Chapter 96 Problems that should be paid attention to when occupying Wusong, Jiaxing and other places

(May 6, 1949) Su Zhang[1] (transferred to Tan Wangji[2]), and sued Chen Rao, Liu Deng[3]: (1) Chen Rao Microelectronics [4]. (2) Ask Su and Zhang to deploy immediately after Chenhui[5] and before Chenshu[6], occupy Wusong and Jiaxing first, block the Wusong River Estuary and Zhapu Haikou, cut off the enemy's escape route in Shanghai, and keep Shanghai's supplies (According to several reports from Shanghai Wu Wenyi[7], Tang Enbo[8] is transporting supplies), and forced to use peaceful means to solve the Shanghai issue.Please inform Su Zhang with the specific deployment. (3) In order to occupy Wusong, we may have to occupy the three cities of Kunshan, Taicang and Baoshan.But Jiading City and Lujiabang, Anting, etc. to the east of Kunshan City, if it is possible not to occupy them, do not occupy them for the time being.

(4) After occupying Jiaxing, we should continue to occupy Jiashan, Jinshan, Pinghu, Zhapu, and Jinshanwei, but we should not occupy Qingpu, Songjiang, Fengxian and other places for the time being. (5) In addition, after the Tan Wangji Group has rested in the Hangzhou area for a few days, it should send one or two armies to the east quickly to occupy the line of Hangzhou and Ningbo and the counties of Fenghua, Shengxian, Xinchang, Zhuji, and Yiwu to the south of this line, Then get to work.When occupying Fenghua, the troops should be warned not to destroy Chiang Kai-shek's residence, ancestral hall and other buildings.When occupying Shaoxing, Ningbo, etc., we must pay attention to protecting the houses and properties of the large, medium and small capitalists of the Ningbo Gang, so that we can attract these capitalists to cooperate with us in Shanghai, or reduce their troublesome behavior.

(6) Occupy Wusong and Jiaxing, and do not give up the plan to postpone the occupation of Shanghai.When to occupy Shanghai still has to be decided according to the degree of completion of our preparations. It is best to have another month or so to fully complete the preparations, but you still have to be prepared to occupy Shanghai as soon as possible under unavoidable circumstances. .The sooner you can prepare, the better. (7) Ask Su and Zhang to warn the troops in advance that when occupying Wusong, they should try their best to avoid conflicts with foreign warships. (8) Please Liu Zhangli [9] pay attention to protecting the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing and take care of the guards.

Military Commission Chenyu Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Su Zhang, referring to Su Yu and Zhang Zhen, who were respectively the deputy commander, second deputy political commissar and chief of staff of the Third Field Army at that time. [2] Tan, referring to Tan Qilong, born in Yongxin, Jiangxi in 1914, was a political commissar of the Seventh Corps of the Third Field Army at that time.Wang Ji refers to Wang Jian'an and Ji Luo (i.e. Ji Pengfei), who were respectively the commander, deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department of the Seventh Corps of the Third Field Army at that time.

[3] Chen Rao, referring to Chen Yi and Rao Shushi, who were respectively the commander and political commissar of the Third Field Army and political commissar of the East China Military Region.Liu Deng refers to Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping, who were the commander and political commissar of the Second Field Army respectively at that time. [6] Chen deleted, that is, May 15th. [7] Wu Wenyi, that is, Wu Kejian, was a member of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (underground party organization). [8] Tang Enbo, then the commander-in-chief of the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Garrison Command of the Kuomintang Army.

[9] Liu, refers to Liu Bocheng.Zhang Li refers to Zhang Jichun and Li Da, who were respectively the deputy political commissar, director of the Political Department and chief of staff of the Second Field Army at the time.