Playing the Bismarck in old games #2 - Empire II The Art of the War (PC ms-dos game)

I made a custom scenario in Empire 2, to be the Battle of Denmark Strait. I am still tryng to figure out how to give the AI more motivation to move, as they prefer to just sit and wait until i am in range and pummel me. Highest difficulty setting seems to mean the AI gets more hits and their hits do more damage it seems