Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ Observations from a Russian milblogger on the deficiencies in Russia's "grinding strategy" in Ukraine, based on his experiences of playing Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness as an orc (!). He recommends that Russia's "real Horde" should learn the same lessons: ⬇️

2/ "By the way, personally, when I was 7 years old, I compared the grinding strategy with a properly prepared combat operation. And all this thanks to the Warcraft 2 strategy game.

3/ "The experiment was as follows. I played for the Horde against the Alliance, the computer and I started the mission in the same economic conditions: 3-4 farmhands, the main building, a couple of residential buildings.

4/ "Whoever develops faster and builds an army will have the initiative.

I decided to try the computer's tactics and throw 1 orc soldier into battle as quickly as possible.

5/ "Without upgrading weapons in the forge, without the support of shooters (axe-throwing trolls), without artillery (catapults). As a result, my single orcs quickly died in one-on-one combat with the Alliance swordsmen, of whom there were also 1-2.

6/ "The only thing I got was a revealed map [and] knowledge of the position of the enemy base. But at the same time, I could not accumulate resources for developing weapons in the forge and for developing troops in the barracks.

7/ "Plus, while my orcs were individually dragging themselves from my end of the map to the other end, the Alliance was accumulating resources and gradually increased the number of warriors standing in defence to 4-5, who were killing my loners in droves.

8/ "By the way, this gave me an understanding of the "supply shoulder" [delivery distance] and logistics - before I learned the scientific definitions of these terms.

This was exhaustion as a result of an attempt to grind. Only I was exhausted, not the enemy.

9/ "Fortunately, I had given up on overconsuming unprepared personnel in time in favour of developing weapons and troops. First, this allowed me to repel the Alliance counterattack, and then form a detachment for the offensive, which destroyed the enemy base.

10/ "This is how I realised for myself that:
- Overtaking economic development;
- Balancing the quantity and quality of the army at the start;
- Betting on being ahead in military-technical superiority;
- Formation of an offensive grouping superior in quantity and quality.....

11/ "-... are the key to victory.

I was 7 years old when I realised this, using the comparative method.

12/ "Meanwhile, 2.5 years have passed since the [start of the] largest war in Europe since WWII. And the lowest quality of training of reinforcements + slowness in the military-technical race + betting on attacking with troops that are not provided with sufficient fire support...

13/ "+ an offensive spread across all sections of the front – all this remains the credo of the strategists of our real Horde.

We risk not winning."

Source:
t.me/vault8pro/51464