Axis Standard AGN - Miinsk

[Farfarer61]

These two options yield the cities, but may preclude you from doing large encirclements. As T1 is fixed, I presume these routes/attack sequences will work against a human on T1 (only).

[MrLongleg]

Since there is no flank protection your spearhead will be cut off. This might hurt you later on. I usually bypass Minsk on T2 and take it on T3 preferring to pocket as many units as possible while my spearheads should be at Vitebsk by then.

[Farfarer61]

Yes, they mostly get cut off even by the AI, but I keep the Pz Corps ready plus some INF Divs. I think they are visible in the shot. It is a trade off - isolation for capturing 2 cities and factories(?) on T1. A human would likely do a better job at strongly isolating the spearheads.