Tactical movements in deep battle

Question 1

Tactical movements in deep battle

Answer 1

Emphasis on swift manuevuer
Achieved by rapid column and successive deployment
Commanders ensure that their troops are ready to march with minimal warning

Question 2

How to complete an encirclement

Answer 2

• 1st echelon of a front recipes artillery units fro the front

Surrounded enemy units are destroyed piecemeal

An army offensive could include airborne or heliborne assaults striking deep

Encirclement is completed by blocking off withdrawal routes with forward detachments, OMG, pursuit units, air assault units and air strikes

Encirclement is achieved by the army with the support of a flanking army or front assets