Chain command tips

Chain command orders -

Lets say you have one truck and 5 AA guns to pick up then using this method you can..........

Do exactly this.........

While holding down the Shift key all the time you left click on the truck right click on the first gun, then right click where you want it to go then press the S key. Then right click on the next gun then right click where you want it to go then press the S key where you want it dropped just keep repeating the whole process until all guns have been picked up and dropped off.

Chain command orders -

Listed below is a few more examples that I have used and found this to be a very useful tactic.....

1) There are say 20 assorted guns on the battlefield after a battle which you can capture and use, draw a box around a group of 40 SMG's, and holding down the shift (all the time), right click on each gun in succession, and the men will go off and man each gun in the order you specified.

2) Select a tank or Greyhound APC and holding the shift key down, press the W key and right click on a building, then repeat the process as many times as you want, and watch the tank go off and clear every building you have indicated.

You can clear a whole town this way, also if one shot does not destroy a building the tank will keep firing until that building is destroyed before moving on to the next one or run out of shells.

3) You have one truck and 10 manned guns in the forward battle area that you need to bring back to base for repairs and re-supply, so select the truck and holding down the shift key right click on the first gun, then right click on the base then press the S key, then repeat the whole process.

4) You only have one supply truck and you want to make sure all your AT guns are fully loaded with ammo, so select the supply truck then holding down the shift key right click on each gun in turn and the truck will go off and do your bidding.

5) You have masses of infantry (say 1000) on the battlefield at the beginning of a mission and you want to make sure not to many get wiped out, and you have lots of buildings around the area, press the pause key then select all the units and order the units to stand ground and hold fire (Hot keys R & T) then holding down the shift key right click on each building in turn, then un-pause and watch them go off and fill every building in turn.

6) You want a group of infantry to follow the edge of the map via a route you know is safe without being seen, you select the units then holding down the shift key right click marking the waypoints that you want them to follow, and if they have to go round things like a plateau, click as close to the plateau as many times as you think they need to keep them close to it.

7) You have a sniper team that you want to take out a battery of Howitzers and AT gun crews with, select the sniper then holding down the shift key right click on each gun in turn starting with the one nearest to your man, and the sniper will go off and take out each gun crew in turn, also if it takes more than the normal two shots for a particular gun crew the sniper will keep firing until that gun crew has been dealt with before moving on to the next one you specified.

8) You want to clear trees to form a killing zone in front of your defenses with a field gun, select the gun and holding down the shift key press the W key and aim at the base of the tree you want cleared, then repeat the process again for the next tree and so on until you either clear the area you want or the gun runs out of ammo.

9) You are in pause mode with a mass of tanks coming at your guns, but you want the guns to deal with the ones closest first or in a specific order, so you select each gun in turn and do the same to each one.....

Select the gun and then holding down the shift key press the W key each time and then right click on the tank you want taking out first, then repeat for the next tank and so on, the gun will fire at each tank in turn, and will NOT move onto the next one until that tank has been destroyed.

10) You have one sniper and 4 towers and 3 MG34's to deal with spread over an area close to the enemy lines so you want the sniper to use the cover of the trees to take them out from...

Select the sniper then press the W key and right click on the first target, the right click where you want him to go next, then press the W key and right click on the next target, then right click where you wan the sniper to go next and press the W key and right click on the next target, and just keep repeating the whole process.

You could in the pause mode issue orders to various units to do all the above listed examples, so that when you un-pause they will all go off and do their own thing, leaving you to deal with the more important things that need your attention especially in a mission like the Russian one called Stalin grad.