King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer
Chapter 905 - 816: The Tactics of the Destitute Veteran Had a Surprising Effect

Under Solon's command, several Humvee positions began to fire rhythmically.

Always maintain crossfire, while suppressing the enemy's counterattack, they could also control the enemy's running routes to some extent.

In the end, when the number of people was relatively concentrated, two teams of three vehicles abandoned the five-round burst suppression tactic and fired at full force to annihilate the enemy completely.

'Rhythm', in all the world's sports and combat-related activities, the most crucial tactic is always 'rhythm'.

Because that is the way to victory!

In a long-distance race, a powerful team can use tactics to disrupt the opponent's rhythm, sacrificing one runner so that a teammate can win.

In a battle between two armies, you may gain the upper hand with a sudden tactical change, because you force the opposition to change their combat rhythm, making them unable to adapt physically and psychologically...

'Rhythm'!!

When defending, use superior firepower to lead the enemy into the rhythm you want, making them always feel insecure, quickly demoralizing them.

At this moment, the 200 elite Bata soldiers were being 'led by the rhythm' by the machine guns from the Humvee positions.

In fact, there were only 6 positions, and the frequency of firing was not particularly high - one rarely heard continuous firing; it was basically a three-round burst followed by a five-round burst.

The darkness truly is a force multiplier for night vision-equipped units, as well as a fog of war for the disadvantaged.

After a few dozen of the Bata people died, they still thought they might have a chance to rush into the village.

They kept moving in evasion, and whenever several of them gathered together, a few mortar shells would find them and blast them, then a string of heavy machine gun bullets would sweep over the ground.

As Solon's commands became smoother and smoother, the rhythm of the entire battle to the south completely fell into P·B's hands.

As the coordination between the machine gunners became more fluid, Joe Ga, the quick shooter, even started to lose out on getting kills.

Every time Joe Ga increased his firing rate, beating the machine gunners to the kill, someone would let out a sigh on the public channel, as if Joe Ga disrupting the machine gunners' rhythm was a crime.

After this happened several times, Joe Ga became enlightened...

What's the point in fighting?

Shooting fast and accurately has started to make you hated...

Of course, Joe Ga knew what was going on!

The system Solon, the crafty old man, helped establish was too in line with the needs of those female volunteer soldiers.

That's the role of a master craftsman, just a veil of a window paper, and once punctured, you suddenly improve; without piercing it, no matter how long you fight, you're just cannon fodder destiny.

A little guidance and change, plus a full upgrade of equipment, can let that group of females who had received formal military training unleash strong combat power.

America, as the leader of global military reform, they have led the trend in modern warfare.

But for these female volunteer soldiers, Solon's thoughtful guidance gave them more than what they had learned in years of battle following the American military approach.

It isn't that the Americans taught without care - after all, the Army manual is downloadable online. The reason they couldn't fully utilize it was a mismatch in logistics...

The American instructors did indeed earnestly teach the Kurdish to stand their ground in the Middle East, including night combat skills.

But while they might get a feel for the advantages of night vision equipment during training, come wartime, they would have none, rendering the lessons merely listening to words without practical use...

Compared to the Americans, Solon and his fellow veterans who have come up from tough days are different; they truly understand the nature of real battlefields and know how impoverished armies should maximize their weapons' potential.

Back when even wasting a bullet would lead to a reprimand, all their tactics were developed in coordination with the weapons they had on hand.

The early impoverished soldiers of China have a completely different approach from America's...

America's early warfare approach had a touch of 'human-centeredness', most of their weapons were designed to coordinate with the soldiers and America's global grand strategy, subsequently establishing a standard framework.

This framework made them unbeatable after the Iraq War!

The subsequent weapon development, aside from some breakthrough creations, was mostly within this standard framework.

Unfortunately, as times evolved, the American military framework nearly couldn't support the war's new demands.

Having both air and naval dominance allowed their army to fight only small-scale peacekeeping battles.

This led to a shift in their weapons' needs – ease of deployment, high mobility, versatility, along with high precision, became the most important criteria.

For example, 'HIMARS' is the most typical...

Everyone praises this weapon, and indeed it is superb – high precision, quick firing rate, and decent power.

Just watching the promotional video, besides its frightening price, it seems like the perfect medium-range strike weapon.

But in reality, to conform to the American military's deployment standards, and especially to the interior dimensions of Lockheed Martin's designed C-5 and C-17 transport aircraft, HIMARS rocket capacity is only limited to six rockets, and the ammunition size is also restricted.

With smaller rocket dimensions, the payload of explosives is naturally reduced, leading to the firepower of HIMARS being far less than what the outside world imagines.

America has the capability to design powerful rocket artillery; the original HIMARS prototype had a capacity of 12 rockets, but the reality is that rocket pods with 12 rockets cannot fit into transport aircraft.

America itself isn't at war, and producing more without the capability for rapid deployment is purely wasting money.

This is the 'framework's' limitation – they can't change it yet because changing it would mean altering the larger framework.

The American military thinking of 10+30+30 has determined their logic in weapon design and production.

Deploy globally within 10 days, defeat the enemy within 30 days, and complete reorganization and recuperation in another 30 days.

Based on this military logic, the design of many of America's advanced weapons is constrained.

In contrast, China is now much more flexible...

Since most of the weapons designed are intended for domestic warfare, I have the convenience of rail and highway transport, so the size of the weapons can be slightly larger, just creating more models is no big deal.

Thus, a variety of early 'magic rocket launchers' were born!

In comparison with HIMARS' ambition to serve multiple functions, designing a variety of models is much more practical and cheaper.

Only when the defense foundation is solid, does trying new things become meaningful!

Solon, a veteran from humble beginnings, is considered an 'eliminated product' from the period of China's transformation – they couldn't adapt to the rapidly changing weapons and tactical advancements.

However, this 'eliminated product's' tactical thinking fits better with the needs of most Third World countries.

The army in Tanzania, Africa was trained by China during the 80s and 90s, and now they can easily overwhelm their neighbors like Kenya, Mozambique, and Rwanda in Eastern Africa.

This tactical mindset, born out of hardship, has fostered a frugal yet highly efficient combat system.

The only downside is that it's a hard life for the soldiers, and it's very dangerous in combat.

The advantage is that with this bitter foundation, the more advanced the weaponry becomes later on, the greater the benefit provided by this mindset.

If accuracy falls short, power will make up for it; if poor, we will maneuver, if rich, we will saturate...

These phrases may seem like jokes, but they represent a phase in military transformation, and high-tech precision is still the future mainstream.

But in actual combat, we use whatever is available!

Pragmatism is most important!

Many so-called academicians only learn superficial aspects of Western military practices, trying to mirror Europe and America without their advanced equipment and weaponry.

Unbeknownst to them, by learning to the core, they fall into another's trap.

Basically, every organization or individual trained by the United State Army eventually becomes a purchaser of American military hardware.

America is less about training assistance and more about developing customers.

Falling into a security framework designed by others, and you still want independence?

Dream on!

The Kurdish are one such group; and so are these female Volunteer Soldiers who travel all the way to Syria to fight.

They wield American and Russian cast-off weaponry that Aaron gathered from around the world, yet they learn advanced tactical concepts from the SEALs.

They might as well figure things out for themselves; when enough people have died, they'll naturally find their own rhythm.

The Afghan guerrillas did this very well.

Developing tactical philosophies that suit your country's situation is the right answer!

Without America's full support, the Taliban could crush the Afghan government forces in minutes.

Those fighters with four or five RPGs on their backs, fanned out like peacocks, would make even the SEALs tremble when within three to four hundred meters.

Joe Ga is just idling around. After having a taste of 'high-level tactics,' he got kicked out of the game.

Marking his first time as a 'liability,' Boss Joe couldn't voice any complaints; he could only change positions and check on the situation with ISIS...

It was much livelier here because Dorian and his team's attack was out of sync with the Humvee positions below.

Following the boss's instruction of 'let none escape,' Dorian placed the pickup trucks within a 300-meter range and the infantry advanced to 600 meters before firing anti-tank missiles, taking out the trucks that were putting immense pressure on the Humvee positions.

Then, they used mortars to block ISIS's retreat, and those who were free just opened fire...

To the south, six pickup defensive positions and several 60mm mortars had kept 200 Bata down so effectively they couldn't even raise their heads.

To the north...

Dorian and his team, along with 'Ant Eater' and some artillery eager for merit, were throwing punches in disarray, completely disrupting and scattering ISIS forces.

In this chaos, the tactics established by Solon no longer required commanding…

Mortars were used to block ISIS's retreat, after that, just kill as many as possible.

When Joe Ga arrived at Dorian's location, the guy was eagerly firing off 120mm mortars, equipped with modified 'Airburst Shells'.

The launched shells would explode 15 meters above ground, and with a loud "boom," basically, no one remained alive within a 30-meter radius.

Joe Ga once found this approach incredibly exhilarating; it was also a favored tactic of P·B...

But after witnessing the battle on the southern front, he compared the two and couldn't help but flip Dorian the bird while cursing, "Haven't had your meal? Fire more rounds, don't get outdone by a bunch of girls..."

Dorian didn't understand where his boss's anger came from; he 'aye'-ed and turned to call over some Xiao Heis busy priming the shells, cursing, "Haven't you eaten? Hurry up, or we're gonna be outdone..."