Chapter 93 Considering combat operations should be based on the convenience of annihilating the enemy

(March 6, 1947) Chen Rao Zhang Li, Su Tan Chen[1], and sued Liu Deng[2]: Zhiwu telegram [3] was informed.It is very necessary for the five main columns of your main force to strive to rest for more than half a month.As for the next step, there are currently several options that can be considered, and the decision will be made after the development of the enemy's situation.However, the consideration of actions should be based on the convenience of annihilating the enemy.No matter where, as long as a large number of enemies can be wiped out, it means threatening the enemy and cooperating with the friendly forces, regardless of the distance.There is no need to worry about the time to transfer to the outer line, because part of the main force of the Fifth Division [4] has already crossed the river to Taiyue, and the other part is waiting to cross the north. In situ.Therefore, the Central Committee's original plan to transfer you to the outside line to assist the Fifth Division in advance can now be changed, and about the entire time of this year can be used for inside line operations.In the next ten months, our East China Army will wipe out four to five enemy brigades on average every month and pay 6,000 to 7,000 casualties. A total of 40 to 50 brigades will be wiped out, and 60,000 to 60,000 casualties will be paid. As many as 70,000 people (not counting next year's).You must start with the idea of ​​long-term warfare, and make the majority of cadres establish this idea, so as to save manpower and material resources anytime and anywhere, in order to defeat Chiang Kai-shek and solve China's historical tasks.Under the same long-term combat mission, I, Liu Dengjun, now also need to rest and replenish to recover.Its next move seems to be to attack the two ministries of Wang Zhonglian and Sun Zhen [6] north of the Yellow River, and it would be more appropriate to cooperate with East China for a long distance.Under normal circumstances (except for special circumstances), Liu and Deng's troops must basically eliminate the two armies of Wang and Sun in the north of the Yellow River, and mobilize the two divisions under the command of Wu Shaozhou[7] to wipe them out to the north of the Yellow River, and then go south to Longhai to make it easier. Favorable, because the Yellow River has released water, the situation in the past is different from the present.In addition, it seems appropriate for your three verticals to rest on the spot, so that they can join the main battle later.It is in my best interest not to stop the enemy's Jinpu Group[8] from advancing northward, and let it advance to the front line of Tai'an.It would be great if Wang Xu[9] and the two companies can annihilate the Eighth Army and seize Weixian[10].

Military Commission Yin fish Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Chen Rao and Zhang Li refer to Chen Yi, Rao Shushi, Zhang Yunyi, and Li Yu, who were respectively the commander, political commissar, deputy commander, and deputy political commissar of the East China Military Region at that time.Su Tan refers to Su Yu and Tan Zhenlin, who were respectively the deputy commander and deputy political commissar of the East China Field Army at that time.Chen Shiju (1909-1995), a native of Zhongxiang, Hubei, was the Chief of Staff of the East China Field Army at that time.

[2] Liu Deng, referring to Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping, who were the commander and political commissar of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army at that time. [3] Refers to the telegram sent by Chen Yi, Rao Shushi, Zhang Yunyi, Li Yu, Su Yu, Tan Zhenlin, and Chen Shiju to the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China and Liu Bocheng, Deng Xiaoping, Zhang Dingcheng, and Deng Zihui at noon on March 4, 1947.The telegram said: Five columns of the East China Field Army are now exposed to the surroundings of Zhangdian and Zhoucun on the Jiaoji line and the Zibo area for rest and standby, in order to lure the enemy on the southern line into the mountains and create favorable conditions for annihilating the enemy later.For future operations, we propose two operational plans.First, concentrate Shandong and Liu Deng's armies to fight the enemy decisively between Yan and Ji on the Jinpu line.Second, the main force in East China turned to the southern Shandong line to annihilate the enemy. It is recommended that Liu Deng's army attack southeast, cut off Longhai, and form a pincer attack on Xuzhou with the East China army, forcing the Jinpu enemy to return south, and then I will do my best to wipe out the southward movement enemy.However, it will take a long time to travel north and south, and the time to switch to outside operations will also need to be delayed.

[4] The Fifth Division refers to the Fifth Division of the former New Fourth Army, with Li Xiannian as its commander and political commissar. [5] Wang Shusheng was the commander and political commissar of the Northwest Hubei Military Region at that time. [6] Wang Zhonglian, born in 1903, was born in Xiaoxian County, Jiangsu Province (now Anhui Province). He was the commander of the 26th Army of the Kuomintang Army at that time.Sun Zhen (1892-1985), born in Chengdu, Sichuan, was the commander of the Fifth Appeasement Area of ​​the Kuomintang Army at that time. [7] Wu Shaozhou (1902-1966), a native of Tianzhu, Guizhou.At that time, he was the commander of the 85th Division of the Kuomintang Army Reorganization.

[8] Refers to the 7th Army of the Kuomintang Army and the reorganized 11th, 64th, and 20th Divisions of the Kuomintang Army along the Tengxian and Yanzhou sections of Jinpu Road. [9] Wang Xu refers to Wang Jianan and Xu Shiyou, who were the commanders of the Eighth and Ninth Columns of the East China Field Army at that time. [10] Wei County, now Hanting District, Weifang City.