Update nr.36
Red Army is trying to take back Melitopol. In the past two weeks
there were a lot of battles for this province. This is the 4th time i'm assaulting it.
I am bound to win this time.
Uh, oh! Germans have a shitload of panzers in Melitopol. And i have only 100% pure leg infantry.
This will be a meat grinder.
I win the battle, but suffer great losses. It will take time for my troops to recover.
Three hours later i get this message from Melitopol:
After countless battles the infrastructure was destroyed completely,
so no wonder why i can't hold this province. Now i will have to wait until
infrastructure recovers atleast to 20% and then try again.
While my offensive in the South is temporary bogged down i start a small
offensive near Moscow. The goal of this offensive is to encircle 10+ German divisions in Noginsk
and drive the Germans as far away from Moscow as possible.
Victory is achieved within hours:
Notice the new and the old pockets.
As usual Germans move deeper into the new pocket, but this will only delay their annihilation.
Meanwhile Guderian is proving to be a real menace.
While being totally isolated from Berlin, he still managed to successfully counterattack my forces. And when i finally
pushed him to the banks of Volga he resisted fanatically and survived three attempts to crush him.
I had to call 8 bomber squadrons to soften up his forces and still he managed to win.
Now this is crazy...
Other than that everything is going as planned.
Oh, and notice that i am trying to take Melitopol for the fifth time.
Fifth time is the charm, eh? :]