Can I destroy and army in order to build elsewhere?

[SirThomasMore]

I think I have this right but I'm not sure. It's fall 1903. My army was attacked and needs to retreat/destroy. I have five SCs. If I destroy that army, I will only have 4 units. So I am assuming that by destroying that army I will immediately be allowed to build a fleet before the next set of orders. As that correct?

[Big Gun]

Yes, that works. It can be a useful tactic.

[I Love Italy]

Yes, that works. It can be a useful tactic.

Even more useful if you coordinate with an ally to destroy an unneeded unit.

I.e. if you are doing a successful juggernaut it can be helpful to can be helpful to create trust to dislodge and then destroy Russia's southern fleet.

[edmgrim]

Yes, that works. It can be a useful tactic.

Even more useful if you coordinate with an ally to destroy an unneeded unit.

I.e. if you are doing a successful juggernaut it can be helpful to can be helpful to create trust to dislodge and then destroy Russia's southern fleet.

The voice of experience?

[I Love Italy]

Yes, that works. It can be a useful tactic.

Even more useful if you coordinate with an ally to destroy an unneeded unit.

I.e. if you are doing a successful juggernaut it can be helpful to can be helpful to create trust to dislodge and then destroy Russia's southern fleet.

The voice of experience?

Yeah. Not just in that case. There's a lot of alliances where it can be useful. And I've played a lot of Diplomacy, so I've seen it all. Even a St. Petersburg to Syria convoy.

[eltojo]

Can you always choose to disband a unit, even if it could retreat?
This version of the rules says you can always choose to disband:

http://www.diplomacy-archive.com/resour ... 2AH3rd.pdf

[super_dipsy]

Yes. You will see when you have a unit to Retreat and you click it, you get the two options, to Retreat or Disband. You can choose either.