How do you win battles on VH (Expert)?

[Bob the Insane]

I have been playing a Campaign on M/M and a second one on H/H...

I have tried Custom battles on M, H and VH...

Now on VH (Expert) I am curious how you go about winning battles of reasonably equal forces? Sure the AI is not very bright, but it tends to keep it's forces together and even with nominally equal units on both sides the AI will be killing your men at a rate of two 2:1 in either fire or melee combat...

Do you win VH battles on the campaign map (i.e. make sure you bring more/better/appropraite troops to the battle) or can you defeat the AI on VH (battles) with two equal armies?

In my attempts I have found the AI is vunerable to your tactics but it's simple attack will have devastated the center of your line before you have had any real impact.

Personally i am enjoying Hard because it forces the player to be tactical or lose on an equal footing. Medium was fun too...

FYI, I am not criticising anything here other than maybe my own skills...