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3 October'41, I took 7 WFS from Rifles 2 [now at 35 WFs] and put them into Supply Eq. [now at 30 WFs], to get closer to my 1 BN/day targets of SUPPORT COMPANIES and Arty BNs ... should've done this a LOT sooner ... I still have 146 Grunt 1s to bump up into Grunt 2s !

OTOH, We still hold Kiev, the Germans can only fire on 1 Dnepr tile NE of Kiev; but We now see a RR Gun working it's way to Minsk ... could get ugly, fast .
Weather may save Our asses, if it turns quickly enough, We'll see .

So I took a look at my INF Eq., (42/45) pumping out 433.75/day, and moved it into the #2 slot on the production page; moved Support Eq. (23/30) and 26.49/day, to the #1 slot, resulting in :
INF Eq. now -7 WFs brought me down to 32 WFs and 337.41/day (I wasn't going BELOW 1000 Rifle 2s/day), = 1 XX/3 days ; while upsizing
Support Eq. +7 WFs to the 'old' (23/30) making 26.49/day, to the 'new' (30) doing 30.62/day ; = 1 BN/day ! ; and
Artillery got +3 WFs to bring 'old' (25/26) pushing 32.53/day, to 'new' (28/30) and 34.31/day of Arty 2s, and +2 WFs this month !

I thought I was close to balancing my budget ... by November'41, it should; as the weather turns to crap .
 
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7 October'41, 1st Panzer XX is trying to force its way into NE Poland and Minsk; in the south, SW of Kiev, We are pulling back slowly due to casualties, by 1 tile .

O, Winter, COME YE FORTH !!, now .

2 WFs arrive soon for Supply Eq. for the building page; the eastern Dnepr line is about to get 16 XXs (newbies) from my 2 TCs, aimed at Dneprovostok, pushing 'older' XXs west to form a new line of defense, so the newly formed Dnepr R&R can heal up the Kiev front's wounded, behind the Dnepr and into entrenchments .

Our plans for the mud/winter are to have both R&R armies (Minsk, Dnepr) do their healing, and upgrade Grunt 1s>2s; I might be able to start making new Grunt 2s, Stiletto 1s>2s, and Air for troops, as well as upgrading RRs . Soon, AA 2s, and AT 2s come online . We may look at Field Hospitals, but balancing Sup.Eq. is dicey ... Maintenance BNs are a must .

Fuel, Rubber, and other resources will be expanded .
We are going from a WW1 > a WW2 style conquering Army .
 
15 October'41, So far, I've lost 7 Grunt 2s in the Kiev area, and 2 Cav XXs holding the Germans in the shrinking area of Poland .
Kiev, and the tile NE of it are under direct attack, the rest of Dnepr lines are beefing up defenses, while Dnepr R&R army helps with the entrenchments as full strength units can dig in whereas exercising units cannot .

It is clear to me that INF XXs with enough artillery (2-4 BNs, +arty) can stop lesser equipped INF, and at least slow down armor in '41-'42, with L1 AA, even better with L2 AA . So if you've say 300+ Grunt 2s [9/1 (+arty, eng, AA)] , the Dnepr line might be held tightly enough for armor to get to L3 .

You'll need to get to :
INF Eq. 10-35 WFs/3-4days, got 32/35 WFs doing 34.25/day = 1 XX/3days ;
Artillery 40 WFs/1day, got 28/30 WFs doing 35.17/day = 3 BNs/4days ;
Supply Eq. 30-35 WFs/day, got 30/35 WFs doing 31.35/day = 1 BN/day ;
AA 15-30 WFs/day, got 15/20 WFs doing 24.45/day = 4BN/5days ;
Mdm tanks 8/25 WFs, got 8/25 WFs doing 2.38/day = 1 BN/22 days . Thee Mdm tanks are 1943 T-44s, which will be a NASTY surprise against Panzers !
 
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It varies, depending on type of interruptions : phone, grocery runs, wife's "Honey, do this ...", my one handed typing to keep hungry puppy (+2 puppy eyes) from keyboard, LOTS of thinking on "How to Survive Winter'41-Spring Mud'42" ;
balancing rail and supply hubs, 73 upcoming WFs, 35 CFs, 22 infrastructure, resource factories [Oil, Rubber, others], radar, and AA sites;
filtered through 66 operating CFs [the other 51 CFs are consumer goods] . So I've got 4 full Lines, and a 6/15 partial lines cooking up Stuff ...

OK, here's what's needed, now how to allocate them ??
Right now I've 2 and 6/15 lines on WFs, 1 line on CFs, and 1 on a Synthetic Oil factory down south . Tanks and Air guzzle fuel, that is being covered; but who gets what after that, and where ?

Rifles, Arty, INF Eq., and Supply Eq. grow to their targets ... but HOW and where does EVERYTHING ELSE fit in ?? I want some more T-44s and Air to sneak in ...
Then there are combat losses to manage ... we are keeping up with those, somehow .

I've held Kiev for 3 months, Minsk is untouched, and the Dnepr Line is being threatened, but is strongly held .

@pro.gamer.69 , I average 4-6 hours of furious thinking between 1-2 hours playing on speeds 3-5 .
 
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R&R armies are useful !!
They serve 2 roles; a] it forms healing/exercising places where XXs can recover, b] gives another army for XXs that've recovered full strength, to return to combat, and much closer to the front than your TCs .
Depending on how many units a General commands [could have mods], you might have 2 armies paired up, say Minsk 1 (collecting) and) Minsk 2 (returning) ... and so on .
With 290+ Grunts running loose, this is a good idea .
 
Kiev has fallen and is about to be retaken, now unoccupied by either side . A dogfight for the city will happen .
Minsk is now 4 tiles from invading hoard .
Dnepr Line is being contested on 2 tiles +Kiev; but still intact .

CURRENT STATS, 25 October'41 :
Artillery 36.19/day 28/30 WFs -34 ;
Sup.Eq. 32.84/day 30/35 WFs -3.95K ;
Rifles 347.99/day 32/35 +8483 ;
T-44s 2.41/day 8/25 WFs +68 ;
AA 24.93/day 15 WFs -646 ;
Trucks 9.50/day 3 WFs +7963 ;
BT-7s 2.71/day 3 WFs -219. +81? ;
FTR 1.59/week 1 WF +21 ;

TROOP NUMBERS :
Grunt 1s 149 ;
Grunt 2s 148 ;
Mech 1 ;
BT-7s 12 ;
Cav 20 ;
MTN 13 .

I'm considering dropping rifles down to 260/day, to move WFs around to needy lines [tanks, trucks, AA, FTRs], while keeping 1,000+/4 days, I cannot risk my current surplus ! I have to get these lines established before I come off of Closed Economy !
 
1 November'41, WE REOCCUPIED KIEV !! In other news, only 2 tiles on the Dnepr Line are under fire . The Germans might be taking a breather, or a planning bonus ... we are seeing several tiles having 10 or more XXs, lurking . On the south end of the Dnepr Line, #3 tile is now under threat, the Germans have crossed the 2nd river since Romanian territory . Our units are in motion to take care of this incursion ,

Currernt Stats :
FTR (2.94) 3/4 WFs +26 LaGG 3s
Arty 2 (38.36) 30 WFs +205
Trucks (10.55) 4 WFs +36
AA 1 (28.99) 15 WFs -461
BT-7 (2.71) 3 WFs -199,+101?
T-44 (2.77) 10 WFs +50
INF 2 (248.35) 22WFs +9379
Sup.Eq. (37.29) 35/37 WFs -4.64K

UNIT COUNT :
Grunt 1 148
Grunt 2 149
Mech 1
Ltank 12
MTN 13
Cav 20
 
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We [STAVKA] have lost Poland, and Minsk; which almost caused a *PANIC MODE* on 17 December'41; but I saw a video of historic Soviet '41 defense of Moscow, and now had no reason to worry .

Between last posting of 1 November'41 and 17 December'41, We suffered NO troop losses . The upper Dnepr Line by the Baltics are almost threatened by hostile fire .
Blinded by the November blizzard, I took a month and a half off to see to my production page ... updated .

Finally saw some ruined RRs on map, must fix, *HIGHLY RECOMEND (AFGFX Aly's 2RR mods !!)*, I'm seeing how supply works [[as it bites on my mule]] .
AIR, now becomes a buildup item, with Synthetic Factory #2 already online this month, and #3 at Surgut being building .

Come to think about it, 1-2 Rubber plants for AIR and MECH would be a good use of stacked WFs and Closed Economy, for MASSIVE, SUDDEN reinforcements; as these Rubber plants come online . Just save enough PP to do 2 Economy Laws [down and up] !!

Current unit stats : Logistic stats :
Grunt 1 148 ; AA -427
Grunt 2 149 ; Arty 2 52
Cav 20 ; INF 13,299
MTN 13 ; SUP -2.66K
MECH 1 ; TRUCK 7756
L tank 12 ; L tank -201,+99?
NKVD 18 ; T-44 69
LaGG3 44

Reinforcements :
9 XXs Grunt 1s through Dec'41 ;
9 XXs MECH through May'42 .
 
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I had a bit of trouble with the game clock; it wouldn't stop !, it, and took me until 17 December'41, during which time, I lost all of occupied Poland, Minsk, and several XXs .
As a result, I had to rewind to my last save, 1 November'41; and proceeded to 8 December'41 .
OK, I got my XXs back, and am still SW of Minsk (barely) , preparing for a Last Stand at Minsk [1NKVD XX and 1 Grunt 2 XX] , those Bozos {generic foes} won't get a 'cheap' city !, while my retreating XXs fall back to upper Dnepr Line .
 
9 December'41 .
Yesterday's Current Stats and Logistics :
TYPE........WFs........P/d,w........LOG+/-[days]
AA2........16/20......11.54/d....-319[-28d]
FTR.........3/7...........3.33/w......+38
INF2........22............258.28/d.+12,230
SUP.........37............42.24/d.....-2578[-66/d]
M tank...10............2.91/d.......+45
Trucks.....4..............1079/d.....+7694
L tank.....2/3..........1.80/d.......-211,+99?[117d]
ARTY2....30............41.10/d ....+15

Would I like to make more INF ? O, yeah !!, but I need AA, ARTY, and SUP Eq. before my targeted XX/day by 14 February'42-ish; yet that's not counting the Grunt 1s that want to go to Grunt 2s, or the R&R armies ... while I sneak in my tanks .
 
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dasaard200 said:
Would I like to make more INF ? O, yeah !!, but I need AA, ARTY, and SUP Eq. before my targeted XX/day by 14 February'42-ish; yet that's not counting the Grunt 1s that want to go to Grunt 2s, or the R&R armies ... while I sneak in my tanks .
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u dont need artillery in your infantry if you are just holding the line
 
@currylambchop ,Welcome !, yeah, surely INF will hold the line; but I want to BLEED these bastard Bozo (generic foes) scum .
That's why my Grunt As are {9/1[+arty]} ; Grunt 2s are {9/1[+arty, plus ENG, and AA]} .
Bozo's have Kiev, are close to Minsk; BUT ARE SOUTHWEST of the DNEPR LINE, as of 10 December'41 ... and have 2 RR guns .

I'm ahead of historical time line, but We shall see how long that lasts .
 
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As 1 January'42 dawns, several themes become obivously apparent :
1] WE are emerging from a WW1 style fighting force to a WW2 nation ;

2] WE (Stalin, STAVKA) are adopting Gradualism, in line with K.I.S.S. rules .
It is going to be a LONG war, yet Victory is certain !
2A] Our Factory numbers MUST IMPROVE, but carefully aimed to achieve reachable goals, and then moving on to other goals ...
2B] Land units need to start training 1+ XX/week, Air units must reach 2+/day ... ;
2C] Units will be built up to highest of type, plus a number of 'smaller' builds to replace casualties ;

3] Resources will be made available, to keep ahead of AI 'sniping' (OIL, RUBBER, etc. !!) .

CURRENT LISTS :
Factories: CFs 114, WFs 126, Dockyards 7, Trade 0, Consumer CFs 51 .

Logistical:
Type.....On hand..........WFs..........Prod/d,w
AA........-450...................18/20.......13.65/d ;
Arty2...+61....................30/30.......42.91/d ;
INF2....+11.9K...............22/22......265.07/d ;
Truck...+7.4K.................4/4d.........10.93/d ;
SUP.....-2.1K...................37/37.......44.83/d ;
Ltank...-213....................2/4............1/80/d ;
Mtank..65.......................10/10.......3.12/d ;
FTR.......48.......................3/7.............3,57/w .

UNITS:
Grunt 1.....,145
Grunt 2......148
Grunt 3......4
MTN...........13
CAV............20
Motor 1....1
Motor 2....1
NKVD........18
Mech 1.....12

RESOURCE COUNT under Closed Economy :
Aluminum 132, Rubber 12, Tungstun 59, Steel 549, Chrome 550, Oil 289, Fuel 6.40K .
 
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1 January'42. As WE are ahead of the Artillery curve at 42.91/d, and a BN of Arty = 36; WE may now start converting Grunt 2 XXs>3 XXs, on a daily rate of 1 XX/day ... however, travel times between FROM the front lines, to a conversion spot, and BACK to the front lines, must be planned carefully .

While that is going on, Support Eq. at 44.82/d will need about 45-50 days to clear that -2.17K backlog .
AA2 (13.65/d) gets 3 WFs this month, to 21 WFs, and we'll see how this plays out .
Next comes AIR, 6 WFs through March'42 go here ... OR
 
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12 January'42. We are giving ground slowly, to clear Our backlogs in AA and Supply Eq.; while getting to Our hopeful 1 INF XX/5-6 days . I think that a total of 360-ish Grunt 3s would allow XX cycling ... I've got 297 INF XXs now .
T-44s are growing loose BNs for Motor XXs to grab when they get to L3, and we'll track how long it takes for a T-44 XX Motor 1>Motor 2 . Soon enough, we'll add WFs to T-44s to get to 5/day .
 
19 January'42. The action looks like it is heating up; so we're going geographical, based on the Russian Mozer river split ;
to the north, Bozo's taken 3 tiles since last time, moving off to Minsk ;
in the south of the river through Kiev, and on to the city of Dneprovostok[?] ;
1] Bozo has REACHED the Dnepr river, but has not CROSSED it, only polluting the water on 3 tiles ;
2] They want to push from Kiev ACROSS the river, and spread us out; I've got lots of Grunt 1s in the area, but bottlenecked by lack of Supply Eq. ;
3] South of the river bend, Bozo is making a move on Crimea, I'll have to move units from both of my TCs, to block this [14 units] .

To ease typing, I'll shorten 'Grunt' to 'G', Motor to 'Mo', and Mech to 'Me' .
UNITS in the field :
G 1.......145
G 2.......137
G 3.......15
Mo 1....1 [+9 XXs coming]
Mo 2....1
CAV......20
nkvd....18
Me 1....12
FTR.......54 loose, [800 in wings] .

FACTORIES : CFs..114, WFs..128, DYs..7, C.Gs..52 .

PRODUCTION :
TYPE......WFs......P/d,w..........FULL/days......On Hand
AA2.......20/25...15.06/d........[23d]................-330
Arty2....30/30...44.20/d..................................+50
INF2......27/27...270.03/d...............................+14.3K
TRUCK..4/4.......11.09/d.................................+7258
SUP.......37/37...44.61/d........[34d]...............-1.54K
Ltank....2/3........1.80/d...........[117d].............-211?
Mtank..10/10...3.22/d....................................+122
FTR.......3/3........3,74.........................................+54

Inching closer to MUD .
 
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24 January'42. I've got a bunch of INF in 3 types : )19 January'42 XX counts (
G 1 (9/0 [+arty, eng, AA]) ; 145 XXs
G 2 (9/1 [+arty, eng, AA]) ; 137 XXs
G 3 (9/2 [+arty, eng, AA]) ; 15 XXs .

My arty production is 44.20/day, and am adding 36 arty to a XX every few days; and the POLL QUESTION is "WHO GETS the NEW ARTY BNs ??"

Probably I'll go with bumping up XXs closer to newer fronts , as Minsk is only 2 tiles from Bozo's hungry, bleeding mob .

I've got the Germans stopped along the Dnepr, they are attacking 5 tiles ACROSS the river [including Kiev] ; I hold the ENTIRE east side of the river, with no forts .
With 297 XXs, I'm 'bumping' up front line units, and doing serious cycling of XXs ; now I want to eventually upgrade XXs to G 3s, but that's 270+ units !!

I THINK I've got a handle on CFs, WFs, but other stuff comes last .

People have asked if I had tanks, I've got 12 XX Mechanized XX and 2 Motorized XXs on the map, and 10 more Motorized XXs coming .
 
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Now that We've got +44.56/day of Arty2, new BNs of Arty2s are rolling out for INF XXs :
Today's stats begin to show the migrations upward ; G 1s>2s, and G 2s>3s, getting Arty2 BNs . So we'll start with ...
TYPE.....OPEN,,,,.CHANGES+/-.....NEW NUMBERS .
G1........145.....(-5).....140 ;
G2........148.....(-7).....141 ;
G3........15.......(0).......15 .
Once AA2 and Supply Eq. reach usable numbers [+sup] and BNs, Our INF, MOTOR and MECH XXs can get going !
 
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