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It is employed to avoid being beaten by a superior hostile force and/or to gain time or to improve the situation with reference to<ref>[http://www.lonesentry.com/manuals/german-tactical-doctrine/delaying.html Delaying action - Lone Sentry]</ref>:
It is employed to avoid being beaten by a superior hostile force and/or to gain time or to improve the situation with reference to<ref>[http://www.lonesentry.com/manuals/german-tactical-doctrine/delaying.html Delaying action - Lone Sentry]</ref>:
- Requesting and obtaining additional forces in order to better defend against an attacker
- Request and obtain additional friendly forces in order to better defend against an attacker
- Conducting military intelligence to batter assess the situation
- Conducti military intelligence to batter assess the situation
- Obtaining cover
- Obtain cover
- Maneuvering the enemy into a position in which he may be more effectively attacked. Delaying actions can involve drawing an enemy deeper into a territory and then employing [[Scorched earth policy|scorched earth policies]] (burning crops, killing livestock, destroying supplies/buildings) in order to weaken the attacker as the opponents supply lines are stretched thinner and thinner. The Russians employed this strategy against [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] during a winter attack on Russia.
- Maneuver the enemy into a position in which he may be more effectively attacked. Delaying actions can involve drawing an enemy deeper into a territory and then employing [[Scorched earth policy|scorched earth policies]] (burning crops, killing livestock, destroying supplies/buildings) in order to weaken the attacker as the opponents supply lines are stretched thinner and thinner. The Russians employed this strategy against [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] during a winter attack on Russia.
Delaying actions combined with [[guerrilla warfare]] (hit-and-run tactics, ambushes, sabotage, etc.) can wear down an enemy's resolve and determination to keep on fighting a war.
Delaying actions combined with [[guerrilla warfare]] (hit-and-run tactics, ambushes, sabotage, etc.) can wear down an enemy's resolve and determination to keep on fighting a war.