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No arms factories in Smolensk. Ok there.

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

I left the door open at Pskov and now Far is approaching Leningrad on turn 3 and the game is lost.  Leningrad will fall in turn 5 and the Panzers will head to Moscow and take that and then he will isolate and kill my entire army.  Oh well.  But let's keep playing just to see what happens next. 

I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT!

ORIGINAL: M60A3TTS

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

I left the door open at Pskov and now Far is approaching Leningrad on turn 3 and the game is lost.  Leningrad will fall in turn 5 and the Panzers will head to Moscow and take that and then he will isolate and kill my entire army.  Oh well.  But let's keep playing just to see what happens next. 

I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT!

HAHAHAHAHA!

You guys need a NKVD firing squad [8D]

ORIGINAL: TulliusDetritus
You guys need a NKVD firing squad [8D]

The game engine keeps disbanding them faster than I can build them. I'll have to send a memo to Gary about that.

I sent a few more units to the Leningrad area. Maybe it will buy us another turn.

This is the T4 Axis moves:

Edit: I checked the input pictures and double checked I made the correct movie because this animation shows a remarkable advance
in the south. I wouldn't have believed it was possible unless I saw it with my own eyes.

EDIT 2: I forgot to take an end of turn screenshot of turn 3, so there's two turns worth of Axis moves here. Sorry.

I decided to check the Air Doctrine settings to make sure they are doing the best they can do with this situation.

We have at least one whole page of empty air bases. Eventually they will all be filled but I'm thinking I should disband about 20% of them.

I did a minor counterattack near Smolensk. It didn't do much good but I did destroy 10 tanks.

This should be the Soviet T4 moves:

This is the Axis T5 moves:

I tried a fighter sweep on an airbase near Mogilev and got massacured. I brought the wrong kind of fighters to the fight and it shows.
One thing I need to try to do is swap out the I-153's and I-16's for a late model fighter. I don't have the AP's to do more than a few at a
time but it needs doing each turn.

Of 350 air groups there are 100 still in the NR. A fact corobrorated by all these empty airbases. The SAD bases are going to go away
in some future turn so I'll fill those last unless they are in a tactical situation and are needed for national security.

With the 38 IAD air base I've established a training base for the Soviet Air Force. I've assigned those planes that have an experience
of less than 40. I want all the planes there to get to at least experience 40 before I throw them into the fray. Don't want to get the new
pilots killed putting them in too early.......we can do something about it.

I spent the last few AP's from my budget buying some pretty new SU's for the 8th Army guarding Leningrad. Maybe it'll help out.

This should be the T5 moves:

This should be the T6 Axis moves:

This should be the Axis T7 moves:

This should be the T8 Axis moves:

ouch larry - that looks pretty rough. Question. why RR construction units in 41 ? Sapper regiments are the most effective defensive unit. construction uniys build forts, artillery is critical and at and aa helpful, but what for the RR builders ?

one thing i dont see in your AARs is a clear defensive plan. theres some things that you have to adjust but a few core areas should be laid out. main line of defense fallback line etc.. im having trouble following your strategy. Love the AARs though youre a true master and your tenacity in the face of this offensive is admirable to say the least.