The phrase "we should despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically" means that we should establish the belief of winning from the overall level. We should be cautious and prudent in the specific operational deployment.

Extended information

On January 18th, 1948, Mao Zedong said in the draft resolution "Several Important Issues in the Current Party Policy" drafted for the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China: "While we correctly pointed out that we should despise the enemy on the whole and strategically, we must never despise the enemy on every part and every specific issue." These discourses were later summarized as the slogan "despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically", which became the concentrated expression of Mao Zedong's strategy and tactics.

Background

In December p>1936, Mao Zedong pointed out in his speech "Strategic Issues of Revolutionary War in China" at the Red Army University: "Our strategy is' one for ten' and our tactic is' ten for one', which is one of the fundamental laws for us to defeat the enemy." "We are more with less-we say this to the whole ruler of China. Again, we are outnumbered by many-we say this to enemies in various parts of the battlefield. "

Reference: Despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically-Baidu Encyclopedia.