Red and People Liberation Armies do have a knack for handing out Ls to better equiped , founded and even numerous reactionary armies
The Long March (aka the greatest strategic retreat in military history) saw a ,supported by no one externaly, the PLA drop from 200k+ to sub 30k numbers and party to sub 50k members while escaping encriclement from the (,backed by basicaly everyone,controlling 90% of China and being millions strong) nationalists for 7k miles under the harshest conditions. 1-2 years later at the start of the Sino-Japanese war they already had recovered most of their numbers and by the end of the Sino-Japanese war they were 4 million strong and supported by a hundred million peasants
Turns out workers and peasants are more willing to support and shelter you when you don't plunder their belongings and conscript them into warlord armies.
Yeah, the civil war afterwards also had numbers that made it look like a sure thing victory for the KMT. Something like 10x the amount of soldiers, artillery and air support from the US etc. yet they lost swift and hard. Turns out that support from the people makes a pretty big difference.
Red and People Liberation Armies do have a knack for handing out Ls to better equiped , founded and even numerous reactionary armies
The Long March (aka the greatest strategic retreat in military history) saw a ,supported by no one externaly, the PLA drop from 200k+ to sub 30k numbers and party to sub 50k members while escaping encriclement from the (,backed by basicaly everyone,controlling 90% of China and being millions strong) nationalists for 7k miles under the harshest conditions. 1-2 years later at the start of the Sino-Japanese war they already had recovered most of their numbers and by the end of the Sino-Japanese war they were 4 million strong and supported by a hundred million peasants
Legit shounen anime tier against all odds arc
Turns out workers and peasants are more willing to support and shelter you when you don't plunder their belongings and conscript them into warlord armies.
Yeah, the civil war afterwards also had numbers that made it look like a sure thing victory for the KMT. Something like 10x the amount of soldiers, artillery and air support from the US etc. yet they lost swift and hard. Turns out that support from the people makes a pretty big difference.
that is the power of the people's protracted war :mao-aggro-shining: