Campaign Scenario Setup Help - France

[Ts4EVER]

Ok, I'm back.

We had just reached the town of Sienna when we got the good news: We will ship out to France! Finally we will see the homeland again.
The battle of France has raged in Normandy for a few months now, but we will instead land in Southern France. Our first objective: The fortified port of Toulon.

On the way there we have to clear the town of Hyeres. It is defended by an Armenian unit in German service. Their defense is centered on the Golf Hotel.

- Deploy your forces
- Capture the Golf Hotel, Hyeres and the road through the hills north

[SaS TrooP]

Should I reinforce myself in this scenario?

[Ts4EVER]

Yes, since you got reinforced for the landing.

[SaS TrooP]

I finally got to it. Working on couple of scenarios and it is not going well, I seem to suck doing scenarios with AI units moving top-down rather than left-right :P

Anyway, it went surprisingly well, mostly because I had a lot of luck while crossing the bridge. I deployed my entire artillery as smoke screen and rushed 1 Cie through the bridge supported by few light vehicles. When they made their way to the hotel, if was fortified and occupied as intel predicted. Again, 2 batteries of 105mm and some 81mm love pinned and scared the defenders and my infantry moved in with Greyhound support.
In the meantime, Ostermann's engineers deployed hastly and cleared the road for additional Sherman tanks and entire 3 Cie that moved in towards the town to clear it. 2 Cie did not take part in the battle, they remained as reserves.
Road was cleared rather fine but I had about 5 men as casualties from the mines. 3 Cie deployed and rushed through the town. Enemy defences were surprisngly stronger than I predicted, but close support of about 6 Shermans were enough. I had a lot of luck with bloody Russian guns, only one sherman was damaged and other one miraculously saved!
One tank was lost though - sad to admit - to Russian field howitzer. This last unit was undiscovered and struck the side of the tank what caused ammunition to explode. Only one crew member made it out in one piece.

I sent some patrols towards the hill nearby, but defences are too strong. One Greyhound was immobilized dangerously close to the trenches, but with White AC I managed to fend off infantry trying to get it.

My idea for a plan: rearm, wait till evening (unless my regiment's CO wants me to go quicker), deploy commandos and fresh 2 Cie... and push the hill. In fact I want to rely mostly on commandos for this job, quick raid should do it.

[Ts4EVER]

As evening falls, the enemy is still in possession of the mountain pass. We are preparing a surprise raid to take it.

- Deploy your troops south of the indicated line
- Take the pass

Welcome back!

[SaS TrooP]

Hmm, seems like deployment line is stuck at the river. Can you fix it?

[Ts4EVER]

This should fix it.

[SaS TrooP]

This raid quickly turned into actual assault, but enemy numbers were low and I managed to take them out with relatively little casualties, though dedicated recon met some nasty bunkers on the way.

[Ts4EVER]

Ok. I have been waiting to use this map...

After losing the city of Bordeaux, the Germans seem to be in a headlong retreat towards their own country. We will not let them escape! We have identified one of their escape routes and have been tasked with cutting it.

Due to the rough terrain in this area, FFI forces are operating in strength. They are supported by Jedburgh teams from SOE, so we have radio contact. We could use them to our advantage.

- Deploy your main force in the indicated area
- Deploy your FFI allies in the indicated areas (you can choose which one)
- Clear the road and destroy and retreating German force.

[SaS TrooP]

Forgot to ask: can I fix my force? Or there was too little time for it?