FITE2 Cpt Flam Axis, Larry Soviets

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New moves from Patrick and here's the losses in foot soldiers so far. Heavy losses....and I've got 10K partisans on hand and can't use them yet. As I recall, both Patrick and I chose the TO that turned off the partisans for the entire game. I could be wrong.

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According to the inventory my losses in aircraft have been unusually heavy. Compared to what I had on hand 10 turns ago, I'm down to a handfull of planes on hand for the different models. The early models of fighters, the I-153's, I-16's, and MiG-3's, aren't going to be produced after T48 and there aren't that many on hand so they will soon be gone from the inventory. I'm going to have to depend on the Yak-1 for a long time and that aircraft isn't really all that much better than the biplanes they replace. I'm going to have to press the Il-2's into AS service for now instead of using them for CS because I'm extreamly short of fighters at the moment.

My main bomber, the Il-4's have seen too much combat lately judging from the number of them that have been lost. I'm thinking of holding them back from the fighting so that the number of the on-hand isn't zero any longer. Only 64 of them are assigned and their service probably isn't making all that much difference to the war effort so I'm thinking of moving all of them to Stalingrad for a future fight. Which will leave me with the SB-2's and the Pe-2's for bombers, and of the two the Pe-2's are the better bomber but only slightly. Neither of them are spectacular performers. Of all the Soviet bombers I favor the Tu-2 but I don't start getting any of those until about T300. I'm hoping for some Lend Lease aircraft soon.


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You've lost more aircraft than the entire world has in service. [;)]
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ORIGINAL: Lobster
You've lost more aircraft than the entire world has in service. ]
It seems that way. Patrick has destroyed about 80% of my air fleet. As winter continues to approach I expect the weather to get so bad that launching aircraft would be a waste of fuel. I wasn't planning on pulling them out of the conflict this early but now WOULD be a good time to park them near the Urals.

This is the 159-hex range arc of a squadron of SB-2's and I've decided to experiment with moving them deep into the rear but still covering the important areas at the front lines. I'm thinking there will be fewer airfield strikes that way. But I'm wondering about the performance of those groups that are that far away from the action. Will they fly less often?

I've just now learned to check the weather before you assign an aircraft unit to an attack because if the weather is bad over the origination hex or the target hex then the aircraft may not pass the weather check and they may not fly. If you move them to a good weather airfield they have a much better chance of launching ( unless the target is in bad weather ).

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Turn 43
Operation Typhoon is launched, hope not to regret later.
I have now a one turn delay.

AGN
first units are at the gates of Nevel.
Part of Russian front is isolated.

Again a hard time for Luftwaffe: 60 planes + 3 during Larry turn for 258 + 25
net 63 vs 283

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AGC

only good news is the fall of Smolensk
rail line is near there.

part of the front to the west is cut off except Vitebsk

we continue to erase some units 26 regiment and 7 HQ (28th and 44th Armies included).

Larry told me, he got many units reorganizing.

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AGS
rail lines are a bit fare except near Kherson.

Dnepropetrovsk has been isolated.
First unit arrived near Zaporozhye.

A full Army has been cut off near Kherson
I kept some height as the theater is of great size.

Isolated units are over 81 regiments and 26 HQ

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I wrote Patrick in an email that he won. I was clearly out classed. He's a lot better TOAW player than I am. I like playing Patrick a lot. He's reliable and timely and he's a good guy. I enjoyed the game up until the last few turns when it became appearent that I had no hope to win.
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Why? You are far far west of the historical line and winter is close. Did the OOB collapse?
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ORIGINAL: EwaldvonKleist
Why? You are far far west of the historical line and winter is close. Did the OOB collapse?
Patrick had destroyed so much of my army that I could no longer form a front line at any one spot. That I was going to lose the rest of my army before mid-Jan became more and more appearent and I deemed the game lost already.
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Here are my positions after my turn 44
Typhoon being launched, I had 2 more turns with shock 120

this time Parnu and Tartu are taken and rail lines are there.
As I noted 2 pockets are formed.

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Junction AGN and AGC

some exploitation is made following a trap

air war continue to be hard 52 vs 334

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AGC
sector Vitebsk to Yartsevo

as noted some more units are isolated

next turn objective would have been to cut army group around Yartsevo

there was few units destroyed 17 regiment and 4 HQ

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AGC
sector Bryansk- Orel

37th Army has been shattered
more units are begging supply

Kursk is isolated too with 6 units and an HQ

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AGS
from Kremenchug to Dnepropetrovsk

there has been few advance
supply is low and hard fights

Kremenchug has been taken anyway

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from Kherson to Crimea entrance

there is no more rail connection for them
Rumania units are coming to relieve Italians
later having best speed of advance

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With the pictures the resigning is understandable, it seems the Soviets refused to run when they should have and paid the price.
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that's it.
Larry choose to defend at all cost.
In is place, I would have let battalion keeping the front line and withdraw few regiment rather then having them engaged.
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