[WarInEur] Barbarossa under options

[noble1234 at aol.com]

The Soviets need some new defense strategies because the attrition option reduces the effectiveness of the traditional retreat.? I'm not saying the Soviet border divisions shouldn't retreat but it does make you think twice about whether you get?more utility from leaving that stack of 1-4s in?place.? 1. Take your (non Siberian) reinforcements as?far east as possible.? They will be up to?full strength by the time the German army arrives.
2.? Spend some production on?forces that don't take long to produce that can screen the 4-4s arriving later in '41?from the attacking Germans and give those?corps time to train up to full strength.

Lets see how the upcoming battle unfolds.

And? now?questions - How are the fortified units and AT units affected by attrition??????? 

Does the system display the eroded supply range of an MSU?


-----Original Message-----
From: Don Lazov <dlazov at comcast.net>
To: sgminfo <sgminfo at aol.com>
Cc: warineur at mailman.halisp.net <warineur at mailman.halisp.net>
Sent: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 6:49 pm
Subject: Re: [WarInEur] Barbarossa under options


Interesting concepts.?
?
> The only problem with that strategy is...?
> ..it gives the Soviet player time to mobilise and get his newly raised > recruits knocked into somesort of order...?
Very true (ask the French Commander this).?
> The rate of advance after the initial rush is then still limited by > supply range from the slowly advancing railheads...?
>?
True, but there is a counter to this in the campaign game (not telling right now, don't want to spoil it, it's not a cheat it's something one can discover if they have read enough on mech warfare and studied the attrition model a bit).?
> Rushing Moscow before a crustal defence has a chance to gain substance > and firm up,?
> might actually be the lower cost option.?
>?
Crust defenses are easy to break with attrition.?
> On the other hand...taking Moscow at the first rush, might leave a > tired and exhausted force at the mercy of the Siberians, or any > reserves that the Soviets have formed and somehow kept back intact for > a late counterstroke...?
>?
This is what Steve and I will test soon.?
> During the initial test runs, no clear conclusions could be reached > upon this point, which augurs well for the longevity of the possible > permutations inherent in the model...?
>?
As Steve has said we shall see.?
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