Chairman Mao's 16-character operational policy

At first, it was put forward by Zhu De. It turns out that there are only 16 words in front, which is referred to as the 16-character policy. This is the operational guiding principle of guerrilla warfare of the Chinese workers and peasants Red Army during the Agrarian Revolutionary War, that is, "the enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and disturbed, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I chase", which is referred to as the "sixteen-character formula". The "sixteen-character formula" includes the basic principles of anti-encirclement campaign, two stages of strategic defense and strategic attack, and two stages of strategic retreat and strategic counterattack in strategic defense. The basic spirit of the "sixteen-character formula" is to make use of the favorable situation created by the base areas, flexibly use troops and change tactics, seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, develop strengths and attack weaknesses, strive to preserve and develop themselves in the war, and gradually change the situation that the enemy is strong and we are weak by winning more battles and destroying the enemy, so as to win the war.

The origin of this couplet is like this. During the counter-campaign against encirclement and suppression, the Red Army originally planned to ambush Tan Daoyuan's 50th Division, and prepared to March on Xiaobu on February 25th, 65438, because they first heard about the origin of Tan's Division. In this way, Tan Shi left the rear and went deep into the small cloth area where the terrain was conducive to our army's ambush, which was an excellent opportunity for our army to destroy the enemy. To this end, Mao Zedong also personally wrote a pair of couplets: "The enemy advances and retreats, the enemy disturbs me, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I chase, and guerrilla warfare has a good chance of winning; Advance and retreat, lure the enemy into depth, concentrate our troops, split in two, and wipe out the enemy in mobile warfare. "At the swearing-in meeting before the war, this couplet was used to explain the strategy and tactics of the Red Army in this battle.

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