The Japanese army has been in the habit of killing prisoners and massacring civilians since ancient times. Their samurai tradition is to despise the weak and cowards, which leads to no humane measures in dealing with surrendered and captured enemy soldiers. They did this when they occupied Taiwan, and they did the same when they occupied North Korea. Even when they defeated Russia and occupied our city of Lushun, they treated local people who had no threat or resistance to them. The Chinese also committed heinous crimes.
Today, 30 million compatriots in the Northeast are experiencing such suffering.
We just want to tell all the soldiers why the home comes first when defending the country. We want the soldiers to know that the first thing to guard and protect is their own home. What are the consequences of taking a step back on the battlefield? That is their father. Their brothers and relatives would be massacred by the Japanese, their mothers and sisters would be humiliated by the Japanese, their family's belongings would be looted by the Japanese, and their homes and fields would be burned down by the Japanese. "
Speaking of this, Zhou Wen had already recalled the memories of later generations, the inhumane atrocities committed by the Japanese, and his tone of voice was full of grief, anger and sorrow. The officers below were all infected by his words, even the unruly and unruly man before. The docile bearded officer's eyes seemed to be bursting with fire.
"The fate of the captured soldiers is even worse. Most of them will be massacred in batches. The remaining ones will either be used as live targets for the Japanese recruits to train in shooting and stabbing, or they will be transported to the mines occupied by the Japanese as laborers without enough food." With no clothes or warmth, they worked in the dark mines until they died of illness and exhaustion, never to see the light of day again.
We just want to tell every officer and soldier that if you do not fight bravely on the battlefield and do not have a firm will to fight to the end, you will cut off your own livelihood and the livelihood of your loved ones. Taking a step back is your hometown, taking a step back is giving up the lives of your loved ones.
Of course, the retreat I am talking about here is a psychological retreat and a cowardly retreat. It does not mean that we cannot implement strategic and tactical retreats when we are fighting. Don't let the soldiers retreat when they are ordered to retreat. If you don't respect orders if you follow the principles, it would be a joke. "
The audience burst into laughter with a "coax", which diluted the slightly depressing and dull atmosphere before.
"The initial ideological work focused on protecting the family, so that the soldiers could clearly understand that they were fighting for themselves and their loved ones, and that their sacrifices were valuable, meaningful, and glorious. Let them have initial beliefs and goals. Later, we will instill in them the principle of "if the country is not there, the family will be attached", so that they understand the concept and meaning of the country. In this way, in a few years, our soldiers will basically have Armed with one's own thoughts and fighting beliefs.
I don’t think this kind of ideological work is too difficult. Let’s teach the officers at the grassroots level first, and then let them teach it to the soldiers below. These principles are easy to understand, and there will be no one who doesn’t understand or Be confused.
Once the ideological work is done well, not only in battle, but also in daily training, the soldiers' performance will be different. They will be more active and proactive, which will greatly promote the targeted training we have mentioned above. effect.
The second aspect of ideological work is how to build a sense of honor among soldiers. To make soldiers feel that good training performance and many meritorious service in combat are a kind of honor, a good thing that can bring glory to the ancestors, a personal glory, and a happy event that others will envy.
Let me give an analogy. For example, a village is infested with bandits. The bandits are about to rush in, burn, kill, and loot. When the villagers are extremely frightened and frightened, suddenly a hero with strong martial arts in the village steps forward and kills the bandits by himself. People were thrown off their backs and fled in all directions. It can be said that he saved the whole village by himself and was the savior of the whole village.
So what do the folks in the village think of him? There will be reverence, gratitude, and love, right? What are these called? It's called honor.
What will this honor bring to that heroic man? From then on, his status in the eyes of the villagers increased, and he was respected and praised wherever he went. All the girls in the village wanted to marry him, and the younger boys in the village envied him and wanted to imitate him. He himself is also very proud, satisfied and even satisfied with his actions. For him, this is the establishment of a sense of honor.
Will he still bravely protect the villagers when encountering bandits in the future? The answer is yes, he will still fight, even braver than before, because he already has a sense of honor and feels the glory and satisfaction it brings, and he will fight tooth and nail to maintain this sense of honor. , even at the expense of his own life.
And this honor also brought glory and glory to his family. His relatives could straighten their backs no matter where they went. His parents could even speak louder than others in the village. Why? You will know if you give birth to a heroic son. "
The audience burst into laughter again. At this time, the atmosphere in the venue had become relaxed and natural. However, the officers all felt that what Zhou Wen said was very reasonable. They were completely moved by his words and listened to him more attentively.
"If our soldiers have established such a sense of honor, then are we still afraid that they will not train hard and fight bravely? Therefore, establishing a sense of honor among officers and soldiers is the guarantee of an army's combat effectiveness and cohesion.
So how do you give an army a sense of honor?
Our work can be divided into several steps:
The first is to establish a replacement system for officers in wartime. 'If the earthen jar is not broken outside the well, the general will inevitably die in battle.' In war, even generals will die in battle, let alone low-level officers and soldiers. The brutality of the Sino-Japanese war will far exceed our imagination, and casualties are even more common. We know that officers are the courage of an army. The consequences of an officer's death on the battlefield are serious. The command of the army is interrupted and the soldiers are confused. This can seriously lead to the collapse of an army.
To avoid this situation, it is necessary to determine the successor of the officer before the war, and not just one, but the first, second... or even the tenth replacement officer in order of succession.
If the main officer dies in battle, the second one will immediately take over the command. If the second one dies in battle, it will be the turn of the third replacement officer. And so on. Every soldier must consciously abide by this system. Especially for units below the company level, every soldier must be established.
For example, if the company commander dies, the deputy company commander enters, the deputy company commander dies, the platoon commander enters, etc. If it is at the squad level, each soldier must be replaced in order until the last person left is the squad leader. If there is only one person left in the company, he is the company commander.
