Dry..again!
Germans bring in lotsa air this turn. Supply can only manage to bring on to the map 6 of 15 MSU available. Always a shame to lose SP. . As large dumps are left in the back fields. So do you convert to truck losing a SP per dump conversion, or do you not bring in supply due to a lack of counters available?
In the center for a start we see Das Reich clear the Nesvizh-Shishitsy road.
Recon units move to the west of the Sluch River line, while 4th Panzer overruns defences of Dzerzhinsk [South of Minsk]
Fourth Pzr overruns the defenses of Dzerzhinsk, just south of Minsk.
12th Panzer attacks out of Logoysk North at 8:1.
7th Pzr attacks into the marsh town ship of Smilovichi using Engineers and bringing 10:1 to attack.
Fourth Pzr executes a 6:1 attack successfully.
Combat around Sluch river is a 5:1 forcing a retreat.
Baranovichi is assaulted at 7:1 inflicting a 1 / 2 result.
10th Pzr assaults Novorudok at 7:1 inflicting a step loss and. Retreat. Plus a VP!
Minsk …oi.. Messy and diffuclt to reduce quickly.
The Soviets played cute. Cut the road that tracks back to supply. This imposes almost a full turn slow down on moving MSU to the front. But does little to slow the forward momentum.
Surrounded forces are attacked and DE’d in the back field.
Soviet turn. See live play.
They release garrisons and move units back.
Turn 7 July 4-5. Weather: Dry storm
Is supply an issue yet? Yes, very much so.
Axis receive ten but can only take eight.
12th, 20th and 10th realign near Minsk. 4th & 7tha clear the road to Smilovichi.
Seventh and SS:R connect and attack NKVD at Rudinsk.
17th pushes way east to Bobruysk. West of Minsk forces rally to connect supply. Near Smorgon forces divert to clear the rail. 20th Mot. & 12th Pzr screen north of Minsk.
The road to Berezino is open for the moment. Several attacks in the rear are one to clean out stragglers.
Should we attack Pinskagain? Yes! We fight at 4:1 . Earning a two step loss and a retreat.
Minsk falls in a 6:1 attack. We tally up to 21 VP now.
In the German motorized phases the northern forces reinforce Minsk, and surround units.
South of Minsk they screen retreating soviets
Near Boburuysk they look to set up to the south.
Soviets roll a three for replacements. Take four SP five I a mandatory attack and one air point
16 & 19 armies move across the Zhelon river and head for Dnepr river and Bobruysk,
More forces are brought in!
In a effort to establish flanking move. Additional forces arrived to support Vitebsk – Mogilev along the Dnepr line.
VP tally now sits at 32.
