Sat Nov 28, 2015 5:53 pm
Lets discuss the strategic situation:
I am waiting with my attack on Longwy - as I asked Altaris and he told me in the mod, even units that are not entrenched, will profit from the new trench terrain and bonus for the defender that forts are displaying. In general last time (Paths of Glory) I tried to encircle French and British to be able to wipe them out. I am changing my strategy this time - because encirclement does just not work, only forts and trenches really seem to keep retreating units from passing through up to three provinces, including river crossings with minor losses. So I will attack my enemies head on, trying to push them as quickly behind the defensive lines, that I will try to reach. That may mean higher losses (so I have to pay more for replacments), but could also end in being able to cover more terrotory and gain an ideal defensive line, which will free up many units for Russia. My ideal defensive lines will be from Verdun - through Reims to Le Have - but I will not risk to loose units, if I cannot reach there fast enough or take the risk of loosing a battle due to too much resistance. So lets see where it goes (My ideal defensive line marked in black).
In the West still standard moves and I send some corps ahead to hunt down the Belgian units and to not allow them to completly mess up my rail lines...I wait for the forces of Longwy to either retreat - which will mean I will follow them after taking Longwy and will try to push them onward. If they stay longer in Longwy, they will not be able to stop the andvance of my ohther forces in Belgium - so either is ok. I will be delayed through Longwy by chasing them - but if they would want to dig in, they would need several turns to do so - which I will not give them - so no problem with a small delay - I will try to always bring in superior firepower and push them onward. My fleet is still gathering in force - to be bale to to some nice raids on the French and British ;-D
In East France I am going for Nancy straight away and look for opportunities to go for Belfort and Epinal.
In East Prussia - I am sending slowly (to not waste rail capacity which I will need to bring in all the mobilized reserves next turn) about half the force of East Prussia nex to Lodz, to put some pressure on the Russian and aid my Austrian ally. I will send most forces next turn westwards, as I will try to grap as much territory in the West as possible and I would run out of Steam without these reserves. But I will need to wtach the Russians closely - if they put too much pressure on the Austrians, I will need to send more forces East again. I have been building all the mountain corps (they give a movement bonus) and some artillery in the East - as fater movement will only be helpful in the East - at the time that they are finished...
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