Advancing across canals

The Arbiter · Post by **The Arbiter** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:09 pm

In this France '40 French vs Germany game I lost so many men trying to advancing across a canal.Look at the carnage:

95% of the dead bodies are of my french troops.
Since in the canal the men are slow walking, and standing, means the enemy could use their LMGs and rifles to pick them off.

TheKangaroo · Post by **TheKangaroo** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 4:26 pm

Well, a lot of terribly open field there, too. Doesn't really look like a pleasant place for an attack. Going over the top further to the left, might have been slightly more successful, given the woods nearby, though I hope that there was some better spot than that somewhere else.

JeanBoule · Post by **JeanBoule** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:20 am

Is there a chance you can publish the game code?

TheKangaroo · Post by **TheKangaroo** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:52 pm

And just in case you - just as myself - were like 'Huh? Game code?':
That's the parameters of the mission. Settings and - most importantly - the integer labelled 'mission code' that you can see while the mission is loading.

The Arbiter · Post by **The Arbiter** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 3:56 am

Don't remember the exact map, sadly.

All I know is that:
Lowlands
You:France
Enemy:Germany
Infantry Only
Average Diffficulty

the space predator · Post by **the space predator** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:58 pm

I have doing someting like that, but I was in defences whit british troop.
But I think I have not use the same map then you.
I Have killed about 50 german in 13 minutes and half of them was killed while advancing across a canal by one HMG whitout loader.

TacticsGenius · Post by **TacticsGenius** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:37 am

Then what you should do is set up your HMG's on a hill nearby (if there is one)and let them give you covering fire.

TacticsGenius · Post by **TacticsGenius** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:39 am

or well that is in The Arbiters case

the space predator · Post by **the space predator** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:07 pm

I have post my hmg in a house bordering the canal, it was a village of 4-5 house

the space predator · Post by **the space predator** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:10 pm

The Arbiter · Post by **The Arbiter** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:12 pm

Nice job.

Although, close up like that, I perfer LMGs.I only really use HMGs to supress rather do any killing.

the space predator · Post by **the space predator** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:12 pm

I do my best whit what I have and whit the terrain.

Sean O'Connor's Games

Advancing across canals

Advancing across canals

covering fire

Or well