Encirclement Bug?

[AtAtack]

Playing a multiplayer server game. As sovjet I encircled a German Division. At the next turn the pocket was empty although no of the sovjet units encircled the german unit has been attacked. How is this possible? Bug, cheat?

[Telemecus]

It could have auto-surrendered - did you see a battle report in that hex?

[AtAtack]

There where no battle

[Telemecus]

And there were soviet units everywhere around the unit with no gaps it could have walked out of?

Do you have screenshots or a save you could share?

[timmyab]

Maybe it was a German unit marked for withdrawal that turn? I'm not sure if isolated units withdraw or not.

[AtAtack]

ORIGINAL: Telemecus

And there were soviet units everywhere around the unit with no gaps it could have walked out of?

Do you have screenshots or a save you could share?

Yes, it was only one Division (1.SS "LAH", turn 56)which was fully surrounded. I waited one turn to finished them of but as I recieved the next turn the unit was not in the pocket anymore . No battle report around the spot...very strange. I also checked the summery of ground units lost, but at this stage a did not managed to kill one german division. Unfortunatly I have no screen shot of the scene

[AtAtack]

ORIGINAL: timmyab

Maybe it was a German unit marked for withdrawal that turn? I'm not sure if isolated units withdraw or not.

Possible...I surrounded the 1.SS Div "LAH" at turn 56....

[Telemecus]

ORIGINAL: AtAtack

ORIGINAL: Telemecus

And there were soviet units everywhere around the unit with no gaps it could have walked out of?

Do you have screenshots or a save you could share?

Yes, it was only one Division (1.SS "LAH", turn 56)which was fully surrounded. I waited one turn to finished them of but as I recieved the next turn the unit was not in the pocket anymore . No battle report around the spot...very strange. I also checked the summery of ground units lost, but at this stage a did not managed to kill one german division. Unfortunatly I have no screen shot of the scene

Ah that does explain a lot - see Axis withdrawals on turn 57 (displayed in attached picture of this post)

[AtAtack]

Ahh...Ok.

I consider this as a bug. A unit which is encircled should not be able to withdraw until it can move freely

[corbon]

Is there any chance it tried to withdraw, couldn't, surrendered, and is now reconstituting itself on the baseline back up to 75% before it can withdraw?