APPENDIX E: “THROUGH THE NIGHT OF THE LANTERN”
Through the Night of the Lantern: the Second Board of the Central Military Commission.
This is an article detailing the PLA’s current CMC understanding of today’s modern information warfighting efforts in the context of Mao’s Long March.
It was published on July 4, 2011, in the Beijing Daily.
It is an extensive article, the core of which is that, during Mao’s Long March, the Red Army was able to prepare in advance for attacks by the Russians and by the Kuomintang, because of the effectiveness of their reconnaissance brigades, which had intercepted enemy telegrams and other sensitive intelligence material a month or more ahead of planned attacks. The value of this intelligence, to the ultimate victory ...
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