Preface:
Looking back at Chairman Mao's life, he rarely went to the front line to direct battles, but he was always able to make correct strategic arrangements and lead the soldiers to victory after victory.
With one telegram after another, Chairman Mao was always able to list everything about the situation on the battlefield, and sometimes his judgment was more accurate than that of the generals who were present at the scene.
Chairman Mao never went to a military school, why did he always win battles? If you don't have to go to the front, why can you win thousands of miles away?
Keen insight
Although Chairman Mao did not attend a military school and learned systematic theoretical knowledge, the progress and development of one's ability is more about continuous growth and progress in practice. Chairman Mao honed himself in constant practice, summed up lessons and lessons, and became a great military strategist.
Chairman Mao once quipped: "No one can learn without a teacher, I just regard the Kuomintang and others as my teachers." ”
At first, Chairman Mao did not know how to respond to the battle, and it was not until Chiang Kai-shek's army forced our army to have no way to retreat, that our army appreciated the fighting methods and techniques of guerrilla warfare.
From the Kuomintang and the Soviet army, Chairman Mao saw many advantages, but at the same time found many shortcomings, summed up all of them, thought more, and a development path in line with the Chinese revolution appeared before him.
After summing up experience for a long time and commanding operations, Chairman Mao developed keen insight, and when he crossed the red water, Chairman Mao's ability and courage were fully displayed.
During the anti-encirclement and suppression struggle, due to the misjudgment of Li De and Bogu, our troops happened to encounter the Kuomintang troops on the way to transfer. After a fierce confrontation, our army suffered heavy losses, and the original hundreds of thousands of troops now only have more than 30,000 people left.
At the Zunyi Conference in 1935, Chairman Mao became the leader of the Red Army again, and at the meeting, Chairman Mao made a reasonable analysis of the current situation: After the Battle of Xiangjiang, our army suffered heavy losses, and if it insisted on going its own way, it would inevitably be surrounded and blocked by the Kuomintang, or even wiped out. On the Kuomintang side, on the other hand, Chiang Kai-shek mobilized heavy troops to wait for work, and he looked like he was in control of victory.
Now is the moment of life and death, and we must not compete head-on with the Kuomintang, and immediately made a strategy of crossing the river and joining the division.
Due to previous command errors, morale in the army was low, resulting in no new progress in the battle of crossing the river. Faced with this situation, Chairman Mao decisively abandoned his original plan and chose to divide his troops into three ways and cross Chishui by chance.
On the battlefield, Chairman Mao also always paid attention to the movements of the enemy army in order to find flaws. On February 18, our army's intelligence officers reported to Chairman Mao that the Kuomintang troops had sent reinforcements to the Sichuan-Yunnan border.
After thinking about it, Chairman Mao decisively made an analysis: Chiang Kai-shek thought that we would attack the weakly defended Sichuan-Yunnan border, so he would put all his troops there and wanted to catch us by surprise. But after he transfers troops, the defense of northern Guizhou will become very weak, and we can attack the Qianbei region.
Chairman Mao made a decisive move and led his army to launch a surprise attack on the northern Qianbei region, catching Chiang Kai-shek's army by surprise. Chiang Kai-shek had to hurriedly change his strategy, launch an attack on our army, and firmly hold the south, hoping to besiege our army here.
After a brief analysis, Chairman Mao immediately found a strategy to deal with it. He led the Red Army, bypassing Chiang Kai-shek's main forces, crossing the river again from the Maotai ferry port to Sichuan, and escaping Chiang Kai-shek's encirclement.
After Chiang Kai-shek's repeated unsuccessful attacks, he led his troops to assemble around Sichuan, intending to directly besiege the Red Army in the Sichuan region and destroy it in one fell swoop. But Chairman Mao had long anticipated Chiang Kai-shek's plan, and before the encirclement was formed, he led his army to forcibly cross Chishui and completely escaped Chiang Kai-shek's encirclement.
Afterwards, Chiang Kai-shek cursed: "It is a great shame that an army of 100,000 people cannot solve an army of 30,000 people!" And the generals of our army sighed: "This is the most dangerous battle, but it is also the most exciting." In this battle, every action can be completed in time for Chiang Kai-shek, which is simply a miracle! ”
In this battle, Chairman Mao showed his majesty and keen insight to the fullest, but it is undeniable that the timeliness and accuracy of the intelligence gave Chairman Mao the upper hand in this game.
A second pair of eyes on the battlefield
The victory of the Four Crossings of Chishui and the Long March could not be separated from the silent efforts of intelligence officers. As the second pair of eyes on the battlefield, whenever we obtain the latest intelligence of the enemy, we can determine our army's next combat plan and ensure the safety of the soldiers. It is precisely this accurate information that allows our army to get rid of danger during the Long March.
Our party's intelligence system was built by Zhou Enlai, who infiltrated every corner of the Kuomintang army, which enabled our army to grasp the latest actions of the Kuomintang at any time and gain the initiative on the battlefield.
Due to the importance of intelligence work, the secrecy work is quite complete, and even a figure of Lin Biao's level is not clear. Therefore, on the battlefield, there are often situations where Chairman Mao and Lin Biao have differences in operational command.
During the Liaoshen Campaign, Mao Zedong ordered an attack on Jinzhou, an important town on the Beining Line, but Lin Biao looked ahead and could not make up his mind. In order to enable Lin Biao to fight with peace of mind, Chairman Mao sent more than 20 telegrams to Lin Biao, explaining to Lin Biao the importance of storming Jinzhou. It was Chairman Mao's repeated insistence that our army made breakthroughs on the battlefield.
During the Jinan Campaign, Chairman Mao took full command of the battle, issuing 23 telegrams to inquire about the combat situation of the front-line soldiers and giving orders by telegram. According to the chairman's command, our army fought with the enemy for eight days and eight nights, successfully annihilating more than 100,000 enemy troops.
Our party attaches great importance to intelligence work
The repeated failures in the early days of the revolutionary struggle made our Party realize the importance of intelligence, and Chairman Mao also deeply understood the truth that only by fully understanding the opponent can we defeat the opponent.
Chairman Mao attached great importance to radio stations, and during the Jiangxi Campaign, Chairman Mao ordered the capture of all radio stations of the enemy army. After our army captured the radio technician of the Kuomintang, Chairman Mao cherished the talent, personally did ideological work for him, and let him serve our party.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, in order to obtain more intelligence resources and grasp more adequate combat information, Chairman Mao called on the personnel around him to take action and obtain intelligence in advance.
At that time, the transmission of information was very inconvenient, and the Kuomintang troops also increased the blockade of information in the Liberated Areas. Our party's underground intelligence officers disguised themselves and went to various places to collect news newspapers, and Japan's newest newspaper had only been published for 10 days when it appeared on Yan'an's desk.
In order to expand the party's intelligence network, Chairman Mao pointed out the need to strengthen the ties between the masses and do a good job in covert struggle.
In 1948, when Chiang Kai-shek ordered Fu Zuoyi to attack the seat of the Party Central Committee, Chairman Mao had already obtained this information in advance from the fighters of the hidden front, and used Xinhua News Agency radio to publicize Chiang Kai-shek's conspiracy, gaining the voice of the people, and Chiang Kai-shek had to abandon this plan.
As the battle progressed, Chairman Mao expanded the intelligence organization and covert work to the masses, thus ensuring the secrecy of the work of the Party organization. He also proposed to go deep into the enemy's interior and carry out intelligence work in major cities.
It was precisely because of these incognito intelligence personnel who went deep into the enemy position that our army repeatedly smashed the conspiracy of the Kuomintang troops to attack the Party Central Committee and made outstanding contributions to the victory of our Party.
summary
Chairman Mao's frequent victories in commanding battles could not be separated from his far-sighted strategic vision and advanced military theory.
The miracle of Chairman Mao's command of operations thousands of miles away relied on our party's powerful intelligence system and the underground workers who worked silently and remained in the dark.
Chairman Mao's military strategy and thinking were all explored in revolutionary practice, and his military theory remains the truth that our Party continues to study and study to this day.
In the face of the complex and ever-changing international environment, we must profoundly implement Chairman Mao's military thought, only in this way can we protect the security of the country.