Piper--I didn't know I could bridge the Weser..

[jack54]

Hi all,

This is not a full blown AAR but I tried bridging the Weser River south of Hameln. Units that evacuated Hameln going south were assigned Bridge building detail going west on the nearby Peninsular while Infantry on the west bank of the Weser built heading east.

It worked and I was able to cross and launch a counter attack against the Soviet held Hameln from the south.

I still LOST but it was certainly different than trying my usual way across the lone bridge coming out of Hameln. There was a glimmer of hope for a short time.

[IronMikeGolf]

I've not played this one yet. Did you have any amphib units available? I think you could amphib a unit across to build the far side. I'll test that later.

[jack54]

I tried crossing with amphibious units but they wouldn't cross the Weser. It looks like you need to bridge from both sides.

This last try my Germans got trapped inside Hameln so I couldn't cross south....the bloody battle for the west Hameln bridge will be necessary.

[IronMikeGolf]

The most severe limitation right now is that you can, from one side of the river, bridge/swim up to 2 hex sides of water in a row.

1. Move to the river bank. Build a bridge.
2. Issue a movement order to the far side. Amphib will swim and other will build a second bridge. The fastest way across is once the unit is "in the middle of the river", issue a bridge build order to that unit. Otherwise, the unit will take like an hour or more to finish bridging.

I have not tested three hex sides. Maybe you can cross if there is a bridge on the far bank.

[IronMikeGolf]

Three water hex sides will not let you give a movement order across, even with bridges built on both banks.