Why are we re-reading "On the Protracted War" today?

　　　　

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the publication of "On Protracted War", the People's Publishing House organized the publication of "Rereading" On Practice "and" On Contradiction "", and continued to organize the compilation of the book "Rereading" On Protracted War ", which will be published soon. In this process, we deeply feel that reviewing this classic document and understanding its strategic thinking, subjective thinking, and struggle spirit are important for us to study and implement Xi Jinping's new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics., Do not forget your initiative mind, keeping in mind the mission, and promoting the realization of the "two centenary" goals with stronger theoretical consciousness and practical self-confidence, has profound enlightening significance.

 

Strategic thinking: maintaining strategic stability for a long time

 

"Those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek one domain. "Strategic thinking, as a way of thinking that is far-sighted, oversees the overall situation, and grasps the overall trend and direction of the development of things, reflects the height and depth of the problem, and is a strategic thinking about the future direction of the country and the nation. In December 1936, Comrade Mao Zedong profoundly pointed out in his speech on "Strategic issues of the Chinese Revolutionary War" delivered by the Red Army University in Northern Shaanxi: "our strategy is' one for ten 'and our tactics is' ten for one '. This is one of the fundamental rules for us to defeat the enemy. "In" On Protracted War ", Comrade Mao Zedong scientifically analyzed the laws of the War of Resistance from the perspective of combining strategy and tactics, and systematically expounded the theory of China's War of Resistance. The article points out that the war of resistance has to go through three stages of changes in the balance of forces between the enemy and ourselves, so it is bound to be long-term and arduous, and requires sufficient patience. This kind of patience is a kind of strategic determination and a high degree of consciousness and confidence in the future direction of the war. The heroic history of the War of Resistance also eloquently proved the correctness and greatness of the strategy of a protracted war of resistance with facts.

 

An important reason why our party has been able to move from victory to victory lies in the victory of strategic thinking. The protracted war during the Anti-Japanese War was a strategy, the rural encirclement of the city in the early period of the revolution was also a strategy, and the reform and opening up in the new period was also a strategy. It is precisely because of the correctness of strategic thinking that our party has made brilliant achievements at one historical joint point after another. Now, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, with new challenges and problems emerging one after another. The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has a sober strategic judgment on this: "Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, and the main social contradictions in our country have been transformed into the contradiction between the people's growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development. "It must be recognized that the changes in the main contradictions in our society have not changed our judgment of the historical stage of socialism in our country. The basic national conditions that our country is still in and will be in the primary stage of socialism for a long time have not changed, and our country is the world's largest developing country. The international status of the country has not changed. "It is very important to clearly grasp the direction between change and unchanged, to have a clear understanding of the national conditions, to understand more deeply that China's modernization cause is a process of continuous struggle, and to win the great victory of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era is a protracted war. Maintaining strategic patience, protracted warfare, and long-term success are important strategic lessons that we must learn and remember from "On Protracted War. We must not only focus on the overall situation and refrain from the mentality of quick victory overnight, but also focus on the general trend, resolutely resist the proposition of historical nihilism, and strengthen the confidence and fighting spirit to win.

 

The "five-in-one" overall layout and the "four comprehensive" strategic layout have drawn a blueprint for national rejuvenation. Cultivating strategic patience, cultivating strategic determination, and forging strategic will are the necessary qualities for us to seize the opportunity to promote reform and promote development. Under the guidance of "On Protracted War", the soldiers and civilians in the liberated areas mainly strengthened themselves and weakened the enemy through guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare, and supported the protracted war of resistance with sufficient patience; today, in the face of changes and challenges, we still need to cultivate and maintain strategic determination. Give full play to initiative, highlight creativity, turn disadvantages into advantages while sticking to the original heart, change passivity into initiative, and strive for victory.

 

Subject Thinking: Stick to the People's Position and Aggregate Power

 

"The people are the creators of history and the masses are the real heroes. "Taking the people as the main body, believing in the people, relying on the people, and mobilizing the people is an important magic weapon for the Chinese Communist Party to overcome the enemy from small to large, from weak to strong, in previous struggles. "On Protracted War" criticized the one-sided reliance on the government and the army's anti-Japanese line, put forward the decisive policy of "soldiers and the people are the foundation of victory", advocated the national anti-Japanese line of vigorously relying on the people, sounded the clarion call to start the people's war, and raised people's understanding of war to a new level. The Chinese Anti-Japanese War was not only a battle of the family and the country, but also a battle of the hearts and minds of the people. The anti-Japanese forces led by the Communist Party of China became the mainstay of the nation in the war.

Today, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, and we need to adhere to the people's main thinking: the people are the main body of reform. To step on the stone and leave the mark and grasp the iron to promote the reform, we must stimulate the people's enthusiasm to participate in the reform, encourage the initiative of the masses, and release the vitality of entrepreneurship and innovation; the people are the main body of development, Preventing and resolving major risks, precise poverty alleviation and pollution prevention and prevention are the "people's war" People's war ", all need to improve the quality and efficiency of development on the basis of fully mobilizing the participation of the people; the people are still the main body of faith, road self-confidence, system self-confidence, theoretical self-confidence and cultural self-confidence. In the final analysis, it requires the people's sincere belief, sincere maintenance and real practice. The faith of the people and the faith of the people are interconnected. Only by truly believing in and relying on the people can we win the support and belief of the people. The protracted war of resistance realized the unity of the party's ideas and the people's beliefs, thus gathering a powerful force to defeat the enemy. In the battle of national rejuvenation we are engaged in today, the task is more arduous and the mission is more glorious, and it requires a high degree of unity of faith between the party and the people.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Do not forget your initiative mind, so as to achieve your goal. The original intention and mission of the Chinese Communists is to seek happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. "The people are the sky, the people are the earth, and the belief in the people is the inexhaustible source of power for us to do pioneering work and unswervingly strive forward. Only by believing in the people, relying on the people, and mobilizing the people can we gather the majestic power to support national rejuvenation.

 

The spirit of struggle: firm belief in decisive victory and the courage to fight

 

From the red boat in the South Lake to the battlefield behind enemy lines, the firm ideal and indomitable spirit of struggle has always been a powerful driving force for the Communists to maintain their original aspirations. "On Protracted War" is permeated with the spirit of struggle and struggle. It depicts the prospect of victory in the systematic analysis of the purpose of war, strategic principles and tactical methods. It proposes to lose illusions, persist in the war of resistance, and put the war of resistance mainly relying on its own strength. On the basis of this, in the protracted war of resistance, the spirit of struggle is sublimated, struggle skills are refined, and the belief in decisive victory is firm.

Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era. We are facing unprecedented opportunities and challenges. From the perspective of domestic development, China's reform has entered a critical stage, and the contradictions encountered are complicated. These problems and contradictions cannot be avoided, bypassed, and cannot be delayed. Without the courage of a strong man to break his wrist and the determination to scrape bones and cure drugs, and without the ideological preparation for gnawing hard bones. With the will to fight in tough battles, it is difficult to face up to and properly handle sharp contradictions and sensitive issues. From the perspective of the international situation, the world is facing unprecedented changes in a century, the reshaping of the international pattern, the reorganization of the international order, the "gray rhino" is still there, the "black swan" is frequent, and the number of uncertain factors is increasing unprecedentedly. Challenges from the world, regions and countries continue, which makes it more difficult for us to actively maintain and continue the period of strategic opportunities. As a responsible big country with mission, ambition and responsibility, China should not only be a "diver," silent "and" bystander "in the critical period of history, but should be good at planning, good at speaking out, brave in struggle and daring to show its sword.

 

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out, "The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation cannot be achieved easily and with drums and gongs. "Victory does not automatically come to us, we must struggle to win. Although today's great struggle is different from the past in terms of the background of the times, the content of the struggle and the strategy of the struggle, it is consistent in terms of the spirit of the struggle, the preparation for the struggle and the will to fight. This struggle is as large as the game of great powers on the international stage, as small as the accumulation of innovation in the technical field, from the top-level design that breaks through the barriers, to the mass practice of breaking the shackles; for the Chinese in the new era, the great struggle is always on the way.

 

The long river of history lingers, and the tree of spirit is evergreen. How to deal with many great struggles with new historical characteristics in the new era still requires us to think and practice, and we need to draw wisdom and strength from "On Protracted War. Maintaining strategic determination, sticking to the people's position, and carrying forward the spirit of struggle are still our spiritual blood.

 

Source: People's Daily Online