France 14 Offensive Tactics

[General Mod]

You need to find weak spots in the line and hit them hard with as much as you can. Set up 3 hexes back out of range of MGs and plan out your advance. German thinking of the time was that frontal attacks were stupid and costly. They wanted encirclements, who doesnt, but from a tactical perspective they would also try to attack the flank of the enemy.

It sounds to me like you are attempting a frontal attack and getting mad that its not going well. Not trying to be a d*ck, just pointing out what I think is the problem. So use your calvary to find the enemy, screen out his cav and most importantly find the enemy flank. You can see where one division meets another. Then move your troops behind the line and prepare to bust a whole in the line. When you start to break into a flank it cause the player to weaken his frontal defense and makes the rest of your attacks in that area easier.

But hey, funny that you are playing this particular scenario at this particular time. I just did a post in the JTS sub on Reddit. Im looking for people to team up and play this same scenario. 2 players per team PBEM. I have myself and one other guy. We dont know each other but it looks like he wants to play Germany, as do I. ANy interest in playing France and maybe getting the guy you are playing with if you know them to play?

what I envision is the 2 players splitting the forces between them as to not make one persons turn so long. Each team can split as they like. You form a strategy and pass the file between yourself until its done. Then the opposing team does the same thing. I love ww1, the opening battle and JTS. Its just playing one side by myself is a bit too much for me. It would take me forever. Let me know what you think. It could be fate that I thought of this idea last night and then saw your post this morning. :)