Stalin's in the gulag, I'm in charge! II - vs 2ndACR (Axis)

[TulliusDetritus]

Terrible accident in my Southwestern Front area. The brakes of the steamroller stopped working here

I guess I should keep putting pressure here. He should bring forces to this place, and therefore weaken other places.

[TulliusDetritus]

What I said... I am going to put pressure in 2ndACR's weakest area. The best defence is a good attack, don't they say that? [8D] I brought the Stavka 4th Shock and 46th Armies and tons of Tank Brigades to see if I can steal some wallets, wristwatches and socks in this area... If he keeps ignoring these movements, I might bring more hordes... Just in case. We never know what the good Lord will be providing...

[TulliusDetritus]

This is how Fronts are going to look like. Example: Kalinin Front.

EDIT: no VVS Air Base for the Kalinin Air Command. Therefore NO recon and transport planes here.

[TulliusDetritus]

Oh, one more thing. The massive reorganization (to make room for the Volkhov Front) has also allowed me to divert between 15 and 20 rifle divisions, which where in the north (when I massively reinforced Leningrad approaches in the summer). These Rifle Divisions are now assigned to Stavka and will be sent to Moscow area. They will be reserves that will be attached to the various EMPTY Stavka reserve Armies. Or they will reinforce the Shock and Guards Armies.

[TulliusDetritus]

And the empty Stavka Reserve Armies. Most of them already have plenty of support attached but no units yet. Defensive duties, stop the fascist main thrust in the summer. Or... if 2ndACR makes some mistakes... they might help to terrorize him

Oh, there are as well the 3 and 33 Armies, but these ones ARE operational in fact (support AND units attached).

[Joel Billings]

The RR brigades should stay in the same HQ now even when going to auto rairl repair (with 1.04.22 version). Let us know if it's still not working (Gary said he found the smoking gun in the code).

[TulliusDetritus]

ORIGINAL: Joel Billings

The RR brigades should stay in the same HQ now even when going to auto rairl repair (with 1.04.22 version). Let us know if it's still not working (Gary said he found the smoking gun in the code).

Good to know, thank you [:)] Although I suspect I won't be seeing my RR brigades repairing damaged rail hexes. The offensive is over. The Soviet players who are about to start the Blizzard Massacres will certainly appreciate this [:)]

[TulliusDetritus]

[center]Turn 40[/center]
[center]19 march 1942[/center]

I am perplexed [&:] I thought I would be getting some but... no... I'm the one who is terrorizing the other side If I well understood he only has one more snow turn, then mud during april.

Er, whatever. I keep attacking in the Southwestern Area (well, now it's Bryansk -reorganized this turn- and Southwestern areas). The two Panzer divisions wich were smashed last turn were smashed again (one of them twice) so fair enough.

As I already said, each army will retain one tank brigade. I am gathering the remaining tank brigades around Moscow to form some nasty Tank Corps.

[TulliusDetritus]

As you can see, I haven't fixed the brakes of the steamroller yet [:)]

[TulliusDetritus]

And more attacks in the south.

[TulliusDetritus]

I don't think this is going to work at all but who knows! I have to try it. At least he'll be thinking about defending, not about attacking.

[TulliusDetritus]

These are the only dangerous Panzers in the south... He is indeed weak [8D]

[TulliusDetritus]

Oh, and I've got another ShaD Air Base [:)] Again, I will fill this unit with tactical bombers (Il-2s basically). And I keep harvesting Guards. Now I have the 1st Guards Cavalry Corps.

[TulliusDetritus]

[center]Turn 41[/center]
[center]26 march 1942[/center]

On turn 24 (one turn before blizzard), I looked at the map and then saw the Dneprowhatever town. I thought I would never get there! Too far! Well, I am at the gates of the town! Not really interested in capturing it though [:)]

Which means massacres continue in the south, by the way...

[TulliusDetritus]

I keep reorganizing the fronts. Now the last front (Southwestern) received rifle divisions. Its armies will now get to the front, replacing some Bryansk Front armies which will be sent to the north (an "accordion movement" that is).

I also had to spend APs to reassign RR Brigades (the bug thing). Now every army from the Leningrad and Western Fronts have 3 RR Bdes, as before.

Given that now I can assign Tank Batallions (support units) to Armies HQs (I have bought such Bns for the 4 Leningrad Front armies this turn), I don't need anymore Tank Brigades attached to armies. They will be sent to Moscow area, to form Tank Corps. Every Front had one tank brigade (a reserve). I have decided that each front will have two brigades. The other ones will form Tank Corps.

[randallw]

Is it still snowing, in March?  Bad dice rolls for you opponent!

[TulliusDetritus]

Yep, snowing. Hmm, really, he is VERY weak in this area. He's got basically ants! I hit him very hard here (the Blizzard Massacres that is) so his units must be really really tired, depleted, etc. [8D] I suspect I need to keep pressure here.

[TulliusDetritus]

Massacres Part I

[TulliusDetritus]

And massacres Part II

[TulliusDetritus]

Without the battle thing to better appreciate the whole thing. Two enemy German HQs ran away. Two Tank Brigades sort of infiltrate [8D]