An immortal masterpiece selected as one of the top ten military works in the world. No matter in the military or in real life, it is of great reference significance!
Personally, I think it can be called China's three classic military works together with The Art of War and Thirty-six Plans.
This paper mainly expounds that when we are weaker than the enemy or the environment is unfavorable to us, we should adopt the strategy of protracted war. As long as we adopt this strategy, we will win. In this case, we should put an end to the theory of surrender and the theory of quick victory, because these two arguments are unrealistic when the enemy is stronger than us and will inevitably lead to objective failure.
In fact, the most prominent feature of On Protracted War is that it was written and published in the early days of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. It discusses War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and divides War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression into several stages: the first stage is the period of the enemy's strategic attack and our strategic defense. The second stage is the period when the enemy is strategically conservative and we are ready to counterattack. The third stage is the period of our strategic counterattack and the enemy's strategic retreat. Rereading Protracted War now completely corresponds to the history of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression at that time, and even can be said to be War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's summary report. It serves to show that Mao Zedong's military talent is extraordinary.
On protracted war was published.
After the full-scale outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, arguments such as "quick victory theory" and "national subjugation theory" appeared in the Kuomintang. In the * * * production party, there are also some people who look forward to the anti-Japanese war of the Kuomintang regular army and despise guerrilla warfare. However, the practice of 10 month's anti-Japanese war proves that the theory of national subjugation and the theory of quick victory are completely wrong. What is the future of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression? For a time, it has become a concern of people. 1938 in may, Mao Zedong wrote "on protracted war", which preliminarily summarized the experience of the whole nation in the war of resistance against Japan, refuted all kinds of wrong views prevailing at that time, and systematically expounded the party's policy of protracted war against Japan. In this book, Mao Zedong analyzed the social formation of China and Japan, the nature of the war between the two sides, the strength of the war elements and the support of the international community, and pointed out that War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is a protracted war, and the final victory belongs to China. He also scientifically foresaw that War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression would go through three stages: strategic defense, strategic stalemate and strategic counterattack. He emphasized that "the soldiers and the people are the foundation of victory", and the only correct way for War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression to win is to carry out the people's war. "On Protracted War" is a programmatic document of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the leader of China's Communist Party, which points out the future of the war of resistance and puts forward the correct line. The practice after the Anti-Japanese War has fully proved that the foresight of this book is completely correct.