Chapter 10 How to Improve Strategic Foresight

Mao Zedong, a world-recognized great strategist. The title of this world-class strategist was not created by fooling around, nor was it created by hype on the Internet. A "great master", if his subordinates say he is a great master, he is often not a great master; if his friends say he is a great master, he is not necessarily a great master; He must be everyone.Moreover, the higher the opponent's praise, the "bigger" his "family". Think about it, relying on the "bayonet seeing red" on the battlefield, relying on the roller to hit the weight head-on, relying on the pain of the opponent, and after the opponent is beaten, he covered his head with his hands and murmured. That's not what "everyone" is!

Mao Zedong is such a person who was recognized from the bottom of his heart after defeating his opponent. Only those who are convincing are called real convincing. Before the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, Mao Zedong showed his "three tricks" on the big chessboard of the Sino-U.S. contest.Once these three moves are made, the move will see blood, take the initiative every step of the way, majestic and majestic, and the general trend will be reversed. Even today, 60 years later, these tricks are still worth admiring and are still used frequently in the language of the Internet age.

Which three tricks? The first move: As soon as the North Korean War began, Mao Zedong foreseeing that China and the United States would inevitably fight, so he dispatched troops to move the 13th Corps of the People's Liberation Army, a division of more than 200,000 tigers and wolves, to the border between China and North Korea. What is it called?This is called strategic foresight.This highly strategic and predictable decision won the great initiative of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and played an important role in making it possible to fight and win when it comes. On June 25, 1950, the Korean War broke out.

On June 27, Truman ordered the US Seventh Fleet to block the Taiwan Strait. Only 10 days later, on July 7, Mao Zedong instructed the Central Military Commission to convene a meeting on national defense issues, and decided to mobilize the 13th Corps of the Fourth Field Army stationed in the Central Plains (under the jurisdiction of the 38th, 39th, and 40th armies), Immediately go north and join forces with the 42nd Army and the 1st, 2nd, and 8th Artillery Divisions in the Northeast to undertake the task of defending the Northeast frontier and responding to the Korean War. At that time, the corps commander of the 13th Corps was Huang Yongsheng, but Mao Zedong had a discerning eye and gave the position of commander to General Deng Hua.

In early September, the Central Military Commission felt that its troops were insufficient, so it dispatched the 50th Army to the Northeast, increasing the strength of the Northeast Frontier Defense Army to five armies. In this way, a division of 260,000 tigers and wolves moved to the border of China and North Korea three or four months in advance, preparing troops and waiting for a bloody battle. It is said that mediocre chess players look at one move, and good chess players look at two moves. Here, Mao Zedong saw three steps away. The first step, you come to the United States, I can fight;

In the second step, I will wait for you to fight at the border between China and North Korea; The third step is that beating is not a small beating, but beating to death.Therefore, if the soldiers are not adjusted, it is enough, and one adjustment is a majestic-260,000, and it is the main force in the People's Liberation Army that can be used to fighting. Three moves away, only chess masters can see it. But Mao Zedong was very modest and never boasted. October 1970, Beijing. Mao Zedong met with North Korean Prime Minister Kim Il Sung. Looking back on the decision to resist US aggression and aid Korea, he felt that there was some fly in the ointment.He said: "It's a pity that there were only five armies at that time, and the firepower of those five armies was not strong. Seven armies would be fine."

Peng Dehuai, the commander of the Chinese People's Volunteers, is very stingy when it comes to complimenting people.But he greatly admired and admired the strategic vision of Mao Zedong, a great statesman. When Peng Dehuai summed up the experience of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he said with emotion, "When the US imperialists launched a war of aggression, we immediately transferred five armies to the north bank of the Yalu River...not only saved the defeat of the Korean People's Army at that time, but also won the war. If there is no such preparation in advance, it is unthinkable to reverse the extremely unfavorable and extremely serious situation at that time out of thin air."

This trick is indeed high!