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Anoop C · 06-26-2006, 07:53 AM

Colonel,

I did not mean to come across as impatient for information and I very much appreciate your detailed response to my questions. I realize that digesting new information is an on-going effort for you also, and certainly didn't mean to put you in a spot. I just didn't want to miss out on any insights that are already obvious to you; hence the probing.

I understand much better now the value of attacking the RIGHT battalion, not just ANY battalion! In fact, I ought to have known this already, because in the 1962 war, 7th Bde HQ was captured and 4 Div was in shambles precisely for these reasons - although that was due to terrible political interference in our deployment than to good PLA staff work. From now on, I'l just think of the Div-Battn. engagement as destroying the enemy Div. HQ - until the next revision of the WZC analysis

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Also, your illustration of the front vs. reserves ratio corrected my earlier fixation with having sufficient reserves - at the expense of adequate front-line troops in the fight! So, thank you once again.

06-26-2006, 07:53 AM	#26 (permalink)
Anoop C Contributor Join Date: 01-20-05 Posts: 396	Colonel, I did not mean to come across as impatient for information and I very much appreciate your detailed response to my questions. I realize that digesting new information is an on-going effort for you also, and certainly didn't mean to put you in a spot. I just didn't want to miss out on any insights that are already obvious to you; hence the probing. I understand much better now the value of attacking the RIGHT battalion, not just ANY battalion! In fact, I ought to have known this already, because in the 1962 war, 7th Bde HQ was captured and 4 Div was in shambles precisely for these reasons - although that was due to terrible political interference in our deployment than to good PLA staff work. From now on, I'l just think of the Div-Battn. engagement as destroying the enemy Div. HQ - until the next revision of the WZC analysis . Also, your illustration of the front vs. reserves ratio corrected my earlier fixation with having sufficient reserves - at the expense of adequate front-line troops in the fight! So, thank you once again.