Strategic Fundamentals in team play

[Tempiic]

When in a defensive posture, mirror the enemy's moves unless an alternate plan has been established. For example with A, B, C attacking and X, Y, Z defending:

AAAAAAAAAA..........BBBBBBBBBB..........CCCCCCCCCC


XXXXXXXXXX...........YYYYYYYYYY...........ZZZZZZZZZZ


Defenders adjust to counter the attacker's maneuver to overload a flank:

...................................................................................AA...BB
........AAAAAAAA...........BBBBBBB..........CCCCCCCCCCB


........XXXXXXXX...........YYYYYYY.........YZZZZZZZZZZ
...................................................................................XX....YY

Alternatively the following is another possible counter to the same situation. One that is more active rather than reactive.


.................................................... .................................AA...BB
..........AAAAAAAA...........BBBBBBB..........CCCCCC CCCCB


XXXX...XXXXXXYY..Y.......YYYYYYY.....ZZZ
..........................................................ZZZZZ..ZZ

Where rather than mirrorring the move of the opposing team, XYZ team will try to overwhelm army A before Z gets overwhelmed, relying on local superiority against A while at the same time Z stays backwards avoiding combat so that it denies the local superiority team ABC local has against Z.

In this situation, as it will take longer for the 'extra' forces from ABC to travel towards Z than it does for the 'extra' forces from XYZ, team XYZ should be able to overwhelm A before Z gets overwhelmed.