Chapter 4 Combat Deployment in the Central Plains and Northwest China

(January 9, 1948) Liu Deng, Su Chentang, Chen Xie[1], and reported to the Handan Bureau, East China Bureau, and the Central Working Committee: All electricity are known.In order to wipe out about 10 enemy brigades within two to three months, assist Liu Deng to establish base areas such as Dabie Mountain, Tongbai Mountain, and Jianghan; assist Chen Xie to establish base areas in southwestern Henan, northwestern Hubei, southeastern Shaanxi, and western Henan; [2] Establish the Weibei base area, destroy the Jinpu Road, expand the Henan, Anhui, and Soviet base areas, and assist the northern and central Jiangsu operations. The deployment is as follows:

A. In the first stage, (1) Liu and Deng assembled considerable forces, Suyu had three columns (not including the fourth column), Chen Xie had no less than five brigades, and Yu Ziyou (twenty-five days) before the rest and training were completed; Afterwards, the two armies of Su Yu and Chen Xie were unified under the command of Su, and moved from the current place to the border of Henan, Hubei and Shaanxi, and captured Nanyang, Zhenping, Neixiang, Zhechuan, Dengxian, Xinye, Xiangyang, Fancheng, Yicheng, Nanyang and Nanyang. Zhang, Guanghua[3], Laohekou, Gucheng, Junxian[4], Yunyang, Xiping, Lushi, Shangnan, and Shangxian towns, wiped out the enemies in the area with cameras and attracted Bai Chongxi[5]'s army The camera went west and wiped it out.When coordinating operations, Wang Hongkun and Zhao Jimei [6] were under the command of Su (the two columns mainly focused on dispersing guerrillas). (2) Liu Deng assembled considerable forces in the Dabie Mountains and various ministries in Huaibei to wipe out the enemy. (3) Chen Su[7] Eighth, Tenth, Eleventh and Fourth Columns respectively rested for a full month in the north of the Bianxu Line in Longhai and in the Shahe River Basin, and then used three columns to move east and west of the Xubang Line and north and south of the Zhengxu Line The camera wiped out the enemy and broke the two roads. (4) The main force of Pengzhang (eight brigades) has completed its rest this month, and at the beginning of next month it will attack the Yan'an and Yichuan lines (there are seven brigades of the Hu[8] Army on this line), and after they succeed, they will move to the south of the line and the Weishui River Attack from the north with the aim of establishing the Weibei base area (this area is a springboard for moving to the south of Longnan to establish a base area along the Gansu-Shaanxi River).

B. In the second stage, the Su and Chen-Xie tribes rested for a period of time in the Henan-Hubei-Shaanxi border area, and then the Chen-Xie tribe moved to Weinan, and the three Su, Chen and Tang columns plus one column moved to the north, and captured Zhengzhou and Tongguan. Each town, annihilate the enemy on that line.Liu Deng rested and fought at the scene. Chen Suzhi's 8th, 10th, and 11th Columns still obeyed the original mission and prepared to transfer the 2nd and 7th Columns from Shandong to northern Jiangsu to fight. After the establishment of the Central China Branch, the two columns were under the command of Chen Su. (Chen Yi Yu Ziyu [9] went to the Central Committee and left for the team about two weeks later).

C. In the third stage, Sube prepares to rest on the Zhengtong line for one to two months (ask the Handan Bureau to prepare food), and then fight on the Ping-Han line and between Ping-Han and Jinpu. Military Commission Zijia Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Liu Deng refers to Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping, who served as the commander and political commissar of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army at that time.Su Chentang refers to Su Yu, Chen Shiju, and Tang Liang, who were respectively the deputy commander, chief of staff, and director of the Political Department of the East China Field Army at that time.Chen Xie refers to Chen Geng and Xie Fuzhi, who were the former secretary and deputy secretary of the Chen Xie Group of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army at that time.

[2] Peng, refers to Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), a native of Xiangtan, Hunan, who was then the commander and political commissar of the Northwest Field Army.Zhang, refers to Zhang Zongxun, born in 1908, from Weinan, Shaanxi, and served as the deputy commander of the Northwest Field Army at that time. [3] Photochemical, merged into Laohekou City in 1983. [4] Jun County, now Danjiangkou City, Hubei Province. [5] Bai Chongxi, then Minister of National Defense of the Kuomintang government and director of the Jiujiang Command of the Ministry of National Defense. [6] Refers to the Tenth and Twelfth Columns of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army, where Wang Hongkun and Zhao Jimei were commanders respectively.

[7] Chen, refers to Chen Yi (1901-1972), a native of Lezhi, Sichuan, who was then the commander and political commissar of the East China Field Army.Millet refers to Su Yu. [8] Hu, refers to Hu Zongnan (1896-1962), a native of Xiaofeng (now Anji), Zhejiang.At that time, he was the director of the Xi'an Appeasement Office of the Kuomintang Army. [9] Ziyu, that is, the seventh day of the first month.