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Turn 47 13-May-1942 Economic

In the posting on the air above can be seen the continued bombardment in the North. The T-70 factory at Gorky has its expansion choked on 17 with it damage in the mid 40s. But we have had to let the bombing of the already expanded T-60 factory we started work on previously go unattacked as the arrival if the red air force meant we had to concentrate on our main target the T-70 factory. The vehicle factories at Murom and Yaroslaval are now at or near the 50% shut down level. And similarly for the heavy industry at Rybinsk and Dzerzhinsk. Finally our manpower bombing continues apace.

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In the meantime the Rumanian bombing of Novorossiysk sees its heavy industry reach damage levels in the 30s. And a second manpower target is added to the list as bombing starts on Tamanskaya.
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Turn 47 Allocations
For information only - team allocations for turn 47.
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Turn 48 Army group North

The Soviet units West of the Valdai are evacuated from their dangerously exposed position and an attempt by our 10th corps to take part of the Soviet Valdai stronghold fails.

Very little action elsewhere. AGN has limited offensive capability and the enemy remains relatively strong and well dug in North of the Oka. In the great scheme of things this is good news for our side, but does make for slow going in the North.

South of Kalinin 18th army regains ownership of a stretch of the West bank of the Volga. 18th army will retain a small offensive capacity until a continuous river line has been established and fortified after which it will be made static and reduced to a purely defensive force. Parts of 9th army in the Moscow area have already been made static.

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Turn 48 20-May-1942 Crimea

Final clear up

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Turn 48 20-May-1942 Army Group B

Mud keeps Army Group A out of action this turn. The Don bridgehead is expanded in the good weather and Voronezh has been surrounded. In their turn the Soviets already started pulling back from their salient to the north of Voronezh - and discussions are had with centre about closing the noose around the remainder.

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During a discussion on the "Ballet Russe" of aircraft being flown from loaded trains I was reminded there is a video of a plane landing on a moving train - so here it is

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Interesting. Maybe the next James Bond film could use this.
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Interesting. Maybe the next James Bond film could use this.

I think they have done it - at least with a helicopter?
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Attached a pdf made this turn by one of the team members a guide to which sorts of artillery should be prioritised for which battles.
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I have been trying to understand that pdf but I am having difficulty. When exactly should I used werfers and not artillery. When should I used different calibers?
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In general I use the rockets where the disruption will make a difference (no need to waste them when the odds are already in you favor) and I feel pretty good I am not going to face thousands of Soviet guns (they will shoot first and quite possibly ruin my whole day)

As far as caliber is concerned .. look at the blast effect . the higher blast the more damage each shell does .. but at a higher supply cost and risk of counterbattery shots ruining the device .
Having a 305mm contribute against infantry in the open is going to be a waste .. 105's are likely to do the job. But against a fortified position you will get a reduction in fort levels before the shooting starts .. that might be worth the counterbattery fire ..

I emphasize counterbattery because I weigh the value of the battle with the odds of losing the stuff I commit. You will see in some cases I committed 20mm quad and 105mm to be destroyed by Soviet counterbattery fire. BUt I also exchanged these devices for cav .. precious cav that as this AAR advances will no longer present a threat ..
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I have been trying to understand that pdf but I am having difficulty. When exactly should I used werfers and not artillery. When should I used different calibers?
Excuse me, but shouldn't Commissar Beria be on the Soviet side?
Imagine what happens when Hitler finds out!
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ORIGINAL: Beria

I have been trying to understand that pdf but I am having difficulty. When exactly should I used werfers and not artillery. When should I used different calibers?
Excuse me, but shouldn't Commissar Beria be on the Soviet side?
Imagine what happens when Hitler finds out!
Imagine what he will do when he finds out EwaldvonKleist is on the other side!
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ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: Beria

I have been trying to understand that pdf but I am having difficulty. When exactly should I used werfers and not artillery. When should I used different calibers?
Excuse me, but shouldn't Commissar Beria be on the Soviet side?
Imagine what happens when Hitler finds out!
Imagine what he will do when he finds out EwaldvonKleist is on the other side!
Queue Downfall parody of your choice...
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ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: Telemecus

ORIGINAL: Zorch



Excuse me, but shouldn't Commissar Beria be on the Soviet side?
Imagine what happens when Hitler finds out!
Imagine what he will do when he finds out EwaldvonKleist is on the other side!
Queue Downfall parody of your choice...
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ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: Telemecus



Imagine what he will do when he finds out EwaldvonKleist is on the other side!
Queue Downfall parody of your choice...
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Turn 48 20-May-1942 Centre

During the Soviet turn, their 1st Shock army from the North and 4th shock army from the South manage to break in to their isolated units. They do not take the bait. Instead they leave low value units as speed bumps to keep 3 panzer divisions isolated rather than front up and isolate panzer divisions with strength. There is a general withdrawal of all units from the west of the river Voronezh. A most interesting finding in the combat reports was what can only be described as interdiction hell - we see a very large number of interdiction battle results all unintercepted by fighters, and all naming the affected unit. Soviet air losses continue to be heavy in their ground bombing and a large proportion of recon missions are being shot down.

The reforming of the Soviet lines demonstrates how the threat of isolation can force the enemy to give up territory without the loss of blood. Panzer Divisions fronted Lipetsk as well as north of Lipetsk that presented a real threat to encircle Soviet forces forward of Lipetsk toward the North. The Soviets responded by retreating to safe river lines. The Germans gain much space for their summer offensive with little loss of blood or treasure. More so, the Germans have gained a week of time on the offense in the clear.



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The turns do not exist anymore and thus it takes a lot of time to construct meaning from the archives. However, the battle result below shows how the German's at this point have the Soviet's blind. Recon that flies .. dies




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There is no bottom limit of how much of an attacking force is needed to create a battle. The rules have changed in that it costs more MP's to attack from the same hex. This attack does show that the engine does have an algorithm for breaking off "soaking" attacks. As it seems only a couple of firepower exchanges occurred before the firepower rounds stopped.



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Spam bombing:

One tactic worth mentioning is "spam" bombing. It can be actually worth ground bombing units. It is not at first apparent because the battle results are often minuscule. It is not the kills and damage in my opinion that makes this tactic worth doing -- it is the disruption turned into fatigue and use of ammo that makes this a worthy tactic.

One thing although .. I load up my units with directly attached flak (note the SP flak devices) and the HQ's with LW mixed flak/hvy flak.(37's nd 88's) That brings 88mm into play ..there is a price to be paid ..


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