North Africa 1941 Axis: Battle of Gazala

It means your troops' firepower is too low. Play some Army Groups to earn Knight Badges and upgrade your tech for inf, tank and arty.

Minimally lvl 3 and preferably lvl 4 for them.

You can do any of the German and Italian army groups in Western Front 1939 with zero tech and just the first four free generals. Under these conditions, Army group is like 40-60 turns. Is that too long for you?

Unless you have finally done it by the time i come home from work, I’ll do a guide in approximately 8 to 10 hours.

Honestly, I thought Nobunaga's guide was quite well done. So improving on it is... well. Let's just see what I can do. 

John Marston, there's just one key point that you have to remember, which Nobunaga stressed too. 

Gotta go fast. 

Now, let's get started. 

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Generals used: Leeb (Heavy Artillery), Guderian (Medium Tank), Model (Infantry reinforcement), Messe (Medium Tank), Rundstedt (Infantry), (One empty general) 

You can use Yamashita in lieu of Rundstedt, just take care when parachuting him into an area full of enemies.

Battle Flow Brief




You'll be splitting your troops into two divisions. One for offense and one for defense. Ready your fastest and closest troops to take Bir Hakeim while the slower troops protect Rommel.

With that in mind, here's the lineup.

Division 1: Guderian, Rundstedt, the armoured car, 2x infantry and artillery
Division 2: Messe, Model and Leeb
Red circle: Auchinleck

Purchase the infantry reinforcement and deploy Model on them. Afterwards, equip Leeb with an elefant and help with destroying incoming troops. It helps to grant a few extra shots too. 

Now, to create the speed devils. Give Guderian a Panther and Rundstedt a Paratroop Jaeger. Advance with your normal troops to the blockade, before letting Guderian and Rundstedt speed around them and attack them from behind. Take the airfield with Rundstedt, charge with Guderian and take the factory to replenish him. Drop Rundstedt wherever you need him, like beside that enemy artillery. Hit Bir Haekem with everything there. You'll thank Guderian for being a tank killer now.




While you're taking Bir Haekem, Rommel will be facing the British. Use Leeb to rain lead on them, (But I set fire to the rain~~) while Messe and Model become physical blockades surrounding Rommel. 

On turn 4, paratroops will drop on Rommel, make sure you have his sides covered so that he doesn't get flanked 

After taking command of Rommel's troops, stack Rommel at the factory, before charging up towards Tobruk with Messe and Leeb. Model can stay behind to hold the fort, or charge towards Tobruk, depending on the situation.

Tobruk will be lightly guarded with an infantry, tank and heavy artillery. (there's a battleship lurking at the port too, but ignore it.) It is advisable to circle around to hit the heavy artillery behind first. 

At the same time, ready Division 1's speed devils for another desert race. If Guderian's panther is destroyed, give him the 44M TAS. If Rundstedt's paratrooper is gone, use another paratrooper. Rush across the desert with those two. Leave the slower troops to mop up the remnants, if you haven't finished them off yet.

Around this time, you may also choose to purchase extra reinforcements, like an artillery or a tank, to join up with Division 1, and head towards El Adem.





Break through the fort and troops guarding the valley, and attack El Adem. Once the Armoured car sitting on El Adem is destroyed, Auchinleck will move in to sit on El Adem. Throw everything you've got at him, then roll in. 

Side notes
My tech level is 6/6/6/6/4, with most special forces maxed out. You may need to equip a few more forces if yours dies.

If you still have more questions, feel free to discuss~ 

Nobunaga Oda, the morale drop makes my troops go into lower morale as there are too many troops at that city. Guderian slips behind the ranks, get flanked and goes into confusion. Basically Yama does all the lifting and he dies. The British troops then come and wreck havoc on my weak artillery.

And thanks for guide Lucklife. I used the same strategy, except I sent only Leeb and Yama to protect Rommel. Rest worked

No, it wasn't perfect clear. My tech level is too low for that. It's 3-4-2-3-1