New Manassas scenario alt-hist#3 beta version

[zakblood]

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[zakblood]

rough plan, white on the map is my set up, with red lines my aim's or routes of attack....



as i played the CSA side yesterday, today is the turn of the US...

side map is a bit blurry and not really good for planning but i'll make do..

first attack direction is the stone bridge and the VH behind it and the Heights.

second attack direction is the lewis and balls ford, which once attacked, or probed in my case will be supported by a flank attack from units carried over from the stone bridge attack.

3rd is a mixed direction attack that starts off a one and will later split into 3 routes and 3 targets, but all troops will first take Blackburn's ford before moving on.

as this is new to me and not been played before, as yesterday was CSA side played, i'll make mistakes but they will be posted any way as this is a test or work in progress AAR or As Action Report, and not after it[:D][;)]

[zakblood]

only my turns will be shown so a end of battle my turn report will be uploaded and posted as it happens...




ambushed already, not the great plan i had in mind, can remember them now from yesterdays play as well, ah well my fault but i rush more men to the ford i guess i'll have a few more of these, out of position, in wrong formation so was lucky it wasn't more or my commander

[AlessandroD]

[zakblood]

while i do my plans on the age old Chinese proverb, plan for quick victory but expect it to be a long slow painful death, with what can go wrong, does go wrong[:D] [;)]

[zakblood]

as every plan in history goes to pot with the first shot fired, i alter to suit my first idea and play with where i don't find the CSA i move on, where i do i attack [;)]

[zakblood]

first unit across balls ford so plan C seems to be going ok[:D][;)]

stone bridge is taken, but not as yet held in depth...

[zakblood]

plan B lewis ford is next, then the push to the hight's, then the link up with Blackburn's ford area

[zakblood]

with 6 units already routing i'm pushing too hard and pull back a bit on the pushing for now, or i'll loose on a morale loss

[zakblood]

4 routed units recovered so only 2 left wandering off into the distance, stone bridge held in depth and balls ford crossed by a whole brigade now, lewis will be assaulted next, with Blackburn units in position and ready in a turn or 2



applying pressure everywhere doesn't give much in the way for movement from one area to the next and lowers the whole armies morale with little chance to rally, but that works both ways so is risky but as all war is a gamble, i throw the dice again and see what i roll.

[zakblood]

oh i do like the smell of gunpowder in the morning, bird singer, the sound of men marching, drums and fiddles playing, shame it's off to war we go, was enjoying myself, as i pick off lone stragglers the score and casualties seem atm to be going to me



in one turn this could go either way mind you[;)]

[zakblood]

while i'm not the worlds greatest commander, neither i'm i the worst, with only 1 unit left routing, i rally my men before i go on and attack any more in most sectors

[zakblood]

4 more of my units routed so i call hold and rally brigade orders for a turn or 2 and rest my men

[zakblood]

seems the CSA are in a worse state than me so i push on for now and see if i can push them over the edge, while the fighting goes well everywhere except at Blackburn's ford where i'm held and suffer more damage than i give, this will be a thorn in my plan as i haven't the men there as yet to take it or hold it...

seems CSA is pushing every man and unit they have to lewis ford so is weak at almost everywhere else, and i get my first new set of guns, care of CSA leaving them around for the taking[:D][;)]



taking them was easy, holding on to them will be another totally different thing atm, as i'm being pushed back at cost to both side at lewis ford, so keep an eye on my morale for now, while i move down troops early from the stone bridge.

[zakblood]

i give CSA a good run in for crossing the stream and attacking the heights



i was on top of the lv3 heights looking down on them for long enough, they decided to come and say hello, so i sent them back across with a lead wave from my brigade waiting there to be reinforced before i attack, seems CSA doesn't want me there...

146 damage isn't a record for one attack for me, but it's in the top 5[;)]

[zakblood]

with 8 units now routing and the whole 1st brigade out of action, i have to slow down and rally my men



so close but not good enough at Blackburn's ford, i almost get it, but are held, and i really need to rally rest and recover before another push here

[zakblood]

7 units rally, 1 carries on to almost the map edge and maybe lost if it doesn't recover in time, then 5 more rout on the CSA turn

[zakblood]

all units rally and recover some morale, while some rest i move towards the heights, all ford's in top half of the map except Mitchell's are taken, but while i have them, holding on to them will be harder

[zakblood]

one last push forward then it's back to hold and rally, and wait to recover for me, before i push on and take some VH

[zakblood]

mopping up CSA units as i go