AARHE: Phase 3: land Combat

OK what does this tank idea supposed to recreate historically?

The extra shot, reflects to the breaktrough and exploit of the lines by tanks. Tanks were the first to breaktrough the enemy lines. And to put them more in the same category as fighters for strength, this because build totals had been the same in WWII.

++++ this is a good goal to incorporate… except how does it simulate the other aspects of Blitzkreig? it contains no movement after breakthru or has any aspects of envelopment attacks.

thinking…

how bout in every battle where the enemy has no armor forces ( destroyed in combat?) your mech units ( air, artillery, tanks) have a special ability as follows:

1. at a 1/1 basis each retreating infantry (defenders) rolls one D6 a result of one and its considered captured ( actually enveloped by attacking armor in a pocket) The piece is removed from play like it was destroyed but ONE ipc is salvaged to the owning player to represent the salvage of some escaping troops.

example: 3 tanks, 1 artillery, and 5 infantry attack 1 tank, and 6 infantry.

The attacking tanks kill the enemy tank and also take out 2 defending infantry…but the defending tank causes a hit ( attacker must lose one armor— he chooses the artillery)

thus with his three tanks the defender must select 3 infantry and 3 d6 are rolled… 2,5,1… thus one infantry is captured… the owner of this unit gets back one ipc on his next turn as partial compensation.

The defender decides to retreat its 4 infantry…

Yea its probably a reach and too tactical….

well do we make cutbacks or modifications? more or less?

Yea…. the basic idea is the ability of the defender to allow his planes to participate as local air support. This would be possible when his land forces are under attack and he is in or adjacent to the attacked territory, or defending as interceptors when SBR occur, or in any situation from the adjacent territory. The various air missions merely place these ideas in a context of actual military lexicon. It is not really complicated after playing them. They are basically all the same just different enviroments where they are involved. Air interdiction is close to what we have in OOB D-Day.

So the most important idea is the calling of planes in adjacent territories to help defend.

Are they allowed to fight more than once?

+++++ yes once when its their own turn and once as the defender. The same planes cannot fight in multiple battles while as attacker or defender.

(UK player attacks Western Europe and Germany.
Germany player DAS some planes from Germany to Western Europe to help.
UK pklayer chooses to resolve Western Europe first.
If that Western Europe attack failed. Germany player movees planes back to where they came from - Germany.
But this happens at the end of the “combat phase” so no problems.

What if that Western Europe attack won, or Germany retreats?
This comes with defender retreat too.
Where can they retreat?)

++++ in the case when the territory that DAS mission was flown from was captured… those planes have to fly to another territory in flight range. Also the same plane can only DAS in one of the attacked territories. so he may want to seperate his force.

Are they allowed to help in friendly territory?

++++ only one

Note: some missions should be allowed in addition to a combat mission like air transport.

Ok the plane must make one choice as the defender namely:  perform DAS or coastal defense. if he leaves his original territory and fights only to find his originating territory captured… he cannot perform in any other mission and must retreat to yet another friendly territory within 1/2 flight range. Its that simple.

RETREATS

Except for strategic air missions, where the defending intercepting units simply return home after one round, after any round of combat, either player may decide to withdraw and retreat. After any combat round, retreating attacking units do not all have to retreat to the same territory, but it must be from original territory where the attack began. Defending units that cannot retreat ground units on an island, or evacuating ground units in excess of transport capability must remain and continue to fight. Note: These ground units that engage in combat which results in automatic retreats simply take no further part in combat. They retreat back to their original territory and do not suffer return fire.

Note: Any defending Infantry that decides to retreat after any combat round is subject to a roll of one D6 and is lost on a roll of one. This is to simulate the ability of the attacker to “envelop” and capture enemy forces that did not escape the retreat.

Air Units
Attacking air units that “withdraw” from combat may now play to any friendly territory not exceeding the balance on unused movement points. They return to land during Returning Air Movement. Defending air units have to retreat to an adjacent friendly territory. If no adjacent friendly territories exist, retreating defending air units fly to the closest friendly territory within their flight range. If there are no friendly territories within their flight then these defending air units cannot retreat.

Naval Units
Naval units retreat by “withdrawing” from the combat sea zone. Retreating transports may not unload their units.

Ground Units
Ground units may retreat to any combination of friendly adjacent territories. Defending ground units must remain in the embattled territory and “fight to the death” only if no other retreat options are available.

Naval Evacuations
Attacking ground units in amphibious assaults may evacuate and retreat to their transports after any combat round. However, each armor and artillery unit must first be converted to a regular infantry unit. Defending ground units have the option of retreating onto friendly transports in adjacent sea zones during regular ground combat. In both cases, the evacuating transports may not move and Ground units in excess of transport capacity may not retreat.

here is a basic outline of retreats… ill come back to these posts from you two latter today.