France attacking

[junk2drive]

With 8.403 I decided to try a generated campaign. I want to be France in Sept 1939 attacking Germany. (The Phoney War) through April 1940
I set up and picked forces and I am shown as defending.
Before I go any further I had a thought that it may not be possible to attack as France.

Confirm?

[Warrior]

ORIGINAL: junk2drive

With 8.403 I decided to try a generated campaign. I want to be France in Sept 1939 attacking Germany. (The Phoney War) through April 1940
I set up and picked forces and I am shown as defending.
Before I go any further I had a thought that it may not be possible to attack as France.

Confirm?

Damn the torpedos, full speed ahead!

[FlashfyreSP]

The generated WWII campaign follows the historical thread of the war, so you, as France in 1940, will probably see more Defend/Delay missions than Advance/Assault ones. It doesn't mean you won't see them, but they will be rare.

Here's a 'trick' to fake the game into thinking you are the agressor: start your campaign as a different nation, then buy your core force from France. The nationality of the A0 unit is what drives the battle types; if the game sees you having a British Ao, it will treat your campaign as a British one, even if all the rest of your core is French.

[junk2drive]

I thought that was how it works which is why I stopped. Seemed to be a faint memory of only Germany can attack early on or something like that. Thanks for the tip. Since Britain and France declared war on Germany at the same time, I will try that.
The other thing I noticed was the preference screen only showed Germany in both columns.

[junk2drive]

Starting with a British A0 then changing to France did the trick. First battle is an assault. My units all have Union Jacks but at least I can play with B1s, Soumas, D2s, etc.
Thanks for the help.

[junk2drive]

The first battle is at night. So far my tank units suck. They can't see all the units firing K98s at them so they rout. In fact all my units can't seem to find anything over one hex away. A Peugot scout car was hit by ATG and I lost one of four scouts as they bailed out.
I am only using 8.403 no mods. FYI

[junk2drive]

Not liking how this was playing out I emptied my save folder, installed the Depot MMV2 mod, and tried again.
Three attempts gets me defend or delay. I give up.

[junk2drive]

I lied. I tried again and got an advance. I only used about 2000 points. Whooped the AI. Next battle is a delay. My B1bis are holding up against PZIVs.
AFA 8.403 is concerned, LOS seems fair, passengers are taking casualties when the AFV is hit. So far, so good.

[junk2drive]

Advance, delay, delay, battle four? delay. I guess it is not possible to attack.
Each battle was way too easy for me to win total vic.