STAVKA: Military Council of Commanders

[H Tower]

I wasn't really thinking of launching any summer offensives this year, minsk was a special case IMO because it was so close to smolensk and the HUGE army we had built up there. Not to mention the German army isn't spawning like crazy right now in Belurussia

In the Ukraine the situation is different, the Germans are going crazy with all the spawned units

[PinkyGen]

Minsk also has Soviet pragamtism, making the city especially useful.

I think we need to wait at least a few turns to see what happens south around the Don. I'd rather keep our built up cities rather than recapture our old ones. Also, we may wish to build our air defenses (and sturmoviks) more during the summer, the Luffwaffle is still in force.

It is only June, summer will last for a while if we wish to attack during this time.

[conmcb25]

Originally posted by PinkyGen
It is only June, summer will last for a while if we wish to attack during this time.

Yes for FIVE more turns after this one. However Colwyn is convinced the war is almost over. In order to satisfy both opinions maybe we should wait a few turns and see how the south is going. If it holds then launch a major offensive out of Minsk in late summer. That will give a few more turns to rush units up north and down south. This is not a directive just a suggestion to stimulate discussion.

[Bossy20000]

Are we planning to hold Minsk for the rest of the summer, or just as long as we can? Are we going to send many reinforcements to keep it?

[H Tower]

Joint Command Area troubles

Comrades, my staff out in the field have informed me that the Joint Command Area is not doing well, is lacking forces and has no strategy. This will not do. The commanders of both the Belorussian Front and the 1st Ukranian Front need to get together and formulate strategy, agree on the reinforcements (not rush buys) needed from both fronts and just plain old start communicating. Both of you have been extremely successful on your fronts, and I would hate to have to remove one or both of you for not properly communicating. Get It Done!

[The ANZAC]

Just wondering: why even bother having a joint command?

[Bossy20000]

I thought none of them wanted to let the other take control of the cities, so they decided to have joint control. The problem is I think that both are concentrated on their primary fronts more then on this joint front, which is why it has less reinforcemnts. I could be wrong though!

PS This is in no way a complaint on how they run their fronts, they both do a very good job, but this is a weak spot in our defence.

[Bossy20000]

Something totally different now: I looked at the game, and I noticed an AA Battery north-west of Moscow. The Germans will most likely not attack there very soon, so we might send it somewhere else where it can be of more use (I would prefer more protection for my building in Moscow, but i will understand it when it is sent to the front )

We also need a road between Tula and Orel, because now troops headed for Orel are sitting ducks for the luftwaffe to attack! We need a road to be able to quickly reinforce cities as Orel and even Kursk!

[Shaka Naldur]

I have the cities of the joint comand under my front but Colwyn move some of his units there and claim the city
and they decide to make a joint comand

the problem
colwyn doesn´t look very worried about those cities and I do
but I don´t have the units to hold them, and colwyn does

that is the problem in my opinion, the first one who gets the file use the joint comand as his own without asking the other one

[PinkyGen]

I propose the Joint Command be eliminated, and that the front cities be either assigned to one front or another. Otherwise, there seems to be little responsibility to hold the cities, and much confusion over how much each front should contribute.

I realize that whomever does not get the cities may be disapointed.

[Bossy20000]

Well, we could give them to the Marshal or somebody else who is neutral, so both will be disappointed This could resolve the problem though, just give them temporarily to the Marshal as his personal front to control until we find a solution for it.

[Shaka Naldur]

Originally posted by Bossy20000
Well, we could give them to the Marshal or somebody else who is neutral, so both will be disappointed This could resolve the problem though, just give them temporarily to the Marshal as his personal front to control until we find a solution for it.

then we will have three people involved and it would be even more confusing

but who are we going to give the cities??
colwyn will have more cities under his comand than the rest of the front comanders togethter
and if you give them to me I will need the units not needed in the bielorussian front

[yop73]

Why don't you both take 1 city?

[PinkyGen]

Short unofficial straw poll of what to research next, I didn't realize we were on the verge of a new tech.

Advanced Flight IV (Yak-9, to make up for the lost prototype).
85 mm AT Gun (leads to Mobile Warfare III: T-34/85 (a T-34 with a new bigger gun).

[Bossy20000]

85 mm AT Gun. I would like to see new Yak-9's, but we need tanks to take German cities, not fighters