Barbarossa Turn 38

The 4th and 5th of September Turn is the last few days of the logistics pause.  It was also mud in the north and south, but in the centre the Axis pushed on closer to Moscow.  

In our game Panzer Group Guderian did not turn south but has instead pushed on to Moscow.  There are no Soviet reinforcements for the centre until Turn 50 (the start of the Operation Typhoon game) and replacements, which have their own chart per front, are reduced by the number of outstanding Mandatory Attacks which are hard to do at the best of times, unless the Axis player gets reckless or careless.  More on this later.

AGC has broken through to the south of Moscow.

In the mud AGS makes just one attack. 

Almost four days in the making, the Soviets make an attack.

It is able to be classified as a Mandated Attack

as there are 6 steps of units and 

the odds are over 3:2.

In fact it was 7:1,

but a poor roll 

produced 

a nil

result.

The situation at the end of the turn

All quiet on the Baltic front. 

Army Group North is stuck in the mud,

but not planning to move anyway.

The area between AGN and Moscow.

Moscow.

The city is well defended by empty strongpoints,

just needs some replacements to turn up.

Slight development top left-hand corner.

To the south of Moscow,

where the Soviet attack had been made.

Army Group South also stuck in the mud.

However, their engineers have made progress 

in repairing railway bridges on the Dnepr.

Two levels to repair, one attempt per turn needing 9 or 10 on the D10,

provided the Axis have engineer units and railhead in supply

The Soviets have pulled back in the Ukraine.