Disappearing division

[Carterjon]

Hi,

Current Battleground Italy server game “carterjon” against “sandy”, carterjon is Allies. Turn 29. PG division in Ancona went from high defensive strength, supplied, to zero strength during Allied air phase and then relocated like an HQ during Allied movement. Not the target of any bombing. Sorry, no screenshot but if you can pull off the server perhaps it will repeat.

Jon

[Joel Billings]

Unfortunately I can only go back as far as the turn 30 German save. I see the 29th PzGrd division is depleted (10/45 TOE). So for some reason, this unit's strength had been reduced low enough that as a depleted unit it made an automatic offset move. Since it was not isolated in the port, it was allowed to offset and it appears it moved next to its HQ. Looking at the supply detail screen, it had virtually no supply remaining, so this lack of supply no doubt caused a lot of elements to become damaged, dropping the TOE. Without a before save I can't confirm this, but it sure looks like a case of WAD.

[Carterjon]

Thanks for looking at it, Joel. It is true that I isolated the division for one player turn before it was relieved...maybe this passed through a logistics phase sufficient to deplete it. Also, I had 3 Amph HQs adjacent. Do they automatically bombard in such a case and might this have contributed to a depressed TOE?

Found answer in manual, as always. They do bombard and damage elements. Cool!