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Now we have turn 17 so about 1 hour into the battle losses to russian airattack have bbeen heavy 3 halftracks and quite a few infantrymen. the luftwaffe on the other hand knocked out some tanks and mortars.

the southern attack is going great and the biggest danger are the german 15 cm guns falling short on the fast advancing infantry. The commander of these units really pushes his men to the limit and while the advance is fast and steady the he might stop him soon.

The slovaks and the fallschirmjaegr managed to take the northernmos trenches and are now waiting for the gebirgsjaeger to move through. losses here were about 10 men.

the rumanians bulgarians and the regular infantry are almost in position for frontal assaults of the central trenches but are waiting for the southern and northern flankers to move in no need for haste.

russian artillery is sporadic and falls generally on old positions i have far more losses to my own artillery so far.....

If there is no big counterattack coming the situation is well in control it wil be importnat to see how well the rusiians are dugged in in their second line of defense