Autumn Fog - Allied

[sPzAbt653]

From 9.1.7.1. in the manual - Overextended units suffer desertion losses during the interturn calculations the same as if they were “Unsupplied” – except that those losses go to the “On Hand” pool, not the dead pile.
So it is a nice feature to have available for situations where it is considered to be applicable.

[MikeJ19]

Steve,

Thanks for this. I have not noticed enemy units suffering from desertions when I have cut them off. However, it would not be obvious either. I think I will try test this at some point - who knows, I may notice it when the Allies counter attack me my attempt at this scenario as the German.

Back to planning the German response.

All the best,

[Szilard]

ORIGINAL: sPzAbt653

For the Germans not escaping pockets issue, if you have save files that pertain to those turns where the Germans were inactive while cutoff, I would suggest replaying some of them with 'Active Disengagement' turned OFF to see how the results might differ. I've never tested this myself as I think it would change some/most scenarios too much to be a valid answer, but I would be interested if anyone else spent the time to do it. [Elmer's behavior when in contact with the enemy was changed in the past, and this keeps him from making strong attempts to break pockets in some cases].

In the thing I'm tinkering with (which is mainly intended for AI vs AI play - weird, I know) I've turned off Active Disengagement. Elmer's still pretty poor at avoiding being encircled & getting out of being cut off, but much better than before.

I've always been a bit "meh - dunno" about it anyway ...

[MikeJ19]

Szilard,

Thanks for trying it out.

All the best with your tinkering.