You know, even though the Art of War contains very very very basic shit, some how, thousands of years later, its still relevant to explain that supply lines are important and that your army needs food.
Also if these idiots are coming for us, I'm not scared in the slightest
It’s almost impossible to list the number of times someone has “invented” this over the course of history only to be absolutely slaughtered. The Russians are doing it now in Ukraine and taking horrific casualties. You only win if the other side runs out of bullets before you run out of people.
Yep. They tried it in February-March 2022, and in northern Ukraine, this resulted in their supply lines being under constant attack for a month.
Ultimately, they had to retreat or risk annihilation.
And even then, most of the five armies committed took losses they never recovered from.
This is just a reworked version of blitzkrieg. In order for it to work, you need an armored spearhead with air superiority and mechanized infantry in support. That means parts, fuel, and vehicle wreckers to remove the inevitable breakdowns from the route of advance. It’s extremely complex.
If it keeps working, you end up on a thunder run to Baghdad in 72 hours. If it fails, you end up stretched out on a congested highway for 150 miles outside Kyiv and get slaughtered in detail. A blown bridge, a cut road, a broken down vehicle, all bring you to a halt and make you defenseless.
There currently exists a single army in the world with a demonstrated capability to execute this. Historically, the Germans tried this in both world wars and failed. But it predates the mechanized vehicle. Napoleon did it as well. It works on a very limited objective, with highly trained units.
these guys really aren't going to like the counterargument, namely "the C6 machine gun can lay down a cone of fire 800m long, with the bullets never rising more than 2m above the ground"
This is hilarious when you consider Russia tried to do just that, and in fact did have some of the most straightforward roads to Kiyv from Belarus imaginable with basically a headstart
Been pointing out that invading Canada would be just about the worst thing the US can do; we look like them, talk like them, know about as much about their own country as they do, and can basically disappear into their population. No part of CONUS would be safe from the insurgency.
Was this written by slop ai? Like I'm guessing this is skeety Pete's book. Stupid macho meat assault talk. Now hundreds of drones hit you and everyones head gets exploded off
It's funny, because for a long time while i watched, protoss were relying on timing attacks and creative play while zerg was the most reactive race looking for the long game
What this fails to account for though is a freeway-type system where there’s separate roads with traffic going in opposite directions: What if the enemy is driving straight towards your capital while you’re driving towards it’s? Do you just swap countries?
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Also if these idiots are coming for us, I'm not scared in the slightest
“Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a carpenter to build one.” Attributed to Sam Rayburn, but I honestly don’t know who that is 🤷
Ultimately, they had to retreat or risk annihilation.
And even then, most of the five armies committed took losses they never recovered from.
https://othermeans.io/p/war-is-a-highway
https://othermeans.io/p/war-is-a-highway
Interrogator: You say you aren’t from Canada and yet your attitude suggests otherwise.
Insurgent: What aboot my attitude???
Got ‘im.
Taken out of that context it reads very differently
It's the hot new thing in military strategy.
https://bsky.app/profile/volberg.bsky.social/post/3lc6gzcfdzc2c
this version of road warrior ends up being just stupid.