MacArthur's Wild Talk: End the war before Christmas. Peng continued to use the tactics of arrogance to lure MacArthur into the bait.
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November 13, 1950, DayuDong, Volunteer Army Headquarters.
Peng Dehuai gathered his main planners and was convening an operational meeting for the next campaign.
Present at the meeting were Deng Hua, Hong Xuezhi, Han Xianchu, Xie Fang, and others.
Report of the Chief of Staff on the situation at the battlefield.
Peng Dehuai's eyebrows tightened and he began to pace the house.
As the supreme commander of the battlefield, he understands the difficulties of strategic and tactical command. Yes, the general style of play has been determined, that is, to lure the enemy deeper, but it is not easy to do this.
The enemy is the enemy, and the enemy is not just stupid.
You have developed a tactical play, but he may not follow your train of thought.
The only law on the battlefield is the law of war.
Moreover, the battle of enticing the enemy to go deep is not as easy to fight as the average person thinks.
Let's start with the word "temptation," which is to induce your opponent to make a wrong judgment that is contrary to the actual situation and contrary to your strategic intentions.
The "temptation" on the battlefield does not rely on words, but on very specific battles to reflect.
First of all, you must let the enemy have the illusion that the opponent's strength is weak, that the opponent is already afraid of fighting, so that the enemy has the courage to chase; secondly, this "temptation" cannot be self-defeating.
Too much obvious weakness will make the enemy alert and abandon the pursuit, making your plan frustrated, and too stubborn resistance will expose your strength, making the enemy sure that you still have the ability to fight.
If you still have the ability to fight and do not fight, then it is clear that it is a plan, who will be fooled by you?
Moreover, in the process of enticing the enemy, we must grasp the link of retreat and pay attention to the overall cooperation between the various units.
This is especially important on the current battlefield.
The enemy is a mechanized force, and its equipment and other conditions for combat are superior to our army. If the overall coordination cannot be guaranteed in the process of enticing the enemy, but the enemy advances rapidly, the ambushed troops will become the troops attacked by the enemy, but they will be self-defeating and lift stones to drop their feet.
Therefore, it must be noted that such tactics also have their risk-taking nature.
Talking about this "deep" word, of course, it is not unlimited to let the enemy go deep, but to choose the ambush area in advance, and at the same time we must do everything possible to let the enemy enter this area, otherwise such a plan cannot succeed.
This is precisely the case in the present situation, and thanks to the lessons of the first battle, the enemy forces on the entire front seem to have learned to behave and are cautious one by one, which cannot but make people anxious.
For a force with no logistical supply, time is a powerful weapon that depletes its combat effectiveness.
"So what do you think?" Peng Dehuai asked the crowd.
Xie Fang said: "It seems that we must further confuse and arrogantly indulge the enemy and induce them to boldly advance." ”
Hong Xuezhi said: "I think that in order to make the enemy give up his doubts, it is best for our army to give up even small-scale blockades and counterattacks, and retreat in a big stride." ”
Peng Dehuai groaned for a moment, then said, "I agree with this opinion. All armies were ordered not to carry out counter-attacks against the attacking enemy, to take the initiative to retreat, and to retreat backwards in a big stride for more than ten kilometers. However, the timing and method of retreat must be mastered, and we must not let the enemy discover our intentions, see that we are tempting them to drill into pockets, and give the enemy the illusion that we cannot defeat them, and it is only when we retreat that they can safely enter the area where I have planned. ”
This is immediately effective.
The United Nations army then followed our army and misjudged the volunteers in all respects.
By 21 November, the enemy on the Western Front had reached its "start line" and was preparing to launch MacArthur's encouraging "Christmas Offensive."
By the time the enemy launched an attack, the volunteers were ready for work and had made all the preparations. This was an incredible war, and the qualifications of MacArthur, Walker, Almond, and others were almost completely swayed by the volunteer generals headed by Peng Dehuai, and every step fell into the calculations of our army.
That is to say, the combat wisdom of Peng Dehuai and others is higher than the combat wisdom of MacArthur and others, and only in this way can this situation occur.
