 A typical Chinese short attack was carried out at night by small fireteams on a narrow front against the weakest point in enemy defenses.The Chinese assault team would crawl undetected within grenade range, then launch surprise attacks against the defenders in order to breach the defenses by relying on maximum shock and confusion.If the initial shock failed to breach the defenses, additional fireteams would press on behind them and attack the same point until a breach was created.