How to lay mines during the battle

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"Short answer - no minelaying in the game, bar arty mines."

Now my poor engineers have to carry 4 mines in their small hands to the end of the game! Becouse they are Syrians I can not tell you what they think and say of their commander.

What I will say to the designers of this game: Is there any sense to let one silly person (like me) to buy engineers with anti-tank mines unstead of bying engineers with a usefull armament set available?

In the meeting engagement I recently play (my first WinSPMBT battle) I command Syrians agains Israelians. Becouse my troops are technically inferior I imagined first going fast forward, surrounding some strategic placies with mines and then withdrawing to a safer line. In a real war I'll do just that. Why is it not possible?