Chapter 44 4. Take the road of army building with Chinese characteristics

With the reduction of millions of troops, the Chinese military obeys the overall situation of economic construction, streamlines and reorganizes, and takes the road of elite soldiers. This has changed the ancient pattern of "raising troops for a thousand days and using them for a while" in history.The tradition that the people's army should be a "production team" advocated by Mao Zedong long ago has been fundamentally carried forward under the new historical conditions.While shouldering the important task of safeguarding the security of the motherland, the People's Army has shown its talents on the economic front: they have opened up a number of military facilities to provide services for the society; they have used their technological advantages to support local economic construction; their achievements in emergency rescue and disaster relief are well-known ; They cultivate talents for both military and local purposes, so that the vast number of cadres and soldiers can show their talents in economic construction, and they have truly achieved "raising soldiers for a thousand days and using them for a thousand days."This is a major achievement of the people's army under the guidance of Deng Xiaoping's military thought on the track of peacetime construction.

Modern warfare has put forward many new requirements for China's national defense construction. The core of modern national defense construction is to establish a powerful modernized and regularized revolutionary army.In order to make China's military adapt to the changes in the international and domestic situations and become the backbone of China's national defense forever, Deng Xiaoping established some basic principles for China's national defense construction. At the Sixth Plenary Session of the Twelfth Central Committee of the Party, Deng Xiaoping pointed out: "Adhering to the guidance of Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought is the foundation of my country's socialist modernization." National defense modernization is an important part of my country's socialist modernization. Mao Zedong There is no doubt that China's military thinking guides national defense.Mao Zedong's military thinking is the product of the combination of the principles of Marxism-Leninism and the Chinese revolution. It is the crystallization of the blood of the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries.It has rich practicality and distinctive Chinese characteristics.History has proved that it is scientific, and it is the theoretical guidance for China's military construction and even national defense construction.However, Deng Xiaoping also mentioned that in the new historical period, in the modernization of national defense construction, it is necessary to further combine the construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the development of the world situation to develop and enrich Mao Zedong's military thought, just like Mao Zedong and other veterans It is the same as the development and enrichment of Marxism-Leninism by previous generations of proletarian revolutionaries.

National defense construction should "integrate military and civilian, peacetime and wartime integration", adhere to the principle of peacetime and wartime integration, military and civilian compatibility.This is the need of China's socialist modernization drive, showing its practicality. As early as the 1950s, Mao Zedong pointed out in his speech at the Supreme State Council that we should also pay attention to both military and civilian uses in production, pay attention to learning two sets of production technologies for military and civilian use, and have two sets of equipment. Civilian production was transformed into military production.Deng Xiaoping implemented Mao Zedong's principle of national defense construction, promoted national defense construction to the entire army and civilians, and made it a common task for the military and civilians. Based on this principle, he effectively combined the needs of national defense with the exertion of social benefits, so as to achieve a balance between revolution and production. error.

Strengthening the construction of high-tech national defense and strengthening the construction of national defense industry is another important principle of Deng Xiaoping's national defense construction.In modern society, national defense modernization and technological modernization are inseparable.The modernization of science and technology is the fulcrum of national defense modernization, and the development of high technology should be the focus of national defense construction.At the same time, this is also the basis for the establishment of the ancient army-building principle of "soldiers are more valuable than many", which is established in the new era.With strong high-tech backing, we don’t have to worry about not being able to build a rapid response force, and we don’t have to worry about not having Army Aviation, Electronic Countermeasures, Weather Corps, Mountain Combat Troops, Nuclear Submarine Troops, Air Force Surface-to-Air Missile Troops, and the Navy. Marine Corps and other arms.

A capable standing force must be combined with a strong reserve force, which is the essence of People's War in Mao Zedong's military thought.Any war must rely on the backing of a strong people. On the one hand, it can quickly replenish and expand active troops to undertake heavy war tasks. On the other hand, with it as a reserve force, it can restrain wars and safeguard peace. play a positive role. Deng Xiaoping judged the situation and put forward the principles of modern national defense construction, which straightened out the various relationships between national defense construction and economic construction, national defense construction and army construction, ended the long-term passive situation of national defense construction in our country, and fundamentally enhanced the combat potential of our army. , Enhanced the prestige of our country in the world.

The disarmament of one million is of great significance to saving military expenses, supporting the country's economic construction, and reducing the burden on the people.At the same time, it is more conducive to improving weapons and equipment and improving the combat effectiveness of troops.The situation of modern warfare is changing rapidly, and the combat space is enlarged. If the military organization is overstaffed, the movement is inconvenient, and the command and decision-making is slow, it will be difficult to win the battle.Soldiers are more expensive than elites.Deng Xiaoping pointed out that the reduction of 1 million did not actually weaken the combat effectiveness of the army, but enhanced it.Disarmament by one million is a manifestation of the strength and confidence of the Chinese government and people.

Through the strategic transformation of the guiding ideology, the reduction of 1 million troops, and the corresponding reorganization and adjustment, the PLA is effectively and gradually building into an army with lean organization, flexible command, excellent equipment, well-trained, quick response, and high efficiency. , a modern revolutionary army with strong combat effectiveness and Chinese characteristics.