The Effectiveness Of Communist Kung Fu Combat Strategy!
I'm just ending a book by Clay Blair, entitled The Forgotten War
, which is about the Korean Conflict. It is a real surprise, and extremely interesting. It is of particular interest to martial artists who are interested in tales of combat on a grand scale.
The Korean War consisted of a charge by the North Korean People's Army, which pushed the US almost off the peninsula. A push back by the United States to the Yalu river. And a push back to the 38th parallel by the Chinese Communist Forces which almost worked, but which was countered by the US, expanded by UN, forces.
The Chinese combat strategy consisted of three distinct strategies. Charge if the enemy turns tail, and retreat if the enemy is coming. If the enemy is doing nothing, probe for weakness to exploit.
This is a wonderful tactic...for lone soldiers. For millions of men, it isn't very applicable. This strategy doesn't hold up to the necessities of modern combat.
The communists, you see, in embracing this tactic, were willing to trade soldiers for bullets. They would charge, entire armies of men, and trust that they had more bodies than the US had bullets. Unfortunately for them, they didn't.
While the communist strategy is a wonderful one for personal combat, or very small groups of men, it falls all apart on a modern battlefield. When the NKPA, and later the CCF, headed down the Korean Peninsula, they did so with no consideration for supply lines. They couldn't feed their soldiers, reequip them, or even see to the wounded.
What I find most interesting, in light of these lacks, is to apply the strategy of Matrixing to the battlefield. Getting an overview of national geography, specific terrain, freezing winters, muddy springs, and boiling hot summers, it is fascinating to consider whether the Chinese Communist Forces could have won if they had been a little less exuberant and a little more thoughtful in their planning. What if the CCF had established methods of resupply, applied their millions of men in manners that didn't waste them, had taken the time to think their way through the terrain and opposition?
I recommend this little epistle, it's a ton of fun, and a real thought maker, if you have a penchant for reliving combat, applying the martial arts to the world, and that sort of thing. I especially recommend considering the matrixing potentials of Matrix Martial Arts, and seeing if you could reign supreme, at least in theory, in one of the great undecided wars of this last century. For myself, this book provided a terrific tool for exploring martial arts strategies on a grand level.
by: Al Case
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