Chapter 87 Instructions to the first batch of graduates of the Military Academy[1]

(July 10, 1952) Dean Liu of the Military Academy, the commanders, political staff, logistics staff, teachers of the whole academy, and all students who graduated from the first phase of the advanced fast-track department and the high-level fast-track department: The Military Academy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, which marks one of the great changes in the history of the Chinese People's Army, has completed the first phase of its advanced and advanced courses. I would like to extend my congratulations. The establishment of the Military Academy and its education over the past year have made important contributions to building a regularized and modernized national defense force.This is the result of the efforts of President Liu, the efforts of all Soviet advisers, and the concerted efforts of all commanders, political staff, logistics staff, teachers and students.Special thanks and condolences.

The history of the Chinese people's army building has gone through a long journey of twenty-five years, and its rich revolutionary experience is unparalleled in the world except the Soviet Union.However, before the Chinese people won the national victory, due to the limitations of objective material conditions, their military construction was still at a relatively low stage, that is, the equipment was simple and inferior, the organization and system were irregular, and they lacked strict military discipline and Decentralization, disunity and guerrilla character in operational command, etc., were inevitable and unavoidable in the past, and therefore correct.However, since the Chinese people won nationwide victories, this objective situation has basically changed. We have now entered the advanced stage of army building, that is, the stage of mastering modern technology, and the objective conditions have completely changed. With this possibility, it can be realized with untiring subjective efforts.Compatible with modern equipment, it requires the regularization of army building, that is, the implementation of unified command, unified system, unified organization, unified discipline, and unified training, and that requires the realization of close coordinated actions of all arms.To this end, it is necessary to overcome the lack of concentration, lack of unity, lack of discipline, simple phenomena, guerrilla habits, etc., which were correct in the past but are now incorrect, and must strengthen the overall work and command. , and first of all, it should be the kind of organization, planning, accuracy and discipline cultivated from education and training.This is one of the indispensable and important conditions for building a regularized and modernized national defense force.

At the same time, in order to organize such complex, highly mechanized, and modern campaigns and battles, it is impossible without a sound, intelligent, and scientific organization and division of labor in the headquarters.The unsound, inefficient, and even incompetent command organs of the past must be greatly strengthened in the future.In the past, the phenomenon of only paying attention to political work (it is right to pay attention to political work, and we must pay attention to it in the future) while ignoring staff work must be resolutely changed.In the past, some people who were relatively weak, lacked organizational skills, or even made some mistakes and were not highly motivated were assigned to the work of the command organ, which more or less affected the lack of prestige of the command organ and affected some Commanders are unwilling to be chiefs of staff or staff officers. This phenomenon must be fundamentally corrected.From now on, we must select excellent commanders who are rich in organizational and commanding abilities to come to the command organs at all levels, so as to create a new style and a new atmosphere for the command organs.This is also one of the indispensable and important conditions for building a regularized and modernized national defense force.

Comrades of all commanders, political staff, logistics staff, teachers, students who have graduated from the first batch and students who are studying in the Military Academy: The Military Commission hopes that you will continue to work hard in the glorious cause of building a regularized and modernized national defense force and hope that through your efforts, the spirit of building a regularized and modernized national defense force will be implemented in all troops. July 10, 1952 Published according to the printed copy of the People's Revolutionary Military Committee of the Central People's Government.

-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] This is the precept of Mao Zedong, Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Military Committee of the Central People's Government.Mao Zedong designated Liu Bocheng, the dean of the Military Academy, to read to the first batch of graduates of the academy's high-level fast-track department and the upper-level fast-track department on behalf of the Military Commission.