Inadvertently revealed his superb strategic level at 10:00 p.m. on July 21, 1958, Chairman Mao met with the Soviet Ambassador to China Eugene at his residence in Zhongnanhai swimming pool. The conversation lasted until one o'clock in the morning. The content of the conversation i

Inadvertently revealed its superb strategic level

01958 at 10:00 on July 21, 1958, Chairman Mao met with the Soviet Ambassador to China Eugene at his residence in Zhongnanhai swimming pool. The conversation lasted until one o'clock in the morning. The content of this conversation included the Soviet Union's request to jointly build the submarine force with China, which we later knew, and the unreasonable request of the establishment of a long-wave radio station in China.

But the beginning of this conversation was harmonious and friendly. The Soviet ambassador first exchanged views with Chairman Mao on the Middle East incident. The Middle East incident actually refers to a series of Middle Eastern countries taking to the streets due to people's livelihood issues, resulting in the overall turmoil in the Middle East. This incident reached its climax on July 15. At the invitation of the pro-US president of Lebanon, US President Eisenhower brazenly sent troops, arousing the high attention of the Soviet Union, China and other countries. The socialist country is considering whether to intervene in the war, and at the same time, senior officials of many countries are worried that it will cause World War III.

Chairman Mao said bluntly, do you think the Western countries led by the United States will escalate the war? Fight a big battle? I don't think I can't fight.

The Soviet ambassador said that based on the current information, the trend was not yet determined, but Chairman Mao gave his strategic thinking:

first, it requires enough troops to fight a big war, but the Americans only logged in 14,000 people.

Second, the mobilization war must be unified politically, but now many members of the United States and Britain voted against it.

Third, the entire capitalist world lacks synergy, NATO did not even hold a meeting to discuss this matter, which shows that the whole thing is that the United States is determined to do so.

Fourth, the world's peace-loving countries, including capitalist countries, are all opposing this matter.

It can be seen that Chairman Mao’s judgment on a thing is not limited to the military itself, but often rises to the political level of , that is, whether this matter has formed a "unified front", whether it has made supporters more and opponents less? This advanced strategic vision was deeply reflected in Chairman Mao as early as the Anti-Japanese War. At that time, Chairman Mao calmly analyzed the possibility of China's protracted war victory from the perspective of the united front and was proved by facts.

The Soviet ambassador raised the problem

Eugene said he was happy that the two countries had reached an agreement on their positions, but then raised the question that made everyone present look heavy: he said that Comrade Khrushchev hopes to establish a common submarine force with China.

Chairman Mao talks with Soviet personnel

Chairman Mao was stunned for a moment, and then responded with his unique humor: "Ah? It's like farmers building cooperatives"

At that time, agricultural cooperation was in full swing in China, but this word is used here to clearly express inner resistance. Cooperatives are internal affairs of a country and family affairs; the submarine force belongs to the armed forces of the country, representing national sovereignty, and of course it is also internal affairs of a country. How can it be done with other countries? The question of

is too serious and cannot be answered on the spot. After seeing off the Soviet ambassador, he discussed with Vice Chairman Liu and others until after 2 o'clock in the middle of the night.

At 11:30 the next morning, Chairman Mao met Eugene at his residence. The meeting was just a matter of saying, After you left yesterday, I couldn't sleep and didn't eat, so I called everyone over early today to debate.

This time, Chairman Mao no longer humorous, but pointed directly at the root of the debate:

The root of the problem is that Russians look down on the Chinese, believe in themselves, and think that Chinese people are frivolous, which leads to the "cooperative" problem.

and Stalin is indeed the case. He believed that the Chinese revolution could not be completed by the Communist Party alone, and vigorously supported the Kuomintang and ordered the Communist Party to give up its leadership, which indirectly led to the subsequent April 12 counter-revolutionary coup.What is this called? This is the most critical moment in China. We should not let us revolution or oppose our revolution! The same was true during the Battle of Crossing the River , attempting to divide China from the north and the south, so that it would never pose a threat to the Soviet Union and would be easier to control. Treating the Chinese as the second Tito and as an alien to communism is essentially the reason for its nationalism.

Chairman Mao not only criticized Stalin, who had been defeated in the Soviet Union at that time, but also clearly expressed his dissatisfaction with Migoyang. I think Migoyang is always arrogant and always looks like a father. How did Chairman Mao protest? Chairman Mao said that I deliberately did not attend the Eighth Congress because I was dissatisfied with his congratulations. China does want to learn from the Soviet Union, but it is definitely not a subordinate. Some of our comrades also need to reflect on themselves, always feeling that they are not as good as the Russians. Everything about the Russians is good, and they should take the essence and put the dross behind them.

Of course, the Soviets' attitude towards us has also changed, that is, after , the Chinese showed their style, which led to the 156 assistance from the Soviet Union. What does it mean? Only strength can make people recognize it. The root cause of the problem of

is that the Soviets are always confused about politically and always have to talk about political conditions, but for China, political conditions cannot be discussed even if they have a finger. This was clearly rejected in the Stalin era. Now you, Khrushchev, overthrew Stalin, and then came to do Stalin again?

It should be mentioned here that as early as the Stalin period, the Soviet Union proposed to establish a joint navy with China, but was strictly rejected. The re-blow of the old tune this time exposed that the Soviet Union's anti-violence was the same, that is, ignoring the sovereignty of other countries, only considering their own interests, and regarding themselves as communist leaders. In essence, it is a kind of great power chauvinism . The proposal of the Soviet Union to jointly establish a long-wave radio station is also a profound reflection of this problem. If you sincerely help other countries, then you should be an adviser. Why should you raise the question of half of ownership? ownership issue is a sovereignty issue and cannot be negotiated.

The Soviet General Secretary flew to Beijing and solved the problem

Such a serious response alarmed the Soviet General Secretary Khrushchev. At 4:00 p.m. on July 31, Khrushchev flew to Beijing, first of all, to clarify Eugene's remarks, claiming that his intentions were conveyed by Eugene's mistakes, and to say that all this was a misunderstanding and that the issue of "cooperatives" would never be mentioned again, which brought the debate to an end.

We know that in November 1957, Chairman Mao led the Chinese delegation to participate in the 40th anniversary celebration of the victory of the October Revolution in and publicly supported the Soviet Union's revolutionary leadership. Khrushchev also used this to stabilize his position. It can be said that both sides are still in the honeymoon period. We don't know whether Khrushchev really had such an intention, but it is obvious that China won the victory in this reasonable struggle, and also educated our masses. There is no "big brother" who is always correct. We must take the essence and learn critically. Only in this way can we make fewer mistakes and less detours.

episode, Kinmen Cannon Battle

Here we also need to mention an interesting thing that happened during the outbreak of the Middle East incident, that is the Kinmen Cannon Battle. As the Middle East incident became more and more intense, the United States sent troops to Lebanon, and the world situation was in chaos. The Chiang Group, which was huddled on the island, took this opportunity to expand the situation and declare the troops on a "special alert state", and also began military exercises intensively.

immediately responded and began to designate a combat plan to attack Kinmen. In fact, in 1949, our army launched a strike against Kinmen, but due to various reasons, it suffered a tragic failure, which is rare in the history of our army. Ye Fei, the coach who lost that time, has been holding back his energy for nine years, hoping that one day he can avenge his previous shame. This is a good opportunity to be justified, but at this moment, Chairman Mao wrote a letter to Peng Dehuai and others: "Can attack on Kinmen be delayed for a few days? The solution to the Middle East issue of requires the use of American time, and we have time."And in the letter he said very philosophical words, that is:

" political leader, repeated consideration is extremely beneficial. If you work hard in one go, you often think in a bad way and sometimes you will inevitably miscalculate. ”

also confirms the judgment at the beginning of the article. Nothing can be viewed from a partial or military perspective. It must be mentioned at the height of politics, unite friends, isolate enemies, talk about the balance of enemy-to-eight forces in the whole world, repeatedly ponder and make decisions, so that we can truly be regarded as strategizing and winning thousands of miles away, which is worth learning from by all of us.

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