tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post5109356213208686357..comments2024-03-28T16:12:08.205-04:00Comments on Eaton Rapids Joe: The Shrewd King 16.2: Hot knife, butterEaton Rapids Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-35509281257411447212019-11-06T09:39:44.825-05:002019-11-06T09:39:44.825-05:00However, you have blocked the opfor from entering ...However, you have blocked the opfor from entering here, close, and funneled them west, further away. More warning; fewer points to have to heavily guard and fewer points where you have to prepare for an attack where your defense is problematic.<br /><br />As far as destroying the approaches, cold chisels, hammers, picks, shovels, wheelbarrows and strong backs will do the job. If you're short on labor, just destroy the one on the far side until you can do both.<br /><br />On the western roads, you build real roadblocks, not Lincoln Logs. Vehicles, the bigger the better, with their tires flattened and filled with dirt. Arrange them in layers, maybe with mines in between if you can swing it. And the roadblock must be defended 24 hours/day. Undefended roadblocks are no better than speedbumps.<br /><br />Of course, reading post-apocalyptic fiction can be a fine source of low tech, alternative weaponry. Frank Spurgeon mentions one in "The Sheriff of Purgatory", the "mookla". A mookla is basically a home-made PIAT projector that fires Molotov cocktails. Range isn't the greatest, but it beats harsh language.The Freeholderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989697995675652792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-39085650334713995352019-11-05T13:52:42.471-05:002019-11-05T13:52:42.471-05:00Yes, indeed. This was a collossal lack of foresig...Yes, indeed. This was a collossal lack of foresight on the part of the defenders. Before going to the trouble of constructing log and chain barriers, they should have asked themselves, "If WE were the invaders, how would we go about removing these barriers quickly and easily?". And then when they answer that question, realize and understand that most likely that is exactly what OPFOR would do. And then realize that they need to come up with something that OPFOR cannot quickly remove. Or come up with another way to stop an invading convoy in its tracks.<br /><br />And if it is determined that they simply do not have the means to stop the enemy convoy from rolling right in, then they need to come up with a different strategy. The Winter War when Finland was invaded by Russia might be a good study. The Finns were outnumbered twenty to one, and had no armor and not much artillery. Yet they fought the Russians to a standstill, and through superior strategy and tactics, they isolated, chopped up, and eliminated entire Russian convoys.<br /><br />Let us hope something like that is in the offing here.George Truehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352709031834067303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-20006255899937888262019-11-05T11:46:58.006-05:002019-11-05T11:46:58.006-05:00Amen. If enough people survive to create and diss...Amen. If enough people survive to create and dissimenate an after action report, that would be item number one. Do whatever it takes to insure that an invasion convoy would not be able to just roll right over these bridges unimoeded like they did here. Not sure exactly how to best accomplish that, short of just bringing down the bridges, which I know they do not want to do, because that would make every day life difficult for all the residents of the community.<br /><br />George Truehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352709031834067303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-40974899565834273332019-11-05T11:45:37.354-05:002019-11-05T11:45:37.354-05:00Yep, hindsight is 20/20, and too little too late.Yep, hindsight is 20/20, and too little too late.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-46223830207238708602019-11-05T10:49:43.381-05:002019-11-05T10:49:43.381-05:00Unfortunately, there are other roads into Capiche ...Unfortunately, there are other roads into Capiche farther west that don't cross bridges. Otherwise, you are absolutely, 100% right.Eaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-76983061164506233102019-11-05T09:23:38.949-05:002019-11-05T09:23:38.949-05:00Should have ripped up the bridge approaches. That ...Should have ripped up the bridge approaches. That single act would have crippled any attack like this. Combat bridging takes time, and a few snipers can stop it.The Freeholderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989697995675652792noreply@blogger.com