Phew... just coming off a game as the USSR, it's late '41 and I'm beaten. The troops the German Reich is sending my way is crazy. They have stacks of 40 divisions along the front line. My troops fight abysmally bad. For example - my three T34/76 lose on plains against three Mot. divs that are out of supply. Also, in advance of the invasion I've prepped my troops for defense using plenty of artillery. Needless to say these get encirceled and destroyed pretty easy. Definitely a "smart" AI looking for weak spots, though not without its own mistakes.
I think I'll restart with another game ... any tips on what to do ? Is it worth defending the Stalin line at all? Or should I let them come to the doors of Leningrad - Moscow - Rostov (hence, have them spread out) before I engage in *real* defense?
Also, what's going on with the AI cheating? Germany starts with some 180+ IC and now if I check them out they have like FOUR HUNDRED base IC !?