ORIGINAL: vollman
First impulse of May/June and the Germans unleashed an offensive against the French!
Using Rundstedt, I doubled eight units, and launched three attacks:
1. A big single-hex blitz against Georges, who was by himself thanks to a successful attack at the end of the previous turn.
2. A two-hex blitz against the clear Belgian hex to his northeast.
3. A two-hex cross-river infantry assault into Antwerp, defended by a single ARM unit before naval support had a chance to sail out.
I've attached the before after picture.
The first two attacks were wildly successful, killing an HQ-I, an INF, an artillery, and sending another INF to the spiral. Everybody stayed face up, and one ARM blitzed forward adjacent to Paris. If only the Stukas had successfully hit the CW MOT to the east, which is now out of supply - it could have been easily overrun!
The attack on Antwerp was a failure, however, and the Germans flipped, and lost a MIL. They could event counter-attack the lone unit in Brussels, if they feel sufficiently bold (probably not!).
What do you think overall - not bad? Poised to knock out the French?
The French aren't done yet.
I would use the Leo 451 to ground strike the 3 German units in hex with the 9-4, having the MS 406 fly as an escort. That is the only 'feeder' hex for the advance on Paris. Without those units, the Germans only have the 3 overextended units to work with.
If the Brits can ground strike the 4 German units in Brussels, they should do so. The idea is to give the German disorganized units in their front line so they can't maneuver freely and have fewer units with which to launch attacks.
Move the British HQ to the hex SW of Paris and take one of the units in Paris to move SE of Paris. Run the 4-5 French motorized from the Maginot line into the forest hex so the 6-5 British motorized is back in supply. Then have the 6-5 overrun the Bf-109 E-2 which is sitting all by itself. This will constrict the avenue for the German advance on Paris.
Move the 3-5 cavalry to where the 4-5 motorized was in the Maginot line.
Move the 5-3 in Metz to where the 6-5 British motorized was and the other unit in Metz one hex west. Move the second unit in the hex with the 3-5 cavalry one hex west to support the 5-3 infantry.
Move the 5-1 to Metz. Split the 2 units in the corner of the Maginot line to cover the hole the 5-1 created.
The other side of the Allied line should be okay but you have to get the 7-6 armor out of Antwerp (replace it with the 4-3 infantry). Depending on how well the ground strikes went, the line running from Paris to Antwerp should have 2 units each (just one in Antwerp). If you can keep one unit in Lille, that would be nice, but it depends on what forces the Germans can put into the front line for attacking.
It's also time to strip units from the Italian front - if any are available. The Brits appear to only have 2 units in France. Perhaps a land unit can be landed into Antwerp instead of the 4-3 French Infantry? Even if it ends up having to move into France sometime, the FTC restriction shouldn't be a constraint.
And if it isn't already obvious from the above: never attack with the French!
