New FSS Article: "Divide & Conquer"
Here is an excerpt:
When you consider military strategies, there is a tactic known as to “divide and conquer”. This entails grabbing a set of your opponents powerful troops and catching them off guard. It usually means that they’re in a concentrated and powerful defensive stance. This tactic spreads them thin, causes them distraction, and opens the door for a deconcentration of forces. If an army in a war situation is positioned how they would like to be chances are they are confident in their stance. You can expect that as far as they are concerned they have as close to an optimal arrangement as possible. If you are able to use guerrilla warfare tactics that involve such maneuvers as hit-and-runs, ambushes, and raids in order to divide and conquer the above scenario it should benefit your establishment. It will cause them to diversify their defenses and position forces differently in order to attempt to defend your potent offensive choices.
If the same resources and men were invested into a face-to-face confrontation, only brute force would overcome a powerful positioning. In all likelihood you’d see massive amounts of casualties on both sides if such an attack were done. However, if we see properly executed guerrilla warfare tactics, we’ll see that the investments are smaller and the potential to catch the enemy off guard are greater. Of course in the real world I am sure these scenarios are more intricate than I describe here. When real world armies of the modern era clash, it’s not a laughing matter because many of these tactics are an understood part of modern warfare. These dangerous elements of strategic execution in real world circumstances could intimidate even the greatest armies. The tools and adjustments they have to incorporate may be costly, inconvenient, or simply unobtainable.
Wielding a high quantity of guerrilla warfare options at your disposal would lead even the most competent, intelligent foes guessing where you will strike next. They will be stuck trying to figure out what your next move is instead of investing time in concerting their own war efforts. This is one of the reasons why it is often said that sometimes your best defense is offense. For all practical purposes this introduction to the terminology may seem somewhat meaningless right now. That’s all right; just try to keep this general idea in your mind as you approach the rest of the article. Try to visualize each situation and how the idea of divide and conquer might impact the issue at hand.
Read the rest here: http://fatherspiritson.com/2014/05/divide-and-conquer/
