Written on January 5, 1930: "A single spark can start a prairie fire."
If we clearly understand that China is a semi-colony where many imperialist countries compete with each other, then
1. We will understand why China is the only country in the world that has this kind of long-term internal melee among the ruling classes. This is a strange thing, and why is it that the melee is becoming more intense and expanding day by day, and why there is never a unified political power.
Second, you will understand the seriousness of the farmers' problem, and therefore, you will also understand why the rural uprising has developed on a national scale.
3. You will understand the correctness of the slogan of workers’ and peasants’ democratic power.
Fourth, you will understand another strange thing that corresponds to the strange thing that only China in the world has long-term melee within the ruling class, that is, the existence and development of the Red Army and guerrillas, and the accompanying It came from the Red Army and guerrillas and grew up in the existence and development of a small red area in the surrounding white regime (there is no such strange thing outside China).
5. You will also understand that the establishment and development of the Red Army, guerrillas and red areas are the highest form of peasant struggle in semi-colonial China under the leadership of the proletariat, and are inevitable for the development of semi-colonial peasant struggle. The result; and is undoubtedly the most important factor in promoting the national revolutionary upsurge.
6. It will also be understood that a simple mobile guerrilla policy cannot complete the task of promoting the national revolutionary upsurge. The route to expand the people's armed forces is through the township Red Guards, district Red Guard brigades, county Red Guard corps, and development The policy of expanding forward in waves and so on is undoubtedly correct.
Classic excerpt:
Marxists are not fortune tellers. Future development and changes should and can only be stated in a general direction, and should not and cannot be prescribed mechanically. time. It is a ship standing on the coast and looking into the sea, and the tip of the mast can be seen. It is standing on the top of a mountain and looking to the east, it is a radiant sun ready to burst out. It is restless in the mother's womb. of a baby that is about to mature.