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BASIC TACTICS
with explosives.
4. In destroying cobblestone roads, highways, bridges, and other
constructions, we must in all cases choose a method of destruction
appropriate to the nature of the construction.
CHAPTER XIII
FROM MARX
1. MARSHALING TO MAO OUR TROOPS
REGULAR HIDING PLACES AND PRECAUTIONS
TO BE TAKEN WHEN WE HALT
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The problem is not merely one of resting and marshaling out
troops. We require a place that can also be used for conserving ammunition
and food and for receiving and looking after wounded and
sick soldiers. Hence, the place in question commonly serves also as
a supporting point in time of battle. As soon as we are the objects
of the enemy’s pursuit and attack, we withdraw there, and secretly
hide, so as to await an opportunity to act or to begin resisting the
enemy again.
NOT FOR
COMMERCIAL
2. THE CHOICE OF A SPOT
1. A hiding place where we can rest for a long time may conveniently
be found deep in the forest, in a thatched hut near a marsh,
in a cave under DISTRIBUTION
the ground or in a mountainside, on a lonely farm,
or in a small and secluded hamlet. Because of the sympathy it enjoys
a small guerrilla unit normally has no difficulty at all in finding
a regular hiding place.
2. A guerrilla unit must absolutely maintain the strictest secrecy
regarding the hiding places it has selected. Even one’s closest friends
and relatives must not be informed if they have no connection with
the guerrilla unit in question. If our original hiding place has been
discovered by the enemy, then, in general, we should not wait for the
enemy to come and attack us but must quickly remove elsewhere.
3. Sometimes such hiding places also serve as store-houses for
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