Chapter 88 Siege and aid is one of the important methods to wipe out the enemy

(January 11, 1947) Lin, Gao, Peng[1]: (1) Recently, North Manchuria and East Manchuria [2] have begun to win battles, which is very comforting.Surrounding its towers at one point caused unplanned reinforcements from the three enemies in Jiutai, Jilin, and Dehui, all of which were annihilated or defeated by us [3].This experience points out that besieging a city and fighting for aid is one of the important methods to annihilate the enemy.It is very necessary to take advantage of the freezing period to launch an attack in a planned way, generally look for the enemy's weak strongholds, use the method of besieging the city to fight for aid, wipe out the enemy in large numbers, and change the situation between the enemy and ourselves.

(2) South Manchuria [4] The experience of fighting behind the enemy's 20 days in the Four Columns also pointed out that the only way to defeat the enemy is to adopt a brave offensive policy.They also need to be brave, dare to attack the enemy stationed in the first battalion and the second battalion and wipe them out, and must prepare to fight reinforcements every time. .Chiang Kai-shek's main forces (80 brigades by Xue Yue[5], 30 brigades by Gu Zhutong[6], and 24 brigades by Hu Zongnan[7], a total of 134 brigades) were wiped out in large numbers.According to national calculations, a total of 51 brigades of the enemy's regular army have been wiped out in six months and ten days. By July this year, about 100 brigades may have been wiped out, which has fundamentally changed the situation between the enemy and ourselves.Under such circumstances, it is impossible to force Chiang Kai-shek to use all his strength to deal with the battlefields along the Longhai Line, and it is impossible to increase troops to the northeast; as long as you can use all means to use Du Yuming's existing forces (five armies, fifteen divisions and technical arms, Security forces, etc.), for example, by annihilating an average of more than one enemy division per month (equivalent to a trip to the pass), and annihilating more than 12 enemy divisions within a year, you can turn yourself into a favorable position.Fighting like this for two or three years (because the enemy can be supplemented after being wiped out), the situation between the enemy and ourselves can be fundamentally changed and a solid base can be established.

Military Commission Zizhen Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Lin, referring to Lin Biao, who was the commander-in-chief and political commissar of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army at that time.Gao and Peng, referring to Gao Gang and Peng Zhen, both served as deputy political commissars of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army at that time. [2] Refers to the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army North Manchuria Military Region and East Manchuria Military Region. [3] In January 1947, in order to cooperate with the operations in South Manchuria, the Northern Manchurian troops of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army encircled the key points of Tamu in the north of Jilin with one part, and the main forces wiped out the Jiutai Army in Zhangmazigou and Jiaojialing respectively. , Dehui came to aid the enemy, and finally took advantage of the victory to attack and annihilate the enemy in Tamu, and successively annihilated two regiments of the New First Army of the Kuomintang Army and a security team.

[4] Refers to the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army South Manchuria Military Region. [5] Xue Yue was the director of the Xuzhou Appeasement Office of the Kuomintang Army at that time. [6] Gu Zhutong was the commander-in-chief of the Army Command of the Kuomintang Army at that time. [7] Hu Zongnan, then the commander-in-chief of the first theater of the Kuomintang army. [8] Du Yuming, then the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Security Command of the Kuomintang Army.