Chiang Kai-shek, who was defeated in 1949 and retreated to Taiwan, was puzzled, how did this ***, who had never even attended a military school or even touched the barrel of a gun, defeat the army he had painstakingly managed? And how did the communist army, which took millet and rifles and ate turf, defeat its own well-equipped Kuomintang army?
"The depth of the strategy is beyond the reach of anyone; Thoughtful and far-reaching, no one can match; Controlling the big picture, no one else can do it. ”
This is what the marshal said about ***.
24 words to the best of the best ambition of the most incisive, as a great leader who led China to a new life, **deserved, the ten founding marshals all admired.
How did a generation of great men mature and grow step by step? What were the key stages in his life? Why can a literati who has not attended a military school be admired by thousands of people and command?
In 1893, ** was born in a peasant family in Shaoshan, as the son of a farmer, ** knew the misery and pain of the poor people since he was a child, aLet all the poor people live a good lifeIn this way, the idea took root in my heart.
17-year-old *** and his father Mao Shunsheng broke out into a fierce quarrel, his father wanted to go to the rice shop as an apprentice, but *** wanted to go to school and study.
In those days, my father, as the head of the family, had always been very majestic and unequivocalIf you insist on going against your father's wishes, you will definitely be charged with disobedience to your father, so we have to find a way to get the best of both worlds.
Although he is only 17 years old, his intelligence and strategy have already begun to take shape. He moved in his uncles and the gentlemen of the academy and asked them to persuade his father.
Father has always been a face-loving person, and he didn't want others to think that he was stubborn and unkind, so he finally agreed to send *** to the school.
Find out your father's weakness, attack accurately, know yourself and know that you will win every battle, who can say that *** is not smart enough?
In 1910, ** left his hometown of Shaoshan, which had raised him for nearly 20 years, and ran towards a brighter future, he left a touching poem to his father: The child is determined to go out of the countryside, and he vows not to return if he can't learn to become famous.
During his studies, he was influenced by Liang Qichao and Kang Youwei's reformist ideas all the time, and he was also a loyal reader of the magazine "New Youth", and admired Chen Duxiu and Hu Shi, the representatives of New Thought.
Looking at the devastated China, looking at the poor people who are struggling to survive in the troubled timesThe idea of worrying about the country and the people in my heart has been transformed into saving the country and saving the peopleHe must fight for the revolutionary cause and join the revolutionary ranks.
Eight years later, ** finally had the opportunity to go to Beijing, the main position of "New Youth" magazine, this young man who spoke Hunan dialect, went to the holy land in his heart.
According to the trustee, ** came to Peking University as a librarian, although the salary is very low, but *** is very satisfied, he can indulge in the collection of tens of thousands of books in Peking University, he tirelessly absorbs knowledge, and lays a solid foundation for his profound knowledge in the future.
In addition, ** can also go to the classroom to observe the lectures of Peking University professors, and his favorite thing to listen to is Hu Shi's lectures.
This name, which was once only seen in newspapers, is now standing in front of him, and he can listen to his thoughts and opinions with his own ears, and he is extremely excited.
He once proudly said that he was a student of Hu Shi, but the arrogant Hu Shi scoffed at this"Whoever listened to my class is my student? It's wishful thinking. ”
During this period in Beijing, it was a critical period of rapid maturation of his thoughts, he read Marxist books every day, and with the help of Li Dazhao and others, he began to accept the ideas of the October Revolution.
After joining the ranks of the Communist Party, he did his best to propagate Marxism and new culture, and led the workers to carry out a strike movement, pushing the Hunan workers' movement to a rapid climax.
In 1923, he took the position of a member of the bureau and the secretary of the bureau, and his talent was gradually seen by more people, and more and more facts have proved that behind the appearance of ** seemingly untouched by the world, there is an incomparably powerful force.
The defeat of the Great Revolution plunged the Communist Party of China into an unprecedented crisis, and the Kuomintang launched a campaign of murder against the Communist Party, killing more than 300,000 Chinese Communist Party members and revolutionaries in more than a year.
At the "Eighty-Seven" Conference held in Hankou on August 7, 1927, ***, who was not yet in an important position at that time, proposed it to *** with great political courage"Power comes out of the barrel of a gun".This is completely contrary to the concept pursued by *** at that time, and at the meeting, Chen Duxiu and others also did not agree with ***'s remarks.
However, this is a decision that fully demonstrates the farsightedness and unique views of *** people who are different from ordinary people, ** clearly know that China's problems can only be solved by the Chinese themselves, there is no savior, there is no panacea, if we do not proceed from China's reality, blindly copy the Western methods, there is only a dead end.
Although this idea was not recognized by everyone at the "87" meeting, it still gained many supporters.
Luo Rongheng is one of them.
He was attracted by the great wisdom of sobriety displayed by *** and became a loyal supporter of ***.
I saw it early onis by no means an ordinary person, and his ** farsightedness is unmatched。Luo Rongheng said in his later years when he recalled ***.
Because it is novel enough, it is more difficult to understand, but fortunately, time will crush all doubtful voices, and everything is proving the correctness of ***.
Due to the erroneous command of Bogu and Li De in 1934, the Red Army had to embark on the road of the Long March.
The road of the Chinese revolution cannot go on like this, it will not work like this. * Anxious about the status quo, he will not sit idly by and watch the revolution no matter what he suffers.
* I have also been indignant about this matter. As ***'s closest comrade-in-arms, he has never questioned any decision of ***, and he is also convinced of ***'s ability.
It is no exaggeration to say that in that tense period,Only *** has the clearest mind, even if he is not believed, he does not bring his personal emotions to the team, he is wholeheartedly thinking about the whole party! ”
At the Zunyi Conference, Wang Jiaxiang, He, and others stood up and criticized the mistakes of leadership's strategy and tactics in the fifth "anti-encirclement and suppression" campaign, pointing the spearhead directly at Bogu and Li De, and pointed out that the main reason for the successive defeats of the Red Army was a series of serious mistakes made by Bogu and Li De in military command, and directly exposed the essence of the two of them trying to escape responsibility.
After the Zunyi meeting, the leadership position of *** in *** was formally established.
In several battles not long after, Lao finally practiced the military proposition of ***, and all actions were subject to the military command of ***, and finally achieved the first major victory after the Long March.
Years later, he said: "After that victory, I once again confirmed that my decision to stand by *** was completely correctWithout ***, there would be no Communist Party today, and there would be no New China today
**And *** have a very similar experience. In 1934, ** vigorously opposed the wrong decision of Bogu and Li De, because he had the same attitude as ***, ** always stood on the same front, and in the Zunyi Conference, he also firmly stood on the side of ***, and made great contributions in the subsequent major battles.
"Being on the same front as *** was the best decision I ever made. ”Said.
Unlike ***, ** and *** were in the opposite camp at the beginning.
Before the Zunyi Conference, ** did not approve of ***'s military proposition, and he even opposed the military command in the hands of *** together with Bogu and Li De.
But *** has never had personal emotions about ** because of this, because *** knows that ** is a rare general. After the victory in the war, ** was finally impressed by ***'s ability.
However, his attitude towards ** has never changed, he has always regarded ** as an important general of the Communist Party, and has always been extremely tolerant and respectful to him.
I was still too young and vigorous, I only knew that I blindly agreed, after the leadership position was established, I was very afraid that he would hate me because of this, but it turned out that I was too narrow-minded, ** not only hated me, but also entrusted me with important responsibilities, trust, really ashamed. "*I feel incredibly guilty when I recall ***.
In the following battles, ** fully demonstrated his talents. He did not go to a military school and did not receive a military education, which is the reason why many people are unwilling to believe it, but it is precisely because he has not received a military education that he will put forward more strategic policies that will surprise and attack his unpreparedness.
** He will not only imprison his mind in the war itself, he is extremely good at finding a solution to the war thousands of years ago recorded in ancient books.
Times are changing, people are changing, but the only thing that remains constant is human nature.
China's history is 5,000 years long, and generation after generation of people have staged seemingly different but extremely similar dramas, wars, invasions, people want to break through the methods of their predecessors to find innovation, but after all, they are just old dramas that have been staged thousands of times.
In military command, ** often from the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "The Art of War" and various ancient books to find a way to crack, he believes that the seemingly incomprehensible situation has been staged thousands of times in history, as long as you look carefully, you will be able to find similarities from it, the problem will be solved. Bogu Tongjin, this is the great wisdom of ***.
The Japanese, who only knew **, understood the wisdom of the Chinese for thousands of years, and finally had to be beaten by the guerrillas of the Communist Party; Chiang Kai-shek, who only knew how to borrow money from the United States to buy **, would have thought that people's decision-making would be more important than today's**, and in the end he would have to lose Taiwan.
Unlike several other marshals,** originally subordinate to the Kuomintang army, he served as a division commander of the National Revolutionary Army and became the most famous leftist general in the Northern Expeditionary Army, and made great achievements.
After that, ** gradually turned his attention to the Communist Party, and he found that the Kuomintang had long deviated from the original intention of Mr. Sun Yat-senTruth and democracy were no longer important to the KMT, ** began to become disillusioned with the Kuomintang.
In 1927, ** firmly sided with the Communist Party and the masses of workers and peasants, and openly broke with the Kuomintang. Since joining the Communist Party, I have admired the Communist Party, and the Communist Party under the leadership of the Communist Party is the party that truly thinks about the people and the poor people.
If *** is the head, then we are the arms and legs, and we will always obey the command of the head. "* To put it this way.
Initially did not agree with the military doctrine of ***. **Graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, he received the most rigorous military education, so he has always been skeptical of the decisions made by this literati.
Therefore, in the fourth anti-"encirclement and suppression" war, ** did not choose to follow the strategy of ***, but chose to go south with Zhang Guotao, but Zhang Guotao failed to win in the end, and more than 20,000 people of the main force of the Red Fourth Front Army were forced to withdraw from the base area.
It was after this battle that ** was completely subdued,"I really regret that I didn't choose to believe *** in the first placeHis courage and strategy are far above all of us, and he is a great leader with a great strategic vision. ”
The marshal is also a knowledgeable general who knows astronomy and geography, but in front of him, he bowed to the wind, crossed the Chishui River four times, flew to capture the Luding Bridge, the great victory of Pingxingguan, the Battle of the Hundred Regiments and other battles, all of which were victorious under the leadership of ***.
I used to think that my strategy was unmatched, but after encountering ***, I was ashamed of myself. * recalled the years when I fought side by side with ***, and shed hot tears.
As the only general who studied abroad, ** is the most open-minded, he once followed Sun Yat-sen to devote himself to the democratic revolution, and protected Sun Yat-sen from danger many times. After Chiang Kai-shek came to power, he joined the Communist Party, and his admiration for *** is indescribable, ** is an example on his life path.
Looking back at history, we can't help but be surprised to find that all the decisions made during that war years were rational, correct, and crucialHe is like a shining red star, radiating bright light, guiding China firmly on the way forward.
**'s great achievements are worthy of praise for generations to come, and it is he who led this great country, once known as the "sick man of East Asia", to stand up and move towards a better future step by step.