"Despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically" means that the overall strategy must be superior to the enemy macroscopically before you can despise the enemy. Micro-specific tactics should not underestimate the enemy, but pay attention to the enemy's situation. Strategy is the general strategy of macro-operation; Tactics are microscopic-specific combat techniques.

This sentence is the concentrated expression of Mao Zedong's strategy and strategic thought.

1948 18 October 18 Mao Zedong said in the draft resolution on "Several Important Issues in the Current Party Policy" drafted for the Central Committee: "Although we correctly pointed out that we should despise the enemy as a whole and strategically, we must never despise the enemy in every part or 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.

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1, Strategy, English is called Strategy, and German is called Strategie. It is said that this comes from the Greek word "commander", which means to command the army. There is another saying that comes from the Greek word "trick". Indeed, Sun Tzu, the immortal strategic theory from the East, began to expound his strategic theory from the sentence "Soldiers are also treacherous".

In a word, I'm afraid the word strategy can be said to be a "weighty" word that dominates the war.

2, the so-called tactics, is "the means to achieve strategic goals, the strategy of commanding troops on the battlefield". So, what's the difference between it and what is usually called "fighting"? Tactics refers to the specific operational command, but it also includes the design of the overall operational plan.