Heading East into the Soviet Union

[carlkay58]

T08 Freight:

Improved with the better weather although the Air Command does not get what it needs. I advanced a lot of the AOGs last turn which probably contributed to this. The Panzer Groups are getting plenty of supplies so they are good.

[carlkay58]

T08 AGN:

18th Army continues to advance on the Narva River. 16th Army is holding the pockets and the right flank. 4th PG forms pockets around six Soviet divisions while threatening a pocket of another 14 divisions. The Soviets have had to send massive reinforcements to the area.

[carlkay58]

T08 AGC:

The Smolensk area was the scene of heavy Soviet counterattacks which successfully opened the pocket to the west of Smolensk.

The 9th Army helps to reform the pocket while taking over front line duties from 3rd PG. 4th Army is creeping further north as the 2nd Army frees up more troops in the southern flank. 3rd PG is almost completely pulled out of the front line and refitting near Vitebsk. 2nd PG blows a hole in the Soviet defensive line and swings north of Smolensk to cut the Smolensk to Moscow rail line.

[carlkay58]

T08 AGS:

The Rumanians celebrate as they do two more assaults on Odessa and it falls. The 11th Army is fighting to reduce the southern pocket and help hold the line. The 17th Army reduces the northern pocket and blows a hole in the Soviet line for the 1st PG. 6th Army is working on advancing and pocketing Kiev. The 1st PG is able to exploit the hole from the 17th Army and advance deep into enemy territory grabbing some small bridgeheads over the Dnepr and almost cutting off 14 Soviet divisions.

[carlkay58]

T08 Soviet Garrison:

There is now a Ground garrison requirement of 60. I currently only have 51.4 - or 85% of that. Looking at the garrison detail I note that many of the units are in the mid-90s for TOE%. This shows that I will be able to increase my garrison total as they fill up (they are automatically on REFIT in the theater box) but it may not be enough. I will set some units up to be transferred to the garrison over the next turn or so. This is just making sure that they are on a functioning rail line, more than four hexes from the enemy, and not in ROUTED or DEPLETED status.

[carlkay58]

T08 Files:

[loki100]

ORIGINAL: carlkay58

T08 Soviet Garrison:

There is now a Ground garrison requirement of 60. I currently only have 51.4 - or 85% of that. Looking at the garrison detail I note that many of the units are in the mid-90s for TOE%. This shows that I will be able to increase my garrison total as they fill up (they are automatically on REFIT in the theater box) b....

not right I'm afraid, refit kicks in/out in the active (as opposed to reserve) theatres at 655:

[carlkay58]

Thank you for the correction Loki. The fact remains that even if they do fill up to 100% it will not be a very big gain.

[carlkay58]

T09 Supply Net North:

Things are beginning to look decent but still a lot of work to do before the bad weather sets in.

[carlkay58]

T09 Supply Net South:

Improving but not as well developed as the northern supply net.

[carlkay58]

T09 Soviet Air Attack:

Looking through the previous Soviet's attacks and I found one that makes me happy. Luftflotte 4 mobilizes against the Soviet Long Range Air Command and wipes the sky clear of Soviet aircraft.

[carlkay58]

T09 Air Phase:

Unfortunately that battle does not represent the whole front. Luftflotte 1 and 2 are both suffering from a lack of fighters. The Soviet VVS has lost 4.9K aircraft in air combat but the Axis have lost 946 fighters to various causes. Due to this fact I will turn Ground Support off for now by unchecking the box by the directive. I need to rebuild some of the fighter squadrons. I also adjusted the Odessa Naval Patrol a few hexes more east to block the next two Soviet ports (Nikolaev and Kherson).

[carlkay58]

T09 Freight:

Things continue to do well delivering freight in this nice weather. Supplies lost are still about a third of the received amount.

[carlkay58]

T09 AGN:

18th Army is advancing on the Narva River line from both the west and the south. 16th Army is trying to reduce the pocket while extending its protection of the southern flank. 4th PG finishes forming another large pocket of ten Soviet divisions.

[carlkay58]

T09 AGC:

9th Army eliminates the pocket west of Smolensk and advances to isolate Smolensk. 4th Army continues to extend northwards to help relieve 2nd PG. 2nd Army is almost beyond the Pripyet Marshes in the south. 3rd PG continues to hold one corps in refitting while the other returns to the front line to try and push towards Moscow. 2nd PG is concentrating to help push on Moscow.

[carlkay58]

T09 AGS:

6th Army is pushing its way beyond the Pripyet Marshes and isolates Kiev this turn. 17th Army is forming the pocket to the south east of Kiev while also trying to push the front line further east. 11th Army is advancing on the Soviet defensive line. The Rumanians are moving towards Nikolaev and isolates it.

[carlkay58]

T09 Garrison:

I sent the Hungarian Cavalry brigade to the Soviet Union Garrison this turn and hope that the Hungarian Security brigade can join it next turn. It is a two turn delay to join the garrison so things should start improving by turn 12.

[carlkay58]

T09 Files:

[Jajusha]

You keep scoring pockets in AGN against impossible terrain, but everytime you do, there is another soviet wall after

[carlkay58]

Yes because when the AI is at 110+ they teleport to where they are needed to form a line. Against a human opponent without that teleportation trick Leningrad would probably be in real trouble now. But then again a human player may have set up so that I could not keep pocketing the defensive line.

It is also historical - every time a pocket was made and eliminated the Soviets were able to form a new line. The only time it came close was Operation Typhoon and then the Soviets were saved by mud.