Chapter 34 The twentieth plan to fish in troubled waters

Take advantage of the chaos, benefit the weak and have no masters, follow along, and feast on the dark people. Taking advantage of the internal chaos of the enemy, use its weakness of ignorance and lack of assertiveness to make it obey.This is a natural law, just like people must enter the room to rest at night. When there is turmoil, there are multiple forces in conflict.At this time, those who are not strong will generally be in a state where they have no idea who to turn to or oppose; because they have no masters, they can take advantage of this to win him over immediately. It is written in "Six Secret Teachings: Bing Zheng": The whole army panicked several times, the team was chaotic, and the hearts of the people were not in harmony. They were afraid of encountering a deadly and powerful enemy, and whispered discouraged whispers to each other. Military law orders, disobedience to the command of the commander-in-chief.What a sign of cowardice these are!When such a fish is in chaos, it should be caught immediately without losing the opportunity.For example, Liu Bei's acquisition of Jingzhou and the capture of Xichuan are all manifestations of this strategy.

Fish can't see the direction clearly in the muddy water, and people can't tell the truth from the false in the chaotic situation, which will inevitably create many gaps to take advantage of. Fishing in troubled waters in the Thirty-Six Strategies is a common saying that takes advantage of the chaos to make a profit, which is extended to a military strategy that aims to profit from the chaos. Liu Bei can be described as a smart man. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he had a background of warlord chaos and mastered a small military force. Later, he invited Zhuge Liang out of his hut to plan for him to conquer the world. Gradually, in the chaotic war with the warlords, he grew from weak to strong. , Occupy a place, and form the three kingdoms with the Northern Wei and Soochow.Throughout the history of Liu Bei's fortune, it is precisely the strategy of fishing in troubled waters.

In the battle between Qin Yan and Jin Feishui, Xie Xuan, the frontline governor of the Jin army, won the battle even more amazing. Xie Xuan took advantage of the fact that the Qin army's army was all newly recruited motley troops. However, if there are no weaknesses such as inconspicuousness, first use aggressive generals to prompt the Qin army to withdraw its troops, take advantage of the opportunity of the Qin army's retreat and chaos, send troops to chase and kill, defeat the Qin army, and win in the chaos. We are strong, leaving only the jokes of "the wind is jittery, and the grass and trees are all soldiers".

In the fourth Middle East campaign, the two armies confronted each other. In order to win, the Israeli assault force used a strategy of fishing in troubled waters in the counterattack against Egypt. Under the eyes of the Egyptian army, they crossed the canal with heavy troops and completely surrounded the talented army. The city of Suez fell into a tight siege and was in danger. In the end, Egypt was forced to stop fighting and seek peace. During World War II, the German army attacked Stalingrad in the Soviet Union. On November 19, 1942, the Soviet Red Army began a full-line counterattack around Stalingrad.

Major General Luo Jin, the commander of the 26th Tank Corps, was deploying troops to intersperse tasks. The combat staff handed him a telegram. attack, join forces with friends and neighbors, surround and annihilate the enemy." Major General Luo Jin pointed to the military map and said: "A few days ago, the German army near Perelazovsky began to retreat to the Don River. We must seize the only remaining bridge on the Don River overnight. Cut off the enemy's Retreat. Get a fighter plane for the complete annihilation of the German army." However, tens of kilometers ahead are the enemy's defensive positions, how to pass through the enemy's defensive areas?

Major General Luo Jin thought of a bold method. At that time, the battlefield was very chaotic and the enemy was retreating across the board. Our army could take advantage of the opportunity. At 3 o'clock in the morning on the 22nd, Major General Luo Jin ordered hundreds of tanks of the advance troops to turn on their bright lights and form a normal marching column along the road from Ostrovsk to Karachi, piercing the machine in a mighty manner. After passing tens of kilometers of positions heavily defended by the German army, they safely drove towards the river crossing. At 4 o'clock in the morning, the Soviet tank troops had passed the three German lines of defense, only 5 kilometers away from the Don River Bridge.

Suddenly, a German checkpoint appeared in front of them. Under the bright searchlights, several German soldiers waved their hand flags up and down, signaling the troops to stop and check. Commander Sukharov in the front tank opened the hatch, waved the steel helmet in his hand to the German sentinel, and pointed to the long dragon-like tank troops behind him with lights on and roaring loudly. Shout in German: "Onward, onward!" Several German soldiers saw that the tanks were neatly lined up, marching forward with their headlights on, and decided that it was their own retreating tank troops, so they waved the yellow flag and let the tanks pass.

Lieutenant Colonel Sukharov slammed the gas pedal, the first tank passed the checkpoint, and the entire tank unit rumbled past the nearest checkpoint to the Don Bridge. Inside the Soviet tank, Lieutenant Colonel Sukharov took off his helmet and wiped the cold sweat from his head with a handkerchief. "Look, Lieutenant Colonel!" the tanker reported in a low voice. Lieutenant Colonel Sukharov quickly looked out from the viewing mirror in front of the tank, and saw German tank troops lined up on both sides of the road. Many German troops were lighting fires next to the parked tanks, eating and drinking, and watching the Soviet troops moving forward. Tank troops, and some German troops also raised wine bottles in a friendly manner.

The Soviet tank troops did not dare to neglect, stepped up the accelerator, and rushed towards the bridge. At dawn, the heroic Soviet tank soldiers seized the Don River Bridge without firing a single shot.After the leading tanks of the Soviet army quickly controlled the banks of the Don River, they sent out a signal to inform the large troops behind to speed up. At this time, the German army woke up from a dream and hastily organized a counterattack. However, the Soviet army had already taken root. The tank army responded bravely and attacked bravely. The 26th Tank Army stubbornly stood on the Don River Bridge, cut off the enemy's retreat, and surrounded the enemy.

Four days later, the 26th Tank Army joined the 4th Tank Army, crossed the Don River, and entered a new battle. At the end of World War II, in order to save the defeat and boost its plummeting morale, Hitler cobbled together hundreds of thousands of remnants and more than 2,000 tanks, and launched the Battle of Ardennes in December 1944. On December 25th, Hitler looked at the "FH" action plan in front of him and didn't speak for a long time. Suddenly, he raised his right hand and waved it in mid-air. Then, he bent down and signed the plan. "Adolf Hitler." On the 26th, in the dark night, Colonel Kohler of the German SS, dressed in the uniform of a US Army colonel, stood on top of a US tank, watching the US tanks, US-made trucks and jeeps roaring past, with a sinister smile on his face.

In the dark night, the German army disguised as the U.S. Army led by Colonel Kohler broke through the weak area of ​​the U.S. defense line and mixed into the U.S. rear. Colonel Kohler was sitting in an American tank with a cigarette in his mouth, his eyes closed and meditating. His move was great. In order to disturb the rear of the US army, he proposed to select 2,000 soldiers who could speak fluent English from the German army. Putting on the uniform of the US military, going deep into the enemy's rear, and fighting alone, although the idea is good, the future is unpredictable! After going deep into the enemy's rear, Kohler immediately divided the troops into 12 teams. After assigning tasks separately, each team quickly disappeared into the thick night. General White, the commander of the US military stationed in Antwerp, received a report from the front line: "The main force of the 7 German divisions is advancing westward. Their goal is to capture Antwerp through the Meuse River." After carefully reading through the battle reports of the past two days, General White immediately ordered: "All defense areas are ready for battle." Meanwhile, Koehler's troops moved into action behind the American rear. At an intersection leading to the front line, a team of US troops was directing traffic.At this time, about 200 US military transport vehicles drove over. The traffic commander waved the flag and shouted: "Stop!" A US colonel jumped out of the car and asked, "What's the matter? We are sending ammunition to the front line, so we must pass here." "No, the road dozens of kilometers ahead has been bombed by the Germans. You must go around on the left. This is an order!" The colonel looked at the wooden sign that read "The road ahead is broken, please detour", and returned to the car helplessly. Not long after the motorcade drove to the left, it was attacked by heavy German artillery. The traffic director at the intersection continued to wave flags to signal vehicles to detour. After receiving the order from General White, the US military units immediately put into combat preparations. However, the strange thing is that the telephone lines leading to the various units often broke down, and the communication soldiers sent out to repair the telephones did not survive. They were all killed halfway. . General White said worryingly at the defense zone meetings held: "Recently, the patrols and scattered unsuspecting soldiers of our squad have been killed continuously, the traffic and transportation have continued to stray into the march defense zone, and communication lines have also experienced problems. Our army's intelligence agency found out through investigation that this was done by an army marching deep into our rear, and all defense areas must be strictly checked to prevent any further disturbances." At the same time, General White received an order from the Allied Command to send troops to intercept the main force marching towards the Maas River. During the interrogation in each defense area, the marching special forces seized one by one. On the 30th, the German spy team commanded by Colonel Kohler who sneaked into the vicinity of the Maas River was finally captured.By the time it became popular, all the German troops that had caused confusion in the rear of the US military were seized. The US military authorities were very annoyed by this German army.An order has already been issued: Once a disguised German soldier is seized, he can be shot immediately without asking for instructions, in the name of not wearing the uniform of the German army and not enjoying the treatment of prisoners of war. Hearing the news, Hitler paid a silent condolence to his down-to-earth SS troops in the command post in the basement. "Arrogance, high spirits, across the Yalu River..." In October 1950, hundreds of thousands of Chinese People's Volunteers, led by Commander-in-Chief Peng Dehuai, crossed the Yalu River from Danle and Ji'an to North Korea one after another. The "Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea" war that lasted for 4 years started. Fok Ying-tung, an adventurous Hong Kong ship merchant, thought that he had encountered a once-in-a-century opportunity. He thought: war means destruction, death, and motivation, development and prosperity. If he really wants to start a career, Well, the time has come.He could see very clearly that at that time, China's coast was blocked, and Hong Kong became China's material transit port for foreign countries.I don't know how many military materials are piled up in Hong Kong, and the war surplus materials processed here are immeasurable, and I am from a family on the water, and I am running a boatman transportation business. Once upon a time, the dream of exploring "Treasure Island" and digging for treasure moved Huo Yingdong's heart. He remembered that in 1948, the skinny Huo Yingdong led more than 80 people on a 61-foot motorboat and went straight to Platas Island, where there were treasures and "sea people's grass", Japan and Japan. Macau businessmen paid a high price to buy it, it is really more precious than gold, ah!Treasure Island, paradise!But the seaweed did not make him rich, and the desert island was not a paradise but a veritable hell.Food is very scarce, and there is no drinking water or medicine, and the temperature is above 100 degrees (Fahrenheit) all day long. With gray beards and half-naked bodies, they lived on the island like primitive people for 6 months, and their income was only enough. To subsidize expenses, but he survived. "I had no money since I was a child, and I only wanted to get rich. I was thinking about how to get money when I was walking." This is Huo Yingdong's heart. After the start of the Korean War, Huo Yingdong, who was born in a barge family, quickly seized this opportunity. His tugboat workers have been continuously expanded from one to two priority to 10, 20, and 30, and his shipping business has brought him a big breakthrough. In the past few years, Huo Yingdong has worked hard to get up early and go to bed late, painstakingly manage his own shipping business, and constantly develop his own fleet. After the end of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Huo Yingdong completely got rid of poverty and joined the wealthy class in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong English "South China Morning Post" published an article "History of Huo Yingdong's Fortune" by Ms. Bertq mqnron. She said: "Huo Yingdong earned at least 1 million US dollars after the end of the 'Korean War'." I am afraid that there is only an approximate number of how much he earned. But in the past four or five years, it is an undoubted fact that Huo Yingdong made a fortune. In 1948, he still dreamed of going to Paradas Island to "digging for gold". In 1954, he was able to buy his first building with a cash check of US$1.2 million, and founded "Fong's Construction and Real Estate Co., Ltd." It can be seen that Huo Yingdong's shipping business flourished during the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea.This opportunity was seized by Huo Yingdong, who is good at finding new ways, and "Cao Mang" became a "Dragon"!