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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/gullydon on 2025-07-09 22:02:36+00:00.

Original Title: TIL “Millet plus rifles” was a phrase Mao Zedong used to describe the materials and supplies of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). It reflects Mao’s view that the inferior PLA equipment was enough to defeat the well-equipped and well-supplied Kuomintang (KMT) soldiers in the Communist Revolution.