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Old March 7th, 2009, 05:55 PM
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Default Re: Unsupported tanks behind enemy lines

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It sounds like Andy has programmed the AI to use this defense so some extent.
Quite a lot actually make the rookie mistake of chasing running units at your peril. You need to scout & give chase not just charge as running into range of a group of 6-10 guns is not uncommon meaning you can lose much more than you gain.
Can be more problamatic than most humans as they tend to commit everything forgetting about defence in depth.
The AI is willing to have defensive units deployed and leave them there, whereas a human often cannot stop himself moving things about for the sake of it. Soon, everything is committed or at least out of place.

It is therefore vital to have an uncommitted reserve, especially in PBEM games against another human.

This one is already in the "Military Quotations" section of the GG, which every player should read from time to time, since there are pearls of wisdom in those:

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"He, general or mere captain, who employs every one in the storming of a position can be sure of seeing it retaken by an organised counter-attack of four men and a corporal.", Colonel Ardant du Picq
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