The red crosshatched areas are those places that have hexes that belong to the Soviets so far and need to be converted to AXis control. This is because they may have Soviet units in them still, and because when the partisans appear on the map they will be invisible to the Axis player unless they appear in an Axis hex.
So I intend for the security forces ( green ovals ) to roam around up there and convert all those hexes to local control.
At least one division is going to become too tired to continue moving forward after the fighting at Riga, so I'm thinking of leaving IT, whichever one it is, behind at Riga to mop up any Soviet units the security guys find and need help destroying.
As for the capture of Riga: instead of just hey diddle diddle right up the middle, charging into the face of his arty etc. I thought I'd get some panzer divisions across the river, somehow, and attack Riga from all sides simultaneously, or maybe attack his arty first to subdue it and then try an all out assault.
I haven't decided where would be the best place to do an over the riverbank crossing yet but I'd rather come across somewhere where the Soviet dudes aren't in force. I'd rather attack them from solid soil as it were. Then fan out to the north and south to capture some of the crossing points so that the infantry can then cross and help out.
Then after Riga is subdued we can rush off toward Leningrad.
) that the Romanians lack the firepower and mobility to accomplish the southern half of such a bold pincer....unless the Sov's have withdrawn all their forces from in front of them - they can block the crossing points of the Dneister quite easily and Romanian advances depend more on German success to teh North than they contribute.
