caranorn wrote:You know you can form a Corps back out East, load it on ships (or at least load ships onto the Corps), move down South and still have a working corps? Of course you won't get support from your Army commander, but you will have unrestricted Command.
mayonaise wrote:i created a whole army with 2 corp and have been raiding up and down the costs capturing forts and cities. unfortunately i spent so much resources on doing this that i'm currently getting it handed to me in pennsylvania. ive got superior numbers knocking on washingtons doorleure:
Jagger wrote:I am thinking you can probably starve out a fort fairly easily. Assuming an invasion, you would have troops on the land side already and then put some blockading ships on all surrounding water regions. If the garrison doesn't have a supply wagon, they would probably starve in 2 or 3 months.
Or if in a hurry, use a couple brigades with 4 siege batteries. The coastal forts have a 22 power infantry garrison, a regular artillery battery and a coastal battery. So 4 siege batteries should give a significant bonus to the siege roll. One breach counts a complete destruction of the fort benefit and then a quick assault should overwhelm the garrison.
I think the solution is to bypass the forts first and establish a large land force in a good harbor/city. Establish a supply depot. Use navy and a small, dedicated infantry/siege artillery force to completely isolate the garrison and then siege. If the fort is breached, then assault. If a breach isn't achieved, then starvation should take them out in two to three months-sooner or later.
All this is theoretical. I know assaults aren't giving me good results.
Hobbes wrote:Won't the artillery you mention be fixed in place? Don't forget that a fort will still only allow a small number of the enemy's troops the frontage to attack even when breached.
Cheers, Chris
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