January 2019 – Kev`s Hobby Blog

AI knows how to:
– Use terrain (will vacate poor terrain; will defend on terrain with bonuses; will avoid attacking good ground and instead look to bypass).
– Feints or masses in one location while planning the real attack elsewhere.
– Knows how to withdraw to pull an enemy forward streching supply lines and then counter attacks looking to encircle/cutoff an army.
– Use seasons; will attack in the Spring and use the Winter to consolidate and secure its gains.
– Will set up a layered defense such that the enemy is gradually attrited as it advances.
– Will use blocking and delaying forces to slow an attack so that the main defensive line can prepare its positions.
– Will maintain a reserve for various uses like a counter attack when the enemy is spent.
– Will use pickets to gather intelligence about the enemy.
– Will use screen forces to deny the enemy intelligence about actions and movements deep in the rear.
– Will give priority to the transportation network such it will attempt to seize key junctions denying the enemy ability to move troop and reinforce a battle.
– Will peform a hasty attack if it perceives that the enemy is disorganized; will perform a careful cohesive attack against a prepared defense.
– Will use terrain as part of a defensive plan like set up a defense on the far side of a major river; give priority to holding bridges.
– Will use exploit a break in the lines with fast forces such as cavarly to cause havoc in the rear.
– Will give priority to political objectives that might break the will to fight.
– Will attempt to flank a line a roll it up.
– Will draw the enemy into kill areas made up of difficult terrain, prepared defenses, and artillery barrages.
– Will trade terrain for time if the future offers recruitment/trained troop/foreign reserves.
– Will preserve its forces and avoid attrition situations if manpower levels are low.
– Will force high attrition combat if the enemy has less manpower.