St42 Uranus Retreat

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I am currently planning Uranus retreat campaign as the germans. I have been looking at supply sources. There are 4 axis sources in this variant, in the same locations as in the standard campaign. Two on the western edge and one at the airfields at Potomnik and Gumrak. In the standard camapign these airfield sources would be inside the kessel after it formed.

Is this correct for the retreat variant?

Given I am now allowed to retreat behind the Don, these airfield sources are now redundant and to avoid having my entire army cut off I must maintain contact with the western edge of the map. This relies on the Rumanians being able to stop the Russians from breaking through before the Panzers get there. Which is just about possible.

But wouldn't the Luftwaffe have transferred supply operations to airfields behind the Don?

Now I sit in a salient extending about 100 miles from the western edge of the map to the Don, where all the VP hexes are.

Now, when the LVII pzK arrives to rescue us, it starts at the southern edge of the map, isolated as the two remaining supply sources are inside the tenous salient I hold extending from the west. Or am I expected to also extend my lines 150 miles to the south as well. Using what, Rumanians?

Wouldn't it be sensible if the LVII was to start over to the west of the map as that is likely to be in direct communcation with a supply source when lines have stabalized.

Am I missing something here? Has anybody played this and found it all to be OK?

I would appreciate your thoughts on this Glenn. Would it be with my while tweaking a few things in the campaign before we start. Moving the Pitomnik and Gumrak supply sources and possibly the LVII PzK starting location.