Chapter 99 About the deployment of each field army

(May 23, 1949) The General Front Committee, Liu Zhangli, Su Zhang[1], and sued Lin Luo, Peng He[2]: (1) Su Zhang Yang Wu Dian [3] is noted.You should quickly prepare to enter Fujian early, strive to occupy Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and other key points within June or July, and prepare to take Xiamen as soon as possible.The troops entering Fujian can only be dispatched after being resolved by Shanghai. (2) The second field should also prepare to march westward with the main force or the whole army in two months to manage Sichuan, Guizhou, and Kham[4].The current task of the second field is to prepare to assist the third field in dealing with possible U.S. military intervention. This preparation is necessary. With this preparation, the U.S. intervention ambitions can be curbed and the U.S. will be afraid to send troops to intervene.However, after Shanghai, Ningbo, Fuzhou and other places are occupied by us, and it is best for Sanye to assist Shandong in capturing Qingdao (if the enemy army in Qingdao has not retreated after Shanghai is occupied), the possibility of the United States sending troops to intervene is very small , then Erye can go west.

(3) There are currently two armies crossing the river in the four fields, and six armies have reached the area between Longhai and the Yangtze River, and they will be able to cross the river in about the first ten days of June. Another four armies are starting from the Xinxiang and Anyang areas. You can cross the river in the middle of the month.The main forces in the four fields (six armies and the Guangdong-Guangzhou column) can reach the Xiangxiang and Youxian lines in early or mid-July, reach the Yongzhou and Chenzhou lines in August, rest in September, and end Bai Chongxi in October.[5] The route of retreat is to advance to Guangdong and Guangxi, and Guangdong and Guangxi may be occupied in November or December.One field (four corps with 350,000 people) may occupy Lanzhou, Ningxia, and Qinghai before the end of the year. At the end of the year or the beginning of the year, it is planned to divide the troops into two groups: one is led by Peng and is located in the northwest, and will start operating Xinjiang in the next spring; the other is led by He. Northern Sichuan, in order to cooperate with Erye to solve the three provinces of Guizhou, Sichuan, and Xikang.

(4) If Shanghai, Fuzhou, Qingdao and other places are resolved quickly and smoothly, and the possibility of American military intervention disappears, the Second Army should try to occupy Guiyang, Chongqing and the upper reaches of the Yangtze River by the end of the year or before the end of the year, and open up the Yangtze River waterway.If Erye can start around August 1 or a little earlier, then the above task is possible.However, this task should not be issued within the second field for the time being, because the central government is still a proposal for this, and the final decision will be made after the occupation of Shanghai and Fuzhou.

(5) The whole army of Hu Zongnan[6] is retreating to Sichuan, and there is news that it is retreating to Kunming. Chiang Kai-shek, He Yingqin[7] and the Guangxi faction are dreaming of establishing the capital of Chongqing and separatist rule in the southwest, and want to eliminate Hu Jun and Sichuan and Kangzhu The enemy must march from the south to cut off his retreat.Therefore, in addition to the second field should prepare to enter Sichuan via Guizhou, the fourth field should enter Yunnan via Baise after eliminating Bai Chongxi and occupying Guangxi.Whether the army has set out from Jehol [9], Pan Lin and Luo Cha reported.

(6) What do you think, I hope to tell you. Military Commission Chen stem Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Liu Zhangli refers to Liu Bocheng, Zhang Jichun, and Li Da, who were the commander, deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department and chief of staff of the Second Field Army at that time.Su Zhang refers 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] Lin Luo refers to Lin Biao and Luo Ronghuan, who were respectively the commander of the Fourth Field Army and the Central China Military Region and the first political commissar at that time.Peng He, referring to Peng Dehuai and He Long, were respectively the commander and political commissar of the First Field Army and the commander of the Northwest Military Region at that time. [3] Refers to the telegram sent by Su Yu and Zhang Zhen to the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China at noon on May 22, 1949, asking for instructions on when the troops entering Fujian should dispatch.

[4] Kang, referring to Xikang Province, was revoked in 1955. At that time, the jurisdiction was the west of Sichuan Province and the east of Tibet Autonomous Region. [5] Bai Chongxi, at that time was the chief of the Central China Military and Political Chief Office of the Kuomintang Army. [6] Hu Zongnan, then director of the Xi'an Appeasement Office of the Kuomintang Army. [7] He Yingqin, then President of the Executive Yuan and Minister of National Defense of the Kuomintang government. [8] Zeng Zesheng Army refers to the 50th Army of the Fourth Field Army under the command of Zeng Zesheng.

[9] Rehe, namely Rehe Province.See note [8] on page 82 of this volume.