What is the secret of the strength of the people's army?
Turning to Mao Zedong's exposition in various historical periods, the answers to these questions are clear: the fundamental difference between this army and other armies lies in that she regards serving the people wholeheartedly as her sole purpose, and her strength comes from the people. ★ Only an army that serves the people can truly achieve the unity of officers and men and the unity of the army and the people. 10, when Mao Zedong reported the Jinggangshan struggle to the CPC Central Committee, he analyzed the reasons for the existence and development of the armed regime of workers and peasants. The first is that there are "good people" here. In other words, with the masses of the people, the army led by the party can survive; Only by serving the people wholeheartedly can the army have combat effectiveness. Warlords don't understand this truth, and neither does the old army. However, those white soldiers who were captured by the Red Army immediately understood when they arrived at the Red Army. Mao Zedong reported this fact to the Central Committee: "Most Red Army soldiers come from mercenaries, but their nature changed when they arrived in the Red Army. First of all, the Red Army abolished the employment system, making soldiers feel that they are not fighting for others, but fighting for themselves and the people.
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During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Mao Zedong explained this truth more clearly and deeply. 1On April 24th, 945, Mao Zedong said in his political report on "On the Coalition Government" made at the 7th Congress in the Communist Party of China (CPC): "The reason why this army has strength is that everyone who participates in it has conscious discipline; They are not fighting for the selfish interests of a few people or narrow groups, but for the interests of the broad masses of the people and the whole nation. The sole purpose of this army is to stand closely with the people of China and serve the people of China wholeheartedly.
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Mao Zedong clearly told people that serving the people wholeheartedly is the sole purpose of the people's army. This fundamental purpose and position is a profound source and inexhaustible motive force for the people's army to develop and expand. The fundamental and unique purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly determines that the people's army has many essential attributes, spiritual strength and unique advantages that the old army does not have. Starting from this basic point, some conclusions have been drawn: only the people's army can truly achieve the unity of officers and men, the unity of the army and the people, and the true reunification of the inside and outside; Only the people's army has indomitable spirit and excellent style of criticism and self-criticism; Only the people's army can truly integrate into the masses and implement a series of strategies and tactics of the people's war; Wait a minute. Just before expounding this truth, Mao Zedong explained the purpose of the People's Army with practical actions. 1944 On September 8th, Mao Zedong attended the memorial service of an ordinary soldier. This ordinary soldier is Zhang Side, an ordinary soldier in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Garrison. 1On September 5, 944, Zhang Side burned charcoal in the mountains of Ansai County, northern Shaanxi, and died because of the collapse of the charcoal kiln. When Mao Zedong heard this, he personally attended the memorial service for Zhang Side held by the Central Guard Corps. Why does a supreme commander attend the memorial service of an ordinary soldier?
As Mao Zedong himself said in his speech: "We all come from all corners of the country and come together for a common revolutionary goal."
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This common goal is to serve the people wholeheartedly. Mao Zedong also stressed in his speech: "The Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army led by us are revolutionary ranks. Our team is completely for the liberation of the people and works thoroughly for the interests of the people. Comrade Zhang Side is a comrade in our team.
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Here, Mao Zedong raised the importance of serving the people to an unprecedented height: "To die for the benefit of the people is more important than Mount Tai; It's as light as a feather to work for fascism and those who exploit and oppress the people. Comrade Zhang Side died for the benefit of the people, and his death was heavier than Mount Tai.
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"As long as we persist in serving the interests of the people and correct our mistakes for the interests of the people, our team will surely prosper.
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Under the fundamental goals of "serving the people" and "dying for the people's interests", there is no distinction between high and low in the revolutionary ranks, only a different division of labor. From this perspective, it is not difficult to understand that Mao Zedong attended Zhang Side's memorial service. Mao Zedong's speech at this memorial service is one of the later "old three articles", serving the people and being included in the third volume of Selected Works of Mao Zedong. Mao Zedong said in his speech: "In the future, no matter who dies in our team, whether it is a cook or a soldier, as long as he has done some useful work, we will hold a funeral and a memorial service for him."
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This not only embodies the lofty honor of serving the people, but also embodies the principle of unity between officers and men. The army that truly serves the people pursues "unity of officers and men" in internal relations. In the old army, officers and men were unequal and hierarchical, and officers abused soldiers at will and even imposed corporal punishment. On the surface, this is the difference in working methods. In fact, this is the essential difference between the people's army and all the old armies. The exploitative and employment nature of all the old armies determines that it is impossible to truly achieve internal unity among officers and men, and it is also impossible to truly achieve internal unity. Our people's army is serving the people wholeheartedly, and this fundamental purpose determines that the people's army can practice the unity of officers and men internally. Within the people's army, commanders and ordinary soldiers all serve the people and are equal members of the revolutionary ranks. They should help each other, care for each other and love each other, especially the superiors should share joys and sorrows with their subordinates. With this ideological foundation, the people's army can truly achieve unity between officers and men and internal unity. Not only in internal relations, but also in handling foreign relations, because the people's army serves the people wholeheartedly, it can handle military-civilian relations and military-civilian relations well and truly achieve military-civilian unity, military-civilian unity and military-civilian unity. In fact, these relationships were initially established as early as the Jinggangshan period. As early as the end of September 1927, when Mao Zedong led the revolutionary army of workers and peasants to Sanwan Village, Yongxin County, some local people hid in the mountains because they didn't know the revolutionary army of workers and peasants at first. Mao Zedong asked all units to go up the mountain separately to publicize to the masses immediately, and the masses returned to the village one after another. During the Long March of the Red Army, this happened many times: at first, the people didn't know our troops very well wherever the Red Army went, thinking that, like the old army, they would hide when they saw them; However, from practical actions, we gradually realized that we were serving the poor, so we began to regard the Red Army and later the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army as our own teams, forming a vivid situation of military and civilian families. It can be said that the sole purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly determines that the people's army led by * * * is fundamentally different from all the old armies such as the Kuomintang army and has become a new type of people's army with the unity of officers and men and the unity of the army and the people.
Source: Xiangchao