WR - War Conventions

[Dennis J Dolan]

Exact-a-mundo Sir Aaron, of course the real trick is crossing that 'T' to
make life interesting, but, if it happens, the shields should cover and
just start moving forward while some really interesting things start to
happen.

Sir Doran

On Sat, 19 Jun 1999 13:01:11 -0500 Tiffany M Geisendorff
<thebrutely1 at juno.com> writes:
>
>
>On Tue, 15 Jun 1999 21:24:02 -0500 Dennis J Dolan <djdolan at juno.com> 
>writes:
>>Hi there folks......everyone getting ready for ATYC?  How about Gulf? 
>
>>Well good, 'cause I got a question.
>>
>>Your unit has trained real hard all year, you've got C3 (command, 
>>control and communication) down pat, AND you have been recognized as 
>a 
>>fine elite unit.  So, there you are in the field battle, you have 
>done 
>>your flank manuever and have crossed the "T" and are on the verge of 
>
>>rolling up that flank just as pretty as you please.
>>
>>			(
>>			( _
>>			(
>>			(_
>>		A	(_	B
>>	_________________________
>>	X	X	X	X	X
>>
>>Now our folks in the A part of the line can engage as much as their 
>>eager little hearts desire, but, the question is, what about those in 
>
>>the B portion of the line?  The line is engaged, but remember there 
>is 
>>no hitting from the rear.  
>>What is the B portion of the line to do?    (Remember, stay together 
>
>>as a unit)
>>
>>Sir Doran
>>
>>Generally, in battle, use the normal force to engage: use the 
>>extraordinary to win.   Sun Tzu
>>
>
>	I would have to say that I would have these troops engage with 
>the backfield of the opponents, i.e. the polearms, flourentiners, and 
>archers. If no such backfield exists, foul the opponents weapons and 
>shields, crowd them so they start to panic and make their field of 
>vision less, make them claustrophobic. If the troops in line B foul 
>the weapons and shields of the line that is being folded, it makes it 
>soooooo much easier for line A to hit them and dispatch them as 
>needed. Some may even yield rather than be rolled like this.  Make 
>them turn to face the unit B, then they are being attacked from two 
>sides.  Just make life that much more difficult for them. Push them 
>out of line, move their position. Make it to where they cannot 
>maintain unit cohesion. Make it to where their shieldman cannot cover 
>each other.
>
>I hope this is what you were looking for, if not, I'm all ears :-)
>
>Sir Aaron 
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