Oh, I didn't know you were a "real battles" electric stopwatcher Zeldor
Your argument is the one which doesn't work. Those are SAMPLES of battles. Real battles for what that matters aren't in turns, aren't often in full open field, aren't without difference in terrain, aren't without units taking cover... but surely real warfare IS involving the use of reinforcements coming from the back lines and the barracks of your nation, even by aircraft (and we /have/ fast air units here) to replace the dead and the wounded. If this must be eliminated by a strategic game, it loses some of the pure strategic part, you can't deny it, really.
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