CoG EE, the Path Of Nappy, early AAR

[Hard Sarge]

okay got some guide lines set up, so I can get on with the getting

Path of Nappy is one of the campaigns that can be played, from the French point of view, don't want to get into all the fancy rules or goals, but lets put it this way, you are Nappy, and you are under a lot of pressure to do what he did and do it better, this war is part of trying to get some of the goals that I need to be able to win the campaign (besides the fact, I like to fight the Ossites:)

a little background, a few wars have already been fought, Prussia and the Ossites have been hurt, while the Russians have been a royal pain, I caught the main Russian Army sneaking though Ossiteland, and gave them a mauling, they headed back towards Moscow and have not been seen since, but there may be a vanguard starting to show up again in Ossiteland

war has started with the evil Ossite Empire (well, it was a Empire a few months ago)

since my last war ended, I was pretty much sitting in, rebuilding my troops and getting some training in, while my Navies did most of the fighting, with England and Russian

so, he is a screen shot of the main map and my Armee set up

hmmm, snap was too big, had to cut it down some

[Hard Sarge]

first off, let me say, that not all of those Armies and Armees are really Army sized containers

the two Grands and the Armee du Sud are true Armies

the rest are Corps

[Hard Sarge]

if all goes well, these are the opening moves for the attack on the Ossites

(ood, says the file is too large, but it is under the limit ? hopefully, I won't have to cut all of the screen shots)

[Hard Sarge]

the border troops in the south will try and pick off one of the provinces that is cut off, here is one of my fancy troops

[Hard Sarge]

time to go fight the battles

[Hard Sarge]

the first battle begins, moving into Vennia, here is the choices for the type of battle to be fought

this is a large one, so will go with normal HW

(might help to upload the snap)

[Hard Sarge]

and some info for before the battle begins, this is Armee du Sud, Nappy is close by, if I need him, but since this will be Armee du Sud's first battle, think I will leave them be

[Hard Sarge]

start of my deployment, sitting up behind a Cav screen, so the enemy don't know what I am doing, until I am ready for him to know, which you can also see the enemy has a screen out also

plus I like to show off my troops, the Russians were kind enough to let me keep these guns

[Hard Sarge]

now, the trick is, to get the enemy to lock onto my screened force, while the rest of the Armee marches around there flank

this don't happen much, but you still got to try

[Matto]

What is the 7hex line around your Cavalry unit ? It is still one unit in long line formation ?

[Hard Sarge]

hmmm, this comes as a bit of surprise, I didn't expect to find any enemy troops to my left, I thought they were all to my right, of course, bad luck for the enemy troops, as that is my main force coming down at them, guess I will clean out this flank first, hopefully before night falls, so I can be ready for the main battle in the morning

from the shot, we can "guess" they enemy numbers as being at least 3, one Cav, one Garrison and maybe a supply wagon

[Gil R.]

It's a cavalry screen, one of the new features we've added.

[Matto]

I thought it ... great. Thanks Gil

[Hard Sarge]

well here is part of there forces, didn't want to see those forts, but I got guns, they want to hide behind walls, I can knock them down

[Hard Sarge]

the blocking force is the main attackers, some of the flankers are closing in, enemy Cav is in a bad spot, which ever way it tries to defend, it is outflanked

the Ossites troops were doing too much damage to my screening Cav, so had to square them (most charge attempts end up with the enemy going into square)

enemy already taken it on the chin, night will fall soon, and I will be able to set up for the real battle

[Hard Sarge]

and what happens when the something routes

[Matto]

Really great new features !!! 

[Hard Sarge]

wanted to wait for night fall, before climbing the hill, the fort is weak, but can still do damage

most of my night movement is done, will let the troops rest, they got a big morning coming up

overall, looks like a large, but weak Ossite Army I ran into, the other one, must have most of the real strength

, by morning, the score will be even, but I have hurt them already

[Hard Sarge]

my guns on the hill are exposed, but I got Cav coming up from behind

the other Guns, you see the main rule of the battle field, support your guns, never leave your guns unsupported, and every time my guns get over ran, I rewrite that rule in stone, until the next time I forget

[Matto]

Do not fight too much across night ... if it is similar like in CoG I, than your forces need rest ...