Recognized as an outstanding military strategist, he has created many tactical strategies with far-reaching wisdom and philosophy, including the famous 16-character decision of guerrilla warfare: "The enemy advances and we retreat, the enemy is stationed and disturbs us, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I pursue." ”
This sixteen-character rule reveals the true meaning of sports warfare, not to take the gains and losses of one city and one place as the only criterion for victory or defeat, but to who is more agile and agile and better at grasping the timing of the battle, who is likely to have the last laugh.
Therefore, this tactical thinking is often employed"Lure the enemy deeper"The tactic, ostensibly, to allow the enemy to enter our territory, is a victory for the enemy, but in reality, it lengthens the enemy's front, leading to problems such as the dispersion of their forces, isolation, and supply difficulties. Then, we took the opportunity to fight back. It was precisely with this strategy and tactics that our army, in the face of its relatively weak strength, defeated the Kuomintang reactionaries and Japanese imperialism on many occasions and won great victories in the revolution.
However, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, due to lack of experience, all walks of life needed to learn from the big brother of the Soviet Union, and the military field was no exception. As a result, many began to learn from the experience of the Soviet army to change the military strategy and tactics of our country.
For example, some people advocate strengthening the construction of national defense projects such as military fortresses and defense lines in major strategic areas in the country, which will undoubtedly require the consumption of a large amount of manpower, material resources, and funds.
However, the economic foundation of New China is too weak, and if too much investment is made in the military field, other more important economic construction will be affected.
** He was resolutely opposed to the excessive construction of military facilities and advocated the use of guerrilla tactics, while some founding generals such as Xu Shiyou insisted on preventing the enemy from entering Shanghai and defending their homeland by holding on.
During the revolutionary war, our army, due to its weak strength, had to take some temporary measures, and there was nothing that could not be discarded. However, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the task of our army has become to defend the homeland and the country, defend the land and the people, and if we still regard the land, towns, and people as "jars and jars" that can be discarded at any time, then it is politically and morally unfeasible.
Against the background of the new era, the pattern of warfare facing our army has undergone a qualitative change, and this requires us to re-examine the military experience of the old era. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, we were faced with the Kuomintang army and the Japanese army, although they were stronger than us in strength, but they were still in the same dimension.
However, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, we will face a comprehensive, three-dimensional, modern, and high-speed mobile offensive by the United States and the Soviet Union. In this case, if you still want to "lure the enemy deep" to make it difficult to supply the enemy, you are asking for a sword.
Because in the face of a new enemy, the tactical time unit is calculated in hours, and the enemy army can gather tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops in just a few hours, including logistical supplies, and can also be on call.
The tactic of "luring the enemy into depth," which our army tried and tested repeatedly in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, is no longer applicable. Especially in the southeast coastal area, most of our country's industrial system is concentrated here, and we can no longer discard it as a "jar".
If we let the enemy army penetrate deeply, it will undoubtedly cause huge losses, which we cannot afford. Therefore, we must adhere to the principle of "keeping the enemy out of the country".
After the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea and the Sino-Soviet Conflict, our army's strategic thinking gradually changed. From luring the enemy into depth, to "having a top and letting go," to "active defense," to the brand-new strategic thinking of "stabilizing the northern front, strengthening the southern front, strengthening the border defense, and navigating the sea," and even the development strategy inspired by the Gulf War to win a local war under the conditions of modern technology, especially informationized high technology, and then to winning a local war under the conditions of informationization in 2004, it can be seen that our army is by no means a sticking to conventions, but an army that keeps pace with the times and constantly improves itself.
These changes do not mean that the military thinking of the first country is outdated, on the contrary, his thinking on the "people's war" will never be outdated, and it will have the power of being invincible at any time, and it needs to be passed down from generation to generation in order to be invincible forever.