April 1942 The War with Germany
As the Great Patriotic War continues to be waged against the Evil Nazi Empire great concerns for the outcome of the war sweeps through the country. As members of the Politburo along with other allied nations grumble about they way Comrade Stalin has been handed terrible setbacks by the enemy on the Southern Front as well as the fight for Tula on the outskirts of Moscow itself. Stalin sits alone in his office in the Kremlin devising plans to rid the Mother Land of the foul Nazi invaders and their Axis partners. The great leader of the Red Army reflects on the setbacks over the last several months as the U.S.S.R cities of Rostov, Sevastopol, and Batumi all fall to the swift Blitzkrieg attack of the Axis invaders. The fall of Batumi to a surprise amphibious assault is the hardest loss to swallow. Enough reflection and worry, now is not the time for that Stalin calls for an orderly and the long process of issuing his orders to his long trusted comrade General Chief of Staff Zhukov commences.
The emergence of large formations of the New Panther tank outside of Tula is of utmost concern, and that must be dealt with at all costs.
The V.P. location Southwest of Leningrad:
Sturmovik DB-Hit-1 35 SS Mech Div 4/5
Outside of Tula:
21/22 6th Army (3-Panther Corp)
Yak-3-Miss
Yak-3-Miss
Yak-3-Miss
Soviet Rifle Army-Miss
Sturmovik DB-Miss
Yak-3-Miss
Sturmovik DB-Miss
Field Artillery-Miss
Field Artillery-Miss (Man these things are hard to hit)
Field Artillery-Hit-1 20/22 6th Army
Sturmovik DB-Miss
II-4 MB-Hit-1 19/22 6th Army
II-4 MB-Miss
Sturmovik DB-Hit-1 18/22 6th Army
Sturmovik DB-Miss
Heavy Artillery-Hit-2 16/22 6th Army
Field Artillery-Miss
II-4 MB-Miss
II-4 MB-Hit-2 14/22 6th Army
Field Artillery-1 13/22 6th Army
Field Artillery-Miss
II-4 MB-Hit-2 11/22 6th Army
11/12 18th Army (2-Inf Corp)
Soviet Rifle Army-Miss
Soviet Rifle Army-Miss
Soviet Rifle Army-Miss
Soviet Rifle Army-Miss
Soviet Rifle Army-Hit-1 10/12 18th Army
Field Artillery-Hit-1 10/22 6th Army
Soviet Rifle Army-Miss
Soviet Rifle Army-Miss
Soviet Rifle Army-Miss
Soviet Rifle Army-Miss (Running out of these guys)
Soviet Rifle Army-Hit-1 9/12 18th Army
Field Artillery-Miss
Heavy Artillery-Hit-1 9/22 6th Army
Soviet Rifle Army-Hit-1 8/12 18th Army
German Heavy Artillery-Hit-1 8/22 6th Army
Soviet Rifle Army-Miss
Heavy Artillery-Hit-1 7/12 18th Army
10/10 2nd Ukrainian Front vs 8/22 6th Army=
3/11 Front
The local field commander calls off the attack after the defeat of the 6th Army as the forces in play are at the point of total exhaustion. The German force outside Tula has been weakened but it still packs a powerful punch with several Panther Tank Corp along with a Panzer Div and the weakened 18th Army.
Southern Front:
1-Tile (Forrest) Southwest of Maikop *7/8 14th Panzer Korp
II-4 MB-Hit-2 *5/8 14th Panzer Korp
II-4 MB-Hit-2 *3/8 14th Panzer Korp
10/10 Karelion Front (2-Inf Corp) vs 3/8 14th Panzer Korp=
9/10 Front
1-Tile Nowrthwest of Maikop:
4/4 Soviet Rifle Army vs 3/6 30 Korps (Inf)= 3/7 30 Korp
9/9 Southern Front (2-Cav Corp) vs 3/7 30 Korps=
9/10 Southern Front
1-Tile West of Maikop:
4/4 5th Army (SRA) vs 1/3 Romanian 1st Armor Div =
4/4 5th
2-Tiles West of Maikop 3/3 Soviet Rifle Corp captures Field Marshal Guderian (G.L)
14th Panzer Korp must have created a Great Leader last turn.
1-Tile West of Rostov a German Heavy Artillery Battery is captured by saboteurs and the guns are destroyed.
The plans laid out by Comrade Stalin did not all turn out as planned but some key points where accomplished.