How to break the Macedonian phalanx? Advantages and disadvantages of the Macedonian phalanx

Historically, the number of combat formations, the terrain gram formation, the flat ground and easy to see the enemy on all sides, the place where the formation is used, the mountains are high and the dense roads are dangerous, and the place where the formation is broken, the method of the battle formation is the way of the decisive battle, the Western military has always preferred to determine the victory or defeat in the decisive battle, but the emphasis on the formation must be more material supply troops, and the strength is relatively concentrated, so the forward sharp army is stable and the rear is difficult to protect, to be honest, there are too many ways to break the Macedonian phalanx, because it is only a plain formation under the decisive battle thinking, and the most useful trick to restrain the formation is always the terrain and the bow and crossbow, Considering the law of morale of the three drums, the formation must meet the enemy in a short period of time, otherwise the sharp spirit will be eight out of ten, and the formation will be strict and the formation will be exhausted for half a day, (the above is an analysis in the next shallow view, after all, the Macedonian phalanx is too ancient, and history has defeated him countless times).

The flexibility of the Macedonian phalanx is very poor, and if you want to crack it, you can only start from the shortcomings of the phalanx and destroy its integrity.

There are many methods: for example, luring them into the valley with a wall of stones and mullets from top to bottom, or setting fire to crossbow arrows, as long as the two armies are not stupid and line up in a decisive battle, and the Macedonian phalanx cannot win the city.

The easiest way. Mountain. The Roman conquest of Macedonia was like that. The Plains War has not been fought. Retreated to the mountains, and then Macedonia pursued them. Macedonia can't let go of the gun Macedonia fired the gg

To be honest, I don't see anything powerful about the Macedonian phalanx, and it may be because I am not from a professional background! If an army wants to go on an expedition, grain and grass are the top priority, as long as the enemy's food route can be cut off, then no matter how strong the team is, it will fail. There were no ladders in the Macedonian phalanx, nor were there any equipment to break through the gates, as long as there were catapults on the walls, they could be guarded against.

And it is impossible to march and fight on the plain all the time, if the enemy army is ambushed in the mountains and condescendingly ambushes, how will the Macedonian phalanx respond?

First drop bombs with airplanes, machine gunners and tank fire suppression, airborne divisions are airborne, snipers clear the remnants, and it's over.

First let the artillery fire a few shots, then fire the arrows with the magic arrows, smash a few times with the trebuchet, then surprise with the pikemen, and then the musketeers take cover.

What has always puzzled about the Macedonian phalanx is that the relevant information is that the soldiers are holding a shield in one hand and a spear of more than five meters in the other, I don't know if anyone has tried it, not to mention that the spear is made of wood, it is a thin bamboo pole five meters long, you hold one end with one hand and let the other end point forward, can you hold it? Not to mention stabbing forward.

Ascend without a shield to create a compound bow, upgrade tactics with a shield. Such as jungle warfare, mountain warfare or learning Manstein. Steal their main city directly. Because this thing moves slowly, if it is disbanded, it will be scum.

It's very simple, just set up the phalanx and keep firing long-range strong crossbows. It's just a bit of a stretch.

There are not so many bells and whistles, it is enough for the chariot of the country of a thousand times to rush head-on, don't compare it with war elephants, because there were too many ways to restrain it in the pre-Qin period, and there was no solution just because of the fear of fire.

Iron Float Hedge. Bow and crossbow shot at a distance. Fire attack, the kind of oil tank that lost the Battle of Chibi.

It's very simple, the siege crossbow, the first fish scale array was broken like this.

The advantage is not easy to overcome, and the disadvantage is that one person misses the end of the game.

Philip's army reformed the most infantry. The most experienced were placed near the front line of the Macedonian phalanx, and everyone intended to fight as part of a larger, well-trained group.

In fact, it can only deal with a loosely organized enemy, and it is not very awesome, and if you attack with fire, get flammable liquids, spill and ignite, and the battle is over.

One hand holds a shield, the other throws a grenade.

Dense arrays! Fire attack, water attack, car formation...It would be nice to be able to separate it.

The Macedonian phalanx had a serious weakness, which was that it could be killed if it tried not to have a unified battlefield and attacked only its flanks or back, not its front.

There should be some weaknesses, nothing is perfect, and it is necessary to crack from the bottom of this phalanx.

It is difficult for any military formation to be unsolvable, you have a good plan, I have a wall ladder, many times it is not unsolvable, it is not that there is no mutual restraint.

The Macedonian phalanx actually has a solution, and it can be in ancient China. The most important thing in the Macedonian phalanx is not the formation but the people, as long as there are enough people, they can win any battle.

Of course, the Macedonian phalanx has a solution, because everything in the world is mutually reinforcing, and there will be an antidote to poison, and the reason why the Macedonian phalanx is difficult to break is because the real capable people did not make a move.

The Macedonian phalanx was placed in our ancient times, and it is estimated that it will be beaten back to its hometown, and there are 10,000 ways to defeat the Macedonian phalanx in ancient China, like the bow and crossbow of the Great Qin Empire directly become a live target, Zhuge Liang's gossip array, etc. In short, there is no unsolvable array, just to see who he touches.

If you want to say that you can break the Macedonian phalanx on the Qi country, the Qi country was almost extinguished, and finally relied on the fire bull array to break the Yan country and their coalition army, the fire bull array is really the most magical formation in China.

If you want to break the Macedonian phalanx troops, you must have a high degree of flexibility, using the defeat of some people as bait to lure the Macedonian phalanx into pursuit, and then enter the mountains to cause the phalanx to break, so that you can enter the phalanx and disrupt the phalanx to defeat them.

To crack the Macedonian phalanx army, you must have a high degree of morale and flexibility, and another is to find a way to make it not have a unified battlefield, and then only attack the flanks or the back.

In fact, the Maginot phalanx still has a fatal weakness, as long as it tries to make it not have a unified battlefield, and then only attack the flanks or backs, and do not confront it head-on.

The Maginot phalanx also has a fatal weakness, as long as it finds a way not to have a unified battlefield, and then only attacks the flanks or back, without confronting it head-on, it will not be affected.