I'm currently at turn 20. Very interesting battle. The AI seems to be doing small counter attacks and is suprisingly active. Are there waypoints used in this scenario for the AI?
I got my troops in the Hellfire Pass making
very slow advance from both South and North. I have not been able to send any troops to Sollum yet. I did try, but got hammered by AAA fire from the escarpment. Stubborn defenders those Italians in the pass.
In the South of the map I captured Sidi Suleiman and by turn 15 I was pretty sure of a victory. I had my tanks advancing North and intented to cleverly attack the enemy at Qualala from behind. That all changed by turn 18 when fresh German armor met my cruiser tanks head-on and decimated them. I managed to save about 20 of them and have retreated behind some small hills in hopes of ambushing the enemy armor. The 2 pounder AT guns are much better against the German armor than the cruiser tanks I've noticed.
In the middle area at Qualala I have my infantry right at the first houses, but the Germans have poured in infantry on motorcycles and there are a ton of panzer III's in there too. I have made steady advance, but no breaktrough yet. The Matilda II tanks have fared better than the poor cruisers. I've only lost 2 matilda II's sofar.
Oh, and the three captured Italian tanks are quite useles.
Though they are blessed it seems. When the cruiser tanks were getting destroyed left and right the Fiats survived unscathed. They are now hiding behind some sand dunes hoping that the enemy panzers won't notice them.
Anyway great scenario!
