With my two tank units, along with a commander attached to one, air and carrier strikes, some sacrifices on the part of my infantry and some naval bombardments, I have been picking off my opponent's tanks at leisure while my numerous garrison units stall his infantry. It remains to be seen if my opponent can pull off a seeming miracle and take Paris in the next couple turns but I think I may be wearing him down pretty thin. Paris will most certainly fall at some point but the French have done their job (maybe a little too well) and stalled the Germans to buy time and resources for the rest of the Allies. AFter a complete total route in Poland, this has either been a spectacular defense of Paris by the French or else the patch adds too much potential to the French forces to start the war. I'm inclined to believe that it is mostly the latter.
Here is the defense of Paris so far. I think he currently has one panzer unit back out of sight in reserve. Between the declaration of war on Holland and then Belgium I have knocked out 3 panzers so far, a motorised infantry and maybe one or two regular infantry. It looks like he has brought up some of his own garrison infantry to fill in the gaps now. I'm ecstatic at how well I've been able to do so far. Of course, time will only tell if I've bought enough time for the rest of the Allies but I've played the Allies before and those extra garrison units definitely make all the difference for the French. Too much of a difference perhaps?
