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9.1.3 Supply by Railroad
A stack of units is considered in supply if found within the 2 region* range
of a railroad which is itself connected by rail to a friendly supply source.
(*or 1 region in the desert).
The distance along the rails towards the supply source is unlimited.
(cost=0 regions).
For supply purposes, the rail line in question cannot be broken by the
presence of an enemy unit, or by the ZOC of an unbesieged enemy
fortress.
Note: A rail “section” is the portion of rail between 2 cities or towns.
9.1.4 Sea Supply
One major or two minor ports may act as a supply source. Moreover, an
HQ located on a landing beach (beachhead) is a supply relay if the
adjacent sea is not enemy controlled and allows a supply source port to be
reached.
Supply distance at sea is unlimited, as long as the sea or seas crossed for
supply are not under enemy control.
Basic Sea control is:
● Baltic and Black Sea by the Central Powers,
● North Sea and Adriatic Sea** are controlled by nobody
● All the other seas by the Entente.
**Adriatic Sea is Central Powers controlled if Italy joins this side.
9.1.5 Siege of an Enemy Fortress
An unbesieged enemy fortress has a ZOC around it with a blocking effect
for supply (except in regions where there are friendly units, before move).
A besieged fortress has no ZOC as soon as and for as long as the siege
lasts. It no longer blocks supply, except in its region.
9.2 Penalties for Lack of Supply
There’s an old saying among veterans that an army travels on its stomach.
Soldiers need adequate food and water to maintain the good physical
condition necessary for military operations. Therefore, small forces that are
kept supplied are usually able to defeat larger enemy forces without
supplies. While a good commander will make every effort to see that his
forces remain supplied, extraordinary circumstances can occur in which a
force will find itself “Out of Supply”.
9.2.1 Lack of Supply Effects
Unsupplied units are immediately identified by a “Out of Supply” symbol
next to their sprite on the map. Penalties are applied, as follows:
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● They attack and defend at ½ strength (rounded down, minimum value
1), after all terrain, weather, etc. modifications.
● The Firepower of the corps is considered zero (+0).
● They suffer a -2 penalty for morale checks in combat.
Exception: Unsupplied units in a city (not a town) defend normally (without
penalties), but attack at ½ strength (with penalties).
9.2.2 Unsupplied HQ
An HQ may be out of supply if it is too far from a Supply Source (or relay).
This is independent of the supply of its Army’s units (which may still be
supplied).
This has no direct consequences on the units under its command. It only
affects the HQ’s own capacities:
● It cannot be a supply relay.
● No breakthrough is possible.
However, its general retains all his abilities, notably those for a bonus to the
combat D12 (the stars), both in attack and in defense, and the same for his
special abilities (tanks, gas, etc.)
9.3 Isolation
An isolated unit is a unit that cannot establish communication with a
supply source from its side through a “line” of regions. This line is blocked,
either by enemy units or by enemy ZOC or by forbidden regions.
9.3.1 An Isolated Stack
Suffering Isolation is different and more severe than being unsupplied. A
stack is “isolated”:
● if it is totally encircled and cut off from a friendly supply source (or
from a relay);
● or if it cannot trace an path of 5 regions towards a friendly supply
source (or relay).
Such a path is blocked by:
● the ZOC of an unbesieged enemy fortress;
● regions occupied by enemy corps; or
● impassable regions (lake, sea, mountain crest or high mountain,
neutral country).
Consequences
● An isolated unit may not use any RP in combat.
● Each isolated unit will do an Attrition test at the end of the turn.
● During the 2nd consecutive turn of isolation, each isolated unit is
destroyed.
9.3.2 Isolated Army
If the isolated stack is with its HQ, apply the above rule to the stack as well.