<P> Knowing their disadvantages in manpower and equipment , the CPC executed a `` passive defense '' strategy . It avoided the strong points of the KMT army and was prepared to abandon territory in order to preserve its forces . In most cases the surrounding countryside and small towns had come under Communist influence long before the cities . The CPC also attempted to wear out the KMT forces as much as possible . This tactic seemed to be successful ; after a year , the power balance became more favorable to the CPC . They wiped out 1.12 million KMT troops , while their strength grew to about two million men . </P>
<P> Knowing their disadvantages in manpower and equipment , the CPC executed a `` passive defense '' strategy . It avoided the strong points of the KMT army and was prepared to abandon territory in order to preserve its forces . In most cases the surrounding countryside and small towns had come under Communist influence long before the cities . The CPC also attempted to wear out the KMT forces as much as possible . This tactic seemed to be successful ; after a year , the power balance became more favorable to the CPC . They wiped out 1.12 million KMT troops , while their strength grew to about two million men . </P>
after ww2 the chinese communists were successful in their revolution mainly because
after ww2 the chinese communists were successful in their revolution mainly because
the CPC executed a `` passive defense '' strategy
the CPC executed a `` passive defense '' strategy