September 1941: The Germans Advance

[conmcb25]

REINFORCEMENTS MOVED UP

Tbilisi to Stavropol Katyusha and 152 mm Arty Both ran out of movement.

Ashkastran Red Army Vet finished trip to Stalingrad and Fortified.

Kirov T-26's arrived and were Fortified in Moscow.

NKVD Trooper Fortified in Tikvin

Vitebsk Fighter from Minsk to Smolensk for rehoming.

Three Rostov Fighters to Stalingrad for rehoming (Just in case)

Refugees moved east from near Ashkatran. Those that were supported by Voroshilovgrad were rehomed to Uralsk.

The Voroshilovgrad supported 152mm Arty in Rostov rehomed to Rostov.

Why were so many units in cities left with movement? Shouldn't they be fortified or moved? Are these the units available for reinforcement?

Also another question. A request was made between front commanders for tanks from Stalingrad to Serofimovich. I saw a T-26 in Sera and two or three in Stalingrad. The T-26's in Stalingrad still had movement and were not fortified. Should I have moved them?

Urals Build Up

T-34 Sverdlosk 250
barracks Orsk 75
barracks Kirov 70
barracks Tashkent 60
Kollectiv Orenburg 100
Kollectiv Kubyshev 100
Kollectiv Vorkuta 110

If I added correctly thats about 665. Under budget, my addition to support the KV-1 Build up!

OK Ill let the German turn roll and record that. EVERYONE let me know if I screwed anything up. German turn in next post.

[Colwyn]

Will Minsk hold

I'm very nervous, can't wait till you post the turn, we reakon it will hold with 1-2 units barely left!

If not there may be a bit of discention in the cities this turn.

Right now as I post this the german's are probably at the gates of Minsk, thumping away on conmcb's PC

PS units fortifying in cities make no difference to there defensive str which the exception of aircraft I belive?

[conmcb25]

Comrade Pavlov (Colwyn)

Minsk fell lots of dissention. Sorry Comrade but the Fascist Pigs are everywhere! What a bunch of w@nkers. (I can speak a little Aussie)

Kiev is still there with 14 units.

I fortified all the units. I didn't know about the doesn't add anything in cities. Hmmm.

Ill get the turn posted within the hour, Lots of typing and right now I have to get my Partisans to bed. (My three boys!)

If you think I did anything stupid let me know. I can replay if necessary. I DONT WANT TO SCREW THIS UP , and Im too old to take criticism personally.

[conmcb25]

REPORT FROM THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE

-Finnish Front 4 units lost.
-Fasicists develop Mob Arty (Karls!)
-Enemy Airlift Sofia
-Nikolaev captured: 51 rubles
-Kirovgrad captured: 31 rubles
-Kherson captured: 31 rubles
-Dnepropetrovsk captured:43 rubles
Minsk Captured!-102 rubles
The capture of Minsk results in the loss of Soviet Pragmatism. As a consequence our people have lost faith in the Party!They are turning back to that opium of the people the Orthodox religion!
AGC under FM Von Bock also trap 300.000 faithfull soldiers of the Rodina in the Western Ukraine. This is truely a disaster comrades. It maybe time for a purge! I have many wonderfull vacation retreats for unsuccessfull generals in Siberia!
Numerous high ranking officers have already been brought to Moscow for execution!

Marshall Knapowsky appeals to the Soviet people to rise up and fight the Fascist horde! Civilian populations in city centers begin volunteering for labor Brigades to build ditches, fortifications and anti-tank barriers. Our Kollectivs have assigned over 75% of production to the war effort. Factory Workers are becomming soldiers and the women of the Rodina are becomming Factory Workers! Labor brigades are already formed in many of your Front Command cities, put them to good use or evacuate them to the Urals!

- Large offensive outside of Narva, it holds but many fine soldiers of the Rodina die thwarting this massive attempt to open the roads to Leningrad. (Henrikov must be looking for another medal!

- We discover Mobile Warfare II (KV-1's)! Next tech to research is Advanced flight II. (I saw this somewhere and guessed, before the next time Ill do a poll)

-68 total divisions lost.

-Panic struck: Velikiye Luki, Daugavpils, Kolhm, Gomel, Smoelensk, Kharkov, Demyansk, Voroshiovgrad, Sevastapol, Leningrad and Stalino. Get your cities under control comrades or else!

-Perekop disbanded Fortified position

-We also built A LOT of improvements, mostly Barracks, make sure your cities are set to produce the right stuff for the Rodina!

CONTINUE THE GOOD FIGHT COMRADES!!

(Any constructive criticism on this turn is welcome, Im going to open a Marshalls thread.)

[conmcb25]

From now on, when Front commanders return the save, please post who has already taken their turn and who has yet to play.

Marshal part 1 (conmcb25) Done
Murmansk (STYOM): Not yet
Baltic (Henrik) Not yet
Northwest (The Anzac): Not yet
Belorussian (colwyn): not yet
1st Ukranian (Shaka Nuldur): not yet
2nd Ukranian (Paul Hanson): not yet
Economic (greeny): not yet
Armaments (curtsibling): not yet
Marshal part2 (conmcb25) Not yet

Note: This is not the exact order of play

Clarifying: Front commanders are responsible for ALL units in their territory save the supply convoys which are under the control of the economic minister once they land in murmansk or any other russian port. This includes refugees and labor brigades. Although I do urge future marshal's to move the refugee convoys away from the front themselves to territory under the control of the armaments minister. My reasoning is that several movement points may remain once the refugees enter the area under the command of the armaments minister. This way the armaments minister has all the refugees in place during his turn without the possibility of missing one that gets moved to him after he has gone that turn.

For position descriptions please see this thread:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=82258

This was H Towers standard request. The only change I would like to propose is I will control refugees, see my Marshall's Bunker thread for discussion. I just think it may work better. Heres the Marshalls Bunker thread:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=84502

[Colwyn]

Belrussian Front moves

taken the file

[Colwyn]

Minsk has not fallen, only faltered for a day.

Marshal part 1 (conmcb25) Done
Murmansk (STYOM): Not yet
Baltic (Henrik) Not yet
Northwest (The Anzac): Not yet
Belorussian (colwyn): Completed
1st Ukranian (Shaka Nuldur): not yet
2nd Ukranian (Paul Hanson): not yet
Economic (greeny): not yet
Armaments (curtsibling): not yet
Marshal part2 (conmcb25) Not yet

Note: This is not the exact order of play

My turn posted.

Who said Minsk Fell Marshal, they lie! send them to the gulags the germans only took our wonder but we got it back.

See Belorussian thread for details and pics of battle.

[curtsibling]

Taking the file comrades!

[curtsibling]

ARMAMENT MINISTER REPORT!

Refugees awaiting orders in:
Stalingrad,
Grozny,
Baku,
Orenburg,
Perm,
Orsk,

Many new workers will be ready to perform huge tasks of heroic building when they are transformed to labout after the summer!!!
Our Soviet people are making good their escape to the safety of the rear areas!
Heroic escape efforts of the Armaments Minister prevent massacre of refugees at Velikiye Luki!

Moving labour regiments to Volgda to begin military industry preparations.
Moving labour regiments to Saransk to begin military industry preparations.

Our cities are in order and churning our needed weapons to repel the capitalist/nazi hordes!
I have witnessed awesome defensive efforts at Kiev and Leningrad!

I propose Red Banner Orders be given to several front commanders!

The front is alive with the sounds of warfare!

Long live the Rodina!

[curtsibling]

To inspire our comrades to great efforts, a message from our glorious Marshall and father of the people!

[conmcb25]

Armaments and Belorussian Fronts are done who wants to be next? Hurry Comrades the Fasicist Pigs are very Near!

[Henrik]

Taking the file.

[Henrik]

4 Panzer IIIs and a few wermacht SG killed
One sewer system sold.
Request rush buying of one KV 1 in Narva (becouse for some reason Leningrad has unrest).

[conmcb25]

Originally posted by Henrik
(becouse for some reason Leningrad has unrest).

Did you not read my dispatches Comrade? It is because we temporarily lost Soviet Pragmatism and then Comrade Pavlov recaptured it.

[conmcb25]

Latest status, front Commanders please remember to include this with your post!

Marshal part 1 (conmcb25) Done
Murmansk (STYOM): Not yet
Baltic (Henrik) Done
Northwest (The Anzac): Not yet
Belorussian (colwyn): Done
1st Ukranian (Shaka Nuldur): not yet
2nd Ukranian (Paul Hanson): not yet
Economic (greeny): not yet
Armaments (curtsibling): Done
Marshal part2 (conmcb25) Not yet

Note: This is not the exact order of play

OK who wants to be next?