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larryfulkerson -> RE: Desert Storm 91 revised (12/16/2013 4:37:42 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: fulcrum90 Hi Larry..thanks for the AAR...one question...Do you use only minimal losses attacks?? I´m curious about your combat tactics.. Hey there fulcrum90 dude........thanks for posting. And your question. Um.......usually the first attack by my units on an enemy unit is when the enemy is entrenched to one degree or another ( D, E, F ) and I don't like to do max losses ( three dots ) attacks when the enemy units are entrenched. High losses you see. So I like to do the first attack w/ min losses ( one dot ) settings just to get the enemy unit to unentrench not to force them out of the hex. This only works because I usually get more than one combat round. [ If you only get one round then don't follow my advice w/ this explaination. ] Then on the second combat round what setting I use depends on the situation. If I need to be able to defend after the attack then I usually don't use the three dot setting because I need the unit to not only attack now but to be able to have enough readiness to defend the hex, both jobs and attacking eats up supply so sometimes I'll use the one dot setting on the second attack as well. If I don't have to defend afterward, or not for a turn or two AND the enemy unit is NOT entrenched then by all means go for it and use the three dot setting. And I really like to get a surround on an enemy unit before I destroy it to deny the enemy side the equipment that is only "damaged" and not really destroyed. Each combat has two results: destroyed and damaged and damaged is usually a small percentage of the destroyed number. So to deny even that small percentage is what I'm going for. If the enemy unit doesn't have an LOC to it's supply source it can't receive reinforcements nor supply and is usually destroyed faster with fewer attacks. What was your question again? I hope this helps.

fulcrum90 -> RE: Desert Storm 91 revised (12/16/2013 6:06:09 PM)
Thanks...Fine, basically you use minimal losses attack to put in mobile status the defender and then attack with ignore losses, right??

larryfulkerson -> RE: Desert Storm 91 revised (12/16/2013 6:11:51 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: fulcrum90 Thanks...Fine, basically you use minimal losses attack to put in mobile status the defender and then attack with ignore losses, right?? I know I ramble when you can define in one sentence what takes me two paragraphs. You're correct of course. Keep those good questions coming. I'm willing to learn also, if you have a technique you'd like to share.

fulcrum90 -> RE: Desert Storm 91 revised (12/16/2013 7:17:16 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson quote: ORIGINAL: fulcrum90 Thanks...Fine, basically you use minimal losses attack to put in mobile status the defender and then attack with ignore losses, right?? I know I ramble when you can define in one sentence what takes me two paragraphs. You're correct of course. Keep those good questions coming. I'm willing to learn also, if you have a technique you'd like to share. Well, it´s my favourite tactic..you can get better results if uses artllery in direct support. The only problem is to attack with ignore looses...units get exhausted soon and need to resupply but if you can manage this, it gives good results

larryfulkerson -> RE: Desert Storm 91 revised (12/16/2013 7:29:40 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: fulcrum90 quote: ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson quote: ORIGINAL: fulcrum90 Thanks...Fine, basically you use minimal losses attack to put in mobile status the defender and then attack with ignore losses, right?? I know I ramble when you can define in one sentence what takes me two paragraphs. You're correct of course. Keep those good questions coming. I'm willing to learn also, if you have a technique you'd like to share. Well, it´s my favourite tactic..you can get better results if uses artllery in direct support. The only problem is to attack with ignore looses...units get exhausted soon and need to resupply but if you can manage this, it gives good results You're of course correct. Also, I've heard some players use the "dynamic stack" priinciple where one has at least two units in the stack, one of which is entrenched and doesn't attack. It is used on the defensive side of turns. The other one is the one you attack with. Until it get's tired enough to just manage to defend when one switches the duty from unit to the other unit. The tired one goes on the defense and the fresh one attacks. Pretty snazy really. I've decided what to do now: I'm exploring the Olympic 45 scenario and I've already found things to change. You can find the start here http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3498572

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