Nice weather in May

Nice weather in May



The good days are coming back. The tits are chirping and so are the T34s. The Russians infiltrated in the north are cleaned up by an ad hoc panzer group. On both sides, there is a desire for offensive. Violent fighting break out in the centre of the front. Tula is taken and then freed by a powerful counter-blow which volatilizes an infantry corps. The HQ South is driven out of the advanced positions it occupied and forced to withdraw north of Rostov. Chances of taking the city are increasingly slim. The majority of Soviet reinforcements are concentrated in the south and in Stalingrad. Axis troops are outnumbered there.

In the air, the Luftwaffe organises a major offensive. Soviet airfields are hit relentlessly, trying to repeat the exploits of 1941. Alas, the VVS is present in numbers and patrols. The results are mixed: the skies remain neutral, both sides having invested all their means in the action.



The sun continues to shine and both sides attacks at the same time. The HQ Centre goes on its pressure between Moscow and Voronezh. Most of the panzers are present in the area and the Russian is suffering. A Soviet army is isolated. Each time, the attempts to counter it are weaker. In the south, on the other hand, the pressure intensifies on the axis lines. A wall of infantry comes to hit the Germans tirelessly and makes the front retreat. Rostov will not fall. The Stavka decides to liberate part of the armies that have been defending Leningrad for a year. An orderly withdrawal is organised and they try to take the train to the centre. The OKH, which has perceived the manoeuvre, comes to block the railway line near Tikhvin.
In the last week of May, the rain returns to flood Russia, calming the ardour of both sides. Both sides take a break awaiting June, when the sun will be guaranteed. In Moscow as in Berlin, everybody is aware of the fragile balance that exists. Who will be the first to break? 





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