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What is the strategic movement capacity? one/ two divisions a turn?

ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury

What is the strategic movement capacity? one/ two divisions a turn?

warspite1

Good question - and not one I can find the answer to in the manual or the in-game help. I will have to try this next turn (7th Army really needs it!) and see what I am told at the time.

Well it's easy to simply select the strategic movement button and you will see how many points you have. In the Netherlands scenario it is around 1 or maybe 2 brigades per turn

11th May 1940
French 9th and 2nd Armies

Generals Corap and Huntziger have sent scouting forces across the Meuse into the Ardennes. They are not expecting to encounter any sign of the enemy however.

ORIGINAL: warspite1

As with DC:B, I find the AI turn all happens so fast its difficult to follow. However the Wehrmacht are clearly in full flow and these are the reports I have been presented with ahead of the French turn.

You can replay the turn using the history button. I think its the 4th or so from the right, just mouse over for the tool tip.

11th May 1940
French 9th Army

Corap sits at his desk wondering how on earth he is supposed to cover the line all the way from Namur to Sedan if by some chance the Germans do head his way. He orders up his two reserve divisions to cover the 102nd Fortress Division and also II Corps whose cavalry division is detached patrolling the Ardennes.

XI Corps still have some way to go to take up positions west of the Meuse.

Has anyone got any tips on the best way to defend? Just taking 9th Army as an example, there are too few units and too much territory. I can concentrate on holding the bridges, but will also need to man other areas as the Germans can no doubt cross without. Should I be defending in division strength or regiment?

11th May 1940
French 2nd Army

There are disturbing reports coming from a Belgian cavalry unit of enemy activity in the Ardennes. Regiments from the 2nd and 5th Cavalry Divisions react nervously to this news and, on their own initiative blow the bridges over the Semois at Chinyy and north of Virton.

Upon hearing the news, General Huntziger is unimpressed with such impetuosity, but in any case, orders a regiment from 2nd Cavalry to occupy Virton and orders are given to units generally to remain vigilant.

11th May 1940
British Army

The British Army has 80% Command and Control. Also there are worrying signs emanating from I Corps that General Barker is 'feeling the strain'...

11th May 1940
British Army

The BEF continue their progress up to the Dyle which, as General Brooke points out, is going remarkably smoothly and free from enemy air interference..... The lead unit, the 2nd Infantry Division led by General Lloyd reaches Waterloo on day 2 and is almost at the Dyle.


Does anyone think it strange that the Luftwaffe is not seeking to impede our movement north?

11th May 1940
Belgian Army

Not good - particularly the restrictions to I,VI and the Cavalry Corps...

11th May 1940
Belgian Army

The Belgians have started to take losses - I could not tell from the AI turn but will have a look now...

11th May 1940
Belgian Army

And here is the problem. The Germans infiltrate north of Eban-Emael and start to engage the Belgian outposts. The order goes out from King Leopold: the Albert Canal must be held at all costs.

11th May 1940
Belgian Army

With the Cavalry Corps unable to bolster the defence of Eban-Emael, III Corps orders a withdrawal from east of the Maas so that troops can be spared from Liege to move North.

11th May 1940
Dutch Army

The Dutch Command and Control level is 60% and losses are up to 8%. This level of casualties means a 1 point reduction to morale - and just to add to the problems, II Corps will have problems mounting any offensive action.

11th May 1940
Dutch Army

We'll come to II Corps in a minute, but working from south to north, the Light Division manfully try and defend Eindhoven. Bridges are blown guarding the southern and eastern approaches, while a thousand Dutch infantry and a handful of artillery pieces try and hold Helmond.

11th Army 1940
Dutch Army

Moving north, the Peel Division's attempts to interrupt 9th Panzer didn't really come to much, the Germans simply brushed aside the defence and are now pushing on Mil, whose cause is not helped by the failure to blow the bridge.

11th May 1940
Dutch Army

Moving slightly to the northwest now, and III Corps decide to abandon their position south of the Maas at S'Hertogenbosch and move north of the river where elements of the 7th Fliegerdivision are holding a bridge over the Waal. Meanwhile the 5th Infantry are ordered to make an attack against a third paratroop unit.

As feared, the attack makes no headway against the well trained Germans and has in all likelihood simply exposed the 5th Division to annihilation.... I don't think counter-attacking with the Dutch is a great idea...

11th May 1940
Dutch Army

Finally on the Dutch front we have 2nd Corps, whose 2nd and 4th Division try and hold the line between Doorn and Rhenen. The three surviving brigade groups A, B and G meanwhile try and guard river crossings having been largely unsuccessful in blowing the bridges assigned to them.

You can expect the Dutch to surrender around the 14th-15th

Rotterdam bombing card will reduce morale just to a point where the cumulative losses will make it hard to maintain it.
You should avoid combat as much as possible if you want to keep Holland in the war longer than historically