with almost 100.000 guys, 1000 guns. lots of other stuff against some german defenders. The german lost 43 casualties and 1 gun. The preparatory Bombing caused 5x the number. The bombing after retreating as well.

The bombing during the attack however apparently not.

[BrianG]

The bombing during the attack however apparently not.

Too much battle smoke. Too busy watching the action to fire. Didn't want to bomb fellow troops. There! issue solved.

[BrianG]

So begins the battle for Moscow.

On time for once. [:'(][&o]