Chapter 52 Opinions on fortification and construction of fortifications along the southeast coast

(January 24, 1951) Deng, Tan, Zhao, and Su[1], and reported to Chen, Tang, Zhang, Zhou[2], Jianying, Shushi, Tao Zhu[3] and the Guangxi Military Region: Reported on January 17th. (1) In the past, without your inspection and design, you blindly built fortifications, which was very wasteful. This is a lesson.In the future, if you need to spend funds to build fortifications, fortresses, roads, houses, warehouses, etc., you need to send people to inspect the design, make a budget, and get approval from the central government before building, otherwise you will not be reimbursed. (2) The construction plan of the Humen Fortress has been determined, and the cost will be issued as it is. (3) Whether Yulingang will build an artillery fortress like that in Humen, you can design a budget telegram for consideration. (4) It is right to make two plans for the overseas island guard troops.It is also right that those who must stand firm in the islands outside the Pearl River Estuary should have material preparations. (5) Do not build any fortifications or fortifications at all along the line from Shantou to Daya Bay and other coastlines and inland areas. When the enemy comes to let them land, they must be lured to go deep, and then they must be gathered and wiped out.The army must leave the coastline, station itself in a suitable place for destroying the enemy according to the above intention, conduct training, and do not guard the coastline.The security team and local armed forces should be responsible for inspecting the infiltration of secret agents and destroying a small number of bandits. (6) It is necessary to repair the bridges on the road, but as long as the ordinary military vehicles can do it, there is no need for special overhaul, and the cost of building on this scale can be paid as it is, otherwise it will not be paid. (7) When the enemy attacks, there will only be Chiang bandits, and there will be no foreigners.Chiang Kai-shek has 500,000 troops, of which more than 200,000 are from the navy, air force, military schools, military agencies, local troops, and military families. The regular army capable of fighting is at most 300,000, and at least 100,000 must be kept on guard. Taiwan, so the number of people who can use Guangdong to invade Fujian to invade Zhejiang is no more than 200,000.Even if he gathers 200,000 people to fight in one place, as long as he lands on the mainland, I can wipe him out with two or three armies, at most three or four armies.As far as we are concerned, only Humen, Xiamen, Zhoushan, Wusong and certain islands outside the Pearl River Estuary must be protected from intrusion.All other coastlines should not be guarded but should be allowed in so as to gather and annihilate them.Hainan Island is not a place that can support more than 100,000 troops. The enemy landed with fewer than 100,000 troops. I have a regular division and Feng Baiju's [4] troops to hold out on the island, and add the main force of the 43rd Army to wipe out each one. Of.Many Communist Party members who have fought wars for more than twenty years suddenly forget all their experience and start building fortifications everywhere, fearing the enemy like a tiger. You should educate them so that they do not behave like this. (8) To build positions in Xiamen, Zhoushan, and Wusong, and to repair roads and bridges in Fujian, Pudong, etc., please Chen, Tang, Zhang, and Zhou instruct the following to pay attention to choosing only those that are absolutely necessary to design and build them, and to avoid waste.Mao Zedong

January 24 Printed from manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Deng, referring to Deng Zihui, who was then the Second Political Commissar of the Central South Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.Tan refers to Tan Zheng (1907-1988), a native of Xiangxiang, Hunan, who was then the third political commissar of the Central South Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.Zhao, refers to Zhao Erlu (1905-1967), a native of Nao County (now Yuanping), Shanxi, who was then Chief of Staff of the Central South Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.Su refers to Su Jing (1910-1997), a native of Haicheng (now Longhai), Fujian, who was then the deputy chief of staff of the Central South Military Region.

[2] Chen, referring to Chen Yi, then commander of the East China Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.Tang, refers to Tang Liang (1910-1986), a native of Liuyang, Hunan, who was then the deputy director of the Political Department of the East China Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.Zhang, referring to Zhang Zhen, born in 1914 in Pingjiang, Hunan, was the chief of staff of the East China Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army at that time.Zhou refers to Zhou Junming, who was then the deputy chief of staff of the East China Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

[3] Jianying, that is, Ye Jianying, was the commander and political commissar of the Guangdong Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army at that time.Shushi, also known as Rao Shushi, was the political commissar of the East China Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army at that time.Tao Zhu (1908-1969), born in Qiyang, Hunan, was the director of the Political Department of the Central South Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army at that time. [4] Feng Baiju (1903-1973), a native of Qiongshan, Guangdong (now Hainan).At that time, he was the commander and political commissar of the Hainan Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.