The Fourth Disaster Begins at the Dawn of the Millennium

For example, in some remote and tribal areas of India, the government's control is weak, and public security and administrative management are not in place. In remote rural areas of India, the government's control is weak, public security and administrative management are not in place (there are no Modi's "stormtroopers" to repair toilets at this time), and the government's power generally does not go to the countryside, and the local areas are still "local elite politics". This also provides space for Maoist activities, similar to the situation in some remote rural areas of old China.

There are serious land inequality, poverty and exploitation problems in rural India, which provides an environment for the Maoists to directly intervene and mobilize. Therefore, the Indian Maoists only need to learn the strategy of "fighting the local tyrants and dividing the land" of the Chinese Red Army in the 1930s. The Maoists can quickly win the support of the farmers and gain a foothold in the vast remote rural areas.

However, the Indian Maoists still have a bottleneck in their development, that is, they are not doing very well in winning over the "urban people".

After all, the problems faced in cities are too complicated. First of all, in terms of winning over workers, the problems they face are diverse and scattered, and it is difficult for the Maoists to compete with the official trade unions that have already occupied the ecological niche. Sometimes, the government and the employers make a little compromise and the problem is solved; secondly, the Maoists may have a strong organizational network in rural areas, but in urban areas, they lack the same strong network and support base; finally, urban areas are powerful centers of the enemy, and the government's presence in cities is even stronger, which is far beyond the reach of the landlord armed forces and a small number of police forces in remote rural areas.

but.............

Even though it is so difficult to carry out work in the cities, the Maoists who have taken root in the countryside still believe that the urban movement is very important because they believe that only when the cities are finally occupied can the revolution truly move towards victory. As their leadership said: "A stable supply of cities is necessary to meet the needs of the rural movement and the people's war, which is necessary to provide the leadership of the working class and the technical skills of the people's war."

After all, the productivity in rural areas is really limited. This is not the era when we can seize power by relying solely on light infantry and captured enemy weapons and equipment to replenish ourselves. Even the great strides made by the Chinese Revolution decades ago in its liberation process were based on the premise of having a stronger productivity than the enemy. To give a simple example, at present, the arms supply of the Indian Maoist People's Liberation Army is still mainly captured, and the stable rear supply is still a minority, which makes the scope of activities of the Indian Maoist armed forces very limited (that is, try to fight only "profitable" battles. If the consumption of attacking the enemy is high and the captured weapons are small, the army of the Communist Party of India and Maoists will be "poor" to death over time).

Maoist leaders argue that India’s urban population today is a much larger share of the total population and carries a much larger economic weight than China’s urban population did during the revolution. This means, the leadership says, that during the revolution, India’s urban areas will have to play a relatively more important role than China’s cities did.

Therefore, this Maoist leader named Singh came to the city and tried to strengthen the Maoist work in urban areas, even if it meant operating under the nose of the enemy and facing danger every day.

During the time he was lurking in Delhi, Singh noticed that the ruling class of major Indian cities like Delhi was extremely eager to make themselves "international cities". They launched many measures in a coordinated and planned manner to drive the poor out of the core of Delhi. These measures ranged from demolishing slums and expelling hawkers to prohibiting protests in central areas and formulating regulations to encourage concentrated development in wealthy areas. This made Singh, a Maoist who was mainly engaged in the workers' movement, realize that when the Maoists were doing urban work, they should also turn their attention to slums, as written in the report that Singh held in his hand:

“If we want to develop in urban areas, we must seriously consider working in the slums. The severe slumification of cities leads to a lack of job opportunities for the urban poor and pushes most of them into the proletariat, but they do not earn their living in industry or manufacturing. Therefore, organizing only within industrial enterprises will not enable us to reach the broadest sections of this oppressed urban society.”

"Huh? A purely handwritten paper report?" the player asked in surprise.

"Well, yes, in order to avoid the pursuit of the Indian police, people like us can only use the most primitive means of communication. I have a courier who has been with me for five years, but the police suddenly showed up at the meeting place today. It can only mean that my courier either betrayed me on his own initiative, or he was arrested by the police and betrayed me under torture and coercion... However, your appearance is quite unexpected. My colleague told me that some foreign friends want to come to understand us and interview us. We welcome them very much, but my colleague did not tell me the specific time and place of your arrival. He only showed me photos and codes..."

"It's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. I'll help you escape from danger..."

The process of players coming into contact with the Communist Party of India was somewhat tortuous, but not as complicated as imagined. The first batch of players entering India were not employees of any company, but so-called NGO organizations.

India is actually a country with a ridiculous number of NGOs, such as the Hindu Rashtra (which first assassinated Gandhi and later nurtured Prime Minister Modi), which is considered a religious NGO. In the 90s, India encountered a serious financial crisis and had to cut subsidies to various NGOs in the country. The funding sources of domestic NGOs dropped sharply. At the same time, in order to attract foreign investment, India had to agree to various requirements from Europe and the United States, including agreeing to foreign NGOs to "land" in India. At this time, local NGOs in India also smelled the smell of foreign investment and turned around to serve foreign capital (whoever gives money is the boss).

The players are mixed in these messy NGOs that have poured into India, including those from the United States, Europe, and even East Timor... Are these NGOs coming to India to be good people and help the Indian government and people? That's nonsense. These foreign NGOs came to India naturally to infiltrate India, influence India, and try to get involved in any aspect of India.

In this way, players like me will be even less prominent, because everyone is here to hold the Indian government back, and what's more, I am not openly in contact with the Maoists.

Now, Singh has been exposed, and the original organizational network is no longer safe. Instead, hiding in the player's side may be safer. Singh, who has been exposed, can no longer stay in the city. He can only set off to return to the Maoist base to complete his other task: bring foreign friends back to the base to convey the voice of the CPI-Maoist to the outside world.

Chapter 215 Give Me Red

"It is said that in remote rural India, there is no middle ground. One can either be a lackey of the local landlord or a guerrilla fighter."

The country road winds through the forest, sometimes hidden by dense tree canopies, sometimes revealed in the open fields. An old tricycle bumps along the road, and the wheels creak as they roll over the gravel on the road. The driver is a middle-aged man with dark skin and traces of time on his face. He manipulates the handlebars skillfully. There are three people sitting in the back seat, one is an Indian Maoist, and the other two are foreigners holding cameras.

Singh told the player that on the day they set out from Delhi, a female commander in the base led the Maoist militants to kill 24 policemen. Although the Ministry of Home Affairs has always denied it, in fact, the Indian government has launched a large-scale military operation in the Maoist-affected areas, and a "civil war" has begun. The central government has directly established a "node group" under the Ministry of Home Affairs, a joint operations command established for the ongoing suppression war. The Ministry of Home Affairs even transferred border defense forces close to China's Tibet to suppress the rebellion in order to strengthen the main force of the Central Reserve Police Force to eliminate the Maoist armed forces.

But it turns out that this is useless. The Maoists continue to attack Indian soldiers and police with impunity, and local police even directly call the Maoist guerrilla zone "Pakistan". In many places, the police dare not venture out in uniform because they are afraid of retaliation by the Maoists.

"Why? Those reserve police forces have more people and better weapons and equipment than you."

"Sir, war is not a simple comparison of numbers and weapons. If victory or defeat in a war depends only on numbers and weapons, how could we have persisted in armed struggle for thirty years?"

On the way, Singh met farmers who were pulling dead branches on the ground. He greeted them warmly and then said to the player: "You see, they pull dead branches on the roadside during the day, and at night they become our scouts, and even pick up guns and bows and arrows to become our fighters. Our regular army is not large in number, but we have a lot of guerrillas. Compared with the enemy, the people who support us have an overwhelming numerical advantage, and their numbers are increasing."

"It seems that your propaganda and education work is very good!"

Singh was stunned for a moment, sighed, and then said: "Our propaganda work has only played a negligible role, and the enemy's education has a greater effect..."

At this time, the three-wheeler stopped in front of a low and dilapidated mud house. This was the home of the Maoist armed forces' liaison officer in this village. Singh motioned the players to follow him out of the car, and then quickly looked around to make sure no one noticed them. The three of them quickly entered the house and closed the door. The house was dim and stuffy, with a few faded religious paintings hanging on the walls.

At this point, the player is still wondering what "the enemy's education played a major role" means. But before the player can sit back, he will soon know what the enemy's education means.

"boom!"

“Gunshot!”

Singh almost immediately took out the pistol hidden in his body, hid behind the door, and stuck his head out to check the situation. Then when he turned around, he was surprised to find that the foreign reporter had an assault rifle in his hand. Hmm? Shouldn't it be a camera?

At the entrance of the village, several dilapidated jeeps raised a cloud of dust. After they stopped, several uniformed policemen and "commandos (a kind of semi-official civilian anti-communist armed force supported by local sages)" in different costumes jumped out. They rushed into the village without courtesy, with fierce eyes and hurried steps. Seeing this, the villagers stopped their work one after another, with fear and helplessness written on their faces. This scene was not the first time it happened. Everyone knew that the arrival of the police meant another disaster.

The chief of police, a middle-aged man with a thick beard, ordered the villagers to gather together.

"We have received a report that someone from your village has entered the forest and is suspected of supporting terrorists! Now, hand him over immediately! Otherwise..."

The policeman's tone was full of threats. The villagers looked at each other, and no one dared to speak. They knew that this was just an excuse for the police, and the so-called report was nonsense. Their real purpose was money. However, after several such extortions, the village had been drained dry and had nothing to offer.

Seeing no response, the police chief became angry and waved his hands at his men. Several commandos immediately rushed into the villagers and randomly identified several women, claiming that they were Maoists. The women shook their heads in fear and tried to explain, but the commandos did not listen at all. They pulled their hair roughly and dragged them into the fields.

In the fields, women were blindfolded, their hands tied, pain and despair written all over their faces. The policemen who were holding guns took off their pants and prepared to do something shameful, while the commandos also gathered around to watch the show and lined up, leaving only two or three people holding weapons and staring at the villagers.

"These damn beasts, damn, there are too few of us, we have to wait for the guerrillas to come, and when the guerrillas come, we must kill them..."

Singh suddenly heard the sound of a magazine being loaded, and then heard the foreign reporter whisper: "Why wait for the guerrillas to come? Now that these idiots have put their guns aside and taken off their pants, it's a good time to kill them..."

Singh hesitated for a few seconds, then asked: "How are you going to fight?" "Wait for my companions to move to the flank, then we can attack them from two directions! Make sure no one escapes..."

"What? Divide the troops?"

The wind in the field blew gently, and the leaves rustled. The police and commandos were obviously unaware of the approaching danger and were still showing off their power in the field. Suddenly, a short burst of gunfire came, and the only two or three people with guns were killed immediately. In the blink of an eye, only the police and commandos without guns and with their pants taken off were left in the field.

At this moment, Singh jumped out from his hiding place and shouted at the top of his voice: "They don't have guns! Everyone, attack!"

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"If we fight against the communists this way, no wonder there are more and more of them..."

The Indian government's military action is a joint action of the reserve police force and various "anti-communist commandos" supported by landlords and gentry. In order to cut off the channels for the Maoists to obtain support, they will use various "violent" means against the people of their own country. The strategy of first surrounding the village and then attacking is adopted. Often, 200 to 600 people will be gathered for a sudden attack, surrounding one or several villages, looting all the houses, destroying property and raping women. Then, some suspected youths will be tortured and humiliated in front of everyone. In some villages, this will be repeated many times within a month. Thousands of people have been arrested and tortured, houses have been looted, and millions of crops and property have been destroyed.

How were they supposed to differentiate between the Maoists and the villagers in the villages? In many cases, they didn't bother to do that. So innocent farmers were rounded up, brutally tortured, accused of being Maoists and thrown into jail. Or branded as Maoists and shot.

Combined with this hard approach is the soft approach of propaganda. The government attempts to establish a "mass" organization to compete with the Maoists to fight the Maoists. The police will distribute leaflets and books, or conduct propaganda through TV programs and cultural groups. The "Village Defense Committee" organized by gentry and landlords will collect intelligence about the Maoist organization and assist the police in bribing and assassinating people who have connections with the Maoists.

But this not only failed to solve the problem, but further fueled the rebellion and provided more manpower for the Maoists. Many times, it is not how good the Maoists' propaganda is, but that the Indian farmers are like dogs that have been kicked by people, and they run to the Maoists after being kicked by the state.

Chapter 216 In the Primary Guerrilla Zone

Although some policemen and commandos managed to grab guns at the last moment, the farmers, who had already made up their minds to fight these "running dogs" to the end, still rushed forward despite the danger of being shot, and subdued the policemen and commandos with their teeth, fists and farm tools.

At this moment, the villagers gathered at the entrance of the village, looking at the captives with complicated expressions. The captives were tied under a big tree, with panic and despair. Their uniforms were covered with dust and sweat, and their faces showed fear and anxiety. The villagers gathered around, emotional, with flames of anger and hatred flashing in their eyes. Their hatred for these policemen grew day by day, and it reached its peak today. Now that they fell into their hands, the peasants decided to execute these "class enemies".

"What are they going to do?" asked the player standing nearby with a rifle. Singh thought for a moment and said, "Beheading or cutting open the chest and abdomen are both possible. I once heard a story from another base area about a contract worker who was abused by a landlord. He believed that the landlord had no heart. So when the peasants rose up in rebellion and attacked the landlord, they insisted on killing the landlord with their own hands, just to see if he really had a heart under his chest. When the peasant stabbed the landlord's chest with a knife and saw the blood gushing out, he felt a satisfaction he had never felt before. It was the release of long-suppressed anger and the end of generations of humiliation and exploitation."

Anger and hatred had devoured reason. The villagers' emotions were like a flood that broke through a dam and could no longer be controlled. They rushed towards the tied policemen, their knives flashing coldly. The policemen's eyes were filled with fear, and their bodies struggled helplessly under the restraint of the ropes. After a while, the captives' heads rolled down, and blood flowed everywhere.

Singh did not stop the farmers' actions. They were neither guerrillas nor members of the CPI-Maoist, so they certainly did not have any strict discipline, let alone preferential treatment of prisoners. What words could Singh use to stop the farmers' just revenge? For the players, this was actually normal. In other words, if the players had just wiped out the farmers, probably no one would have been able to surrender smoothly.

Singh and the players continued on their journey. This place was still not under the control of the Maoist armed forces, but at most a primary guerrilla zone. There were still Indian government police and landlord armed forces. Singh told the players that they would be basically safe only after they crossed this "border" and reached the primary guerrilla zone.

"But even in the primary guerrilla areas, our comrades did a lot of things..."

The probability of direct armed conflict with the police like today's incident is not high in primary guerrilla areas. In most cases, ordinary officials, landlords and businessmen in primary guerrilla areas are relatively honest because the elusive guerrillas may visit them at any time.

"If an official or a high-caste person asks a farmer to hand over his family's only sheep, he must offer it with a smile and tell himself that this is a blessing in this life and it will be returned to him in the next life. But when the guerrillas come, we will hand him a 303 rifle (Lee-Enfield rifle) that is older than him and tell him not to wait for the next life..." At this point, Singh proudly elaborated on the various measures taken by the party in the guerrilla zone:

For example, in the past, many unpaid labors of farmers and low-caste people belonged to the landlords. After the guerrillas came, the problem of unpaid labor no longer existed. Landlords and high-castes had to pay farmers and low-caste people to do work. Even in the primary guerrilla areas where the guerrillas could not directly establish a regime or divide the land, as long as there were guerrillas in the area, the landlords, officials and businessmen would not dare to exploit farmers and low-caste people unscrupulously. The crackdown on usury was the most prominent. The party instructed that the loan interest should be no more than 2% per month, and it used to be at least 10% per month. If it exceeded 2%, the farmers could not recognize the loan.

At the same time, the Maoists were also infiltrating, or directly replacing, the grassroots judicial system in the guerrilla areas.

Singh recalled an incident many years ago in his rural guerrilla zone, where there was a notorious thug, whose hands were feared even by the police, who had been running the village for the landlord for twenty years. One day, he raped a laundry worker so much that she drowned herself in a well out of shame. Later, four Maoists called the thug to the bazaar. The thug went, and he was reckless and fearless because he was confident in his power and strength, and no one had dared to go against him in twenty years. When he arrived at the bazaar, the students grabbed him with a lasso and tied him up, then cut off his hand and nailed it to the wall. Above the chopped-off hand, they placed a sign that read: "This is what happens to those who lay hands on the women of the people."

"From then on, whenever the farmers encountered various disputes, they would be more inclined to seek help from us, especially when they had conflicts with landlords, because they knew that the landlords had various connections and were friends of officials. Protesting to the authorities was useless and dangerous."

Singh continued:

"However, the Party has now improved the People's Court system and has tried to control violence as much as possible. In cases tried by the People's Court, direct retaliation is rare. Now, we follow the procedures, listen to the testimonies of both sides, and conduct public trials. Even if we have to execute people, we will not kill them cruelly. For example, in terms of economy, we prefer to fight but not destroy. We do not eliminate merchants directly, but through the People's Court, we organize villagers to negotiate with merchants and reduce the prices of agricultural inputs, such as seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, electricity and water fees. In addition, we strive to get favorable prices for the products produced by farmers... Raise the prices of cotton, sugarcane, tobacco, turmeric and some other crops.

Of course, if there is a landlord who rapes women like that thug and tramples on the dignity of Dalits in this way, the landlord will be eliminated, and the thugs who help the landlords suppress the people will often have their arms and legs broken. We also make a list of these landlords and thugs based on China's revolutionary experience, and we will judge whether to increase the crime or give appropriate relief based on their daily performance. Such "red tape" did not make the party lose its prestige among the people, but made the people believe that the party's judgment is fair........."

"It sounds like you are consciously tying your hands and feet?" the player asked, "Shouldn't we use revolutionary terror to counter counter-revolutionary terror? From the perspective of the peasants, it would be best to eliminate them all............"

Singh explained helplessly:

"This is a very helpless thing. For example, if we criticize and abuse every businessman who enters the guerrilla zone, many of our supplies will not be replenished, and the economy of the guerrilla zone will collapse. The enemy is not only stronger than us, but also more flexible and unscrupulous to deal with us, committing horrific crimes against the people and revolutionaries. But we must control this anger and violence, because the crimes committed by the revolutionaries will be used by the enemy to vilify our revolution, so that the selfless efforts of thousands of ordinary Maoist cadres will go to waste, and those people who have higher moral standards for Maoists will no longer support us.

Therefore, the armed forces led by the Party must never target civilians or non-combatants for violent attacks. Precisely because the revolution is for the survival of the people, violence must be restrained by discipline. We have aroused so much hope through courage and selflessness, and our path forward cannot be blocked by these undisciplined acts.........'

Chapter 217: Crossing the River by Feeling the Way of "Big Brother China"

"If we have time, we can sit down and have a good chat. I can take you to visit our liberated areas and show you how our revolutionary regime is maintained. But unfortunately... we have to go out to fight."

After climbing mountains and wading through rivers, the player and Singh finally arrived at the liberated area. Singh had to submit a report to the Maoist leadership. As for the player, before he had time to meet with the leaders of the Maoist armed forces, he was told that the liberated area was being evacuated and that fighting would soon break out. Therefore, the player quickly gave up the idea of ​​following Singh to the rear, as this was an excellent opportunity to shoot and record the Maoist guerrilla warfare.

The man who greeted the player was Nilesh, a young commander of the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army. Nilesh wore an olive green hat with a red star on it. At the top of it, the name given to him by the Party was scrawled. He came to greet the player, patting himself on the back and holding a large red ant nest in his hand. The ants were crawling all over him, biting his arms and neck. Nilesh was still smiling: "Have you tried the red ant sweet and sour sauce? It's a little sour, and it tastes very good."

This is a guerrilla army that looks very elite, because ordinary teams can only be equipped with Lee-Enfield rifles, and only the more elite guerrillas can be equipped with AK-47 or INSAS rifles. Before setting off, the guerrillas sat together to eat. The food was very simple: rice, dal, some pickles and eggs. Although they can eat as much as they want, they must eat it all and not waste it. For many Maoists, their favorite teaching is: "Eat well and keep moving forward."

During the march, under the player's questioning, Nilesh told a lot of stories. His family also reflects the current situation of division in rural India to some extent. He joined the Maoists, and his brother joined the Central Reserve Police and became an officer, fighting against the enemies who burned, killed and looted the villagers. Now, the two brothers have no contact with each other. Nilesh shared his brother's story with the player: "When he was chasing us Maoists, he shot and killed a pregnant woman. Maybe it was an accidental killing, but he can never go back to the village. No one will forgive him, and he knows it himself."

Nilesh also talked about the target they were going to attack, a police camp. He said: "The enemy started a new round of mopping-up this year, with the aim of moving people from villages to 'strategic villages', cages surrounded by barbed wire. They are going to 'clear the fields' around our guerrilla zones and liberated areas, burn all the villages, and establish a carpet-like 'isolation zone'. Any villager who does not move into a 'strategic village' will be identified as a Maoist. So for an ordinary villager, just staying at home and leading an ordinary life is equivalent to participating in terrorist activities."

India's approach is undoubtedly inspired by the British "strategic village" system. As early as the 50s, the British Malayan government used this method to cut off the connection between the communist guerrillas and the rural population that supported them, thereby weakening the influence of the insurgents. Rural residents are resettled in monitored villages. These villages are usually fenced and fortified, and are guarded by government troops or police to prevent infiltration and attacks by insurgents. As for the need for Indian farmers to cultivate the land to make a living and to pick up necessary living supplies from the forest, these needs are ignored by the Indian military and police.

"We're here......." "Da da da --" "The enemy is here too!"

About 150 policemen and more than 70 Maoist guerrillas met unexpectedly in this dense forest, and gunfire suddenly rang out. The police quickly dispersed, looking for cover, and shouted to the guerrillas: "Reinforcements are coming soon, you will be wiped out soon, put down your weapons, raise your hands and surrender!"

The gunfight was almost a one-sided output of the police, who held their positions at the beginning and suppressed the guerrillas with overwhelming firepower. The guerrillas took advantage of the terrain, sometimes hiding behind trees, sometimes sneaking in the bushes, and only fired back when necessary.

"Why don't you fight back? Shoot! Friends! You are too passive!" The player crawled on the ground and shouted at Nilesh.

"No no no my friend, it's you who don't understand the Indian police......"

In the first 10 minutes of the gunfight, both sides were cautious. The police carefully raised their guns and fired randomly, while the guerrillas carefully moved their positions and slowly surrounded the police. Bullets whizzed through the air, but no casualties were caused. After 10 minutes, the police's firepower became significantly sparse. The guerrillas noticed this change and exchanged a tacit look, knowing that the time for counterattack had come.

"Now!" Nilesh ordered. The guerrillas changed their attitude of being beaten and launched a fierce attack on the police position. In a short period of time, they poured a lot of firepower to suppress the police and cover the assault team to quickly approach the police team. Only a small number of police still persisted in resisting, but they were quickly eliminated. Most of the police chose to lay down their weapons and surrender as soon as they saw the guerrillas rushing up.

Some of these policemen were very relaxed, showing the guerrillas the magazines in their pockets with a grin, which clearly meant: "Look, I didn't shoot many shots at you, I saved all the ammunition for you to seize..."

Other policemen were very nervous. An injured Indian policeman was covering his bleeding wound with his hand, his face was pale and his body was shaking slightly. Seeing the guerrillas with assault rifles approaching, the policeman's eyes showed fear and despair. He begged for mercy in a weak voice: "Please, don't kill me, I still have children..."

Nilesh stopped, leaned over to look at the policeman, took away the weapon beside the policeman, took out a piece of clean cloth from his pocket in silence, squatted down, and began to bandage the policeman's wound. The policeman's eyes were full of disbelief, he did not expect to be treated kindly by a group of "terrorists".

"Your injury is not serious. You will get better after resting for a while. Of course, I advise you to quit this job. After all, if you encounter guerrillas next time, you can't say where the bullets will hit you." Nilesh joked, "Or, you'd better pray that you can raise your hands and surrender as soon as possible before you are killed, so that you still have a chance to go back to see your children."

The policeman still looked incredulous. Perhaps he thought these "red elements" were easier to talk to. The injured policeman even tried to persuade Nilesh, saying that you guerrillas are very moral, so why do you use violence to resist the government?

"Why do we have to use violence? You all know that every time we peacefully agitate and protest, we encounter government repression. Under this violence, we have to respond with violence. If we don't resist, the government will become more aggressive and do whatever it wants, and many people will not be able to survive. We are not extremists or terrorists as the government promotes. We are workers, farmers and children. Aren't you from farmers and workers?"

In the end, the captured police force was released by the CPI-Maoist after all their weapons and equipment were taken away. The main reason was that Nilesh's team did not carry much medicine, and detaining the injured prisoners would only cost them their lives. The CPI-Maoist's own medical resources were also limited, so they tried not to waste them on the prisoners. It would be better to let the prisoners go back with the wounded.

“Aren’t you worried about them being rearmed and fighting back?” the player asked Nilesh.

"If they are sent to encircle and suppress us again next time, do you think they will fight to the death? Or will they surrender quickly?"

Nilesh asked again. Seeing that the player didn't answer, he picked up a yellowed book from his backpack, pointed at it and said:

"By treating prisoners well, the revolutionary team can demonstrate their moral high ground and political consciousness, which can not only undermine the morale of the enemy, but also win the support and sympathy of the people. If conditions permit, we will also educate these prisoners ideologically, so that they understand our purpose and goals, and then transform them into potential supporters of the revolution. These principles are taught to us by this book. This book is as important to Indian revolutionaries as the Bible is to Christians and the Koran is to Muslims. We learn from this book and carry it forward, just as Sakyamuni was born in India, and his ideas can also be carried forward in China."

Chapter 218: NGOs that sell arms

Not every Maoist armed group strictly adheres to such discipline.

Nilesh told the players that in areas where the Maoists had not yet completely controlled the country, local guerrillas sometimes violated discipline. After all, they were of mixed composition and had not received systematic party education. An incident had occurred here. Several villagers in two villages informed the police. The local villagers and the village defense team (similar to the Red Guards) wanted to execute the informers without investigation or trial. When the local party organization heard the news, it sent comrades as soon as possible to find out that the villagers had confessed under torture and interceded for the informers, asking everyone to give them another chance.

But it can not always be stopped so quickly.

On the way, Nilesh pointed ahead and asked the player: "Do you see those high-voltage wires?"

"I saw it."

“Last year, the local village defense team blew up some transmission towers, and the party called a meeting to criticize them.”

"Why did they do this? What did the party say?"

"The village defense squad thought that this would lure the police over and then ambush them. The party told them that if they did this, the poor in the city would suffer more than the rich, because the rich had generators and their power supply would not be greatly affected. The losses caused by power outages would be borne mainly by the poor. Since then, the party has re-examined the methods of military struggle and required local guerrillas to notify the local People's Liberation Guerrilla Army in advance before actively planning an ambush or attack. This is not only to reduce collateral damage to fellow poor people, but also to ensure that every ambush and attack is carefully planned, rather than done arbitrarily, sacrificing precious manpower and wasting precious ammunition."

The player followed Nilesh's guerrillas to attack several camps in succession. Each time, the guerrillas launched a surprise attack first, and then the police opened fire indiscriminately. When the police were almost out of bullets, the guerrillas suddenly launched a fierce attack and crushed the police's will to resist. In this way, the guerrillas' weapons and equipment were less damaged, and they continued to seize weapons.

The only painful loss was the sacrifice of comrades. After all, the guerrillas were at a great disadvantage in terms of weapons and equipment, and could not get stable replenishment, which greatly restricted the guerrillas' actions. If any raid did not achieve perfect results at the beginning, the police hiding behind the fortifications would cause great trouble to the guerrillas. Among them, some smarter policemen deliberately controlled the output of firepower suddenly, making the guerrillas mistakenly believe that their ammunition was running out, and then suddenly poured out firepower when the guerrillas launched a fierce attack, and the guerrillas would suffer a lot of casualties.

It can be said that the guerrillas were able to fight relatively smoothly because the police were too incompetent, or the camp was built too poorly. If the fortifications built by the police were stronger, the guerrillas probably would not have been able to attack a single stronghold.

The police fortifications were not strong enough, and the Maoists did not give the police enough time. The police strategy was simple, which was to establish blanket security on the land that the Maoists "slowly reoccupied". In the government's estimation, the Maoists would not dare to attack such a large-scale concentrated security force. But the Maoists realized that if they did not break this blanket security, they would abandon the people whose trust they had won, lived with, and fought for for thirty years. It was also like their lifeline was strangled by the government. If they did not open up the situation, they would die slowly sooner or later.

For this reason, the guerrillas launched a fierce counterattack even though they knew it would result in a lot of casualties.

In the "strategic villages", civilians' entry and exit were strictly controlled. Any villager entering or leaving the village needed a special pass, which recorded their name, where they were going and why, and showed the supplies they were carrying, and then searched. Supplies purchased in the camp had to be provided according to the list, and the rations they could buy were always far less than what they were entitled to buy according to regulations, because the police believed that they were buying rations for the Maoists.

No one likes to be imprisoned in the "strategic village" like a pig or dog. The police can often beat and arrest anyone with just one or two words, and they can only be released after bribery. For example, a businessman was arrested and the officials demanded 2000 rupees from them before they were released. But they only had 500 rupees, so the officials "magnanimously" took the 500 rupees and let them go, and warned them that they had better be "good citizens" and not trust the Maoists.