Retreat in PzC Smolensk '41

[Gordons HQ]

Hello,
I'm currently playing a PzC campaign Smolensk '41 as soviet commander. I've noticed strange behaviour of my troops, when they are under attack and have to retreat. Very often they choose the worst hex to retreat:



Are there any rules of choosing the hex to retreat? Or is it pure random?

Hello,
If you look in the Users Manual under Assaulting there is an explanation of where a unit can retreat and there are certain rules governing the retreat.
For instance a unit cannot retreat into an enemy ZOC or across a river.
The computer I believe picks the best retreat option if that is not available it picks the next one and so on until it finds somewhere the unit can retreat to.
If they cannot retreat then they suffer an additional penalty in losses.
I think that's about it and I hope that explains the retreats you are seeing in Smolensk 41

Cheers,
Gordon