Chapter 16 Fight a few good annihilation battles in Shandong Huazhong

(October 22, 1945) Zhang Raolai[1], and told Luo Li, Chen Li[2]: (1) After receiving a telegram from Chen Liqian[3], our Shandong Eighth Division occupied Zouxian County, controlled more than 40 li of railways, wiped out more than 2,000 rebels, and prepared to wipe out the rebels who continued to advance.In addition, our third and fourth divisions in Shandong occupied Dawenkou and controlled the railway for 20 miles. (2) I hope that our New Fourth Field Army will expand the railway occupation area between Bengbu and Xuzhou, and concentrate the main force to wipe out the stubborn army.

(3) As long as I control a section of the railway, the stubborn side will definitely attack, and the battle will become bigger and bigger.Therefore, first, our army must expand the area it occupies to the north and south to create battlefields that are conducive to mobile warfare; It must also take into account the supplement after the continuous battle, mobilize the militia to help the battle, and the local party and government will personally assist in the battle. Both Shandong and Central China must aim to annihilate 40,000 to 50,000 stubborn troops in continuous battles; third, in order to concentrate For the purpose of annihilating the stubborn army, Shandong and Central China should only have one main combat direction, and the others should be auxiliary combat directions, so don't disperse Yueli

(4) The Battle of Shangdang in Shanxi [4] I used 31,000 main forces and 50,000 militiamen to help fight the war. For 40 days, we held several battles in succession. More than 1,000 people were wiped out, and more than 33,000 people were wiped out, and the mountains were seized, which can be an example.Now Liu and Deng [6] are concentrating 60,000 field troops, preparing to annihilate at least 40,000 or so of the 80,000 stubborn troops marching northward from Xinxiang. .If you can fight a few good battles of annihilation in Shandong and Central China, it will have a great impact on the overall situation.

Military Commission Youyang Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Zhang Rao Lai, referring to Zhang Yunyi, Rao Shushi, and Lai Chuanzhu, who were respectively the deputy commander, political commissar, and chief of staff of the New Fourth Army at that time. [2] Luo, referring to Luo Ronghuan (1902-1963), a native of Hengshan, Hunan, who was formerly the commander and political commissar of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army and was preparing to go to work in the Northeast at this time.Li, referring to Li Zuopeng, who was born in An'an, Jiangxi Province in 1914. He was originally the chief of staff of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, and he was going to work in the Northeast at this time.Chen, refers to Chen Yi (1901-1972), a native of Lezhi, Sichuan, who was then the commander of the New Fourth Army and the commander of the Shandong Military Region.Li Yu (1906-1986), a native of Nao County (now Yuanping), Shanxi, was a deputy political commissar of the Shandong Military Region at that time.

[3] 哿, that is, twenty days. [4] Battle of Shangdang, see note [8] on page 35 of this volume. [5] Yan, refers to Yan Xishan, who was then the commander-in-chief of the Second Theater of the Kuomintang Army. [6] Liu Deng, referring to Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping, who were the commander and political commissar of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei Military Region respectively at that time. [7] Nie, referring to Nie Rongzhen, who was then the commander and political commissar of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.He refers to He Long, who was the commander of the Jinsui Field Army at that time.

[8] Sui refers to Suiyuan, see note [3] on page 17 of this volume.