Just as the earth is inseparable from the universe, human reality is inseparable from the earth. The geography and meteorology on the earth have a great impact on the survival and development of our human beings. With the adaptation of human beings to the earth, the understanding of the earth is becoming more and more profound and refined.
If so, there are many research and development topics and projects. Like economic geography, transportation geography, military geography... Of course, the meteorological situation is the same, and there is also military weather.
As a military geography and meteorology, human beings from survival to development to the present, has been rational use, not abandoned for a moment, even in the current high-tech era, military geography and meteorology, is still no less, always in the strategic and tactical planning and application of various countries.
Military geography and meteorology, roughly including topographical features and weather and climate change. Such as mountains and rivers, high mountains and mountains, a horse Flat River, a sheep intestine trail, wild storms, ice and snow, spring and warm flowers, cold weather freezing, strategic center, traffic center... These are the basic conditions of strategy and tactics in war, and when used properly, they can help victory, and vice versa, they may make mistakes and fail. There have been many such inversions in history. For example, the idiom story of "crossing the half and attacking", the role of the Great Wall, and why did the Japanese army attack Yan'an in Shaanxi Province and fail to succeed? That is the credit of the Yellow River. As the temporary capital of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, why the Japanese army could not conquer it was also the credit of the Yangtze River Graben and the high mountains and ridges. The strategy of making use of the revolutionary base areas established in the Jinggang Mountains and finally encircling the cities with the countryside is to make clever use of geographical and meteorological conditions to achieve the goal of strengthening oneself and destroying the enemy. In the War of Resistance Against Japan, the enemy was strong and we were weak, and the New Fourth Army of the Eighth Route Army could only make full use of geographical conditions to strike and eliminate the Japanese. Such as the Pingxingguan ambush battle, the ShentouLing ambush battle, and so on, in order to achieve victory. On the plains, they skillfully used green yarn tents, tunnels, and canals to hide themselves and destroy the enemy. In the War of Liberation and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Vietnam, the Chinese armed forces skillfully applied military geographical and meteorological conditions, knew themselves and knew each other, and let the US imperialists armed to the teeth have no choice but to concede defeat. In these victories, it is not difficult to see that in addition to the efforts of the Party and the army, the control and application of military geography and meteorology in the strategic layout is the greatest condition for victory. The famous Battle of Shangganling is a living example. In the battle to liberate Hainan Island, a corps led by Deng Hua and Han Xianchu overcame the difficulties of the Qiongzhou Strait and used the geographical and meteorological conditions of the monsoon and the smuggling of people at night to send the strength of several regiments on Hainan Island first, thus laying a solid foundation for the large troops to forcibly cross the land and liberate Hainan Island. The three famous battles commanded by Chairman Mao all made full use of geographical conditions and the foundation of the strategic central transportation center, so that the general was passively beaten and defeated everywhere.
I used to serve as an anti-aircraft artilleryman, and in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Vietnam, the anti-aircraft artillery made full use of the geographical terrain and landforms and the sunlight in the climate to strike and destroy incoming enemy aircraft. In 1964, during the large-scale training and competition of the whole army, it was found that the Guo Xingfu teaching method was promoted. In Guo Xingfu's teaching method, in the attack and defense of infantry, the emphasis is on the use of terrain and features by soldiers to protect themselves and destroy the enemy... In the counterattack against Vietnamese self-defense, the Vietnamese enemy made full use of mountains, caves, ditches, etc., to block the advance of our army.
Recently, the Afghan Taliban have driven the Yankees out of their homeland and seized national power. The reason why such a vulnerable group, for decades, defeated the aggression of the Soviet army and the aggression of the United States, is not difficult to see that, in addition to the tenacious fighting of the Taliban, the geographical and meteorological conditions of the terrain and features (tunnels and other bunkers) have been used to make the invaders beaten everywhere and have no tranquility, so victory is inevitable. And many of the high-tech failures of the US military, like artillery, tanks, bombers, drones, are ramming everywhere without targets.
If it is the armed reunification of Taiwan Island, in this grand strategy, the study and utilization of geographical and meteorological conditions will be a big problem. Taiwan Island is surrounded by the sea on all sides, which is hindered by marine meteorological conditions, at the same time, Taiwan Island is less plain and more mountains, and there are not many beaches suitable for landing... How to use these geographical and meteorological topographic and geomorphological conditions is also one of the things we must study first.
In short, no matter what stage of modern warfare is developed, the understanding and utilization of military geography and meteorology is still a very important one, which must not be ignored, and should be paid attention to and studied to make good preparations for adapting to modern warfare. Author Dai Yong 2021.8.18