I spot one of his units across the river and foolishly shell it. Jim assaults the central location from two sides and eliminates the armor there with no loss on his side. Jeff attacks across the river under a smokescreen and with withering artillery fire and kills two of the 3 units there with the loss of only one on his side. I didn't have enough supply on either side to do an effective assault. The wider board made the air game a lot more fun given all the possible flight paths.
Specials can tip the balance in a close battle but raw strength is needed to hang on.