A show case of the effectiveness of a total point defense.
I play as Macedon (Black) and the opponent plays as Carthage (white).
Total Point Defense can easily annihilate a heavy full frontal assault. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwY2rCyH_ac&feature=channel_page The StrategyThis is a classic Alexandrian defense:
When Alexander the Great went to war with the Persian Empire, Darius the Great--the Emperor of the Persian Empire, amassed a mighty force to hammer the Greco-Macedonian army led by Alexander into total submission.
But Alexander utilized a Total Point Defense, which broke the Persian Army's back. Leading to a total victory for Alexander. I tried to exert the same tactic that Alexander himself used in the Battle of Gilgamesh.
The strategy is:
1) Place the defensive infantry in a reverse V formation. Infantry units in the front, and infantry line in the diagonal to secure both right and left franks (an excellent tactic to assess cavalry or flank attacks)
2) Place artillery units behind the infantry defense; space it out--reason: to properly exudate firepower and suppression fire on enemy units.
-Burn tactic; attrition damage will be heightened.
3) Employ Archers. Ranged units. Archers are excellent in decimating a slow-moving heavy infantry; as well as perfect for instigating panick on enemy elephants and cavalry.
-If enemy closes in, remove archers from field of battle and place them behind the defense infantry. Continue firing behind the infantry.
The point and strategy is to exert fire power of artillery, and archers on a constant basis. The point is to decrease enemy number; to smash the enemy army's will to push forward.
-With a weakened enemy; the last defense--the infantry phalanx can finish the job.
In case of a large enemy army, continue fire power and secure weak chains on the defense.
Alexandrian Total Defense: Purest form of Attrition War.
This strategy was used by Alexander, Ptolemy, Marcus Aurelius, Napoleon, Rommel, and McClellen.
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