Smoking mirror
Ships Captain
With the standard game rules I have found that Civ III has generaly become a game of continual bombardment. In the industrial or modern era if I am going to fight a war, tanks and cavalry actualy make up the smallest part of my force.
I enjoy the following;
4 tanks
12 artillery
8 Infantry
3 battleships
And after flight;
4 tanks
8 artillery
6 mech infantry
2 paratroopers (+a helicopter)
1 carrier and
4 Bombers
Of course this is just one division of my army, if my empire was twice as big I would have twice as many units, but I still find that the main principle is; attack one city at a time, first with bombers or battleships, untill you can get your all your units in range and then hit them with all the artillery powr you can. Once the big guns are in range I usualy use my bombers to damage reinforcements on their way to the city, or attack other cities. If you can knock out the culture improvements and reduce the population toles than 5 a modern city is all but useless.
No deffence bonus and almost no production, the A.I. will continue pouring his reinforcements in to the city in a vain attemp to resist you. All the while your Infantry protects you from counter attacks and your few tanks can pick off any ememy units who have fallen to 1HP with almost no loss.
Of course it helps to have workers to build some fortresess'
On the whole I think this is a valid alternative to the mobility war that every on prefers. Once you breack the back of an enemy army (reduce its numbers to less than yours), total victory is a forgone conclusion. Note this tactic only works well with comunism.
I enjoy the following;
4 tanks
12 artillery
8 Infantry
3 battleships
And after flight;
4 tanks
8 artillery
6 mech infantry
2 paratroopers (+a helicopter)
1 carrier and
4 Bombers
Of course this is just one division of my army, if my empire was twice as big I would have twice as many units, but I still find that the main principle is; attack one city at a time, first with bombers or battleships, untill you can get your all your units in range and then hit them with all the artillery powr you can. Once the big guns are in range I usualy use my bombers to damage reinforcements on their way to the city, or attack other cities. If you can knock out the culture improvements and reduce the population toles than 5 a modern city is all but useless.
No deffence bonus and almost no production, the A.I. will continue pouring his reinforcements in to the city in a vain attemp to resist you. All the while your Infantry protects you from counter attacks and your few tanks can pick off any ememy units who have fallen to 1HP with almost no loss.
Of course it helps to have workers to build some fortresess'
On the whole I think this is a valid alternative to the mobility war that every on prefers. Once you breack the back of an enemy army (reduce its numbers to less than yours), total victory is a forgone conclusion. Note this tactic only works well with comunism.
