Lt. Stahler

Living in Africa on the fringes of humanity means we only discover things long after they have become popular elsewhere. I have only just acquired both CMBO and CMBB and am smitten. This is what we have been waiting for since the early days of Avlon Hill's Panzer Leader in the 70s. My ASL will never be taken down off the shelf again. One question for the grognards, please! I have looked through the info for newbies but I seem to have not found the answer to this particular question. In all wargames I have played to date there is a movement benefit to be had by staying on a road. Unless I am missing something this does not seem to be the case in Combat Mission. If I give a sequential number of "move" orders to negotiate a series of bends on a road, it seems to take longer to respond to those orders than if I just order a move directly across open ground, cutting off the corners and bypassing the road. So is there really any advantage to be gained by trying to stay on a road as opposed to just moving across open ground? Any comments.