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 Spring is almost here and after spending a month trapped in this small plot of land, we're ready to liberate Italy. Our goal is to control this area before the month is out.  After all the fighting, we may well have eliminated almost all local resistance. On our side we should have little problem rushing to take Cisterna di Littoria. The British objectives will be easy to capture if we get a few days of clear weather. They're nearly surrounded, and all we need is some infantry to arrive for the assault. Allied Turn: March 2, 1944 Clear (Frozen) The storm breaks, and our planes will be out today.  Campomarto falls easily, and Cisterna di Littoria has a garrison of only one unit.  Bombers carpet the remaining enemy troops at Aprilia and Carroceto. The objectives are then captured by the British. Axis Turn: March 2, 1944  The German flak guns get a chance to fire, not that it matters much to our high-flying bombers. Allied Turn: March 6, 1944 Clear (Dry) Spring is approaching and the weather is improving.  With more bombing, Cisterna di Littoria is in American hands. At this point, we only need to spend a turn to improve overstrength and then end it early to get a Major Victory.  While waiting for victory I discovered another sort-of bug on this map: That peninsula can be crossed without penalty by boats! (This is because both hexes are ocean, and there is no such thing as a land barrier in between two hexes.)  The British Engineers deliver the final blow to the Italians.  That allows us a double victory.  This battle ends up being one that is very easy against the PGF AI, as long as you have enough experienced troops (or air units and good weather) to withstand the initial attack of the quality German units. As I mentioned earlier, this is one in which no side is defending, meaning the Axis does not receive any prestige other than what they start with. Since the AI tends to spend all its initial prestige to get the best units it can, it then runs into the problem of not even being able to keep its units at full health, unless it manages to destroy a lot of Allied units and win a swift victory. That's not to say it was all a cake walk. Most of the Allied units are still outclassed by a good margin, and at least in this battle the core was outnumbered. Also we saw that the comparatively weaker British auxiliary didn't really hold up. I had to spend my prestige to replace enough of their force to keep them in the fight. Although we are not in any way hurting for prestige now. Ending Prestige: 4041 Result: Major Victory (3800 prestige awarded)
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