Playing D21 and enjoying this great scenario [:)] Who is not enjoying it are my troops, I guess [;)] I have two main "problems" and would like to ask for assistance.
My main problem is rail repair. Turn 9 is played, so I am at the beginning of turn 10. The front has reached the Luga and there is fighting in the streets of Kiev and Smolensk already. Of course, the supply lines cannot catch up with the troops at the moment (although the offensive is about to stall any moment). But I am not sure, if I really understood how to repair the railroutes. I don't even have a railway to Minsk at the beginning of turn 10! As shown in the picture, I sent three Bautrupps to build a line, but they are on vacation it seems. Not a single hex has been repaired around the Bautrupps in 4 whole turns! [X(] Don't know, what my troops eat in the moment. Corpses, I guess.
Second problem: The infantry-losses. Please note, that the losses only mean HRS. A lot of soviet counters have been destroyed, so heavy casualities were to be expected. But while my Panzers and aircraft show very moderate losses, the heavy infantry is bleeding dry very fast. In fact I was not able to have less losses than the reinforcement-rate in any turn.
I read in an aar, that battles were made more costly than in FitE. That's fine, but regarding the improved defense of 3.4, I wonder, if the Wehrmacht can sustain a four-year-war. In my experience, even small skirmishes (or even failing soviet counterattacks) will cost the germans a lot of HRS. Taking the gigantic theatre of this war, I'm not sure if it has been made to costly [;)]
Last point:
When I took Minsk, I got a message "industry destroyed", but got no numbers. I also could not find them in the briefing. Is it 5% per city? How much is Leningrad? Are the percent of the production-decrease calculated from the 34% production of the start (which would make it very important to take as much production centers as possible before the first gear up)?
Thanks for any answers - and for this great scenario! [&o]
