F 14 Campaign scenario observations

[Volcano Man]

"Doing what you describe might certainly be the ticket to defeat the AI though."
I'm just going to try a limited attack with 5th Division and 1st Army Kav against myself, i.e. the French 88th which should arrive by RR in time to set up a position, but which will probably not even briefly stop an army. All I do know is that a front assault against the BEF @ Mons is not a pretty picture. J:conf:

Right, those DITs were not (historically) intended to make a stand in the open field, but if they position themselves in the right place then they can cause problems (delays). All they need to do is spot the key canal crossings in their area and put their field gun units there and some infantry battalions. That alone will hold up the advance for quite a bit, but they cannot (and should not) deploy in the open terrain to try to stop the Germans.

Historically the 88e DIT raced up to Tournai by rail, which it is positioned to do immediately, and disembarked there to hold the road net by the southwest side of the Scheldt. That full division there can certainly cause some problems for at least a day, maybe more. It would give its life in the process, but it would be deemed as a necessary loss if the Germans were suspected as concentrating everything in that direction. :(