Since there are three forms of warfare,mobile,positional and guerrilla,for achieving this object,and since they differ in degrees of effectiveness,there arises the broad distinction between war of attrition and war of annihilation.

• 然而，达此目的的战争形式，有运动战、阵地战、游击战三种，实现时的效果就有程度的不同，因而一般地有所谓消耗战和歼灭战之别。