THE COAST ARTILLERY JOURNAL - Air Defense Artillery

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infantry and cavalry formations will be shattered, artillery positions overrun,
signal communications disrupted, command posts isolated, and 4Jl semblance
of order lost-unless we devise ways and means to neutralize this terrible new
weapon. Regardless of what tactics the landships adopt, their presence on the
ba;t;tlefield will necessitate drastic changes in the present com~t tactics of
infantry and cavalry.
To provide specific data for a discussion of these ideas, let us turn to the
current teachings of the General Service Schools. The series of studies included
in The Detached Corps presents a situation (Chapter V) that is particularly
well suited to our purpose. The situation is briefly as follows:
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BLUE
War was declared thirty-six hours ago. The Blue army (north), moving
south into enemy territory, is in contact with the Red army, as shown in
Sketch No. I.
The Detached Corps (Blue I Corps), operating east of the Susquehanna
River, sent its leading elements across the border near Lancaster early yesterday.
It has orders: (a) to cover the left flank of the Blue army; (b) to be prepared
to act offensively against the right flank of the Red army; (c) to prevent an
advance by the Reds north of a given line. The Blue corps has three infantry
divisions; a full complement of corps artillery; a reinforced regiment of