Chapter 13 The three-month combat policy of the three armies on the southern front

(January 26, 1948) Liu, Deng and Li [1], and Su, Chen Xie, Xu Tengbo [2], East China Bureau, Deng Zihui [3], Central Working Committee: There are noon telegrams[4] and Xiaoping and Liu Deng's reports on the general situation. (1) The two armies of Chen Su[5] and Chen Xie rested this month, Chouyue started a new battle, and Chouyinmao[6] included a few short-term rests during the three months between battles, and could hold three to four battles In a big battle, annihilating a large number of enemies can effectively help you. (2) Within three months, you should persevere with divisions, take more rest and fight small battles. After 30,000 recruits have been recruited to enrich the army, it will be advantageous to fight medium-scale battles.Three months later, the north and the south will cooperate and may enter the stage of a large-scale annihilation war.

(3) Within three months, the principle of combat between the Chen Su and Chen Xie armies is to mobilize the enemy to fight medium-scale battles of annihilation.Its maneuvering range is in the direction of Zheng, Luo and Tong, in the direction of Nanyang and Xiangfan, in the direction of Xinyang and Guangshui, and in the direction of Huaiyang and Kaifeng.The principle is always to be able to annihilate more enemies, first to cooperate with you, secondly to cooperate with Peng Zhang[7] and Xu Tengbo, and secondly to cooperate with central and northern Jiangsu. (4) Xu Tengbo, in addition to training recruits to prepare for transport to the front, pay attention to the supply of shells, grenades and explosives to the troops on the southern front.

(5) Peng He and Chen[8] finished their consultations with the central government. Peng Zhangjun and Chou Qi[9] previously started southward from the north of Qingjian, and Chen left for the east at the end of the month, and was conveyed by the Central Working Committee, Wutai, Bohai, and Handan After the central policy, Yue Yinchu can go to the army. (6) Xu Tan [10] led the Seventh and Nineth Longitudinals to rest, and dispatched from the Jiaoji line to northern Jiangsu.In the future, northern and central Jiangsu will form an important battlefield, threatening Beijing and Shanghai.The Central Committee decided to restore the Central China Branch [11], with Chen Yi as secretary and Deng Zihui as deputy secretary. Under the leadership of the East China Bureau, they governed the current Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu regions, the northern and central Jiangsu regions, and the Huainan region to the east of Chaohu Lake. Central China troops were under the command of Chen Su.

Military Commission Ziyou 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.Li, refers to Li Xiannian (1909-1992), a native of Huang'an (now Hong'an), Hubei, who was the deputy commander of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army at that time. [2] Su, referring to Su Yu, was the deputy commander 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.Xu Tengbo refers to Xu Xiangqian, Teng Daiyuan, and Bo Yibo, who were respectively the first deputy commander, second deputy commander, and first deputy political commissar of the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region.

[3] Deng Zihui (1896-1972), a native of Longyan, Fujian.At that time, he was Deputy Secretary of the East China Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. [4] Refers to the telegram sent by Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping to the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China at noon on January 25, 1948.The telegram stated that we originally planned to take advantage of Su Yu and Chen Xie's operations in early February and when the enemy moved slightly, to attack the enemy's weak point and start the battle, so the troops have assembled and rested.After the enemy found out that we were assembled, they deployed the main force of five divisions to find us and fight, which could not reduce our burden for the time being.I was under the oppression of several strong enemy divisions and was unable to fight, so I had to disperse my actions again.

[5] Chen, referring to Chen Yi, who was the commander and political commissar of the East China Field Army at that time.Millet refers to Su Yu. [6] Chou Yinmao, that is, February, March, and April. [7] Peng Zhang, referring to Peng Dehuai and Zhang Zongxun, who were respectively the commander, political commissar and deputy commander of the Northwest Field Army at that time. [8] Peng, refers to Peng Dehuai.He, refers to He Long, who was then the commander of the Shanxi-Gansu-Ningxia-Shanxi-Sui Joint Defense Force and the commander of the Jin-Sui Military Region.Chen, refers to Chen Yi.

[9] Chou Qi, that is, February 8th. [10] Xu, refers to Xu Shiyou (1906-1985), a native of Xinxian County, Henan Province, who was then the commander of the Eastern Corps of the East China Field Army.Tan, referring to Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), a native of Youxian County, Hunan Province, was a political commissar of the Eastern Corps of the East China Field Army at that time. [11] Due to changes in the situation, the decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to restore the Central China Branch was not implemented.