Attacking with Blitz Option

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Does anyone have any tips about when to attack on Blitz and when standard attack ?

I am happy with the idea that you can only Blitz on certain terrain types, but I'm not clear what benefits I get from attacking via Blitz rather than two separate move/attacks ?

 

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In 1.05c and previous versions, blitz worked. It does not work in 1.06 as the speed of the blitzing motorized units is too slow. It is faster to simply win one province then attack into the next.

In 1.05c and earlier, you could blitz into some open terrain but not all. It generally worked fine and your blitzing units got into the next-next province quicker than you would with two standard move and attack sequences. You just had to watch out for your normal attack not winning in which case your blitzing units could be cut off.

 

[Vissarion]

Does it increase the chance of surprise?
When you blitz, always remember to stop your units after the battle and reorder them to the next province, as after the first victory they'll use many times more time to get to the next.

 

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Your units become the ones being attack under a Blitz move, all modifiers go in your favour. Only a problem if you attack with more than 24 divs.

 

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Dont use the blitz option. Its a lot faster and more effective to retarget your armies manually. That way you can take advantage of any openings in the enemies line for you to exploit. If you set it on blitz and forget about it, you could charge headlong into 24 divisions, when a neighboring province isnt even guarded. o