Chapter 8 Chapter VII Military Struggle

Sun Tzu said: "The method of employing troops is to be ordered by the ruler, unite the army and gather the masses, hand them over to each other and give up. Nothing is difficult in military struggles. Those who are difficult in military struggles use detours as the straight line and take advantage of the adversity."Therefore, if you use a detour and lure it for profit, later generations will make it happen, and the ancestors will come to you. This is the one who knows the detour and straight plan. Therefore, the army fights for profit, and the army fights for danger. It is not enough to raise an army to fight for profit;

That's why when you roll your armor and move forward, stay away day and night, double the road, and fight for profit for a hundred miles, you will capture the three generals; .The method is half complete; if you fight for profit within thirty miles, then two-thirds will arrive. Therefore, if the army has no supplies, it will perish, if there is no food, it will perish, and if there is no accumulation, it will perish. Therefore, those who don't know the plans of the princes can't hesitate to make friends, and don't know the mountains, forests, dangers, and frustrations are as thunderous as thunder.To plunder the villages and divide the masses, to distribute the profits broadly, and to move by hanging power.

The prophet's straightforward plan wins, and this is the law of military disputes. "Military Administration" said: "If you don't hear each other, it's a golden drum; if you don't see each other, it's a banner." Don't retreat alone, this is the method of using the crowd.Therefore, there are many fire drums in night battles, and many banners in day battles, so people's eyes and ears are changed. Therefore, the three armies can seize the qi, and the general can take the heart. This means that the energy of the morning is sharp, the energy of the day is lazy, and the energy of the evening returns.Therefore, those who make good use of soldiers, avoid their sharpness, and attack their idleness, this is the one who controls the qi, and the one who controls the mind.Treat the near with the far, wait with the loss for the labor, wait for the hunger with the full, this is also the ruler of strength.If you don't invite the banner of integrity, don't hit the majestic formation, this is also the one who controls change.

Therefore, in the law of employing troops, don't face high hills, turn your back on hills and don't turn against them, don't follow feigned backs, don't attack sharp soldiers, don't eat baited soldiers, don't stop returning troops, encircle divisions and leave gaps, and don't force poor enemies. This is the method of using troops. Sun Tzu said: "In any method of employing troops, from the general accepting the lord's combat mission, to organizing the army and gathering people, to setting up camp against the enemy's army, there is nothing more difficult than seizing the initiative in battle."The reason why it is difficult to seize the initiative is to turn the circuitous road into a straight one and turn a disadvantage into an advantage. Therefore, we choose a circuitous attack line and use small profits to lure the enemy. Although we start after the enemy, we arrive before the enemy. , This is the strategy of knowing how to use detours to make things straight.

Therefore, military struggle has its advantages, but it also has its disadvantages. The whole army takes its luggage to fight for profit, so that it cannot reach the battlefield before the enemy; discards its baggage to fight for profit, and the baggage will be lost. Therefore, rolling up Armored lightly, rushing forward, marching day and night without rest, marching at double speed, competing for species hundreds of miles away, the commanders of the three armies are in danger of being captured; the strong soldiers arrive first, and the weak soldiers lag behind. Only one-tenth of the troops rushed to the destination; if they went 50 miles away to fight for profit, the former army commander was in danger of being defeated. In this way, only half of the troops rushed to the destination and fought for profit thirty miles away. Only two-thirds of the troops arrived at the destination. Therefore, the army will fail without supplies, fail without food, and fail without supplies.

Therefore, those who do not know the strategies of the princes of various countries cannot make friends with him; those who do not know the terrain such as mountains, forests, swamps, etc. cannot march, do not use guides, and cannot obtain geographical advantages. Therefore, the use of troops in warfare must be based on deceit, and actions should be taken according to advantages, and the method of warfare should be changed by dispersing or concentrating forces. Therefore, when an army marches in haste, it is like a swift and violent storm; when it moves slowly, it is like a well-established forest; when it invades, it is like a raging fire; It was so fast.

To plunder the food resources of the three enemy areas, we need to divide our forces, to expand the theater of war, we need to occupy favorable terrain, and we need to weigh the advantages and disadvantages and act accordingly. "Military Affairs" said: "If you use words to command you can't hear, so you use golden drums; if you use actions to command you can't see, so you use banners." The golden drums and banners are used to unify the eyes and ears of officers and soldiers; the officers and soldiers are united in movement, so brave A brave man will not advance alone, and a timid man will not retreat alone. This is the way to command a large army. Therefore, fire drums are often used in night battles, and banners are often used in day battles.

Therefore, dealing with the enemy can dampen its vigor, and dealing with the enemy's general can shake his resolve. Therefore, the morale is strong at the beginning, but after a while it becomes weak, and finally the morale is exhausted. Therefore, those who are good at using troops avoid the enemy. Vigorousness, wait until the morale is exhausted and exhausted, this is the way to master the morale of the army, treat the enemy with rigor and chaos, and treat the enemy with calmness, this is the method of mastering the morale of the army, use me to be close to the battlefield, and wait for the enemy to attack from afar .Waiting for the enemy's fatigue with my ease, and treating the enemy's hunger with my food, this is the way to master the fighting power. Don't meet the enemy's army with neat banners, don't attack the powerful army, this is the way to master the changes between reality and reality.

Therefore, in the method of employing troops, do not attack with your back against the enemy defending the high mountains, do not attack against the enemy with his back on the hills, do not pursue the enemy who pretends to be retreating, do not forcefully attack the enemy who is full of vigor, and do not be fooled by the enemy who lures us to attack. Do not block the retreating enemy, leave gaps in the encirclement, and do not force the desperate enemy. These are all methods of using troops. The most important issue on the battlefield is to seize the initiative. This is war. Struggle is necessary, but it must not be fought indiscriminately. Otherwise, not only will there be no victory in the fight, but the entire army will be defeated. Taking advantage of adversity", "establishing with deceit, moving with profit, and making change with separation and combination" and "avoiding its vigor and attacking its laziness" are all very important principles. Principles alone are not enough. Will the general be used correctly?

During the Korean War, the Chinese People’s Volunteers fought bloody battles at Shangganling, and the U.S. military fought for it at no cost. In front of the enemy’s aircraft and cannons, the Volunteers changed their tactics of direct attack and turned to tunnel defense. When the enemy’s attack was weak, they launched a counterattack in one fell swoop. Recovering the Shangganling area, this is "using detours to be straight." It is also a typical "avoid their vigor and attack their lazy return".Therefore, it is not surprising that the instructors of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point always like to cite a large number of "Sun Tzu's Art of War" as their military basis when describing the Battle of Shangganneiling.

On October 6, 1973, the Fourth Middle East War broke out. Egyptian tank troops broke through Israel's "Balev Line of Defense." One-third of the tanks and more than half of the aircraft were lost, and most importantly, the initiative on the battlefield also fell into the hands of the Alhanders. It seems that the general situation is over, but Sharon, the senior commander of Israel, is familiar with "Sun Tzu's Art of War". He knows that at this time, surprise troops can win the battle. Therefore, Israel used Soviet tanks to form a tank that is exactly the same as the Egyptian tank army in one day. The brigade, the "Egyptian Tank Force", crossed the Suez Canal unimpeded in broad daylight, inserted into the rear of Egypt, and cut off the rear transportation line of the Egyptian army. As a result, the battle situation changed significantly, and Israel quickly mastered it. The initiative on the battlefield. In the Second World War, Hitler sent troops to occupy the countries of Western Europe, almost without bloodshed, and used the tactics of "establishing with deceit and moving with advantage", which is the trick of the devil. During World War II, President Roosevelt advocated the "Lease Act" passed by the U.S. Congress, which was the most important way to solve the problem of allied supplies and food.This is to avoid the major military principle issue of "If there is no supplies, you will perish, if you have no food, you will perish, and if you have no accumulation, you will perish", which laid the foundation for the final victory of the war.This is the resourcefulness of great military strategists. At 5:00 p.m. on May 9, 1940.All the staff of the Führer's Headquarters received the order, and only a few people knew the direction and destination of the Führer's special train this time. The train traveled all night, changed direction at night, and headed west. All the signs on the station were removed. At dawn, all the personnel got out of the car, changed to jeeps, and drove towards a forest. In the early morning, bursts of gunshots were heard in the distance. Like a child, Hitler jumped out of the car, pointed his hand behind and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is our 'Rock Nest' side attacking." It has begun, our troops have entered the Netherlands." Everyone applauded vigorously. How to occupy the "Dutch Fortress" is a big problem for the German army to attack the Netherlands. The "Dutch Fortress" includes The Hague, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Rotterdam and Leiden. The large bays and rivers in this area constitute the A series of natural water defense lines, the German army occupied the important fruit of the Netherlands and occupied several bridges on the Maas River. Without these bridges, it would be difficult for the German aid tanks to move forward. For these bridges, in the months before the war, the generals of the Supreme Command struggled a lot and could not think of any good solution. Hitler was very unhappy about this, and said, "There is no other way? Is there no way? There is an enemy among us, and there is an enemy among us. It is true and false. Can't the Trojan horse trick be used? Isn't it said that soldiers never tire of deceit?" Hitler's military adviser, General Keitel, immediately summoned the army battalion commander, Captain Fleck, "This is an order from the head of state. You should immediately send someone to get some Dutch police uniforms, about four or five hundred pieces, and train them as soon as possible. The Dutch police are exactly the same, go ahead!" A spy from the German Military Intelligence Agency arrived here. He ordered a large number of police uniforms from a subcontractor at a high price. When these police uniforms were shipped to the German border, they were discovered by the Dutch police. A few days later, all Dutch newspapers They all posted the news, and accompanied it with a large cartoon. A cartoon went straight to Hitler's desk, and it showed Hitler pulling up a pair of Dutch police trousers... It looked ridiculous. "It doesn't look like it at all. My nose looks like this..." Hitler, who had worked in art, was a little unhappy, and he drew a nose on the table while talking. General Keitel said on the side: "Führer, it seems that this move will not work. They already know it and must be fully prepared." "I don't think so. They thought we wouldn't do this, but we wanted to do it anyway. This is another kind of truth and falsehood! We can make these clothes ourselves, and we can also make some military uniforms," ​​Hitler insisted. Views. On May 10, before dawn, a German police car drove up to the Gnepp Bridge over the Meuse River, and the officers of the German Military Intelligence Service, all dressed in Dutch police uniforms, got into the car. "Brothers, let me go, we went over there to pick up some prisoners." The soldiers guarding the bridge in the Netherlands were a little worried: "Get out of the car and check!" The German soldiers got out of the car and killed the Dutch sentinel three times and two times. At the same time, two regiments of German airborne troops descended from the sky at the airport near The Hague. They lined up and marched towards the capital. The next step, of course, was to capture the queen and government officials first. However, this time the Dutch troops quickly recovered from the initial panic. The commander-in-chief of the Dutch Armed Forces, General Winkelmann, ordered the bombardment of the airport, and the infantry also launched an attack, and the German troops were driven out. On the morning of May and October, an old seaplane of the German army landed on the Rotterdam River and seized the bridge with lightning speed. The battle continued until the morning of the 12th. The Germans were a little bit unable to hold on. There were only a few people left in a company. At this time, a German tank unit appeared on the bridge. Eastern defense. On the morning of May 14th, after breakfast, Hitler saw the battle report sent and asked: "The Dutch fortress has not surrendered yet? What happened?" At this time, he saw the battle report sent by Goering. The German Air Force's battle report stated that the air force dispatched 4,000 planes, including 1,482 bombers and 1,264 fighters. They destroyed 1,000 enemy planes and opened up the way for the tank troops path of. Goering sent the battle report to Hitler as fast as the plane flew. No wonder some people said that he was not only a veteran of defrauding women, but also a master of defrauding the trust of the head of state. Hitler loudly praised Goering in front of a large number of senior army generals. At this time, Goering was on a train he called "Elector's Kingdom" on the outskirts of Berlin.He was wearing a white marshal's uniform, holding a marshal's cane in his hand, looking arrogant and repelling others thousands of miles away. General Mir walked in, "Marshal, we just received the order No. 11 from the head of state..." "Read it now." "Order to transfer part of the air force from the former 6th Army in Belgium to bomb Rotterdam and accelerate the capture of the Dutch fortress." "Great, really great, this is another chance for me to make meritorious service given by the head of state. Yes, yes, let them have a taste of the bombing. Didn't the Poles scare me from the bombing last year?" Ge Lin couldn't help laughing smugly when he said this. On the morning of May 14th, a German officer held a white flag high and walked on the Rotterdam bridge. He shouted as he walked: "You put down your weapons immediately, the German planes are coming soon, if you don't surrender, the bombing will come soon." it has started!" The news reached the Dutch High Command, and General Winkman finally made up his mind and asked to negotiate with the German army. However, at this time Goering gave the order to bomb in order to grab credit. Thirty-six German bombers appeared in the sky. They made a huge roar and flew towards Rotterdam at low altitude. A few minutes later, Rotterdam announced its surrender. The news reached the German Supreme Command. Hitler ordered the cancellation of the bombing. Dent sent out a red signal flare to stop the bombing, but there was a sortie of twelve planes flying ahead without seeing the signal. The pilot dropped a heavy bomb on the unprepared citizens of Rotterdam. It was crying, and the fire engulfed the entire street, killing more than 900 people, injuring more than 3,000 people, and leaving more than 70,000 people homeless. On the afternoon of May 14, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands climbed aboard a British destroyer and fled to the Te Canal to build a continuous line of defense. In the middle of the line of defense was a protruding rock, on which the Emaar Fort was built. , so it is stronger than the French Maginot Line and the German Siegfried Line. The fort has 4 semi-underground fortifications, which are equipped with 40 giant cannons. The turret is protected by armor. The tunnel is 5 kilometers long. They can be found everywhere, weaving into an insurmountable fire net.More than 1,400 defenders. At dawn on May 10, 1940, when the German army crossed the Dutch-Belgian border, in the rolling army, there was a small engineering unit, which also had some anti-aircraft, anti-tank and chemical experts. Formed, this strange team came to the low-lying land in front of the Emaar Fort before dark. German bombers bombed the fort for a day, but Belgian soldiers didn't take it seriously.Because the fort basically did not suffer any losses. When it was dark, a glider brought 50 commandos. They landed on the top of the fort. Flat-firing anti-tank guns and anti-aircraft machine guns fired at the emplacement's holes at close range, engineers stuffed explosives into the tunnels, and chemical soldiers released smoke. The commander of the Belgian garrison, Jodran, couldn't see anything in the headquarters. The Belgian soldiers who rushed outside were shot by the German army. The firing holes, forts, turrets, passages, and entrances and exits were opened. With bursts of explosions, the tunnels were blown down.The Germans used flamethrowers again, turning the entire fort into a sea of ​​flames. At noon on May 11, the Belgian defenders felt that they couldn't hold on anymore, mainly because they were completely mentally broken. They raised their hands and walked out of the fort. On the night of May 11, Kashiwagi Radio issued a special bulletin saying: "The German army adopted a new offensive method and captured the Emaar Fort in one fell swoop." German Propaganda Minister Goebbels spread everywhere: "Germany has invented a very powerful new weapon that can paralyze people's nerves for a certain period of time." This makes the battle of Emaar appear even more mysterious. In fact, the German army did not use any secret weapons, but the explosive kits used in World War I, but Germany conducted careful training and used them efficiently and creatively. In the autumn of 1942, in a French town called La Croix-de-Vie in Vendée, that night, when fishing boat manufacturer Arnett returned home weakly, he heard his wife Lisle Said calmly on the bed: "I gave birth to a girl for you." "Girl, just a girl, anyway, I already have a son." Old Arnett walked to the bed, looked at the child, and found that the girl had a pair of bright eyes, and then he walked to the table Going to settle accounts, he knew that his company was about to go bankrupt, and he was worried that it would be difficult to support the child, so he gave the girl a nickname, Anette Lu. Old Arnett said, "Let's give this baby away and see if she's adopted." "No, you can't give it to others, you can't!" Liesel firmly disagreed. Arnett grew up quickly. After graduating from middle school, he entered a small company as a secretary. She liked to wear a red dress, with long hair draped over her shoulders, and she looked very charming. She had worked in this small company for more than a year. The owner of the company was a slate Englishman, and he was not too young. Arnett gave him many useful suggestions, but he just smiled and never took them.As a result, the company's road became narrower and narrower, and finally it had to close its doors. Arnett had no choice but to go back home. She was only 22 years old this year. There was a crisis in the world's shipbuilding industry this year. Many state-owned shipyards in France could only maintain production with state subsidies. Arnett's family opened A Bernardeau shipyard was about to close down, and old Arnett was also seriously ill and was already exhausted.On this day, he called his four children to the bed and said, "It seems that I'm going to die, but our shipbuilding factory can't just be over from me. Who of you is willing to take over my class?" Several children looked at me and I looked at you, but no one said yes. Old Annet held Anette's hand: "My child, I think you still have a heart, so I will hand over the shipyard to you!" Arnett nodded with tears in his eyes: "Father, I will give you credit. I want to make the shipyard the best in France." Old Arnett smiled and closed his eyes. Colleagues in the shipbuilding industry laughed when they heard that the old Arnett handed over his shipyard to the 22-year-old Arnett: "It seems that the old Arnett is confused. , when we are old, don't be like him, otherwise, all our belongings will be lost!" When Arnett first participated in shipbuilding industry gatherings, many colleagues wanted to know her bottom line. They kept asking her about shipbuilding knowledge. Whenever this time, she pretended to be She looked ignorant, and no one was wary of her after a long time. Many people talked about technical issues in front of her, and some people didn't avoid her when they read the drawings, which made her understand a lot at once. The Inside Story of Shipbuilding. Back home, Arnett put more effort into her studies. She invited a few senior engineers to give her lectures, and quickly learned a lot of knowledge about shipbuilding. Ms. Arnett also often understands market trends. Once, she saw a group of French youths by the sea. The whole group rented a fishing boat to go out to sea. They were fishing and playing, and everyone was very happy. Knight's great inspiration: Can anti-yachts and fishing boats be combined into one?Thinking of what was in front of her eyes, she asked someone to design a boat for both fishing and swimming. Even the engineer invited to design the ship said to her: "Miss, I have never seen this kind of ship." "I just want to build a boat that no one else has seen." "Perhaps, you will go bankrupt!" Arnett smiled and said, "Don't argue, let's wait and see!" Arnett's shipyard was closed to the outside world, focusing on the trial production of new dual-purpose boats. More than half a year passed, and the colleagues saw that Arnett's shipyard had not yet built a boat. Everyone felt that Arnett was very pitiful. This proves that There is an old saying that girls cannot build boats. In 1966, tourism and sailing became popular in France, and many people wanted to own a small boat. In the summer of this year, France held a grand watercraft exhibition. At the exhibition, Arnett looked around nervously, and when she saw that there was no boat like that in the exhibition, a smile appeared on her face. Sure enough, the unconventional rich French businessman took a fancy to her ships at a glance, and ordered 100 ships at once, which was enough for her shipyard to work for half a year. But a new problem emerged, that is, the cost of shipbuilding was too high, and all the ships could not be sold for much money, so many shipyards had to close their doors.But Arnett adopted a new machine and increased the wages of the workers, so the hours to build a boat dropped from 250 hours to 150 hours, so the price also came down.Competitive in the market. Arnett succeeded, and her factories grew to six and bigger. In 1976, a new trend appeared in the world, that is, people pay more and more attention to the contest of physical strength and intelligence in sports activities.Arnett keenly discovered one point, and after some deliberation, she decided to change the world's largest fully automatic yacht into a flat boat with ordinary sails pulled by a hand-drawn line. When her competitors saw the boat named "Foster", they all laughed and said: "This time, the lady boss will lose a lot of money, she doesn't understand this is called retrogression. " It was this unexpected setback that made Arnett's "Foster" a hot commodity. In 1987, "Foster" was rated as "the best sail" in the international market.Many major races use this type of boat. Arnett has more and more companies, and her companies are everywhere in the United States, Britain, and Spain. Some people say that there are only private docks in the world with "Foster" ships. In 1984, Bernardeau's turnover reached 420 million US dollars, becoming the world's largest yacht manufacturer. Arnett also won the world-renowned "Oscar Export Award." Arnett's success is due to her skillful use of roundabout tactics. It seems that she is going backwards, and she is building some outdated sailboats, but new things are among them, which is also unexpected. "Stand up. December 9, 1940.The breeze blows gently on the Caribbean Sea, bringing with it waves of moisture, and the floating clouds cover the sky, one part is light and the other is thicker, like the amber sky full of colors, the scenery here is beautiful and the climate is pleasant. The destroyer "USS Tuscaloosa" of the US Navy was drifting with the wind and waves on the sea, and the clear current streamed past the ship. A flock of white seagulls followed closely behind the ship up and down. On the deck of the warship, there is a temporary white awning, under which are full of casual guests. There was a roar in the sky, and a small seaplane of the US Navy fell from the sky, rushed towards the sea, and stopped beside the destroyer. "It's the presidential express, the presidential dispatch!" The pilot handed over a leather bag. Presidential Secretary Lehand came over and took the letter. President Roosevelt was resting in the captain's cabin, took the letter and read it. Prime Minister Churchill said in the letter that this is the most important letter he has written in his life. The financial resources of the UK are already exhausted. We cannot pay and buy everything in cash. However, we still need thousands of planes , Ships of millions of tons, please make an unprecedented effort by the United States, as long as you give us weapons, we still need one soldier from the United States. President Roosevelt put the letter on the table and said to Lehand: "Please keep this letter safe." The next day, President Roosevelt ordered the destroyer to return, and it seemed that the president was eager to return. How to solve the legal procedures for foreign aid, this matter makes the president very troublesome.Under U.S. neutrality laws, belligerents had to buy weapons with cash and were not allowed to make loans to countries that failed to repay their World War I debts.The UK has both. On December 16, President Roosevelt returned to Washington. The next day, he held a press conference. At the meeting, he said: "Britain has no ability to take out the funds for outright purchases. You all know this. , then we will give them nothing? We say that the best way to defend America is for Britain to defend itself, but what are we asking it to defend now?" Many dignitaries and reporters in the audience could not come up with any solution. This was a good time to tell his intentions. Roosevelt said: "One day, my neighbor's house caught fire. Our two families were only more than 100 meters away. I have a water faucet here. As long as he takes it, he can help him." He put out the fire, but I can't tell him before putting out the fire, my friend, this pipe is worth 15 yuan, you have to give me the money first..." There was a burst of laughter from the audience. "Then what do you want me to do?" the president asked the audience. Someone said: "It's only 15 yuan, give it to him, give it to him, it's important to put out the fire." Roosevelt said: "I can't just give him nothing. Today it is a water pipe, and tomorrow it may be a car. As the days go by, our house will be gone, and so will the country!" There was another burst of laughter in the audience, and someone said: "We still have to take the money! Give the money!" "It's money again, money, can't we do things without money? I can lend it to him and return it to me when it's used up. If it's used up, I'll ask him to pay for it." "This is a good way, a smart way!" Someone shouted from the audience. Through this meeting, Roosevelt saw that his Lend-Lease bill might be passed in the U.S. Congress, which made him suddenly confident. The Congress passed the identification for two months. The opposition repeatedly shouted that water pipes cannot replace aircraft and cannons. However, Congress overwhelmingly approved the Lend-Lease Act. When President Roosevelt signed it into law on March 11, 1941, he said emotionally: "At last we have a good law that can help our neighbors. If we want to help Friends can always find a way." Prime Minister Churchill was overjoyed when he heard the news: "I think this is the best behavior in the history of any country." Stalin also used this law to lease 15,000 tanks and 7,000 aircraft from the United States when the German army invaded. He said: "This agreement is too important. We defeated the common enemy Hitler by it." President Roosevelt's wise decision not only saved Britain, but also saved the Soviet Union. When Hitler heard President Roosevelt's decision, it took him a long time to say a word: "How did he persuade the Americans to hand over everything, I will not watch American factories suddenly become British factories! " General Raeder said on the side: "Prince, our submarines will not allow American ships to sail across the Atlantic Ocean. The British should not be too happy too soon." "What if the US warship escorts it?" the head of state asked worriedly. "Then sink it all!" Hitler jumped up all of a sudden, "Then we would be in undeclared war with the United States. I don't want to go to war with people from all over the world, and I don't want to go to war with the Americans or the British." On March 30, the President summoned Secretary of the Navy Stasen to his office. Pointing to the ocean on the map in front of him, the president said: "Our navy will escort merchant ships." "I thought, let's wait a little longer and see what Germany's attitude is." "Okay, let's take a look then." In the first half of 1941, German submarines sank 750 American merchant ships bound for Britain and damaged 1,450 ships. President Roosevelt ordered the release of this figure to the whole country, but the American fear of war is still very serious.So the president has to do further persuasion work.He said in a long speech: "No one can predict tonight when the enemy will attack us, and we can't wait quietly for the enemy to enter our yard before thinking of resisting. That would undoubtedly be suicide. When your enemy is attacking you in a tank or flying a plane, if you must wait until you see the white of their eyes before you shoot, you will never know how you died!" President Roosevelt's speech, which was full of wisdom and easy to understand, aroused great repercussions among the American public. People sent telegrams to the White House one after another, and 95% of them expressed their support. President Roosevelt saw those telegrams and said happily: "I really didn't expect that my speech would get the support of so many people. I thought it would be quite good to get half of it. I am really lucky as a president. Of course, I would also like to thank the American people, they are reasonable. They know what is right."