Me seizing just a few of course will not be the key to victory. A supply route is not an enemy unit.ģ) I'm really surprised of your quick conclusion that supply is not a center of gravity. I will say it again, I never said or implied anything about an ENEMY UNIT doing me the most damage. In this area of operations (mid-low level operational level), is where I have to respond to my superiors.Ģ) Either my writing is incomprehensible or you are not actually reading what I write. Theater-wide (low level strategic level) I can't care less what the Soviets are doing.
#The operational art of war iv slitherine professional
Strategy, as understood in the professional military lingo has nothing to do with the scenario I'm playing. It confuses people and puts what you want to say in a very bad light.
I could be writing another blog post right now.īut your comments rubbed me the wrong way, not because I don't like to be challenged (I'm a scientist and that's what scientists do) but because you fail to extend your arguments beyond that article you cited.ġ) Don't use the word strategy so loosely. That's the only enemy center of gravity that I can challenge right now. But, the cavalry units on my right flank have found that they can move and seize enemy routes of supply. I'm barely managing a withdraw right now.
I am just starting the scenario and the collapse of the thin front line is evident. Indeed, the old FM 100-5 recognizes that the search for centers of gravity should be continuous, as they do change through the battle. The problem I always have with the concept of center of gravity is that for the most part, any enemy deployment or plan of action is robust, with built-in redundancies that preclude a systemic failure that will collapse its structure in just one stroke. Note the Weser River in the left, with all the objectives I need to hold. A center of gravity of the enemy is indeed his capability to maneuver at will through those plains.Ī wide view of the area of operations. It would be very easy for the Soviets to just encircle these cities. In the screenshot above, you clearly see that my meager troops (grey, brown and black icons) can't afford to hold Hannover or Braunschweig. This brings up the very basic concept of center of gravity, the "characteristics, capabilities or locations from which a military force derives its freedom of action, physical strength or will to fight" (Joint Publication 3.0). A huge frontage that favors mass and maneuver. The Soviets just sent their advance guards through the border and I'm to hold them at the Weser River. I'm currently playing The Operational Art of War IV (Matrix/Slitherine) and in this Cold War scenario ("British Army of the Rhine 1990") I'm in the perilous situation of an under-prepared and outnumbered NATO force.
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