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Originally Posted by gila
Turn the right flank as the tigers soften the center and left!
Other than the para force might arrive too late or too far away to do much good other than take out some artillery pieces more than likely parked on that hill middle right.
Other than that,looks like a fine strategy.
But what do i know? 
Anyways, looking forward on future reports  |
Too far away, probably, but shouldn't be too late for the role I need them to play. They will ensure the corner is clear so the enemy doesn't hit my Maneuver Force from behind. Even if they bite off more than they can chew, they will keep the enemy tied up for a while and I could peal off a few tanks to help them if necessary. Also, they will "distract" the enemy off-board artillery some from the engineers who have to breach the mine field. In other words,
cannon fodder
How's that for ahistorical? No army would really drop elite troops in such a situation for just a battle. Maybe if it was one of those "if we win this battle, we win the war" types, maybe, but not under these circumstances.
Overall, it's the safest place I can drop them, short of in my own deployment zone
. They need to be dropped where I can link up with them relatively quickly. I can't drop them anywhere in the middle of the enemy deployment area because AAA would blast the first group of JU-52s apart. The other option would be to drop them in the lower corner. There, I might not even be able to link up with them. At least with the pathfinder mission, I get to decide if the drop might is practical before I schedule it.
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