Why are zombie units so hard to kill?

[Yaab]

I guess you need a weapon with the highest possible anti-soft rating to kill the remnants. 320mm spigot mortar, perhaps? And if army weapons fail, there is alwyas a 500lb GP bomb...

[BBfanboy]

Patience folks! Here is the progress of the reduction of an intact IJ AA unit I trapped in wooded terrain. It was cut off from supply, but started out fully supplied.

Working them over was a US Separate Infantry Rgt. of 131 AV. Each attack was a DA.

Day 1 - AA unit disruption after DA: 4
Day 2 - AA unit disruption after DA: 12
Day 3 - AA unit disruption after DA: 46
Day 4 - AA unit disruption after DA: 97
Day 5 - AA unit eliminated

After each attack the Inf. Rgt fatigue stayed at 3.
I did not monitor the supply levels in the AA unit after each attack.
AA unit casualties were marginal until day 4. Allied casualties were nil.

[Lokasenna]

This happening, specifically against HQ units, is a thing.

[jwolf]

Postmortem report, or micro AAR if you will:

At Hong Kong I had 9 Chinese corps, arranged in 3 groups of 3. Each group had an AV in the range of 1100-1300. I attacked the enemy fleet HQ every day, cycling among my 3 groups to keep everyone fresh. The first 4 attacks were deliberate attacks, then 4 shock attacks. The first 6 attacks just inflicted a few dozen casualties, in the range of 30-150, almost all of them disabled rather than destroyed. On the 7th attack, however, the enemy unit crumbled and about 2/3 of it was destroyed. The remnant was easily wiped out in the 8th and final attack.

[Dili]

Maybe making support less defense capable.

[Yaab]

ORIGINAL: jwolf

Postmortem report, or micro AAR if you will:

At Hong Kong I had 9 Chinese corps, arranged in 3 groups of 3. Each group had an AV in the range of 1100-1300. I attacked the enemy fleet HQ every day, cycling among my 3 groups to keep everyone fresh. The first 4 attacks were deliberate attacks, then 4 shock attacks. The first 6 attacks just inflicted a few dozen casualties, in the range of 30-150, almost all of them disabled rather than destroyed. On the 7th attack, however, the enemy unit crumbled and about 2/3 of it was destroyed. The remnant was easily wiped out in the 8th and final attack.

I can easily imgaine the HQ remnants holing up in some warehouse in Hong Kong with plenty of ammo, and making their last stand there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_o ... _Warehouse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlov%27s_House

[adarbrauner]

Thank you for this post. Could not have imagined there were scouts in China at the time...

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: jwolf

Postmortem report, or micro AAR if you will:

At Hong Kong I had 9 Chinese corps, arranged in 3 groups of 3. Each group had an AV in the range of 1100-1300. I attacked the enemy fleet HQ every day, cycling among my 3 groups to keep everyone fresh. The first 4 attacks were deliberate attacks, then 4 shock attacks. The first 6 attacks just inflicted a few dozen casualties, in the range of 30-150, almost all of them disabled rather than destroyed. On the 7th attack, however, the enemy unit crumbled and about 2/3 of it was destroyed. The remnant was easily wiped out in the 8th and final attack.

Sounds like you may just have been overly anticipatory. Glad your example did not demonstrate any major 'bug' in the system and is akin to BBFanboy's example, jwolf.

[morganbj]

ORIGINAL: LargeSlowTarget

REMF = Roving Evasion Main Force

That's not what REMF meant when I was in the Army. [:D]

[Zorch]

"Why are zombie units so hard to kill?"

Because they're already dead? [:)]

[Barb]

You need silver bullets on them too!

[BillBrown]

ORIGINAL: Barb

You need silver bullets on them too!

No, you have to sever their head from their body.

Silver bullets are good for werewolves.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: BillBrown

ORIGINAL: Barb

You need silver bullets on them too!

No, you have to sever their head from their body.

Silver bullets are good for werewolves.

[&:] I thought silver bullets were really bad for werewolves.

[BillBrown]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: BillBrown

ORIGINAL: Barb

You need silver bullets on them too!

No, you have to sever their head from their body.

Silver bullets are good for werewolves.

[&:] I thought silver bullets were really bad for werewolves.

Viewpoint is everything. [8D]

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: BillBrown

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: BillBrown



No, you have to sever their head from their body.

Silver bullets are good for werewolves.

[&:] I thought silver bullets were really bad for werewolves.

Viewpoint is everything. [8D]

One werewolf's silver is another werewolf's garlic.

[BillBrown]

And I thought that garlic was only used to rid yourself of vampires. [8D]

But, I am not sure what to use to get rid of a vampire werewolf. [8D]

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: BillBrown

And I thought that garlic was only used to rid yourself of vampires. [8D]

But, I am not sure what to use to get rid of a vampire werewolf. [8D]

Well if its a zombie vampire werewolf you will need a silver katana to decapitate it, a wooden stake to pound into its heart and some garlic oil to pour all over it. Then BBQ to your taste. Serve with a side of flava beans and a nice Chianti!

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: BillBrown

And I thought that garlic was only used to rid yourself of vampires. [8D]

But, I am not sure what to use to get rid of a vampire werewolf. [8D]

Well if its a zombie vampire werewolf you will need a silver katana to decapitate it, a wooden stake to pound into its heart and some garlic oil to pour all over it. Then BBQ to your taste. Serve with a side of flava beans and a nice Chianti!

Or Buffy the Slayer.

Are there any horror movies with a Zombie Vampire Werewolf?

[MrKane]

Because you units are disrupted and fatigued after taking base/hex. Let then rest day or two and they will eliminate zombies easily. Otherwise you can fight them for months without results

[Zorch]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Zombie Vampire Werewolves. Doing Banzai charges.