A well played battle.. By the Battle AI
THE CAMPAIGN
In this coalition campaign, I have as the prussians become the greatest nation on earth, already conquered most of north-western europe.
When you have like 4000 prestige points, I think the other factions are starting to sweat. But yet, it's not like I am at war with EVERYONE.
I have destroyed the French, and pushed into Spain. And I have "unified" the german states, mostly.
Conquering Spain was't easy. I probably had my hardest time fighting the Spanish armies, as somehow they fought me better than the LOL-armies encountered in France.
Thanks to Spain, I have the biggest and most powerful fleet, constantly scanning my southern shorelines.
The Dragon/Santissimo Trinidad vaporates anything that comes in my way, but I have yet to defeat Nelson.
That n00b is patrolling the English Channel. What an ass. He will soon be a crewmember of The Flying Dutchman, when I have my grand fleet fart at them.
Also, in fear of their little island being invaded by my german legions of death, the British have declared war on me.
They finally landed a stack in northern France, not far from Caen. Can't wait to finally get those betraying bastards. I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS!!!!
Although the Austrians and Russians are still allies with me, I think it's a question of time before they decide that they want to party.
Too bad France got annihilated by my 2 stacks besieging their last bastion on Corsica. In other words, Napoleon got killed in his hometown.
Or is he dead? I swear to god, that man refuse to die. You can unleash 1000 cannon shells unto him, but he escapes with a "wound". LOL
But it would've been fun if Nappyboy got killed by running into stakes when he really was suppose to penetrate deep into Russia.
THE BATTLE
In this battle, I got my ass whooped by the BAI.. first time I think.
I know, you are thinking "OMG NOOB HOW CAN YOU LOSE AGAINST THE AI???"
But the fact is, if the AI army has enough men, some neat infantry to make the bulk of their forces, better artillery than you,
and a better position, I have myself discovered that the BAI can sometimes grab you by the balls. And it hurts.
And this was played on NORMAL.
I encountered the Portoguese army at a bridge near Madrid. Blucher was leading my Prussian army, aaand.., what was the portoguese general named? lol, I don't remember.
Anyway, when the battle took place, my army was at the far side, on the other side of the river.
The Portoguese horde was positioned on the opposite side, near a village on top of a small slope.
I thought to myself "piece of cake, lets just position my howitzers near the bridge and let those turds come to me."
Not long after the battle commenced, I realized that they wouldn't commit their forces to a full-scale charge across the bridge.
Of course, as always, the AI did send a few cavalry units across the bridge, which in turn got blown to smithereens by my howitzers.
But yet still, the majority of their army just sat on that hill, waiting for me. Then a little fail from my side, I now realized I was the ATTACKER.
That means, I had to rush across the bridge while under heavy fire from their artillery batteries positioned on the hilltop.
Their artillery consisted of 12-pounders, which had greater range than my howitzers. So I couldn't really just sit there. I needed to take the initiative, before my army got bombarded to death.
So I quickly formed up on the other side, and began to advance towards the Portoguese.
While lines of men being removed out of existance by their artillery, the unit closest to the river triggered a FOUGASSE explosion.
Well well, they march on, even if their bodyparts are spread all across the battlefield. Earlier on, I made my center and left flank infantry turn off "Fire at Will".
Later in the battle I forgot to put it on, so they just stood there on the far left flank taking hits, while not firing back.
This had a major impact on morale, so I quickly sent Blucher in to inspire the men, and to prevent my flank from collapsing.
On my far right, I had my 2 units of skirmishers harassing their flank. Sure, both sides took casualties, but I thought I was about to win.
But just like THAT, my left flank was destroyed. And to make it worse, the Portoguese got re-inforcements.. Which arrived BEHIND me.
I knew that my depleted army couldn't possibly defeat another stack, so I tried to drag as many of those bastards as possible with me.
My army was routed and shot to pieces, even Blucher had to turn tail and run.
But still, my howitzers were positioned on the other side of the river.
I knew the battle was lost, but I tried to make a last stand by re-positioning the howitzers to cover the bridge. Much to my surprise, only a small portion of their army crossed the bridge.
As I scrolled along the river, I discovered that there was a rivercrossing that has slipped past my notice. If I knew about it earlier, Blucher would still be kicking ass and taking names, like he always does.
I repositioned my artillery once again, to meet this flanking threat. I could see that the AI was in quite a hurry, as he would'nt form up on the other side of the river before destroying the last opposition.
Instead, they advanced in such a fashion, that I could fire upon 1 unit at a time, also giving me time to reload my guns and fire again.
Finally my artillery got caught up in a melee with the enemy, and they almost instantly routed.
Thats it, the END. But to sum it up, this was one of the most fun and interesting battles I have played in my campaign. Anyone else got any interesting campaign stories to share?
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Originally Posted by BDIZZLE356
