City Control and Strategy - City Basics - Stealing Cities

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Stealing Cities

There are many ways to "steal" a city in Axis and Allies RTS, and one of our favorites has to be using a Paper Tank.

The German Panzer Holhe (or Russian Maskirovka) - commonly refered to as a "Paper Tank" (or "Fake Tank"), produces a single, unattached medium tank regiment. Although it is often the subject of jokes, the Paper Tank does actually have some practical applications in online mulitplayer gameplay. Annoy your enemies by stealing their cities... [Read Full Story]

Below we have demonstrated another commonly seen technique, which we will call the "Hit and Run". To steal a city in this manner, you attempt to break the entrenchment of your opponent by causing his regiment to rout. Entrenchment offers huge defense bonuses, and without some sort of micro, (2) un-entrenched recon will never defeat (1) entrenched one.

The "Hit and Run" Step I - In the example below, we have highlighted an area in yellow that represents the boundaries of city terrain. The blue infantry has had an opportunity to capture the city, and entrench on the edge of city terrain.

Entrenched regiments will automatically attack enemies that approach too close, but will not break entrenchment to automatically attack nearby regiments, unless the have been told to gaurd that location. Gray has entrenched a regiment just outside the area that blue will defend automatically.

Now gray takes a second regiment, and attacks blue while leaving his first regiment entrenched... See Step II

The "Hit and Run" Step I

The "Hit and Run" Step II - As soon as the blue engages gray, gray retreats towards his entrenched regiment. Blue will give chase for a short distance, without breaking entrenchment... If executed correctly, blue will run right into the gray entrenched regiment.. See Step III

The "Hit and Run" Step II

The "Hit and Run" Step III - Once the battle between the entrenched regiments has begun, gray will turn his retreating regiment around and join the combat. Gray now holds an advantage in the battle (even better if he is in his zone of supply)!

Very Important that gray does not allow his un-entrenched regiment to rout! When a regiment routs it gives a morale bonus to the enemy, and if the blue entrenched recon in this example were to receive that bonus, gray will never break his entrenchment.

The "Hit and Run" Step III

So thats the basics of the "Hit and Run" - you are welcome to add your thoughts and ideas in the Breaking Entrenchment thread

City Under Siege

One modifier that effects cities is Under Siege. While a city is under siege it no longer provides a zone of supply, so it can be useful to bombard the city before attacking. From a defensive perspective, it is a good idea to extend your zone of supply up to highly contested cities, since you cannot always rely on the zone of supply that the city provides.

It is pretty easy to tell when a city is Under Siege - it will be on fire as in the example below.. Further information about the current status of the city can always be obtained by clicking on the city center.

Example of a City Under Siege

Improved Logistics

Not many upgrades effect Cities but Improved Logistics happens to be one of them. Available to every country except Russia, this upgrade effects just about every structure and unit in the game. Gives a Bonus of +5 Detection Range for units, and +5 Supply Range for structures that provide a zone of supply

Though the effect may seem small, it does make a difference when laying out supply lines, detecting enemy troop movements, and also helps any regiment that has the bombard ability. Alot of players consider this the last upgrade they get for their arties (late in game), but at only

$50 you have a little freedom when you would like to research it.

City Advantage

Veterans of Axis and Allies online play will certainly recognize the scenario pictured to the right ->
Which is often referred to as City Advantage. The random maps in online play are not always fair in the layout, or general assignment, and this is an aspect of the game new players must get used to.

Just remember that the layout of the cities on the map does not gaurantee who will capture them. Having alot of cities in front of your base is not always a good thing, if it falls under enemy control they now have a zone of supply right at your doorstep.

In Conclusion

Well hopefully you enjoyed our presentation on Axis and Allies Cities, and maybe even learned something! Any additions, corrections, and input are welcomed in our official cities thread

"Military tactics are like unto water, for water in its natural course runs away from high places and hastens downwards... Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows, the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing. Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions. He who can modify his tactics in relation to his opponent and thereby succeed in winning, may be called a heaven-born captain."

^{Sun Tzu, the Art of War}

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