[WarInEur] Barbarossa under options

[sgminfo]

noble1234 at aol.com wrote:
> The Soviets need some new defense strategies because the attrition 
> option reduces the effectiveness of the traditional retreat.

Precisely
>   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.
More problematic than this...
:-)

If you choose to run,
can you?

As you run the 1-4 is less mobile than a 10-8,
As you run your fatigue level rises and eventually your speed of retreat 
also starts to drain away
As your fatigue level gets extreme,
you also start to lose key defensive functions,
such as the zoc.
> 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.
Yes, you are seeing the implications on having reserves, and strategic 
implications of required covering forces for a headlong retreat....

But you also have to guard against the fact that your bright shiny new 
1-4 screen is at  fraction of its combat value,
so may not stop an onrushing Panzer force...i.e. a 1-4 at 90% attrition 
is likely to be overrunable by just about anything that bumps into it, 
that is anywhere near full strength and efficiency.

The 'simple' retreat, now becomes something of a complex art form...
The 'hustling advance' no longer simply comes to grief at the limit of 
supply as the new reserves flood into the line.
The balance of force projection now does not have huge steps as you 
cross the boundaries of various supply states.
>
> Lets see how the upcoming battle unfolds.
>
> And  now questions - How are the fortified units and AT units affected 
> by attrition?  
Look at it logically...
You could say...

The fortified unit augments the defenders other units...

So they are the key issue, are they attritted?

The At unit, is a unit like any other....so its combat value (defense 
only) is subject to attrition. This has implications....

A 0-1-10 at 90% fatigue, has a defensive value of 0.1
So a 10-8 in supply attacking it , although halved, now can pack a real 
punch on the crt.
>   
>
> Does the system display the eroded supply range of an MSU?

Yes it can..depending on your preferences/options chosen...

The fatigue/attrition on an msu causing supply problems can be 
rationlised thus...

The MSU represents the M/T park.
The MT park is the enabling factor in the tonnage lift of supplies 
forward, that are relying on non organic logistics capabilities.

If your M/T park has now suffered a reduction in size due to wear and 
tear plus casualties,
so the potential tonnage lift capability shrinks.

If the tonnage lift shrinks,
the quartermaster now has a choice...

Carry less to the destination,
or maintain the tonnage lift,
by more intensive utilisation of what he has left,
i.e. Don't send the trucks so far,
so they can increase their sortie rates from the dumps etc etc.
But the distance over which they can support the standard required 
tonnage falls.


-|steve|-

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