I'm playing as the Imperial Guard on normal, and I have 5 provinces, all of which are maxed out with their garrisons and have large bases with plenty of facilities and turrets, etc. I'm pretty secure defensively .. offensively, however, I can't seem to do anything. Every time I try to attack a province I just get swarmed with hordes of Orks, Chaos Space Marines, or Necrons. I'm playing as fast as I can, but just as I'm setting up my base they attack me with a horde of really good units. Sometimes it's the honor guard, but half the time this isn't even with the enemy having a commander.
How do you fight a skirmish battle against an enemy who already has a full base when you're starting with just the regular HQ? I know there's the honor guard, but the max it's letting me use is one unit of Kaskirins and one guard squad ... which doesn't get me very far.
I'm sure there's just something I'm missing, but I can't figure out what that is. Any hints? I might have to restart this campaign, seeing as the Orks have about 3/4 of the planet and don't seem to be slowing down any time soon.