Chapter 23 Our counterattack has good reasons [1]

(November 3, 1945) A and B Xujiang did not cause Bing and Ding: Reported on the 2nd.Guisui[2], Baotou, Wuyuan, and Linhe must be captured, and it will take at least half a month. Datong is now only surrounded, and it can only be resolved after Sui and Bao are resolved.Fu Zuoyi and Yan Xishan[3] launched a civil war, and each attacked our liberated areas with more than 50,000 troops. We have sufficient reasons for launching a counterattack. Various Civil War documents.National Congress representatives must be re-elected, and the time must be postponed to a year later, otherwise we firmly oppose it.You agree on the first draft of the political meeting’s meeting method, meeting date, etc., and you can only express your final opinions after you [5] come back for discussion, and the representatives present can only consider it at that time.As long as the meeting is postponed, you try to procrastinate in Chongqing and don't come back.The political conference is actually an educational institution for the centrists to gain experience, and problems will not be solved there.It also added to the previous report [6] that the Eighth Route Army should be stationed in Ping, Tianjin, and Qinghai [7] cities, and the Central Army should only be stationed temporarily in a small part, and should withdraw in the future.

Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] This is a telegram from the CPC Central Committee to the CPC delegation in Chongqing. [2] Guisui, now Hohhot. [3] Fu Zuoyi was the commander-in-chief of the 11th War Zone of the Kuomintang Army at that time.Yan Xishan was then the commander-in-chief of the Second Theater of the Kuomintang Army. [4] Refers to the telegram on October 19, 1945, when Chiang Kai-shek ordered Hu Zongnan to fight the civil war and carry out the so-called "suppression of bandits".The telegram said: "The suppression of bandits this time is a matter of the people's misfortune and happiness, and the success or failure of the founding of the country. It is based on the spirit of previous combat, and in accordance with the "Bandit Suppression Handbook" formulated by Chiang Kai-shek, encourage the troops to work hard to carry out the suppression, and quickly achieve success." Those who perform missions will be rewarded for their merits in the country, and those who hesitate and delay will be punished by law enforcement. I hope that the bandit suppression unit under Zhuanyi must obey it as a whole."

[5] Refers to Zhou Enlai. [6] Refers to another telegram sent by the CPC Central Committee to the CPC delegation in Chongqing on the same day, see page 57 of this volume. [7] Qing refers to Qingdao City.