Día de San Valentin, Or how I survived the Great Eastern War and all I got was this stupid T-shirt, Late May 1921
Happy Single awareness day everybody. As we all browse the AGEOD forum late at night, bags in our eyes, a small fluffy animal named 'Mittens' purring in our collective laps, and a mug of hot tea in our hands, let us remember that somewhere, right now, someone is having a great night :laugh:.
The first battle of this turn:
One thing I do not understand: Despite superior training, leadership, and good looks, the Germans consistently suffer more casualties than the enemy. Here it's understandable: The enemy is hiding like cowards in the trees (and Tukhachevsky is no slacker), but even on normal terrian, Germans soldiers simply don't do too well on the offensive.
Despite winning this battle, the Reds stick around for another round next turn. Further south, at Gomel, we find an old friend enjoying a cup of borscht* at the local cafe-turned-food dispensary:
Ovseenko is either wounded or survives the battle unscathed unfortunately, meaning we'll see him again - the Red AI is not one to squander useful generals.
The situation in the Center:
We have the superiority in the center. I intend to use it to move on Minsk and Vitebesk. Unless the enemy is hiding an actual army in the Fog of War, the way seems mostly clear.
Further north, in Estonia, my Baltic allies prove themselves useful:
Not too impressive, as Tonisson choose a horrible time to not get out of bed. Thankfully, he acquits himself better on the next battle:
And this is why you do not attack across a river ever. Even a completely unprepared and poorly-equipped force can and will inflict an expensive defeat on you - in this case, Tonisson inflicts 3:1 casualties on a Red force twice his own size with tank support. Overall, 7500 dead Reds for 3500 dead Balts.
The situation in Estonia:
I'm not silly enough to think the Estonians will do it twice. The Njemen army moves north to reinforce him, whils the II.Armee lands at Riga to take his place. I intend to out number and out power my enemy on every front - this front being no exception.
In the south, the Ukrainians finally win a battle, albeit at a high cost.
I originally tasked them to destroy the Partisans. Well,the Finland Front moved directly west from Belgorod, whilst the partisans evaded combat. As a result, when they entered the province, the German-led Ukrainians attacked into them. While an ok win, this gives a strategic opportunity-
The opportunity exists here to destroy three Red armies. The first at Chernigov, the second near Kursk, and the final one near Kharkov. The problem is, the Finland Front will probably get away. Which is ok - With Army Group Centrum mostly recovered, I can transfer Army Group Sud south for Rostov whilst Army Group Centrum takes up the campaign in the center.
Chernigov on the other hand will fall this turn. I fear it will be at the price of most of Army Group Galicia, but the destruction of one large Red Front is a high enough price for me.
In the Eastern Ukraine, no battles have occurred (of import anyhow), but that doesn't mean I'm not planning for more:
Army Group A will eventually make the initial assault on Rostov, followed later by Army Group Centrum. This will likely result in the deaths of at least 40-60.000 thousand Germans meaning the end of one of these Army Groups. However, this won't be for another couple turns, so I guess my Germans can enjoy the month and half respite.
Finally:
As some of you are aware, Partial mobilization does not work. One of the developers gave me a fixed version of the Partial mobilization file, which unfortunately itself, does not work. It doesn't mean the war stops, but it will if I can't get a fix for this.
Aside from that, another army stack for whatever use that may come in handy (I'm using my NM while I have it), and an air base to Finland because why not?
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*What is a common Russian drink that isn't delicious Vodka? I'm fairly certain no one wants to consume beet soup on a hot summers day.