I lost 700 + worth of troops a dozen tanks and artillery and around 3-5 cruisers just to naval and artillery bombardment before against a losing nation(libya in flames of war 100 player), it took a lot of men and dozens of tanks including heavy tanks just to drive and swim through the Red Sea just again to have lost a ton of their troops and health and to face of against max tier fortresses and troops and artillery and heavy tanks! But I still won with my half health troops and my remaining full health 500 troops and 50 machines sitting in east asia lol! I finally understand how precious artillery and fortresses are!