In history, why is it that wars are fought to seize the high ground?

Because the location of the highlands is favorable. In the history books, we can often see that many generals fought to seize the high ground and finally won the battle, which is precisely because the high ground is advantageous, so what are the specific advantages, let's talk about it specifically. <>

The reason why the high ground is called the high ground is precisely because it is in a high place, if the high position is robbed, and the enemy is below, you can rely on the high ground to quickly charge down and cause an effective blow to the enemy, on the other hand, the high ground is very advantageous for archers, the arrow can slide down advantageously and hit the enemy fiercely by relying on the terrain, while the low place does not have the advantage of terrain, and if you want to cause an effective blow, you have to spend more strength. Normally, where there is high ground, there is a valley, so that the occupation of high ground can form an encirclement of the enemy, so that the enemy is equivalent to being defeated because they cannot respond to attacks from all sides in time. <>

On the other hand, the highlands are easier to hide. Why do you say that, for example, if you are a bird, you can hide wherever you want, and no matter how the people below do, they will be clearly seen by the bird. In ancient times, people knew this, and it was necessary to try their best to occupy the high ground, so that not only could they protect our army, but also deal an effective blow to the enemy.

The high ground is also easy to defend and difficult to attack, which can delay the progress of local attacks and play a role in turning the tide of the war. Normally, it takes a lot of time, money, manpower, material, and financial resources for the enemy to take down a high ground, and the people on the high ground can easily repel the enemy by resisting accordingly. Another example, such as the Great Wall, the location of the Great Wall is generally on the high ground, it not only takes advantage of the high ground, but also strengthens the advantage of the high ground, that is, the Great Wall, which makes the high ground more difficult to attack.

It can be seen how great the wisdom of the ancients is, as early as thousands of years, our ancestors had a good consciousness of grabbing the high ground.

Because of the condescending, in ancient times, it was necessary to occupy favorable terrain to fight, and the high ground could be condescending to attack, so they all liked to seize the high ground.

The commanding heights can be condescending, overlooking the entire battlefield, with a good line of sight, and attacking down from a high place, gaining an advantage in momentum.

After seizing the high ground, it is very advantageous for the military to be condescending, and the enemy's every move can be clearly seen.

The high ground represents the commanding heights, it represents condescension, it represents the advantage of range and observation. If you occupy the high ground, you will be able to control a large area around you, and you will be able to use your condescending defensive advantage so that the enemy will either not be able to cross the minepool by a single step, or you will be threatened by logistics. Therefore, in order to fight a war, it is necessary to seize the high ground, so that there can be a tactical advantage.

In the counterattack against Vietnam, our army and the Vietnamese army experienced countless fierce offensive and defensive battles on the high ground. For example, the 142 Heights Offensive and Defensive Battle in 1984 is an example ......

In the early morning of July 12, 1984, the Vietnamese army began a major counterattack on Heights 142. Zhou Zhonglie, who was on duty on guard, was the first to discover the movements of the Vietnamese army. He quickly made an accurate judgment based on experience, and in accordance with the predetermined code, he pulled the rope that contacted Li Haixin, the ** platoon commander, three times, and issued a battle alarm.

Li Haixin immediately ordered to enter the position and prepare for battle. Zhou Zhonglie adjusted the position of the squad machine gun and aimed it in the direction of the Vietnamese army's sound.

The Vietnamese army touched the front of our position, and was immediately killed and wounded by our army's light firepower. The Vietnamese soldiers fell in pieces, and those who survived quickly retreated. As the day gradually dawned, the Vietnamese army gathered more troops and launched a multi-channel and multi-directional assault on our army's No. 142 heights.

Zhou Zhonglie and his comrades responded calmly, alternating with machine guns and grenades to hit the enemy. Suddenly, a Vietnamese artillery shell hit the edge of the trench only a few meters away from Zhou Zhonglie**, and shrapnel flew and injured his left arm, ** shaking him to the ground.

In a trance, Zhou Zhonglie heard a burst of chattering voices. He woke up suddenly to find that the Vietnamese soldiers had appeared less than 10 meters away from him. Zhou Zhonglie grabbed the machine gun and fired a burst of fire, pressing the enemy down.

The warrior Zhang Qinglong repelled another group of enemies and rushed to take care of Zhou Zhonglie. Zhou Zhonglie asked him to leave himself alone and go to support the squad leader, who sounded very fierce on the gunshots. Zhou Zhonglie told Zhang Qinglong that the injury on his arm was nothing.

Zhang Qinglong shook hands with him and left. This was the last time Zhang Qinglong saw Zhou Zhonglie.

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Problem description: In the past, when I was fighting, I always shouted that I wanted to occupy some high ground first.

Analysis: I'll summarize a few reasons myself, not necessarily comprehensive.

First of all, occupying the high point of the Wheel of Spring can overlook the enemy's savages, grasp the enemy's movements, and adjust their own troop allocation accordingly, so as to achieve absolute superiority in the enemy's offensive direction. This advantage is especially evident when both sides have relatively low reconnaissance capabilities. Now it is actually fighting for the commanding heights, but it has become space or sky, but the meaning is the same in terms of battlefield reconnaissance.

Secondly, in a relatively high place, you can better play the range of **, which should not be difficult to understand, especially for the relatively backward side.

In addition, when charging, there is a big difference in the difficulty of advancing from top to bottom and from bottom to top, and in addition to the gap in firepower, there is also a gap in the psychology of soldiers and the mobility ability of troops.

Capturing the high ground on the battlefield will form the following three advantages for the enemy.

1: As the saying goes: stand tall, see far, occupy the commanding heights and easily see the enemy's situation.

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Huang Zhong and Fa Zheng came to take Dingjun Mountain. Fa Zheng saw that there was a mountain in the west of Dingjun Mountain, this mountain was higher than Dingjun Mountain, Fa Zheng pointed to Huang Zhong and said: "This mountain is enough to look down at Dingjun Mountain, the general is weak to obtain this mountain, Dingjun Mountain is only in the palm of his hand," Huang Zhong very much agreed with Fa Zheng's opinion, so he led the army to capture this high mountain at night.

When Xiahou Yuan heard that Huang Zhong had occupied the opposite high mountain, he was furious and said: "Huang Zhong has occupied the opposite mountain, and he can see the reality of my place clearly, and he will not allow me not to fight," so he led his troops down the mountain to take back the opposite high mountain.

Summary: Occupying the commanding heights can be a good observation of the enemy's situation, which is of great help to command operations, and the same is true of modern warfare, occupying the commanding heights and seeing the enemy's situation very clearly, and then you can well command artillery fire to destroy the enemy.

2: Occupy the commanding heights, launch an attack with a speed advantage, go up the mountain and go up the stairs is about the same, it consumes a lot of physical strength, and the time to reach the destination is extended, and it is much easier to charge down.

It is said that Xiahou Yuan wanted to recapture the high mountain opposite, but he couldn't attack it after attacking it a few times, so he scolded and challenged, but Huang Zhong just didn't come out to fight with Xiahou Yuan. It turned out that Huang Zhong and Fa Zheng had already made an appointment, Huang Zhong secretly led people to ambush halfway up the mountain, and Fa Zheng observed Xiahou Yuan's reality on the top of the mountain.

Fa Zheng is a famous strategist, until the afternoon, he saw that Xiahou Yuan's soldiers were exhausted, many soldiers were tired on the horse, dismounted to rest, at this time Fa Zheng waved the red flag, Huang Zhong below had already stared at Fa Zheng, saw the red flag swinging, Pegasus rushed down the mountain, like a gust of wind, in the blink of an eye to Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan just confused, Huang Zhong arrived, it was too late to parry, Huang Zhong was cut into two sections.

Summary: Huang Zhong slashed Xiahou Yuan this time, with the help of the advantage of the commanding heights, rushed down from above, and arrived in front of Xiahou Yuan in the blink of an eye, Xiahou Yuan was caught off guard and was beheaded under the horse.

3: Occupy the commanding heights, you can give full play to the advantages of **, such as the most primitive** stone, it is easy to smash from top to bottom, you have to attack with stones from the bottom up, and if you don't make a good scene, you will lift a stone to hit your own feet, and modern **, such as grenades, it is much easier to throw from top to bottom, that is, bows and arrows, guns, etc., and it is not as good as attacking from top to bottom. In TV dramas, there are often clips of luring the enemy into the valley, ambushing their own people on the mountain, waiting for the enemy to come, a grenade, followed by machine gun fire to destroy the enemy, this is the common sense of war.

If you lead the enemy to the side,'His own people are lying in ambush below, and he can't fight this battle even if he thinks about it.

Summary: If you attack from the bottom up, grenades can't be thrown, machine guns are not as good as condescending, and ancient bows and arrows and stones have no advantage.

To sum up, the above three points are the reasons why we must seize the commanding heights in a war.

Because the high ground is usually easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is very convenient to throw stones or shoot arrows directly on the high ground.

Because the location of the high ground is more convenient for combat, the high ground can overlook the entire battlefield, and it is more convenient to shoot the enemy army, so both sides want to seize it.

In modern warfare, for the defenders, high ground means a wider range of shots, which can be attacked and retreated. For the attacker, the high ground can better observe the enemy's firepower distribution and can carry out targeted strikes.

The high ground has the geographical advantage of overlooking the entire battle situation, and can also attack the enemy army from a high position.

In ancient times, when the heroes competed for hegemony and changed dynasties, the main theme on the Central Plains was "war", and in ancient warfare, in addition to the number of soldiers, the advanced degree of weapons, etc., we also had to fight "tactics". If the tactics are used well, you can "use one enemy to a hundred", and if the tactics are not used well, even if the opponent's men and horses are one-tenth less than their own, they may not be the opponents of the other party.

Therefore, in an army that is brave and good at fighting, there must be a strategist, and only by sending soldiers to the right position to perform the right tasks can the "value" of the soldiers be maximized and the "first opportunity" for victory can be maximized.

And the "first opportunity" in war, in addition to being good at pointing troops and employing people, is also good at using the terrain. Therefore, in ancient times, when fighting wars, the generals of each battalion would often seize the high ground first.

1. Needless to say, the advantages of the high ground being conducive to observing the enemy's movements and seizing the high ground are one of the more obvious advantages is that standing on a high place and seeing the mountains at a glance.

Grass and trees can be seen in the lower places, including enemies in the lower places.

Looking down from high to low, it is often difficult for enemies to hide themselves, and even if they do, it is difficult not to be detected by people in high places as long as they move. Therefore, when fighting, the generals occupy the high ground in order to take advantage of the terrain to observe the enemy's movements and take advantage of the opportunity.

2. When it is conducive to launching an offensive and fighting, such as attacking a city, the soldiers who climb up the city wall from below often take a greater risk, while the soldiers above are more "easy" to defend against the enemy who climbs up from below. With bows and arrows and stones, you can deal a lot of damage to soldiers who attack from the bottom up.

Therefore, in ancient times, if there was no great advantage, the general would not easily give the siege order.

3. Summarizing the ancient times when leading troops to fight, the generals chose to occupy the high ground first, more because they wanted to take advantage of the geographical advantage of "condescending", which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and was conducive to understanding the enemy's movements, and was also very helpful for launching an attack.

However, there is a risk of occupying the high ground, that is, it is easy to be "encircled to death", if food and grass are not a problem, but the troops are insufficient, then the occupation of the high ground can become a "protracted war" to see who "consumes" whom first. If the forces are strong and at the same time occupy the high ground, then the outcome of this war, if nothing else, is already predestined from the beginning.

Because condescending can better observe the opponent, and seizing the high ground can also play more powerfully, such as archery will shoot farther, and stones will be thrown farther.

Because in a high place, you have a wider field of view, you can see each other's every move, and it is also convenient for ambushes, so you can exchange less losses for maximum success.

The highlands are militarily reduced to the terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, because the mountains are often undulating, many cliffs, and most of the mountain vegetation is also relatively lush, so it is extremely unsuitable for mechanized troops, due to the limitations of the environment, resulting in the slow speed of the attacking troops, it is difficult to concentrate the force, the firepower is scattered, and the mechanized advantage is difficult to play, so the mountains are classified as a typical easy to defend and difficult to attack terrain, if you can build fortresses between the two mountains, you can often get the huge advantage of "one man is the pass, ten thousand people are not open"!

In the era of cold weapons, it is not necessary to seize the high ground, but to seize the passes and cities. In the era of primary fever, it is necessary to seize the high ground for a larger field of view and control surface. And now in a war, no longer to seize the heights, but to find cover, and whoever runs to the heights again, then you are a living target for missiles and UAVs.

The entire battlefield situation can be seen clearly from the high ground, and the battlefield can be condescendingly defended, so that the enemy cannot attack.

In battle, it is necessary to seize the high ground because the high ground has an open view, and swooping down from the high place is very morale-boosting.