HPS PzC II

[Dog Soldier]

Infrastructure as Targets This would be such things as bridges, rail-lines, towns, crossroads. Artillery and Aerial attacks could be used to 'attack' such targets.

Dennis

How would attacks using direct and indirect fire be resolved? Would direct fire attacks on the infrastructure not affect any enemy units moving through or residing in the targeted hex?

I do not think I ever read about a fire attack on the actual rail line (without a train on it at the time) being effective in making a operational difference in the outcome of any of the battle currently in the PzC series. Bridge attacks from the air would have to have a wide range of results.

In Normandy 1944 the bridges across the Seine River were attacked before the start of the invasion to limit the movement of German reinforcements to Normandy. That is out of scope for the N44 title, but illustrates the strategic and not operational use of air power to deny movement to the enemy.
However, I do not remember, with all their vast aerial resources, the Allies intentionally trying to destroy bridges in Normandy that the Germans were retreating over. The Allies would want to seize those bridges intact to continue their advance. How gamey would it be for the German player in N44 to target every bridge he could not get engineers next to with this type of attack? It certainly would have a strange effect on play of this title as the retreating Germans destroy bridges up to 10 km behind Allied lines to isolate all Allied units which crossed the river. Same for Minsk 1944.

Very weird situations could result from deep air strikes on bridges. In France 1940, the Allies never blew up any bridges from the air the Germans seized in their blitz, though they tried very hard at Sedan with disastrous results to the RAF and French bomber wings. How would this loss of air power in the PzC game be handled with the new rule?
In Bulge 1944, could the Americans have just blown every bridge the Germans hold with air strikes at the beginning of their big counter attack in the campaign game? Could they then isolate most of the German units on the board before the December/January Allied attack begins?

I am not sure any of these issues were addressed fully in the discussion of this innovative thread. Even more could crop up after the new rules patch was released for PzC II as proposed in this thread. The ideas have merit on the surface. A lot more needs to be done to make them work I think.

Dog Soldier