Half of the armed force that the underground armed forces relied on was eliminated by the People's Liberation Army in just one night. It was also a rich and experienced lake water bandit force that had passed the test of war and had fought against the Communist army many times.
Jiang Shuirou conducted a surprise interrogation overnight. Under the strong pressure of the policy, Xiang Fangcheng recruited all the sources of intelligence. Zhao Shuang, the chief of the reconnaissance section of the Yueyang Public Security Bureau, urgently gathered the personnel on standby in the bureau and dispatched them overnight.
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The bandits' informants and military commander's undercovers who were still at home and who were unaware of the situation were quickly arrested and brought to justice. Xiang Fangcheng also revealed several informants that Shadow Wolf had not discovered and no one else knew about.
leniency.
A telegram from Jiangshui informed the Changsha military region and sent a large force to take over the captured lake bandits. The troops moved into Changsha overnight to rest and replenish their troops, waiting for the personnel left behind in Yueyang to return.
Jiang Shuirou decided to use the time waiting in Changsha to educate the troops on the national history and customs before the war, as well as the issues that the troops should pay attention to during the suppression of bandits, so as to prevent the troops from making mistakes during the execution of their tasks.
Due to the large number of people in the army, the auditorium of Hunan Normal University was temporarily borrowed as a classroom for training and education.
A large banner with eyebrows above the stage in the auditorium reads "Training Conference on Ethnic Issues Related to Suppression of Bandits in Hunan"
The troops were seated neatly under the stage. The auditorium was very large, and nearly one-third of the seats were vacant. Because the topic of this military training and education was very novel.
A lot of people came here, and there were also intelligence officers of the bandits here. They came down from the mountains far away just to get a feel for the situation. They also wanted to hear about any loopholes that could be exploited in order to better combat the bandits of the People's Liberation Army.
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Jiang Shuirou came to the auditorium accompanied by several captains and began to give a report.
"Comrades, what are we doing here today?"
"Come to eliminate the Kuomintang reactionaries, liberate the southwest, and establish a new China!" everyone said in unison.
"Yes, we are soldiers and we are here to fight. Specifically speaking, our army is here to suppress bandits. Now, Hunan has been liberated and a people's government has been established. But there are still some remnants of the Jiang family.
I dreamed of relying on the mountains to fight against the People's Government of New China.
They are now a newly formed group, coercing the masses of ethnic minorities who do not know the truth, inciting the masses who do not know the truth, and making use of their thousands of years of inherent thinking, that is, no matter which dynasty the government is in, they will always work with their ethnic minorities.
They are against people who do not understand their pain, and they think that they are all aliens who can only be used and never care about their life or death.
Under the coercion of the spies, bandit armed forces with extreme and political overtones were formed. But how to better suppress the bandits without harming the ethnic minority people inside who do not know the truth. This is a very difficult problem
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Why are they called bandits? Have you ever thought about it? Do you have a rough outline in your mind? Or an impression?
I think everyone will have it. Because we have all heard of such a saying. It is called a hundred thousand mountains and a hundred thousand soldiers. It is impossible to distinguish the soldiers and bandits from the common people. Haha - this is a very difficult and sharp question.
Comrades, we must be careful. We must not be deceived by this statement, otherwise, we will be fooled."
"Is it possible? It's hard to say. This involves ethnic issues. It also depends on who said this and what era the person said it. If we want to suppress the good bandits, we must find out who is
bandit.
Just as Chairman Mao said, who is our enemy and who is our friend? This question is the primary question of the revolution. That is also the primary question of today when we want to suppress bandits. This is a question that must be clarified.
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"We are here to suppress bandits, but we are definitely not here to suppress ordinary people. This includes people from various ethnic groups who have been deceived and have been bandits. Why do you say that? That's because some people deliberately
They said they were bandits. Otherwise, how could they say that there are hundreds of thousands of bandits in the Hundred Thousand Mountains?
In the Southwest, ethnic minorities, especially the Miao, are the fourth largest ethnic group in terms of population after the other three major ethnic groups. Moreover, the Miao people have fierce folk customs, and all men have been equipped with waist knives since recorded history.
Therefore, the governments of all dynasties have misunderstood the Miao people as bandits. Today, the nature of bandits has changed. What we have to do is to strip away the structure of bandits. We must distinguish right from wrong and distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.
"Military suppression, political disintegration, and mobilization of the masses" are three-pronged approaches. Needless to say, military strikes are the prerequisite, mobilizing the masses is the foundation, and mastering policies is the key.
Without severe military strikes, the bandit troops will not be wiped out. The purpose of mobilizing the masses is to avoid hurting innocent people, get their help, minimize losses, and disintegrate the bandit team.
Our ancestors said that "the most powerful soldier is a soldier who conquers the enemy without fighting." Military strikes are also divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower. The upper one is a soldier who conquers the enemy without fighting; the middle one is
When there is a big force, there is a pull; when there is a strong force, there is a forceful attack."
"Then how to grasp the policy well is the key to completing the task of suppressing bandits. We must know the composition and nature of the bandits.
What is a bandit? Who is a bandit? In fact, the dispute between officials and bandits has been around for a long time and can be traced back to thousands of years ago.
Among the bandits in western Hunan, in that era, in that kind of society, in that kind of environment, there was actually no distinction between civilian bandits and official bandits."
"When it comes to bandits, we need to review the actions of the government in each dynasty. Especially during the Republic of China, banditry activities reached their peak. How did this come about?
The important thing to say is that during the rule of the Beiyang Warlords, natural disasters and wars occurred. Governments at all levels neglected to prevent natural disasters. Floods and droughts also caused great suffering to farmers, not to mention a large number of military disasters.
This resulted in a large number of militiamen defecting to the "green forests". In the green forests on the borders of Hunan and Jiangxi, on the borders of Jiangxi and Guangdong, and on the borders of Hunan, Guangdong and Jiangxi, swordsmen and thieves arose in droves, and Jinggangshan became "a place where bandits and soldiers dispersed and retreated."
"In western Hunan and southern Hunan, due to successive years of military disasters, peasants have either joined the army as soldiers or become bandits."
"Professor Besfield, a British scholar who has done extensive research on them, roughly divides these bandit groups into three basic types: simple gangs, which tend to be seasonal and operate in a small area;
Comprehensive gangs have slightly larger numbers, longer duration, and wider scope of activities;
Bandit armies, numbering in the tens of thousands, often control a fairly large area and may lead to large-scale rebellion under certain conditions.