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The same Tank Corp - supply details.

Soviet factory levels.

Start of turn, the German Army retreats from Moscow to avoid encirclement.

Start of turn, the Axis Army retreats towards Kiev and the Dnepr river.

Two hexes of Moscow are recaptured by the Soviet Army, the recapture of essential railyard factories should help the supply situation.

And the Red Army cautiously advances toward Kiev and the Dnepr river, following the retreating Axis forces.

Just southeast of Cherkassy, a historical recreation of a pocket similar to the Korsun pocket is attempted by the Soviet Army, 7 German Divisions, 1 Brigade and 1 Regiment are encircled in the pocket. Quite a few German mechanized units are still operational outside the pocket and a German counterattack to open the pocket is expected next turn by Stavka.

Losses at the end of the turn.

Turn 139, Snow in the North Soviet Zone and Blizzard in the Central and South Soviet Zones.

The recapture of 2 Moscow city hexes last turn resulted in a 15% increase in the railyard factories, from 209 to 245 - which should help the supply situation of the Soviet Army once the railyards are repaired.

The German Army retreats from Moscow.

Using all available mechanized reserves in the area the German Army counterattacks and successfully opens the pocket where 9 German units were surrounded near Korsun/Cherkassy routing 3 Soviet Tank Corps in the counterattack. The 9 surrounded German units then attempt to escape westward to the safety of the German frontlines.

Moscow is recaptured.

The Soviet offensive is now directed towards Smolensk, where three German Infantry Divisions were surrounded in a pocket.

Southeast of Korsun/Cherkassy 2 Panzer Divisions and 1 German Infantry Division were unable to escape the pocket. Further Soviet Forces were sent to the area and their chances of escaping the pocket are dismal.

Loses at the beginning of turn 140. Blizzard in all 3 Soviet Weather Zones.

Southeast of Korsun/Cherkassy 2 Panzer Divisions and 1 German Infantry Division surrender.

Smolensk is only 40 miles away, as the Soviet offensive continues against determined German resistance.

An SS Grenadier Division is surrounded Northeast of Kiev.

The Red Army continues its advance towards Odessa cutting off the retreat of 6 Axis units (3 German Infantry Divisions, 2 Rumanian Divisions and a German Security Regiment).

Loses at the end of turn 140, the Axis cannot win the war of attrition.