The Chaos Factor

[Zemke]

Another tactic is the fix in place method of attack. The attacker "spreads" the battlespace with coverage across the front, as he makes contact he stops and fixs the enemy with fire. This can be effective to prevent the enemy from shifting forces if he can gain good los from key terrain. I have seen this used a lot by experienced players, and it makes it difficult to determine his main attack. The down side for the attack is the lost combat power, but this is usually not too much, for the payoff of full battlespace coverage and fixing the enemy force in place. If the defender's plan was to shift forces to blunt the main attack, then hw could be in trouble unless he can gain covered routes to move to the new postion. He now has to have "planned reserves", with planned covered routes to only key locations, otherwise he is fixed, and has lost.