When fighting a force of equal size to your own
there are many important factors that help determine the winner. These include
the skill of the soldiers on each team and the tactical maneuvers that the team undergoes to overwhelm the enemy. I would like to focus on a particular maneuver that I have come to know as dancing.
Dancing is basically trying to swing your squad
around the enemy formation in order to attempt to encircle them and poke at the enemys flanks. This tactic is different from flanking in that your men will be constantly moving around the enemy formation
and taking shots from the circumference of the circle as opposed to charging in from two or more directions. This tactic is good for fighting in open plains, although it can be adapted for use in areas with heavy
cover.
To
perform this move properly you must space your men far enough from each other in a line so that they can cover a wide
area, but close enough to each other so they can provide cover fire for each other.
I usually go with a distance of between 5 to 10 feet. Once you confront
your enemy you must order your line of men to strafe around the enemy. Choose
one of the enemys flanks to move towards and stick with it. Meanwhile, take
shots whenever the opportunity arises. The distance between your line of
men should elongate like an accordion as you start to surround the enemy.
You
probably will not be able to surround the enemy completely, but that is not necessary for this tactic to give you many advantages. First of all, this will keep your enemies from attacking you very well because they
will be busy trying to stop you from surrounding them. Also, this will confuse
your enemies and it will give you the mental advantage of having your squad appear bigger. Also, when you move around quickly to encircle the enemy the enemy cannot concentrate its fire and will
miss many more shots than they normally would. Last but not least, when you use
this maneuver the enemys flanks will become exposed to your fire from multiple directions.
I have used this tactic in my last war and it has allowed me to defeat an equally skilled
team with very few losses. After being encircled, the enemy broke and ran. We then chased them, shooting the stragglers first and then taking down the leaders. That match was a clear victory for my team and if you use this strategy properly you
will have a better chance of succeeding too.
