MajorFallout
Battalion-Command
A lot of you guys go on about offensive warfare, but what if the war is brought to you, and you don't have a large enough army, due either to tough fiancial times or you're stuck on an island. How do you fend off those enemy hordes?
This may not appeal to you all out warmongers out there, but what about you cultural/empire building players.
I'll start this off: Depanding on whether on an island by yourself or on a continent sharing with 1 or more civs. In order to beat back those bloody civs, who insist on declaring war on you, here are 3-4 rules that I normally go by:
ISLAND DEFENSE:
1) Build up some artillery, cruise missiles, and bombers. So that you can sink any incoming ships and transports.
2) Get together 2-3 stacks of offensive units, intermixed with defensive units to beat back any landing parties, together with bombers.
3) Produce as many naval vessels as possible to sink incoming ships and more importantly aircraft carriers.
4) If the enemy is only a few squares from your shores, then produce 2-3 fighters in your coastal cities to shoot down incoming bombers. Make sure you set them to intercept mode.
INLAND DEFENSE:
1) Fortresses; these are your primary defensive 'wall' for your border with the warring neighbour - of course, you have to have the presence of mind to build these BEFORE you suspect an attack at some point in the future. Put 2 defensive units on them, and if you can spare any, some artillery as well.
2) Assemble some stacks of offensive units of between 6-15 units each, so that you can destroy any incoming armies/stacks.
3) Stacks of artillery (preferably located on hills or mountains for successful hitting power), are useful for decimating invaders, and the civ's predictable proceedure of sending in stacks of units to topple you.
4) Bombers. Use them to destroy all of his roads leading to your borders, preferably all roads/railsways to about 2-3 squares into his land. That should slow down his attack, so that you'll have time to build more units and destroy any units left in your lands.
5) Use fighter aircraft to shoot down all incoming bombers, by locating them in your border cities and some in cities just a little further into your lands. The less bombers he has the better you can destroy his forces.
6) Your navy may not be much use here, but if you wish, you could use all your battleships, destroyers and ironclads to find and destroy his navy, or bombard his coastal areas, especially any squares with resources on them.
Of course this only covers industrial and modern age engagements.
This may not appeal to you all out warmongers out there, but what about you cultural/empire building players.
I'll start this off: Depanding on whether on an island by yourself or on a continent sharing with 1 or more civs. In order to beat back those bloody civs, who insist on declaring war on you, here are 3-4 rules that I normally go by:
ISLAND DEFENSE:
1) Build up some artillery, cruise missiles, and bombers. So that you can sink any incoming ships and transports.
2) Get together 2-3 stacks of offensive units, intermixed with defensive units to beat back any landing parties, together with bombers.
3) Produce as many naval vessels as possible to sink incoming ships and more importantly aircraft carriers.
4) If the enemy is only a few squares from your shores, then produce 2-3 fighters in your coastal cities to shoot down incoming bombers. Make sure you set them to intercept mode.
INLAND DEFENSE:
1) Fortresses; these are your primary defensive 'wall' for your border with the warring neighbour - of course, you have to have the presence of mind to build these BEFORE you suspect an attack at some point in the future. Put 2 defensive units on them, and if you can spare any, some artillery as well.
2) Assemble some stacks of offensive units of between 6-15 units each, so that you can destroy any incoming armies/stacks.
3) Stacks of artillery (preferably located on hills or mountains for successful hitting power), are useful for decimating invaders, and the civ's predictable proceedure of sending in stacks of units to topple you.
4) Bombers. Use them to destroy all of his roads leading to your borders, preferably all roads/railsways to about 2-3 squares into his land. That should slow down his attack, so that you'll have time to build more units and destroy any units left in your lands.
5) Use fighter aircraft to shoot down all incoming bombers, by locating them in your border cities and some in cities just a little further into your lands. The less bombers he has the better you can destroy his forces.
6) Your navy may not be much use here, but if you wish, you could use all your battleships, destroyers and ironclads to find and destroy his navy, or bombard his coastal areas, especially any squares with resources on them.
Of course this only covers industrial and modern age engagements.
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