Looks like the Twaryians play is the obvious one: Regrouping at the crossroads before advancing in force southwards. Needless to say it would be difficult to achieve victory if we allow the enemy to freely regroup, strinking their arriving forces before they can reach the village is the key to success.
>>5457130>>5457141>>5457147>>5457151>>5457154The longer we wait, the more likely it is that the enemy will discover our ambush and the consequences for being discovered becomes more severe as more and more enemies gather at the crossroads. We'll be handing the initiative over to the enemy instead of taking full advantage of our current advantage in intel. Even a successful ambush carried out after the enemy regroups will be hard fought since we will be fighting the enemy at full strength rather than picking him off piece-meal.
Instead I propose we begin offensive operations immediately. Commander Eschenz's recon units are in position to strike the northern column of advancing T-16 tanks
(With little consequence or risk since he has Ranger's Cloak) to cause confusion and draw attention to the northern sector. At the same time, the mechanized and armored units of Gruppe Burgundy will feint an advance northwards, towards the line of T-16's. Hopefully this will convince the enemy that our main thrust is to come from the north, and will draw off some of the T-8 tanks guarding the village.
With the town's garrison weakened, the Cuirassieres of Gruppe Gelb can soften up the infantry formations in the town before we use the Landgraf's barrage (or Vix's Howitzer) to lay down a smoke screen so the Dragoons can advance and deploy safely to clean up the town.
Fiskersonn, Hauer and Gabriel meanwhile will lay in wait for the T-16's racing down from the North-east to reinforce the crossroads. When they pass the center line between them, they will hit the enemy in the flank and rear, stopping his advance dead in it's tracks.
When the Dragoons are finished deploying, the flanks of Gruppe Gelb will turn in their respective directions and catch the remaining enemy armor in the flanks with enfilade fire.
With a multi-stage operation like this it will be easy to react and alter course if things do not go to plan, at least until the moment the Dragoons deploy to secure the village (at which point we will be commited), and some actions can go off without the need for the any prior setup from earlier parts (most notably the ambush of the NE tanks by Fiskersonn and Co.).
I will finish by reiterating that we currently have fire superiority on our side. We are unlikely to have it if we let the enemy form a single, choesive unit (who knows how many more platoons could be coming down the roads), so we should strike now and try to remove as much enemy personel as we can before we're forced into a pitched battle.
