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ON GUERILLA WARFARE
rilla areas, there should be a printing press or a lead-type press.
For the purpose of printing training instructions, this material is
of the greatest importance.
In addition to the equipment listed above, it is necessary to have
field-glasses, compasses, and military maps. An accomplished guerrilla
group will acquire these things.
Because of the proved importance of guerrilla hostilities in the
anti-Japanese war, the headquarters of the Nationalist Government
and the commanding officers of the various war zones should do
their best to supply the guerrillas with what they actually need and
are unable to get for themselves. However, it must be repeated that
equiping guerrilla units will in the main depend on the efforts of the
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guerrillas themselves. If they depend on higher officers too much,
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the psychological effect will be to weaken the guerrilla spirit of resistance.
ELEMENTS OF THE GUERRILLA ARMY
The term “element” as used in the title to this section refers to
the personnel, both officers and men, of the guerrilla army. Since
each guerrilla group fights in a protracted war, its officers must be
brave and positive men NOT whose entire FOR loyalty is dedicated to the cause
of emancipation of the people. An officer should have the following
qualities: great powers of endurance so that in spite of any hardship
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to his men and be a model for them; he must
be able to mix easily with the people; his spirit and that of the men
must be one in strengthening the policy of resistance to the Japanese.
If he wishes to gain victories, he must study tactics. A guerrilla
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officers of this calibre would be unbeatable. I do
not mean that every guerrilla group can have, at its inception, officers
of such qualities. The officers must be men naturally endowed
with good qualities which can be developed during the course of
campaigning. The most important natural quality is that of complete
loyalty to the idea of people’s emancipation. If this is present,
the others will develop; if it is not present, nothing can be done.
When officers are first selected from a group, it is this quality that
should receive particular attention. The officers in a group should
be inhabitants of the locality in which the group is organized, as
this will facilitate relations between them and the local civilians.
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