Modern Warfare with a Sea of Men

Let me answer this, I'm not going to copy and paste, I'm going to give you the facts.

First of all, it is important to understand what is "naval warfare". When many people think of naval warfare, they think of tens of thousands of people engaged in a group charge, the same as the Spring Festival to catch the train home scene. This idea is right? In terms of the number of people is right, that is to say, sea tactics do rely on a certain number of troops to play a role, the number of people less can not play. On the other hand, na?ve to think that the sea of people tactics is you chase me to crowd together to attack other people's line, I can be very responsible to tell you, is to put aside in the ancient combat, this is also looking for death behavior. Don't think that the ancient military is very bad and simple, the ancient military may not be developed today, but the same is very complex, the cooperation of the various types of troops is also very important, concentrated together in a dense formation charge, that is to others as a target. Modern war, no, modern war, the Battle of the Somme, the Battle of Verdun, a day on the death (not casualties, is killed) tens of thousands of people, is shelved to today is also shocking. A Battle of the Somme down, the loss of 1.3 million people, engaged in a line charge of the downfall is so cool ~ Maxim machine gun death angle excellent to the British Empire punched out of touch. This is still the level of the First World War, if you really take the number of spring breakers to break into the modern defense, it is absolutely how many deaths, the British people have used hundreds of thousands of dead bodies to prove this point, we do not know that the pit is still jumping into it.

So, since intensive charging has lost its role in modern warfare, what is the use of human tactics? In fact, the same so many soldiers, depending on how you use. Troops are engaged in the attack, in fact, there is a precise calculation, not at the same time the more the number of people the better, the distance between the two infantry at least shells fall can not be two soldiers all hang up. Many people will question: that is not a great distance, but I watch TV and movies is not so ah! The problem is, that is the movie, for visual effects of course people crowded, give you visual shock, really according to the military requirements to shoot, people sparse, I guess you will burst the director's asshole. Speaking of which, on a side note, many people say that if another country dares to attack us, we will use atomic bombs to destroy the enemy in one breath. I'm sorry to say that you do not have that chance, because the last century has been disintegrated in the Soviet Union, a mechanized division, its march on the route of the army and the number of people to arrange to ensure that the nuclear bomb wash when you can only take out a very small part of the other side of the troops, it is simply not possible to wipe out the other side of a mechanized division in one breath, you can think of it, they can also think of it. The US beat up Iraq you can also see the US military marching in a zigzag pattern, not just walking around with a full stomach, but also to avoid losses. Back to the topic, in the attack on a target opponent are several soldiers have a clear goal, alternating cover attack, the enemy's many targets at the same time by the strike can not concentrate on my target division strike, at the same time, due to the number of us an echelon of the attack is a limit, so the enemy's blow can not be again in a short period of time to cause excessive losses. If the front echelon of the attack losses, a soldier can not continue to attack (injured or killed in action), the rear echelon of soldiers will automatically fill in, continue to launch an attack, so that the entire attack is always in a comprehensive attack and the opponent is difficult for us to carry out large-scale killings of the state, which allows us to make the lack of firepower can always be maintained on the battlefield to maintain a sustained and effective attack and to avoid large-scale losses. Losses. To the other side will leave a kind of: our attack a steady stream, like the sea waves, a wave of never stop, as if there are several times the strength of the appearance. In fact, a lot of sea tactics launched when our troops are not as much as the other side's troops, but the effect does show that our military strength is far from endless.

But this tactic has drawbacks. First of all, this is in the case of insufficient firepower, the use of people to make up for, belong to the helpless move, does not mean that it is how excellent. Secondly, this tactic requires close cooperation and experienced soldiers, and if the soldiers are not well-trained, this tactic cannot be realized at all. Finally, when the troops have a large loss, this tactic will lose its effectiveness, it is difficult to maintain, it can require our troops do not have more than the number of opponents, but there must be a basic bottom line, if the number of people is too small, the battle line is too long to follow the lack of power, the entire battle line may be completely collapsed. When our army in the Korean War as a result of the volunteer army are elite soldiers, this system to play the stove, so the effect is very good, but does not mean that the troops of other countries can also do this. The United States in order to combat this tactic, but also used a simple way, with firepower to against the consumption, as long as the opponent will not be able to continue to maintain the ability to attack, our side won, a name called the sea of fire tactics. In fact, are at that time China and the United States will be the advantages of their respective strengths to play out.

As for the sea of men tactics in modern warfare, this also depends on the specific circumstances. War this thing is very complex, not with the fight Red Alert like, build a thing out to put half a year will not be bad, the U.S. foreign attack, put the military power is limited after all, in Somalia is not also defeated? In the case of backwardness, depending on how you use it, in a particular environment used well, the sea of men tactics can still work.

However, today's People's Liberation Army no longer has the need for this. China can theoretically easily manufacture 100,000 gun barrels a year, the existing helicopters have exceeded one thousand, and rockets can accurately hit a target a hundred kilometers away, both quality and quantity have been and then completely different from an army. Early in the Vietnam War, the quality of our military forces due to the decade of turmoil and the army's long-term lack of remediation, combat is very inefficient, command is also backward thinking, initially very passive. But it is by virtue of the artillery advantage, as usual, the intention of a large number of annihilation of the Vietnamese army, the enemy's five major divisions, two were annihilated, one due to the problem of our military operations to let them escape, and two major divisions withdrawn from Cambodia in Hanoi to form a new line of defense, changing the situation on the battlefield. But in any case, the superiority of our artillery was absolutely demonstrated. And today's army, with helicopters in place and transport, refueling, and early warning planes gradually forming a solid fighting force, we can also airdrop several divisions at a time onto our opponent's turf to launch a direct attack like the Soviet Union and the United States of America did back then, no longer needing to rely on man-over-sea tactics, and if it weren't for the protection of the U.S., our current armored forces could have fought the South Korean army to the sea at the 38th parallel in a single breath with no repairs in the middle of the day, if not protected by the United States, and the United States. The only people with that power are the Soviet Union at its peak in the 1980s and the United States in Operation Left Hook, as well as China, which just realized that capability last year.

Man-ocean tactics is the embodiment of the wisdom of the Chinese people in that particular era, the good thing is that today's motherland is already very strong, we no longer need to rely on life to achieve the tactical intent, if there is an aggressor or need to counterattack the enemy, we can also be comfortable with the precision of the blow to greet our enemies.