Slightly complain about the strategy and tactics in the Lord of the Rings

Giles 2021-10-13 13:06:20

The first is Luo Han Guo and the elves defending the fortress. The first attacks were initiated by the archers, and the bows and arrows could increase by pursuing the killing of the arrow. But the archers are fighting in their own way without a unified command, and it is difficult to increase the lethality. However, their biggest problem is that the wall where the swordsman and the archer are standing together are all people. In other words, the archer did not immediately attack the wall after completing the task, and retreated to the second line of defense to support the first line. So the scene is very chaotic, the monster will die as soon as it hits the wall. According to Mozi's defense theory, the more defenders on the wall, the better. A reserve team should be set up, one person killed in the frontline battle, and one person added to the reserve team. All of the above have led to the extreme passiveness of humans in this war. The tactical level is not even the level of China's Spring and Autumn Period. Let's talk about the botched tactics of the monsters. The technology of the monsters is quite high. When human elves were still using bows and arrows, monsters were already using crossbows, and they even had bed crossbows. They said that gunpowder was used in wars. But they can't make good use of these high-tech weapons. It's really a tragedy.
Then came the defensive battle of the Gondor Emperor's Capital. The strategy of the Gondor ruler was quite poor. The barriers and fortresses of the capital are very close to the capital. If the frontline barrier falls and the soldiers are defeated, they have no other place to flee but to the capital. But there are chasing soldiers behind, whether the capital opens the gate or not. It is very dangerous to open the door with chasers behind it; if you do not open, it will inevitably make the soldiers in the city chill and morale will drop, which will be very detrimental to the subsequent offensive and defensive wars. It's a pity that the monsters only sent air power to chase down the soldiers, and later they were driven back by the open white robe wizard with a sun fist. I sighed.
After that is the real siege. The monster's siege was very poor, and it was not systematic, and even the rear flank of its own troops did not send out scouts to prevent humans from sneaking. Human defenses will no longer be said, people are running everywhere, there is no unified command, and even the people are not transferred. The monsters have more trebuchets, but they hardly have the upper hand. Moreover, the monsters have war phenomena, chaos, and kill all of them. Afterwards, there will be reinforcements by the Rohan Cavalry, which should be regarded as a surprise soldier. The monsters did not send scouts behind the flanks of the army, so this surprise soldier can play abruptly and reduce the morale of the opponent. However, the Rohan cavalry did not send scouts in front of him, which caused the Rohan people to be very sudden. To make matters worse, they did not immediately enter the battle, but were on the top of the hill that the monster could see. This gave the monster time to react and prepare, and the suddenness disappeared. It was a tragedy that the monster didn't even attack when the Luohan people swore. Everyone is ready to attack again, just like Song Xianggong, idiot-like benevolence and morality. Then, under the charge of the cavalry, he was inexplicably panicked. Then the humans went on and off, and that Aragorn moved to rescue the soldiers. Those rescuers are souls. You can't cut it, but he can cut you. Then you have to play a fart. I wipe, and forgive me for swearing, this simply doesn’t need other people, these people are invincible.
Finally, the battle of the Dark Portal. Humans lure an army of monsters out to buy time and space for the ruined duo. They personally said that we are not as many as they are not their opponents, and the monster army is infantry and almost no cavalry, but they took the initiative to give up their advantages and replace them with infantry. Surrounded by Tuan Tuan, fighting as a trapped beast. This is what makes me most incomprehensible. The place of decisive battle is the plain, it is like a training ground for cavalry, you can play whatever you want. They are also considered battle-tested, and they can make such low-level tactical mistakes, so they kneel down.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King quotes

  • Gimli: What kind of army would linger in such a place?

    Legolas: One that is cursed. Long ago the men of the mountain swore an oath to the last king of Gondor, to come to his aid, to fight. But when the time came, when Gondor's need was dire, they fled, vanishing into the darkness of the mountain. And so Isildur cursed them, never to rest until they had fulfilled their pledge. Who shall call them from the gray twilight, the forgotten people?

  • Aragorn: What say you? What say you? I am Isildur's heir. Fight for me. And I will hold your oaths fulfilled. What say you?