Slitherine

Caucasus
The Brandenburg is gone.
North
The enemy is trying to flee to Finland.
Most our units are sent to the central front.
Centre
We continue the concentration of troops in the south.
As well as replenishment and refueling.
Our troops also go to the left bank of the Vistula.
Artillery moves very slowly, it looks like it will take another 2 turns.
We concentrate troops south of Warsaw.
The enemy strengthened the defense by combining Panther and Tank Pz4.
Since the return of Moscow, we avoided a direct confrontation with enemy tanks.
And the enemy also avoided battle and retreated.
Our T-34-43 is absolutely not effective against panzers.
Now it is necessary to check whether our more advanced T-34-85, Shermans and heavier IS-2, SU-152 can do something with German steel power.
But the enemy well covered his units from the air.
Therefore, our main trump card is artillery to weaken enemy tanks.

South
The air reconnaissance of Vienna revealed several enemy units.
We are fighting in Hungary.
The Axis also decided to send an air reconnaissance and see what was going on.

Our next goal is to seize the airfield in Belgrade. After that, Axis aircraft will be lacking airfields in the south and they will fly to the airfield of Vienna.
The airfield of Koloszvar city is blocked by our U-2.

In the area of ​​Lake Balaton, the Axis seems to be preparing for a perimeter defense.
But this will not be a big problem. Because we will attack from three sides )
In the air, we shoot down the tactical bomber ME-210.
But unfortunately we lost our ace Ivan Kozhedub.
Balkans
Bulgaria moved to our side. And Romania is not yet ...
These units together with the partisans will liberate the Balkans and Greece.
In order not to distract the Red Army troops for this task. Their goal is Germany.
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Turn 76. D-Day+4
July 23, 1944
Weather: Cloudy and Dry

Strategic map
Strategic map - Air
14 of the 16 Axis air units operate on the Eastern Front(!)
Norway
The partisans are preparing to seize the airfield of Oslo.
The command decides whether to continue the attempts to attack Tirpitz or focus on preparing the capture of Norway by the American landing force.

France
The second wave of the assault force landed in France.
Under our control all the northern coast of France.
The ship Kriegsmarine is trying to escape.

The partisans blocked the railroad ways.
Dijon captured! This led to an Axis traffic collapse.
They can no longer transfer their units from Italy to Germany.
Trains accumulate in the south of France.
One of the units is PzIII. If he gets to Germany or goes back in Italy it can be upgraded to Panther!
We blocked it in France from two sides.
In the south of France, it was blocked by a destroyer.
Africa
In Africa we took Cairo.
Axis decided to send reinforcements, but was late.
Our recon has received an upgrade to M24 Chaffee.
Caucasus
The search zone is expanded.
The diversant are gone.
The Command believes that they were disbanded so that we were looking for that which is not.

Centre
Tank Armies merged into one tank wedge.
In the North, the enemy holds a defense along the Vistula River, in the south, moved to the Oder.
From the time of fighting for Moscow, we first entered into a direct tank battle.
Although the number of our armored units is about 15 Soviet vs 5 Axis.
But the attack forecast gives 5-6 to 1 in favor of the Axis.
They have an advantage in armored units and aircraft.
We can only maneuver to cut off or surround the enemy unit and then it will be destroyed using artillery.
In the event that the enemy enters into battle.

Berlin is not far away.
Unfortunately a turn back, we lost our Yak-7R aerial reconnaissance here and now we are experiencing a strong lack of intelligence data about the Axis defense.
South
Axis shot down another our recon plane Pe-2R.
In response, we shot down him Go-145.

Near the Koloszvar enemy almost destroyed except one Stug.
We carry out reconnaissance with light tanks in the area of ​​Vienna.
In Budapest unchanged.
Our light tanks are very detached from the main forces.
And now they are waiting for their approach.

In the area of ​​Belgrade, our tank did not have enough move points to occupy the airfield.
At the Belgrade airport seen Finnish fighter. This is the most effective Axis ace(shot down 6 Soviet fighters).

Operational situation
Primary target - capture Vienna.
Then it will be possible to strike north, to help the Central Front break through the defenses on the Oder.
Strike on Dresden to go to Berlin from the south or strike to the west to help the Allies.
But more promising is the strike to Dresden.

In the region of Lake Balaton, the enemy dug in.
Probably the partisans and Bulgarians will deal with the elimination of these forces, maybe with the support of a couple of Soviet units.
It makes no sense to hurry.

There is no big sense in taking Budapest either.
It is better to strike a Wien to the north.

Since the enemy has disabled all our air recon, we lack intelligence data.
In this regard, one of our old and experienced IL-2 was upgraded to Yak-9R.
If they can easily shoot down a Pe-2R, then this unit is more strong.
Also, the Allies decided to help and in the area of ​​action of the partisans an American reconnaissance aircraft took off.
In the future, here from the Western Front will be sent an air group of American long-range fighters.
Balkans
The Bulgarians, together with the partisans, began to sweep the territory of the Balkans.
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Turn 77. D-Day+5
August 7, 1944
Weather: Cloudy and Dry

Strategic map
Strategic map - Air

France
Axis ship failed to escape, it was discovered.
Another train with a 88mm AA unit fell into the trap.

The troops began to move to Paris.
In the north, Canadians reached german coastal artillery.
France - East
Dijon became the our main air base in France.
And German PzIII is trying to break through in Germany. Probably to upgrade it to Panther.
Centre
Our troops began to cross the Vistula.
The enemy moves away. But for some reason, the main forces are moving north to the Baltic Sea.
Some of our units inadvertently moved forward.
In the south, the Panther is destroyed. For two attacks IS-2 and infantry.
Unfortunately, enemy air reconnaissance detects our movements.
Berlin in sight.

South
Our troops began to move, but it would take time for them to reach Budapest or Vienna.
The distances are large and the fuel is low.
Light tank made a deep reconnaissance raid to the rear of the enemy in Prague area.
Finnish ace was shot down over Budapest (6 shot down Soviet fighters).
The victory was awarded to Lily Litvyak (5 Axis fighters).
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Turn 78. D-Day+6
August 22, 1944
Weather: Clear and Dry

Strategic map
Strategic map - Air

Norway
Oslo airfield captured.
France
Paris is captured.
The fleet has cleaned the Pas de Calais from enemy submarines and moves along with the front line.

Germany
New screen:)

Axis Aviation is trying to destroy our bomber in the north.

In the north, our troops approach the Oder river.
In the south they are preparing for an attack on Berlin.

To the south, our aircraft hit one Fokker FW190D and the other was encircled.
In the west, several Axis planes were also encircled.
Including the famous fighter of Germany with 3 heroes with the highest scores on loss/wins.
We were able to counter the threat of V-1 only a few (or even one) of them were able to get to England.
South
Bupapest is captured.
The troops are approaching Vienna, but it will take more time to begin the assault.
Balkans
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Turn 79. D-Day+7
September 6, 1944
Weather: Rain and Dry

Strategic map
Strategic map - Air
In the south, tried to surround a group of German aircraft.
Probably they will try to break through the passage. But it will distract aviation from Berlin.
France
Moving to the border of Germany.
There is no strong resistance.

Germany
From the south, the tanks reached the approaches to Berlin.
Our bombers are concentrated in the center.
Probably most of Germany will be captured by Soviet units.
South
In Vienna, the Axis aviation was encircled.

The next turn will begin the attack on the Vienna direction.
From the side of Italy, enemy infantry appeared. But the Red Army is near.
The defense of Lake Balaton is almost destroyed.
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Turn 80. Berlin
September 21, 1944
Weather: Clear and Dry

Strategic map
Strategic map - Air
Over Berlin, the Axis concentrated all its aircraft !!!
We observe 22 units in the air.
It is obvious that Soviet aviation is not able to pierce this ring over the city.
It can only perform local operations such as in Vienna.
And the fighters of the Western allies are not yet in the zone of action of Berlin.

Norway
Commando unit is preparing a bridgehead for the landing.
Torch
About five turns back, the Allied Command initiated the operation 'Nemesis'.
Target: the same seizure of Tunisia with the aim of further landing in Sicily and Italy.
The composition of the forces: 1 infantry + fleet and air support.

Probably in the future it will be called the Theory of Small Groups Action.

1st Phase. Identify the defense of Tunisia.
2nd Phase. If the defense is insignificant, then with a combined strike from the air and from the sea, as well as from the ground, destroy the enemy and capture Tunisia.

The enemy has already sent 2 ships here before, but they were destroyed by our forces.

The aircraft carrier carried out reconnaissance of Tunis. He strongly fortified.
One infantry unit is not enough to take it.
Operation 'Nemesis' is suspended.

Germany
In the west, an operation Market Garden. The troops were successfully landed.
In the Ruhr area, a strong anti-aircraft cover of 88mm anti-aircraft guns. There is also a Panther.
Our units crossed the river and will soon come to the Rhine River.

In the area of ​​Berlin, encounter strong resistance.
Even KingTiger appeared.
Even IS-2 is not a serious opponent for him.
Our artillery is still lagging behind and has not reached the position of fire.

The enemy completely blocked the sky with his aircraft.
And even with impunity strikes our troops.
We need to capture airfields closer to Berlin, then Western aircraft will be able to begin neutralizing this air armada.
In the meantime, battles will have to be carried out only by ground units without air support.
Berlin
We do not have enough artillery on positions to suppress German armored units.
Direct attack, without support, has an average forecast of 5-6 to 1 in favor of the Germans.
Berlin - Air
The Axis has formed a cloud.
Inside which there is space for maneuver units.
An interesting construction.
It is also interesting what will happen when he will have only the western airfield of Berlin.
Our aviation is not approaching the cloud, because there are not enough forces to destroy Axis units.

South
Fighting continues in the area of ​​Vienna.
We bring the main forces there.
And on the border of Italy, Axis units appeared, probably they want to break into Germany.
Although the partisans were destroyed, light and fast Soviet units were sent there.
South - Air
Over Vienna already 3 enemy units surrounded.
But time is needed to finish them off.
Despite the help of fighters of the Western Allies.

Loss analysis
Previous (t=71) data for comparison viewtopic.php?f=145&t=89760&start=320#p782041

The war has entered the final phase and all the loss ratios are improving (there are no changes in the tanks).
Even in the ships it was corrected.
In spite of the fact that a part of the Axis units was supposedly disbanded manually and did not reflect in the statistics.

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Turn 81. Berlin
October 6, 1944
Weather: Clear and Dry

The last stage of the war began...

Strategic map
Strategic map - Air
Above Berlin 21 Axis air unit.
Over Vienna ended the destruction of the enemy's air group.
Norway
Commando destroyed.
But the bunker too. Landing site cleared.

Denmark
Fleet of the Allies with transports is approaching Denmark for disembarking.
It is also planned to land some of the forces in Norway.

In the Baltic Sea, Graf Speer, Graf Zeppelin and transport with long-range artillery unit were spotted.
Which could avoid destruction in Leningrad and apparently was later evacuated from Finland by sea.
Since there were no free bombers in the area, the La-5FN fighter was sent there and sink transport.
Germany
Our troops liberated the Netherlands and came close to the Rhine.
Heavy fighting continues in the Berlin area.
The Axis was able to destroy one of our T-34-43 and IS2.
It was a combined strike KingTiger and AT 88m gun.
Our troops have a pretty hard.
But another IS-2 unit has already been delivered from the rear.
And in the north, we brought ISU-152 into battle.
However, most of the Soviet artillery is not yet in the zone of fire.
Germany - Air
Allied aircraft shot down one of the fighters in the west of Berlin.
New Soviet Yak-3 and La-7 began to arrive.
Although they still can not be compared with the German.