Serbia '14

[Mr Grumpy]

The decision as to how this feature works was not mine so I will allow Ed to comment on that, however this is how I have been operating as the AH player when Chetnik units are present......….


The tactic that I use to counter the disruption effect is to treat the moving of MG/FG units as a two move operation, I move a battalion (normally a disrupted one if the Serbs are a hex away) into contact, I have my MG/FG units in T mode ready to advance, the following turn I place the battalion into patrol mode and then move the MG/FG units forward.
The problem comes when you wish to push the MG/FG units into the front line and the Chetnik unit is placed two hex's behind the frontline Serb units and the disruption effect cannot be countered by patrolling, if this is the case then you can't use a disrupted battalion as you leave yourself open to a counter assault when you bring your MG/FG units forward knowing that they have a high chance of being disrupted.

So in this particular situation is it a good idea under normal situations to push these units right under the noses of the Serb front line? If I can deploy the MG/FG on ground a hex behind the AH front line and use ranged fire that is my preferred option, of course this is not always possible and sometimes I accept the fact these units will disrupt but to be honest my experience is that if you have the AH command structure in place with higher level HQ's in command then these units recover quite quickly (but of course there is some luck in that). 


When I first started playing S14 the disruption effect was a bit of a shock, but over time I have just learnt to accept it and just do everything possible to minimise its effect.