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Surprise To compensate for his general weakness and shortage of arms compared to the enemy, the urban querrilla uses surprise. The enemy has no way to fight surprise and becomes confused or is destroyed. When urban guerrilla warfare broke out in Brazil, experience proved that surprise was essential to the success of any urban guer- rilla operation. i The technique of surprise is based on four essential requisites: a) we know the situation of the enemy we are going to attack, usually by means of precise information and meticulous-observa- tion, while the enemy does not know he is going to be attacked and knows nothing about the attacker: b) we know the force of the enemy that is going to be attacked ‘aki ome Mpa BCE and the enemy knows nothing about our force; c} attacking by surprise. we save and conserve our forces, while a the enemy is unable to do the same and is left at the mercy of . events, d) we determine the hour and the place of the attack. fix its dura- , tion, and establish its objective. The enemy remains ignorant of all this. Knowledge of the Terrain The urban guerrilla’s best ally is the terrain and because this is so he must know it bke the palm of his hand. To have the terrain as an ally means to know how to use with intelligence ats unevenness, its bigh and its low points, its turns, its 7 irregularities, its regular and its secret passages, abandoned areas, its thickets. etc., taking maximum advantage of all this for the success of armed actions, escapes. retreats, cover, and hiding places. Its impasses and narrow spots. its gorges, its streets under repair, police control points, military zones and closed off streets, the en- trances and exits of tunnels and those that the enemy can close olf, viaducts to be crossed. corners controlled by the police or watched. its lights and signals, all this must be thoroughly known and studied in order to avoid fata] errors. Our problem is to get through and to know where and how to hide, leaving the enemy bewildered in areas he doesn't know. Familiar with the avenues. streets. alleys. ins and outs. and ' corners of the urban. centers. its paths and shortcuts, its empty lots. its underground passages, its pipes and sewer system, the urban ' guerrilla safely crosses through the irreguiar and difficult terrain unfamilias to the police. where they can be surprised in a fatal ambush or trapped at any moment. & Because he knows the terrain the guerrilla can go through it on foot. on bicycle. in automobile, jeep. or truck and uever be trapped. Acting in small groups with only a few people, the guerrillas can reunite at an hour and place determined beforehand, following up the attack with new guerrilla operations. or evading the police circle and disorienting the enemy with their unprecedented audacity. 17 ; a 7 weer on eS oy ae EE se emo. . ai a Cn em Lamamih o. a.ch min Thonn, sad, nor cea ahaa chain inating ateninen senrte am tanneries ett ome tenon antietaheechen ihhiaene needa me Se EE Gertie mers cet ae A aka Tm sl ee = . a a