ORIGINAL: warspite1
Turn 42 - Axis Turn
8th February 1941
I can only assume I wasn't bold enough at the start of the game, although was only fractionally behind historical timing. The Italians have a thick wall of well dug-in infantry in the Jebel which are totally impenetrable, and that massively out-number the CW units. All of the latter need time to re-supply.
I got the impression that you
let your opponent capture Sidi Barrani back on turn five - perhaps not wanting the game to end early. Regardless, once you knew that the Cease Fire was not canceled, you should have fought like mad to hold it. It appeared to me that your opponent didn't commit his entire force to its capture, and you needed to have forced him to do so, in order to make him put his entire head into the noose. As a result, he retained far more of 10th Army than he should have.
The good news is that none of the Axis stuff that started the game on the map will reconstitute. So, whenever they are eliminated, you won't ever see them again. They will be a serious problem, but this is a very long scenario, and IF you can hold out, the odds favor you in the end. Just remember that force preservation trumps the value of any terrain. Don't hesitate to run like hell if you need to. The El Alamein position is very strong - especially if you've not gotten the fleet sunk. (In other words, don't squander it defending Tobruk!)
