Chapter 14 The real suspense is that there is no suspense

Truman delivered the first punch: Do what can be done - the army goes straight to the Yalu River. Mao Zedong made the first punch: don't do what is impossible - don't touch your fists, just chop your fingers. Truman, under the advocacy of the victorious general MacArthur, infected by a series of victories, was full of confidence in winning the final victory.He believes that within seven days, the U.S. military will be able to take the entire territory of North Korea and drink the Yalu River, and the Korean War will be over. But at this very moment, China's 260,000 troops stayed day and night, crossed the Yalu River, and rushed to the Korean battlefield.

The war was about to start, and the calm and composed Mao Zedong sent a telegram to Commander Peng Dehuai, setting out the guiding principles and operational policies for this war. In the telegram on October 21, he told his "Meng Zhangfei" Peng Dehuai that the general principle is "not to do what is impossible", and emphasized that it is necessary to "strive for all possible victories on a stable and reliable basis." ". Mao Zedong believed that when fighting a tiger, one punch cannot kill it, and one must do whatever one can do, smash its paws if you can, pull its tail if you can pull it, and do whatever you can to pluck its fur. To pluck its hair, first make it dizzy, and then make it disabled.

Limited goals are often the best goals. Unexpectedly, Mao Zedong threw a combination of punches, the first punch had just landed, and the second punch was thrown again.