挟きょう撃げき作さく戦せん

noun

pincer operation; pincer tactic

Military term for a tactic where forces attack both flanks of an enemy simultaneously to encircle them.

• 敵てき軍ぐんは挟きょう撃げき作さく戦せんで包ほう囲いされた。

  The enemy forces were encircled by a pincer operation.