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Originally posted by faded glory
Umm ya I got into a second modern war now last night
I was Babylon again, this time it was france. Who was soo much bigger... But I had the edge of armor and 29 units ready to go. So when I launched my attacked I was shocked to see my progress go extremely deep into french territory. wholly 5 cities fell!!!!! With now only 17 to go. I kept on driving my troops unopposed..I did this till we hit Cannes. I say this because cannis was an inlet whos road led to paris. No way around it...only through it. My first assault of 7 units was repulsed by tons of Conscripts. my second spearhead broke through...but by then France had gone into war state and her larger cities were now cranking out tanks and marines of there own. So on the road to paris 11 troops headed for it...attacked it. We were repulsed at the bloody gates.
Then came 6 turns of holding on to Cannes as it changed hands 3 times. In the end the city was lost, and I noticed the inevitable massive flow of AI units heading towards me. I saw this last game, and you know when you see this.....your busted. Because then it becomes pure attrition! Somthing I could ill afford. Eventually the frensh drove me all the way back. I could not believe it
They now seemed poised to strike into my small sparesly defended heartland. And the flood of troops from frances production centers...far.....far east in Paris, Orleans, Marsielle, and Caen were producing tons of troops making there way gingerly to the babylonian border.
Fortunetly, by the grace of god they accepted a cease fire. I was even able to retain the tiny french city of Lourdes 
Huge price to pay.....as citizens began rioting for the next 30 turns. I was toast
Umm ya I got into a second modern war now last night
I was Babylon again, this time it was france. Who was soo much bigger... But I had the edge of armor and 29 units ready to go. So when I launched my attacked I was shocked to see my progress go extremely deep into french territory. wholly 5 cities fell!!!!! With now only 17 to go
. I kept on driving my troops unopposed..I did this till we hit Cannes. I say this because cannis was an inlet whos road led to paris. No way around it...only through it. My first assault of 7 units was repulsed by tons of Conscripts. my second spearhead broke through...but by then France had gone into war state and her larger cities were now cranking out tanks and marines of there own. So on the road to paris 11 troops headed for it...attacked it. We were repulsed at the bloody gates. Then came 6 turns of holding on to Cannes as it changed hands 3 times. In the end the city was lost, and I noticed the inevitable massive flow of AI units heading towards me. I saw this last game, and you know when you see this.....your busted. Because then it becomes pure attrition! Somthing I could ill afford. Eventually the frensh drove me all the way back. I could not believe it
They now seemed poised to strike into my small sparesly defended heartland. And the flood of troops from frances production centers...far.....far east in Paris, Orleans, Marsielle, and Caen were producing tons of troops making there way gingerly to the babylonian border.
Fortunetly, by the grace of god they accepted a cease fire
. I was even able to retain the tiny french city of Lourdes Huge price to pay.....as citizens began rioting for the next 30 turns. I was toast
whenever i decide to go to war; my first priority is to destroy opponents naval trade routes; that is destroying harbors in all coastal cities; coordinated naval & aerial bombardment is perfect for this; invasion is not necessary, keep ground units on ground fronts.
second priority; ally with a neighboring country preferably on the opposite side of the enemy; which means seperation of defense forces between two fronts.
third; before assaulting on an enemy city, make EXTENSIVE use of artillary; cut off roads, destroy population, damage defenders. far more superior tactic than civ2 style tank rush.
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