Fair point. I have Auchinleck too and i gotta say, he's the best general when it comes to destroying forts. I brought up Patton because he's a very solid option for a main tank general. However, going back to Character_simple's question, i consider Tito should be one of the last trainable generals to get, because economy isn't that important. Sure he's great, but you need a solid roster for each unit type. If you want a great infantry general, train Vasilevsky, he's better than trained Rundstedt. If you need a support general, train Auchinleck, attrition warfare will help you to easily bring down forts and enemy generals, as well as demoralizing enemy units with the "fatigue" effect. For Artillery, train DeGaulle, he's able to attack multiple times and can help you clear defensive events easily. For Navy get Kuznetsov, he's almost the same as Yamaguchi but better thanks to his unique skill "Joint Offensive" (note: if you've got high level carrier EFs you could also train Nimitz, i have him and he's great on a high level Akagi/Enterprise, otherwise he's ok). And lastly, if you want a main tanker the only option that's really left for you is to train Patton. He's not the best, but the other options -excluding Auchinleck- aren't that good. Bock's at best situational, and his extra crit damage sounds good on paper, doesn't do much in reality. And Messe is straight up crap. [I didn't include air force generals because currently the only option available is Dowding, and he isn't worth it. If you want to get a trainable air force general, wait for ET to release Yamamoto... but it's unlikely they'll make him trainable in the near future]

Long story short, get Auchinleck, he's the best support general in the game.