Ultimate General: Gettysburg (Evening Day 1 - Union Forces)

Alright, so now we're in the next phase of the battle. So Union held Oak Ridge, now we're gonna be progressing forward. Available forces, it's gonna be pretty huge. I have some reinforcements which will put me over the top of where the opponents are. But as for where it stands, he has more guns and more soldiers at the very start. So let's go ahead and fight this. Defenses on the ridge are under attack, we're still under pressure everywhere. So basically I need to hold out for the reinforcements as always. This is gonna be a major assault on the front. I like this artillery position here. I'm thinking of moving them up to the ridge. Although they have a lot of forces moving up there. Okay, so we have this hill. I like these initial positions. Let's move these artillery units here. Core unit is gonna be needed here. I think I'll move, have a staggered position for my artillery. I'm gonna move my skirmishers up front actually. Put my iron brigade right through here. Put him in the center. And get my cavalry ready for a flank attack. Same with these guys. They're gonna go scout. Let's fall back a little bit. You can go here. And turn around. There we go. Tell everyone to get on to shell. Shell. Make sure we deploy those guys. Excellent. I'm a little worried about his forces pushing up through here. He has a lot of those guys. But this smith regiment up here is very good. Let's have some reinforcements. Shell. We seem to be holding the front pretty well. I have a feeling those guys are gonna want to charge me. Let's go ahead and flank attack right there. Move these artillery forces up. It seems to be coming in for a charge. Canister, canister, canister. Move the core up. Skirmishers through here. And let's push. Push, push, push, push, push. Let's move these guys actually up the hill. I used to have one unit back here. Let's move in the center. He seems to be mostly interested in taking out my position on the hill. I think I can hold this. I have more than enough men in a good position. Let's flank. And let's get Krakowski there. Good canister shot did its work. Skirmishers move up. And I'm still holding this position. Let's get Baxter to move up a little closer. Sweeping with the cavalry. Sweeping with the infantry. Artillery will be up on the ridge for support. And should be able to hold our own. Let's make sure we target this unit actually first. That's my main concern. Move the core up. Oh, what are you doing? I'm gonna lose that unit. Yeah, close. I don't know why they advanced so far forward. We have more men here. Let's charge downhill. And you just need to attack. Continuing to press the advantage here. Let's move up with the skirmishers first. Those guys are... I'm more willing to lose them. And stay here. Holding the northern front. Artillery. Uh, shell actually. Charge through here. I... I lost. I saw the mechanism in this game. We're still kind of frustrated. Let's get the core down here to keep that guy going. Let's fall back. No need to fall back. No need to endanger my men. Let them get within canister range. So here we're starting to get a... Sort of a history of routing on my opponent's side. There we go. I was able to rally the men. Let's hold the ridge. We definitely need to target him. We can push up through here. All right. Excellent. Let's see if we can do what we did last time. Pushing forward with cavalry and skirmishers around the side. These guys to rally the men. Iron Brigade. Face him. Let's get skirmishers. Initial fire over here. I'm pretty fine with our Biddle's position. We do have... Turn these guys around. Shoot his cavalry. I'm a little worried about that cavalry strike. Got these guys back in position here. Pretty sure we can take this hill again. Charge. Excellent. Oh, here we go. Hold. Canister and hold. Let's get some cavalry. Sweet. We broke that. As I said, they have a history of routing. We've established that. That's gonna be excellent. Let's go ahead and clear this out of artillery. Hold this front pretty well. Okay, that's good. Skirmishers can fall back a bit. You need to go rally the men here. Cavalry are helping to turn this fight a little bit. Still happy about how this flank is going. Let's get Costa to help secure the ridge. And position yourself there. Let's get him in the fight. We are losing over here, which is troubling. Send buffered up there. Some more skirmishers. Lane is moving up. Let's move them back. Pushing his artillery. Still have some long-range support against these units. Charge Davis. I think he's retreated before. Yeah, he's gonna retreat. Good. Chilly's holding them back. It's positioned here. I'll just let it handle itself for now. Okay. All right, there we go. Two artillery units against that guy. Lane is gonna retreat. Yeah, he's retreating the pass. Continue to chase those guys off. Let's keep that up. Let's move the iron brigade forward. You guys can hold. You're gonna be fine. Corps commander can hold. Form the line. Lost a bit of the hill, but this guy is gonna be on shell. Sweet. Let's chase those guys off. And let's reform. Paul, reform, reform, reform. And let's get around there. We're on this flank. Continue to chase down his artillery. I think we're gonna be able to break them. Here I'm getting way too close for comfort for him. Plant some skirmisher support. Artillery. Get back to shell. Yeah, we'll take them out. That's for sure. Overall charge on this point. Get buffered back in here. Last time I did this, they were able to destroy me. So my guys are very fragile at this point. Let's move artillery forward. It's where the artillery are, which is basically where I secure positions. Oh, massive, massive fight going on here. Let's move in some reinforcements. You guys form in the city. That's fine. I'll wait till our artillery move up. Speaking of artillery, where do I need help? Hang on this position. So let's hold and hold. And this will be good. You guys can get here. Hold here. Okay, that'll be enough to hold that flank. Especially with the core commander. One more artillery unit to help decisively hold that position. You can get here. Hold actually. Major push on this front. So I'm gonna have to fall back. Actually, it's my artillery. Let's fall back. Actually, these guys are gonna have to hold the front. So good thing I was able to hold this position. This is gonna be my southern position. I'm gonna have to reform and fight back against this massive rebel front coming in through here. So I'm gonna have to get as many men as... Let's send Paul out there just to wreak havoc on the opponents. Over here, holding this position. Let's go take the hill. Definitely need some artillery to hold this force back. Let's turn around. So you guys have to get on shell for sure. That'll be enough to hold them. You can go here. Skirmishers, we're gonna have to hold the woods. You can come back. You can attack on the charge. You can push forward with your core commander. All right, sweet. Should be able to hold back this massive charge that they had. If I had stayed on the hill, they would have collapsed on me very decisively. Let's pull back and just try and get these guys a little distracted. Canister range. Excellent. Turn around and you can keep getting on shots. I think we should be able to hold that. If not, I'm gonna position more guys here. Ah, he's gonna be pushing the ridge. Let's distract these guys again. Keep those guys from doing too much damage and reinforce through here. Hold. Stewart. Canister. My guys here are very susceptible to routing. I've had them route on me many times before. Turn around. Hold, please. Hold. And hold. Okay, so they've cracked in the center. Excellent. I'm gonna have to position myself there. Distract. Here they come. So we should be able to hold this back. I'm pretty confident in this. Let's move one of our division commanders up here. Core commanders. As long as our artillery can lend to supporting fire. Land a couple shots in there and we'll be good. Oh, it looks like they're routing. We're gonna have to rally them. You are gonna be the new holding force here. Hold here. Oh, looks like they don't want to hold. So we're gonna have to hold closer to the artillery. That's fine if they want to do that. The rest of them are routing. There we go. Distraction is working. Yep. Sweet, we're breaking that. Move a core commander there. Hope these guys will stop retreating. These guys are very, very weak. Very low morale. That should be enough to hold those guys back. There we go. Three or four versus one. Please hold. There's some divisions back here. I think I'm gonna have to just pull back into the city. This is where I'm doing pretty well. My guys have been defeating them relatively handedly in the past. So let's position artillery here. That should be enough to hold this entire front. And you come back here. Skirmishers, do your thing from the town. This guy. Uncomfortable holding this position. There we go. Let's form up a big line right here. Let's pull back. No need to get too close to that. Send him as reinforcement. He's gonna collapse on me right here. So I have to be sure this line is ready. Okay, get on shell. Core commander here. These guys are in canister mode. Perlin is absolutely gonna retreat. Skirmisher can go here. Let's again cause a distraction. There we go. That's gonna hold this wing down. Artillery can now focus fire on this position. This is gonna be very, very tenuous. Hold. I just need to hold with everything. I actually may need to send in some core commanders. Because my guys here have very, very low morale. They've been known to route. And there you go. These guys are routing. Come on, it's just 800 men. Go. Rally them in. Canister shot. Boom. All of that should cause them to route. However, he is collapsing on my forces here. My own guys will charge into his. Pretty happy about how that's going. It's moving through here. You need to take the hill for sure. Target him. You target him. So it's down to my artillery. They're the only position that's still holding strong. Target them. That's a cavalry strike through there. Not much to contest with here. Let's move my brigade here. They've been doing well. So hopefully they can bring their morale to bear. Let's actually move them through here. All right. Artillery are holding their own. Please target core commander. You're in a good position. Charge. There we go. We've got enough to form a pretty massive front here. Got the hill. Hold. Attack. That'll be enough. Oh god, he's charging through with my... That it's not gonna do. Come on, put on some shots. Run. Those guys are gonna pay for charging too far forward. Excellent. Move the core back. And he's gonna try and engage my skirmishers. I know how to handle that. I'll charge those retreating men, I guess. I just need to hold this position back. Keep my artillery alive. Hold. You need to position yourself that way. Core commander here. You can form up and help save whatever's going on here. Sweet. I can take out lane. Looks like we're gonna be fighting a retreating battle. So I need to get all my cannons position in a central position. And then line up my infantry. Shit, he has more guys. Well, canister cannon is gonna be fine. This is gonna be the main problem. Iron brigade. Yes, canister shot. All right, there's no getting through for him here. I have a few too many. Get around lane. Putting the pressure on. Push the canister. Iron brigade. Position yourself here. Excellent. So I broke through his center. Those guys are never coming back. Hold this position. Haze is done. Let's get on shell. Losing the hill. Although I did hear we had reinforcements. Get that way. Pull that back. Artillery. Actually, **** that. Let's fall back. Let's form up here with more men. Hold the fighting line. This is where we're gonna have to fall back to. I can keep shattering this guy. Decent exchange with skirmishers and whatnot. He's taking the hill. Canister against him. Run. All right, how's the center holding up? Pretty well, I would say. Canister, please. Reposition. He's gonna charge through the center. All this canister shot should break him. I'm confident in my iron brigade. They've done well so far. And that's gonna be at minor victory. So he lost about 8,000. I only lost 4,000. So pretty good. I didn't end up securing all the territory that I wanted. But considering the odds, I'll take it. So that's gonna be it for this part of the battlefield. Join me next time as we continue to play the Gettysburg series in its entirety. So thanks so much. See you next time.