Chapter 17 Sealed off Jiang's army and wiped them out one by one in the Northeast

(February 7, 1948) Lin Luoliu[1], and Zhu Liu[2]: Reported on the 6th. (1) Congratulations on conquering Liaoyang. (2) Except for a part of the armies on the southern front, they have not had a major rest for a year and a half, and recently made a comprehensive major rest.Peng Zhangjun[3] Chou[4] finished his rest in the first ten days and took action in the middle ten days.Chen Sujun, Chen Xiejun, Xu Tanjun, Xu Tengbojun[5] finished their rest at the end of the ugly end, and Yin[6] took action at the beginning.Liu Dengjun [7] is temporarily scattered to fight small battles, and is in a state of half rest.The Northern Subei Army[8] originally had only four brigades with more than 20,000 men, but now it plans to increase the number to seven brigades with more than 50,000 men, and they can act in the lunar month.The enemy on the southern front is on the defensive except for the key offensive against the Dabie Mountains.Yang Luo Yang Jun[9] Choudi Yin Chudang can fight Pingsui[10], and Maoyue[11] may go out of Jidong.The army must learn the strategic thinking of wide-ranging maneuvers. As soon as they leave Pingsui and the east of Jidong, they will see the vast world, and their vision will expand, and many unnecessary worries will be swept away. Zhu and Liu are urged to supervise this point nearby.

(3) If you can follow my advice in the previous telegram, you can postpone the big rest (one month or one and a half months, at most two months) until after the thawing, and only use a few battles or battles before the thawing If you take several small breaks in the gaps between the ice ages (this kind of small rest is absolutely necessary), you can still use the ice age to fight for two months, wipe out a large number of enemies, and create good battlefields for summer and autumn.It is very necessary for you to fight the enemies in the areas of Liao, An, Ben, and Ying[12].After this battle is completed, you can liberate southern Liaoning and increase the two columns to the main offensive.The next battle has two directions: one is to fight the enemies of Fushun, Tieling, and Faku; the other is to fight the enemies of Fuxin, Yixian, Jinxi, Xingcheng, Suizhong, Shanhaiguan, Changli, Luanzhou, etc. .Where to fight the enemy is better depends on the situation.But you should be prepared to deal with the situation in which the enemy retreats from the northeast to the north of China.Chiang Kai-shek once considered withdrawing all Northeast troops to North China, but later decided not to withdraw.This is mainly because our army on the southern front has not yet crossed the Yangtze River and our army on the northern front has not dealt a greater blow to Jiang's army.But recently you have won several big victories in a row. If you have a few more big victories, Yang Luoyang will leave Pingsui and eastern Hebei again, and our army will take active actions on the southern front, and the possibility of Jiang's army retreating from the northeast will be reduced. Sudden growth, its time may be in the summer, or a little earlier.Therefore, you should be prepared to complete the operations in the current area within a month or so, and conduct another campaign (including several battles) a month later, and then enter a major rest to prepare for the above-mentioned possible new situation.But I don’t know if the situation of the troops permits this. Last time you telegraphed that there was no battle to fight in the direction of Jinzhou, what is the situation in this direction? If our army can completely control Fu, Yi, Xing, Sui, Yu[14], Chang and Luan Is it more beneficial to deal with the retreat of Jiang's army? For our army's strategic interests, it is beneficial to seal off Jiang's army and annihilate them in the northeast.If our army does not have enough strength to prevent its retreat, after the retreat, it seems that the Jiang army will control Jinzhou, Chengde, Beiping, the four corners of Tianjin and the intermediate areas, and open up the northern section of Jinpu. Of course, its supplies will be very difficult, and its morale will decline even more. , but the force is more concentrated, and these possible situations must be foreseen in advance.Of course, there is also the possibility that Jiang's army is nailed to the northeast and does not retreat, but unless our army is so strong that it cannot retreat, it is difficult to imagine.

Mao Zedong twenty o'clock on the seventh Printed from manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Lin, referring to Lin Biao (1907-1971), a native of Huanggang, Hubei (now Huangzhou City), was the commander and political commissar of the Northeast Field Army at that time.Luo, refers to Luo Ronghuan (1902-1963), a native of Hengshan, Hunan, who was then the deputy political commissar of the Northeast Field Army.Liu, referring to Liu Yalou (1910-1965), a native of Wuping, Fujian, who was then chief of staff of the Northeast Field Army.

[2] Zhu Liu refers to Zhu De and Liu Shaoqi. [3] Peng Zhangjun refers to the Northwest Field Army where Peng Dehuai was the commander and political commissar, and Zhang Zongxun was the deputy commander. [4] Ugly, that is, February. [5] Chen Sujun refers to the East China Field Army with Chen Yi as the commander and political commissar and Su Yu as the deputy commander.Chen Xiejun refers to the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Luyu Field Army Chen-Xie Group where Chen Geng was the former secretary of the Party Committee and Xie Fuzhi was the deputy secretary.Xu Tanjun refers to the Shandong Corps of the East China Field Army with Xu Shiyou as the commander and Tan Zhenlin as the political commissar.Xu Gen Bojun refers to the troops under the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region, led by Xu Xiangqian, the first deputy commander of the military region, Teng Daiyuan, the second deputy commander, and Bo Yibo, the first deputy political commissar.

[6] Yin, that is, March. [7] Liu Dengjun refers to the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army where Liu Bocheng was the commander and Deng Xiaoping was the political commissar. [8] Northern Subei Army refers to the North Jiangsu Corps of the East China Field Army with Wei Guoqing as the commander and Chen Pixian as the political commissar. [9] Yang Luo Yang Jun refers to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Field Army led by Yang Dezhi, Luo Ruiqing, and Yang Chengwu.Yang Dezhi (191-1-1994), born in Zhuzhou, Hunan, was the commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Field Army at that time.Luo Ruiqing (1906-1978), a native of Nanchong, Sichuan, was the first political commissar of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Field Army at that time.Yang Chengwu, born in 1914 in Changting, Fujian, was the second political commissar of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Field Army at that time.

[10] Pingsui, that is, the Pingsui Line, refers to the railway from Beiping (now Beijing) to Suiyuan (now part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region) Baotou, today's Beijing Baotou Line. [11] Maoyue, that is, April. [12] Refers to Liaoyang, Anshan, Benxi and Yingkou in Liaoning. [13] Luanzhou, that is, Luan County, Hebei Province. [14] Yu refers to Yuguan, that is, Shanhaiguan.