Did the Gold Treatment help with Minsk 44 ?

[Fortynslow]

I just happen to be putzing through the campaign game solitaire right now and am on turn 12 out of 168. It looks to me like the pressure on the Soviets relates to time. The Soviets need to amass 12000 pts just to get to the Minor Defeat level, and 24000 pts to claim a Major Victory. Just based on my cursory analysis, it looks like one would have to take Minsk in order to win, which is some 200-250 hexes away from the Soviet start line, with several major river lines in between. In addition, the Soviets have limited bridging capabilities in the game and there is the several turn delay at each river to build the bridges. I have not looked at the German dispositions, but maybe a competent German player, could, by withdrawing strategically, and concentrating on river crossings and delaying the Soviets at VP sites, could compete.