Ok, so I was questioned about a decision while commanding the PAC team on Tunis Harbour because people would like to know my reasoning. They're perfectly right to and it's good of them to take the interest to find out.


The situation was:

1. It was nearing the end of the round, PAC were up on tickets somewhat, and held 2 of 3 flags. One PAC squad (+ a single man squad) were on Eastern, guarding it against possible attacks, while the rest of my forces defended Power. The EU decided they needed another flag and, because no one was attacking Junkyard, they were able to throw their entire team at Power:
   
   
   
   This worried me, we were down 7 people defending at Power and were therefore, outnumbered. The enemy were close to the flag and it was unclear who was winning the battle. Losing Power would have been costly, and while Junkyard flag was empty, it would have been easy for the enemy to fall back and defend it.
   
   
   
2. Suddenly I realised that I need not take Junkyard, but merely make the enemy think I am trying to, to get them to fall back, I decided to send the squad at Eastern across the barge, towards Junkyard. The Idea being as follows:
   
   
   
   With at least one squad pulling back to Junk, if not more, the pressure would be eased on Power, and either the rest of their team would keep pushing to the flag and die, or also fall back and defend having lost the advantage of numbers.
   
   
   
3. Unfortunately, things did not fair quite as well as hoped/expected. Firstly the squad pushing to Junkyard got caught on the barge; an enemy squad having responded rather fast. Secondly a buggy rush headed to Eastern and began capturing the flag:
   
   
   
   I was trying to watch the advance, while staying aware of Power, and was busy talking to SLers about the push saying a number of times that I "just want to get their attention". I was entirely caught off guard by the buggy as, put simply, there were so many people at Power, I didn't expect there to be any more of the damn enemy left on their team XD Anyway by the time I spotted the buggy I also realised the advance had been stopped and we lost Eastern.
   
   
   
4. After that I needed to work out whether Eastern or Junkyard had more opponents on. They had fallen back to Junk and I think must've lost some people on the way, who had then spawned at Eastern. I decided to push on Junk, and had a buggy going that way too when the round ended. I think so anyway, there was so much back and forth that round I'm suddenly trying hard to remember! But PAC won

Just another point, when crossing an open area it is down to the SLer to call the timing. If the order is given by the commander then it is entirely an option, after assessing the situation, to tell him that it can't be done. This would have been the alternative:



Still moving the enemy forces; and the squad would be able to fall back to the flag. However, often you think you can make it before a squad cuts you off, and this can easily go wrong for even the most experienced players.


Summary

In the future I will remember that, although it is best to explain your reasoning, sometimes you are too busy and it is better to tell them not to question until after the round.

I hope this clears up the confusion behind my reasoning, comments?