The reason why he is known as a great military strategist is not only because he has achieved a series of amazing victories, but more importantly, he innovatively put forward a set of invincible military ideas, that is, "people's war". As early as the period of the agrarian revolution, the great role of the masses in the war was highly valued. In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, ** wrote "On Protracted War", formalizing this theory. At that time, the Kuomintang had two erroneous views: the "theory of the death of the country" and the "theory of quick victory", both of which were based on the "theory of idealism" and disdained the power of the people. Think: "It is certainly an important factor in war, but it is not the decisive factor, and the real determining factor is people, not things." The balance of power is not only the comparison of military strength and economic strength, but also the comparison of manpower and people's hearts. ......In war, the real impregnable wall is the broad masses, the mobilized people. It can be seen from this that ** put forward a sonorous and powerful slogan: "The soldiers and the people are the basis for victory." He revealed the essence of the "people's war".
In "On Protracted War", ** pointed out: "The core key to winning the War of Resistance lies in developing the war that has been waged into a full-scale national war of resistance. Only this kind of all-round national war of resistance can finally achieve victory in the war of resistance. It was also in this book that the term "people's war" was first proposed, and it was pointed out: "The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was a real people's war. Only this kind of people's war can defeat the national enemy. "In the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, under the leadership of the Communist Party, the broad masses of the people gave full play to their infinite wisdom, created a series of extremely effective tactics such as mine warfare, tunnel warfare, sabotage warfare, and sparrow warfare, and established numerous anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines, so that the Japanese aggressors were completely plunged into the sea of people's war, and defeat was inevitable. In April 1945, the Seventh National Congress of our Party was held in Yan'an, and the glorious idea of "people's war" was clearly put forward in the political report "On Unity". Since then, the theory of the people's war has been more comprehensively implemented in the War of Liberation, and the broad masses of the people have become the solid backing of our party and army.
As Marshal ** said: "The victory in the Huaihai Battle was pushed by the broad masses of the people with a small cart!"So, what exactly does the military thinking of the "people's war" consist of?We can summarize the following seven points. A people's war is a war fought for the interests of the people. In this process, it is necessary to mobilize the people's participation and support to safeguard the people's interests. Under the unfavorable conditions in the initial stage, it is necessary to establish revolutionary base areas in the vast rural areas as the basis for conducting a revolutionary war. At the same time, it is necessary to formulate a revolutionary program and policies that represent the interests of the overwhelming majority of the people, take into account the long-term and immediate interests of the masses of the people, and maintain the enthusiasm of the masses of the people in supporting the revolutionary war. In addition, it is also necessary to unite all classes, strata, and social groups, and make use of all kinds of contradictions to form the broadest united front, so that the revolutionary war can obtain the broadest social base and international assistance, and isolate and strike at the enemy to the greatest extent. In war, it is necessary to integrate armed struggle with other forms of unarmed struggle, including struggle on the economic, diplomatic, and ideological and cultural fronts.
The people's army is the main force in waging the people's war, and the system of combining the main force corps with the local corps, the regular army with the guerrillas, and the armed and unarmed masses is practiced. In war, it is also necessary to implement strategies and tactics that are compatible with the people's war. Practice active defense and oppose passive defense. In the stage of strategic defense, it is necessary to carry out a protracted defensive war on the internal line of strategy and a quick-decisive offensive war on the outer line of campaign battles, with the annihilation of the enemy's vital forces as the main objective of the operation, and through the war of annihilation, it is necessary to achieve strategic continuous attrition of the enemy, change the overall balance of war forces, and finally push the strategic defense into a strategic offensive. In addition, it is also necessary to practice a combination of movement warfare, positional warfare, and guerrilla warfare, strive to take the initiative, carry out decisive battles that are advantageous, and carry forward the fine fighting style of fighting bravely, not fearing sacrifice, and being brave in close combat and night warfare. Combining a military strike against the enemy army with political disintegration and using a variety of means to solve the enemy is the essence of the military ideology of the "people's war."
This kind of thinking is not only a magic weapon for the Chinese people to win victory, but also used by revolutionaries in other countries and regions to win brilliant victories. Therefore, he is worshipped by revolutionaries all over the world, known as a great military strategist and strategist, and is recognized as a global spiritual leader and revolutionary mentor.