Besides Mao Zedong, who else has such strong willpower?
Mao Zedong when he was in the Central Soviet Area
Mao Zedong was able to withstand the test of historical turbulence and stand out. His extremely strong willpower is an important factor.
In November 1931, Mao Zedong, who led troops with Zhu De to crush the enemy's third "encirclement and suppression" campaign, received severe criticism from the "Left" central government. They listed four major "errors" for Mao Zedong. Later facts proved that these four "errors" they accused Mao Zedong of happened to be the greatness of Mao Zedong.
The first mistake was "narrow empiricism and guerrillaism." They accused Mao Zedong of running counter to the central government's spirit of "capturing one or several provinces first to win." In fact, Mao Zedong opposed attacking big cities. It was through guerrilla warfare that the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base in Jinggangshan continued to develop and grow, and the revolutionary fire was preserved.
The second mistake was the "rich peasant line". Mao Zedong advocated giving the rich peasants a way out during land distribution. They accused Mao Zedong of running counter to the central government's spirit of "landowners do not allocate land, and rich peasants allocate bad land." In fact, Mao Zedong was right to give the rich peasants a way out, and the rich peasants were a force that needed to be fought for.
The third mistake is that the strategy of "lubing the enemy deeper and striking later" is a "purely defensive line". They accused Mao Zedong of running counter to the central government's spirit of "pre-emptive strike and active attack." In fact, the most fundamental reason why the first to fourth counter-campaigns against "encirclement and suppression" were successful was the implementation of Mao Zedong's military strategy of "luring the enemy in depth and striking at a late strike".
The fourth mistake was "ruling the country by the party." They accused the General Front Committee, where Mao Zedong served as secretary, of commanding the Red Army as "the residual poison of the Kuomintang's rule of the country by the party." In fact, " the party commands the gun " and "the branch is built on the company" are the core of Mao Zedong's great army-building thoughts. The roots of why the people's army can be so powerful later lie in this.
After they slapped these four hats on Mao Zedong, they revoked Mao Zedong's "position as Acting Secretary of the Central Bureau of the Soviet Area." In January 1932, Mao Zedong, his wife He Zizhen, and their 3-year-old son Mao Anhong lived alone in a dilapidated temple in Donghua Mountain on the outskirts of Ruijin, Jiangxi, and lived a very lonely life.
htmlIn March, the Red Army failed to attack Ganzhou . The "Left" central government urgently dispatched Mao Zedong to the front line for emergency relief. Under such a severe situation, the "Left" Central Committee still insisted on attacking big cities. Mao Zedong expressed his opposition very strongly. At the strong request of Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Wang Jiaxiang and others, Mao Zedong was re-appointed as the general political commissar of the Red Army.Battle of Tucheng (Oil Painting)
After Mao Zedong restored military command, the conflict with the "Left" Central Committee became even more intense. Several of Mao Zedong's military decisions were continuously vetoed by the "Left" Central Committee. Mao Zedong could not just watch the Red Army lose again and again, so he had to issue orders without authorization. As a result, this move aroused the fury of the "Left" Central Committee.
As a result, at the October Jiangxi Ningdu meeting, Mao Zedong was once again severely criticized and attacked by the "Left" central government. After the meeting, Mao Zedong was dismissed from his position as the General Political Commissar of the Red Army and was arranged to go to Changting, Fujian Province to recuperate. For a long time after that, Mao Zedong spent a difficult time.
As a member of the Political Bureau, Mao Zedong was not allowed to participate in the Central Committee Plenary Session, and everything was tightly blocked from him. Mao Zedong himself later recalled these days: Not even a ghost came to see me. At that time, my tasks were to eat, sleep and shit. Fortunately, my head was not chopped off.
In the summer of 1933, Chiang Kai-shek mobilized 500,000 troops to launch the fifth "encirclement and suppression" campaign against the Central Soviet Area. Mao Zedong, who was deprived of military command rights, was always paying attention to the battle situation ahead. The unprecedented huge sacrifices endured by the frontline Red Army made Mao Zedong bleed with pain, and the Soviet base areas fell into the hands of the enemy one by one.
In October 1934, the Central Red Army and the Party Central Committee, which had no foothold, had to withdraw from the Central Soviet Area and began the Long March with an uncertain future.It was not until the Zunyi Conference in January 1935 that Mao Zedong, who had been marginalized, was elected to the forefront and was elected as one of the five members of the Politburo Standing Committee. Mao Zedong's ability to reach this day was entirely supported by his extremely strong willpower.
After the meeting, Mao Zedong was decided to be "Zhou Enlai's helper in military command." From this moment on, although he was not yet the number one leader within the party and the military, his big hands had begun to grasp the giant ship of the Chinese revolution.
The Zunyi Conference did not mean that Mao Zedong would be able to lead the Chinese revolution smoothly from then on. There were many twists and turns and even setbacks. Withstood the test of many twists and setbacks, Mao Zedong still relied on his extremely strong willpower.
When Mao Zedong reviewed the history of the Long March in 1956, he said, I have made mistakes, such as fighting. I commanded the Tucheng Battle during the Long March, and I also commanded the Maotai Battle. The Battle of Tucheng was the first battle commanded by Mao Zedong after he obtained military command power, but he was defeated. This caused him to be questioned by many people and to withstand tremendous pressure from all aspects.
Mao Zedong and Zhang Guotao
After the defeat in the Tucheng Battle, Mao Zedong quickly gave up his plan to cross the river north and crossed Chishui westward. After being blocked in the Gulin and Xuyong areas, Mao Zedong immediately adopted Peng Dehuai's suggestion and changed to the Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou border.
After that, Mao Zedong's flexible strategy and tactics of "fight if you can win, leave if you can't" came back. This is the great thing about Mao Zedong. It is not that he will not make mistakes, but he will correct them at any time when he makes a mistake, and he will never make the same mistake a second time.
Mao Zedong finally led everyone with his superb " crossing Chishui " to escape from the enemy's pursuit and interception of hundreds of thousands of heavy troops, and successfully joined forces with the Red Fourth Front Army led by Zhang Guotao. After the two main forces of the Red Army joined forces, the total strength reached more than 100,000, and the morale of the troops was high. Who would have thought that what awaited Mao Zedong next would be an unprecedented severe test?
The years he spent in this severe test were later called "the darkest days of his life" by Mao Zedong. This severe test was Zhang Guotao's bad behavior of splitting the party and splitting the revolution.
On September 10, 1935, after learning Zhang Guotao's secret telegram and Zhang Guotao's attempt to use force to coerce Mao Zedong of the Party Central Committee, he decisively led the Red 1st and 3rd Army Corps with Zhou Enlai and others to break away from the Fourth Red Front Army and go northward on their own.
That night, the sky was covered with dark clouds and there were no stars or moon. The journey from Brazil to Assi was only 20 miles. Because no torches were allowed, Mao Zedong and the troops he led walked for six full hours in mire, swamps, bushes and thorns! At dawn, the Kuomintang army plane came again, and they had no choice but to walk into a mountain.
The next day, Mao Zedong led the troops to move forward. This place was about 60 miles away from the Russian border. When they reached the Baozuo River, the water surged. Those in the Red Army who could swim swam hard, and those who couldn't swim had to climb the cliff. Mao Zedong took the lead and jumped into the cold river water.
When Mao Zedong swam to the shallow water and stood up soaked, he asked the guard next to him if he had anything to satisfy his hunger. The guard did not say anything, and Mao Zedong just smiled. From the moment he left the Fourth Red Army and groped in the darkness, Mao Zedong realized that everything had to start from scratch, but he always firmly believed: We must win, and we will definitely be able to win!
This is Mao Zedong. Even in the most desperate moments, he can use his strong willpower to find a way out when there is no way! Besides Mao Zedong, who else has such strong willpower?
Reference:
"The Biography of Mao Zedong": written by Jin Chongji and published by the Central Literature Publishing House
"Why Mao Zedong": written by Ren Zhigang and published by Guangming Daily Publishing House
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