Thunder in the East - July 1941

July 41 

Second session last night with my partner Angel. The beginning of July is the time for cards selection. We like the system very much. Each side can develop a strategy and this guarantees the replayability of the parties, even if for the Russian, there are structuring choices.
So I select the Panzerblitz card (we will talk about it later) and another one, which i keep secret for the moment because enemy eyes spy on us.

German Maneuvers

Medium-quality reinforcements come from Germany and two Italian units that have the merit of being there.
And it is once again a wave of violence on the whole front. Only the HQ Center is maintained in offensive mode, the remaining points are reserved for other times.
In the north, a Soviet army stuck against the Baltic managed to retreat in good order. Kaunas falls, Minsk and Vilnius are surrounded. 

In the center, Brest still resists despite the intensive shelling of bombers. Fifteen days the frontoviks block our victorious advance ... 

As for the glorious successes, I take out the Panzerblitz card which gives a bonus to all the overruns until one of them is not a success. And guess what's going on? At first, critical miss, the panzer halts and my card goes to the trash. So much for the invincible blitzkrieg.
To the south, the Russian is strong and my troops are far away. I'm trying an attack with the Romanians, which is an expensive exchange.
In general, losses are significant, especially in panzers. The combat table inflicts a lot of attrition, except in the highest odds. We are far from the games where the glorious German army rolls over everything that moves without losing a uniform button.
I feel like the frontal confrontation is not going to succeed. The enemy must be maneuvered and surrounded. Perhaps it is already too late to do so.

The only positive point in this situation is the absolute superiority in the air, achieved through the massacre of the previous round; the bombers are flying without escort, which is very pleasant.

Soviet Reptations

In turn, Angel chose two cards, which he played immediately. The first allows him to recruit 12 reinforcements corps , some of which may be militiamen. In fact, the recruiting sergeant worked well because most of them turned out to be active soldiers.
The second card allows him to fortify six hexagons and raise a garrison for free. Add normal reinforcements to all of this and you get something to reconstruct a decent line. 

Of course, he cries that he is in danger, that the situation is critical, but no one believes it. Especially in Berlin.
He still doesn't feel strong enough to attack. But on the other hand, enough make myself miserable. Instead of running backward while throwing their guns, the Soviets are standing up and blocking important passages. The defense will be high.
A Russian headquarters is being repositioned in the center, towards Mogilev, a difficult area to supply for the Russian.

A little quizz: could you find what error my partner has done ?

With the human mass slowly approaching from all sides, the German has a doubt: would there be a chance of defeat?