1st Ukraine Front - Insiders look at a Play Test

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Hi The SNAFU,

A reasonable question that (like the AAR) is best illustrated with a picture...






As you can see the units on the right are all disrupted due to the recent fighting just south of Pavlovka. All are pretty beaten up after engaging 5th MC. You should recognise the Feld Ersatz Bn! The first unit of any worth is I/GR677 - a fair way away from the action.

I have started to thin the boundary between the 75th and 34th Infantry divisions, but it is very brittle as is. The fact is that the Russian player should not want to push further in this direction and should be trying to ultimately head south east towards Zvenigorodka, not south west.

For the German player, thinning this area further and pushing to the right will put the units in the path of the Russian forces and with their higher movement allowances ultimately result in isolation and destruction. The first aim is to start to build a solid shoulder, from which a counterattack can be launched later.