von Braun said:
I have noticed that foot infantry movements across my own territory seem to occur faster than than foot infantry attacks into enemy territory. I have thought about it, and I think it makes sense because in reality, foot divisions can be moved by rail across a country, but going into attack, they have to march on foot.
Is my assumption correct?
IMO not really.
Foot divisions march on foot whereas movement by rail in my imagination is represented by strategic redeployment. For example as Germany you can move a foot unit from the Atlantic coast to eastern Poland in week. IRL this could only be achieved by rail (unless they had a surplus of trucks doing nothing which was never the case unlike the Western Allies).
IMO all troops moving into enemy held territory move slower because they are:
- meeting enemy opposition and having to clear out towns, secure roads & bridges etc
- the transport infrastructure that they are using is being destroyed in the fighting or by the withdrawing troops
- lack of familiarity with the land they are passing through, poor maps etc hence having to set up traffic control check points
- booby traps and sabotage
and many other factors cause advancing troops to move far more slowly in enemy lands than in their own provinces.
Cheers.
