人じん海かい戦せん術じゅつ

noun

human wave attack; human wave tactics

Military term for overwhelming an enemy with sheer numbers of soldiers.

• その戦せん闘とうでは人じん海かい戦せん術じゅつが用もちいられた。

  Human wave tactics were used in that battle.

noun

throwing people at a problem

Figurative extension: solving a problem by assigning a large number of people to it, often with a negative connotation of brute force rather than efficiency.

• 人ひと手で不ぶ足そくを人じん海かい戦せん術じゅつで乗のり切きろうとした。

  They tried to overcome the labor shortage by throwing people at the problem.