Attacking

[Ratzki]

I like that POS, move in cover as close to the objective as you can and attack from there. It works if you have an obvious path and one less so. That way the enemy does not know which way that you will come and will have to guard both or take a chance and guard just one of the paths of attack. If you can use a platoon of 1/2 squads along the path that you will not use and make them a little visible, it makes for a good looking fake attack.

I am not into testing too much, so have tried to find a game situation against a human player that shows somewhat how to advance on known enemy positions. No open ground is crossed but, the German side has enough firepower to cause some serious pain if I mess this up. The German side has moved into the trees to try to secure the flag some turns ago, but he comes in one at a time and somewhat in a column probably to limit damage if he runs into my men. I had a platoon across the road that sighted movement and I put them on short covered arcs to limit fire to defence only. I moved up my flanking platoon and reserve and started to move across the road. The german platoon returned fire and showed itself. My reserve platoon that did not move but had LOS opened up and pinned the German platoon. I got most of my men across the road but took about 25% loses across the board on one platoon. This platoon then becomes my fire base and the rerserve crosses the road taking next to no loses. My flanking platoon gets into poistion on the German left. I then advance in short bounds through the trees with one platoon and the reserve overwatches while the flanking platoon gets somewhat behind the enemy. One by one, I eliminate the enemy squads as the string themselves out through the woods. He has several 1/2 tracks for support but they are too close to the action and any time that a target is selected for them, the game's AI picks another squad of mine that is more of a threat and retargets that unit. This does not allow him to concentrate fire and the German side is now in trouble.
Note that I am presenting a wide face and advancing in a line to maximize firepower yet stay in command of my HQs. I am doing this as I know where he is and do not want him to escape.

I keep on eliminating his squads one at a time as they show themselves and am able to advance 60m+ through cover versus a stout German resistance of a German platoon, 3x 1/2 tracks, and a couple of MGs that get all get LOS at various time and at various targets. I have only 1 Flame Thrower as support but do have some armour in the area, but I have not had to use them for anything other then worrying the enemy. I want to move the armour through the trees along the road so I needed to secure this flag and protect my armour from any AT assets that he might have. I take about 25% loses in one platoon and next to none in the rest.