Small Army victories

[steviejay]

ok, here's the situation.

At the start of the Industrial Age, I had a rather large "border dispute" with the Egyptians. Due to their larger army and their MPP's with other large Civ's I couldn't attack them so I had to batten down the hatches and defend as best I could. I did and in the end they offered me peace. But the peace was uneasy and they still didn't like me very much for reasons known only to Cleo, the uneasy peace was hanging by a thread until due to a large amount of MPP's. the world declared war on each other and the Egyptians and I were on the same side, fighting the Indians and Koreans, the other two Superpowers of my Civ. I asked and got an ROP from the Egyptians in order to get my forces to go attack the Koreans and everything was dandy. they were gracious and just loved me, it got to the extent they gave me Computers, about 200 gpt and 10k gold just for Rocketry. But, a problem occured. Due to the combined might of both our armies the Koreans and Indians were wiped out and the land was shared between the two victors. But as soon as the battle was won the Egyptians started to not like me again. cancelling our ROP and just being a git towards me. At the moment they are annoyed with me and the stench of war is in the air. its comming, I know it, you can just feel it. both our fleets are moving about making our presence felt and land units are patrolling borders.

Now here is the question (sorry for the wait, I just like stories and background info)

If war broke out what would the best way to go about gutting them like fish?? Does anyone have any of their own tatics for taking on a larger force with a smaller equally armed army?

My Military advisor says "Compared to these guys our army is average". I have more Mech Inf than them by a factor of 2 or 3 and double the amount of tanks they have. they have ALOT more infantry than I do (due mainly to me having Leo's workshop, upgrading alot of my Inf to Mech) I also have more artilery than they do. They have a larger navy than I do, but I've got enough Cruise Missiles to sink every ship twice over.

I know there might be an article on the War Academy for this and I'll probably read it if there is one but I was just wondering what everyone's own views are, any little tips they've used to great success.

Can anyone help me out here?

Steviejay

PS- sorry for the bad Subject name, its pretty late and I can't really think of a more informative one

 

[DaveMcW]

Send a stack of doom over, they will meet you with their own SOD. Kill their SOD and their land is yours.

 

[Clown2TheLeft]

Me?

I'd not fret their artillery; they don't use it correctly.

Artillery is a siege weapon. It is an OFFENSIVE weapon that has a defensive role. Never have I seen the AI mass an arterial assault on a city. Bombers? Sure, but not arty, and bombers can be shot down.

Naval power is most likely a non-issue here. If war breaks out, they'll send a fleet of ships to hammer improvements along your shore. Again, artillery: keep a few behind to damage their ships, sink with Cruise missles.

Settlers. Build cities inside enemy territory, claiming resources and razing nearby enemy cities. If it's that late in the game, Egypt, being religious and industrial, has railroads everywhere. A razed city has surviving rails around it; you do not have to build any to keep a line with the resource going back to your capital if you're on the same continent.

Be mindful of terrain--rivers, hills, etc. Choose your engagements on your terms. Do not go on the offense without a goal.

hit on differnt fronts. Diversionary strikes. Keep those MI's flipping back and forth looking for you and try to catch them in the open when they're unfortified.

Listen to Slayer's "Bitter Peace" when initiating the war. This helps. Seriously.


Later!

--The Clown to the Left

 

[steviejay]

Egypt's only suply of Uranium and Rubber is right on my border and I have about 15 Bombers just waiting to turn it to ruin. I'm more worried about the fact this war might move away from "conventional weapons" as the Manhatten Project is built (by myself) and we're both geting close to having tack nukes under our belt. How trigger happy are AI's with Nukes? anyone know?

 

[DiamondzAndGunz]

The AI can get really trigger happy with nukes... Bomb their uranium before you complete the manhatten project. That should keep em from building any nukes. If there are any other civs out there, secure trade embargoes with them against egypt to prevent them from acquiring any uranium that might be lurking elsewhere in the world. If you start using nukes, they will definately fire back with as many as they can.

As long as you have lots of MI and artillery on your side, defending against them should be no problem. If you have lots of tanks (and later MA) you should have no problem attacking.

If their only strength lies in infantry, defending against them shouldn't be too bad. It seems your military is fairly strong compared to theirs. Go for it. See how it plays out. Just make sure they don't have any uranium if it comes down to nukes.