Chapter 36 2. The main inspiration

The high-level decision-making and guidance of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea also provided many useful enlightenments, mainly: Those who are poor will be bullied, and those who are backward will be beaten.This is a lesson left by modern Chinese history to the Chinese nation, and it is also an inspiration to the Chinese people from the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.One of the important reasons why China has been bullied and beaten in modern history is that China is poor and backward. The imperialists do not speak justice, bully the weak and fear the strong, and only value strength.After the Second World War, American imperialism was aggressive and aggressive, meddling in the internal affairs of other countries, aggressing and expanding everywhere. Apart from the fact that the nature of imperialism determines that it must be so, the key factor is that it has strong economic power and powerful Its military power has a strong material basis for aggression and expansion, and it has a deterrent force.If China was not in such a mess at that time, but had a considerable industrial base and considerable economic power; The navy and air force are equipped at or near the same level as the U.S. military, so the U.S. authorities dare not ignore China's repeated warnings and go their own way.Even if it insists on going its own way, then the Volunteer Army can win greater victories when fighting on the battlefield based on the strong economic power in the rear, giving full play to the advantages and specialties of the people's army, and adding weapons and equipment with a certain modern foundation. Annihilate the "United Nations Army" ground forces headed by the United States in the territory, or drive them out of North Korea completely.China's national defense strategy has always been "active defense". China does not invade any country, but China does not allow any other country to invade.However, China's national security will be more assured only if China's economic construction is done well, its economic strength is enhanced, its military modernization (especially the modernization of weapons and equipment) is done well, and its modern combat capability is enhanced.

The war provocations of the imperialists must be resolutely fought back. Compromise and concessions will only bring greater greed to the imperialists and greater humiliation to their own country.This is also an experience told to the Chinese people by a piece of modern Chinese history, and it is also an experience told to the Chinese people by the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. The humiliation in modern Chinese history was due to the corruption, incompetence, and repeated compromises of the upper-level government of the Qing Dynasty.Japanese imperialism invaded China and quickly occupied the entire Northeast in 1931, and quickly occupied most of China after 1937. This was the result of the Chiang Kai-shek KMT upper-level government's policy of non-resistance and passive resistance in violation of public opinion.The United States invaded North Korea and brought the flames of war to the gate of China. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, chaired by Mao Zedong, bravely made the decision of "resisting the United States, aiding North Korea, defending the country, and defending the country", which revived the majesty of the Chinese nation.

One of the important lessons Americans learned from the Korean War is that they did not believe in the determination and strength of the Chinese people and did not heed the repeated warnings of the Chinese government.It was by summing up this lesson that during the Vietnam War, the Johnson administration of the United States did not take the warnings of the Chinese government as a deaf ear, and its ground troops did not dare to cross the 17° north latitude line. A weak country can defeat a strong country, and a weak country can win a war with backward weapons and equipment.The history of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea fully demonstrates this point.The key here is flexible and correct strategic guidance from the top.It is an objective law of war that the strong wins the weak and loses. A weak country defeats a strong country, and a strong enemy with superior equipment must still follow this law.The task of high-level strategic guidance is to mobilize various factors and forces, unite against the enemy, make up for the weakness of economic power with strong national cohesion; turn the overall disadvantage of weapons and equipment into local advantages, give full play to political advantages, and The tenacious will to fight makes up for the disadvantages of weapons and equipment; and the flexible use of political and diplomatic tactics makes the result of the comprehensive effects of various factors in the war beneficial to oneself and not beneficial to the enemy, thus obtaining a favorable situation in the war.