In the past few days, Ms. Hou Angyu's "cautious" remarks have been boiling and indignant on the Internet.
Of course, there are also many people who take Ms. Hou's words out of context, infinitely amplify them, and wantonly attack.
Originally, I didn't want to participate in the discussion, but Ms. Hou was a woman, and I just laughed at her remarks, so there was no need to take it seriously.
But I never expected that the highly respected academician He Zuoxiu would also jump out to speak on this matter, echoing the statement that "prudent warfare is not fear of war" and talking about the necessity of "cautious warfare", which shocked me!
In the debate with netizens, Academician He Lao cited many examples, for example, the Korean War was only fought to the 38th parallel, why did the United States not drive the United States out of the Korean Peninsula?
It's ridiculous to choose this case. War, in addition to distinguishing its nature, must also consider its necessity. Strategically we have already achieved our goal by hitting the 38th parallel, and it has nothing to do with the "cautious war" strategy.
If the war takes place on our own soil, then it is absolutely necessary to drive the enemy out and not to the death, and there is no such thing as "prudent warfare" at all.
As for Academician He Lao's citation of the examples of the "Battle of Jin and Chu" in the Spring and Autumn Period and the "Battle of Weishui" in the Eastern Jin Dynasty to prove the necessity of "prudent warfare", I think it is also inappropriate.
The so-called "cautious war" of the Battle of Jin and Chu is only at the tactical level and has nothing to do with strategy;The Battle of Weishui was essentially a war of aggression and counter-aggression, and there were many reasons for Fu Jian's defeat, and Xie An and Xie Xuan's use of troops like gods was only one of them.
Let's take a look at how Sima Guang described this history in the "Zizhi Tongjian":
Fu Jian's internal troubles have not been eliminated, he does not know himself or the other, and rashly launched a foreign war, what is it to be undefeated?
Of course, there are also cases in history where external wars have been used to unite internal people's hearts. For example, the Empress Dowager Liang of Western Xia, as a Han woman, listened to the government, and could not suppress the opposition at all by following the rules, so she could only plunder wealth and increase prestige through foreign warsOn the other hand, weaken the strength of political opponents, seize their greedy psychology, and let their tribes rush to the front whenever there is a battle. Fighting, the voices against her magically faded.
However, the Western Xia cannot be regarded as a country in essence, but a tribal alliance composed of a group of robbers, who can give them benefits will follow whomever they want, but they encountered an extremely "cautious war" of the Great Song Dynasty, swallowed their anger, calmed down the matter, and even gave the Western Xia "coins".
If Empress Dowager Liang met a big Song who dared to fight, it would be strange if she was not beaten with a blue nose and swollen face.
As for Academician He's discussion of "whether China should intervene in a possible third world war," I think that if there really is a third world war, it is not at all a matter whether you want to participate in the war or not. The result of "riding the wall" will inevitably be dealt a hard blow.
During World War II, the former Soviet Union also "fought cautiously" and wanted to "ride the wall", but was it not beaten to the city of Moscow by Hitler?
Because, if you "fight carefully", the enemy will think that you are cowardly and even more unscrupulous.
In war, we must first distinguish the nature.
If the enemy hits your doorstep, you still talk about "cautious warfare"?
This so-called "cautious war", you come to tell me that this is not a fear of war
In my opinion, the study of tactical "prudent warfare" is necessary, but when a foreign enemy invades, there is never such a thing as a "cautious warfare" strategically!We must resolutely fight back against all the enemies who come to attack!
Let's take a look at history, the important ministers of the Northern Song Dynasty, Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo, successively shouted "I hope that Your Majesty will not speak for 20 years, and it is not appropriate to reward the side merits". Decades later, when the Jin people attacked, hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops had no courage to fight in the face of tens of thousands of Jin soldiers, the emperor was taken captive, and the people were ravaged.
Because of what?Under the influence of the "cautious war" remarks of the important ministers who "don't say anything", the backbone of the Great Song Dynasty is gone.
A country, a nation, can do without anything, but not without a backbone!
Academician He, as an academician of the Academy of Sciences, you are highly respected and influential, you should be cautious!