The chaotic clouds are still calm

Mao Zedong has a seven-fold poem: "The twilight sky looks strong and loose, and the chaotic clouds are still calm." Born a fairy cave, unlimited scenery in the dangerous peak. The poem celebrates both "concentration" and "grinding." Among them, "chaotic clouds flying across the country are still calm" praises "concentration".

This concentration, accompanied by Mao Zedong's revolutionary course and difficult and difficult struggle life, is manifested in the battle poems of his command. For example, "Xijiangyue Jinggangshan": "The flag under the mountain is in sight, and the drums and horns at the top of the mountain are heard." The enemy was besieged for thousands of times, and I stood still. Barriers have long been tightened, and more united in will. The cannons on the Huangyang Boundary roared, reporting that the enemy was at night. ”

"The enemy is besieged by thousands of people", how great is the disparity between the strength of the enemy and the strength of the weak, and how grim is the situation of the war in which the enemy is bent on destroying the Red Army! The Chinese revolution, led by the Chinese Communists, was besieged for a long time by powerful enemies. The troops of the August 1st Nanchang Uprising retreated to the seashore in the hope of getting a Soviet sea response and breaking the siege. The fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" failed, and the Red Army was forced to march and carry out a strategic shift, also in order to break the siege. After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, more than a dozen members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China rushed to the northeast with more than 100,000 troops, still in order to break the siege of the Kuomintang.

"I stand still", in the critical situation of the enemy's siege of thousands of weights, this is how amazing determination. Where does this concentration come from? It comes from planning and preparing for a long time, and even more from the support of the people, from the unity of the people, from the unity of the military and the people, and from the unity of will.

This concentration was later written as a summary of experience in "The Strategic Problems of China's Revolutionary War", that is, through the study of "focusing on its characteristics and focusing on its development", forming a way to break the enemy's siege of us under different conditions. The article points out: "The relaxation of preparations that occurs from the light of the enemy, and the panic that occurs from being frightened by the enemy's attack, are undesirable tendencies that should be resolutely opposed." What we need is a warm and calm mood, a tense and orderly work. The most remarkable thing about this determination as a plan and preparation is that before and after the Seventh National Congress of the Party, Mao Zedong formed a strategic foresight for the establishment of a base area in the northeast. "The Northeast is particularly important," he said. If we lose all the existing base areas, as long as we have the northeast, then the Chinese revolution will have a solid foundation. "The geographical conditions and large industrial base in the northeast are the most conducive to breaking the siege." It was precisely because of the establishment of a consolidated base area in the northeast that the War of Liberation had the momentum of destroying and liberating all of China.

This determination was manifested in the struggle of Mao Zedong to lead the Chinese people to defend national independence after the founding of New China, and in the battle poems of his unswerving defense of independence and self-determination. For example, "Seven Laws of Winter Clouds": "Snow presses the winter clouds and flies white, and the flowers are rare for a while." The sky is high and the cold is rushing, and the earth is slightly warmed and blowing. There are unique heroes who drive tigers and leopards, and there is no Haojie who is afraid of bears. Plum blossoms rejoice in the snow, and it is not surprising that flies freeze to death. ”

Since the founding of New China, the Western countries led by the United States have adopted a policy of blockade, embargo, and siege against us. When the Khrushchev clique of the Soviet Union betrayed its faith and interfered in China's independence and self-determination, the international situation facing China became even worse, how severe it was!" There are unique heroes who drive tigers and leopards, and there is no Haojie who is afraid of bears. "It shows Mao Zedong's incomparably strong strategic determination in the face of a serious siege." He has always aimed the sharp edge of the struggle at the forces that are most harmful to China's independence and self-determination, firmly united all countries and peoples that can be united, firmly taken the road of independence and self-determination, and safeguarded the "immovable" of China, which stood up, and exerted a major impact on China's ability to "stand still" when the Soviet Union disintegrated and The drastic changes in Eastern Europe occurred.

The traditional spirit of the Chinese nation has always attached importance to "concentration.". Sun Tzu and other military experts "do not move like a mountain" and "plan and then move" are talking about "concentration." The "Empty City Plan" in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is about the determination of the Shu Han military master Zhuge Liang. One of the reasons for Sun Wukong's great skill in "Journey to the West" is that he has the Dinghai God Needle "Ruyi Golden Hoop Stick" in his hand, which is a piece of Tianhe Dingdi God Needle Iron. Mao Zedong praised Sun Wukong: "The golden monkey raises up a thousand sticks, and Yuyu clarifies Wanlie." ”

After China became the world's second-largest economy, it is not surprising that some people want to hysterically encircle China. Why does General Secretary Xi Jinping attach great importance to the determination of "chaotic clouds flying across the country still calmly"? Because of the concentration, today's China can "ignore the wind and waves" and "I will not move.".

(The author is a former researcher of the Central Academy of Literature)