Chapter 98 Chiang Kai-shek's policy of driving me to the north of the Yellow River and destroying it will be bankrupt

(May 11, 1947) Chen Su, Liu Deng, Peng Xi[1], and told Zhu Liu[2]: (1) Since the implementation of the plan to restore the closure of the Yellow River, Chiang Kai-shek has always followed the policy. The first step is to drive us to the north of the Yellow River, and the second step is to annihilate our army north of the Yellow River. (2) In February, Liu Deng crossed the river to rest. Jiang thought that he had been expelled and it would be difficult to fly across, so he dared to use Wang Jingjiu[3]'s army in Shandong. (3) Open the gap in Tai'an for a long time, allowing Chen Su to cross north from here, Chen Su refused to listen, and wiped out Li Xianzhou[4], Jiang Nai opened Jiaoji, blocked Tai'an, and forced Chen Su to retreat north and turn west.From now on, the policy must be to advance towards the Jiaoji line with all front-line divisions (Fifth Army, Eleventh Division, Seventy-fourth Division, Eighty-third Division, Twenty-fifth Division, Sixty-five Division, Seventh Division, Forty-eighth Division, etc.).If Chen Su let go and gave way, the enemy would mistakenly think that he would not dare to fight and achieve the purpose of expulsion.

(4) Hu Zongnan's [5] attack this time was also an attempt to drive me to Hedong, while Yinshi [6] Zhan Qingjian deliberately refused to go to Suide, and gave me a way to go.It took almost a month before Maoyou[7] ordered Dong Zhao[8] to lead eight and a half brigades northward, and Chen Dong[9] arrived in Suide, thinking that he could drive me across the river.Chen Wei [10] I conquered Panlong, and he was startled to learn that I was near Yan'an, so Dong Zhao quickly retreated southward, and Suide remained open without leaving a single soldier.This proves that Hu Jun's purpose is not at all to open up the Xianyu Highway, but to drive me across the river.

(5) When Chen Su broke through Gu Zhutong's [11] first line, Liu Deng crossed the river and headed south, and Peng Xi marched towards Longdong and Guanzhong, Jiang found that his dream had come to nothing. Military Commission Chen Zhen Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Chen Su, referring to Chen Yi and Su Yu, who were respectively the commander, political commissar and deputy commander of the East China Field Army at that time.Liu Deng refers to Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping, who were the commander and political commissar of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army at that time.Peng Xi refers to Peng Dehuai and Xi Zhongxun, who were the commander, political commissar and deputy political commissar of the Northwest Field Corps at the time.

[2] Zhu Liu refers to Zhu De and Liu Shaoqi. [3] Wang Jingjiu (1902-1964), a native of Feng County, Jiangsu Province.At that time, he was the commander of the Second Corps of the Xuzhou Command of the Kuomintang Army General Command. [4] Li Xianzhou, former deputy commander of the Second Appeasement District of the Kuomintang Army, was captured in the Battle of Laiwu in February 1947. [5] Hu Zongnan, then the commander-in-chief of the first theater of the Kuomintang army. [6] Yinshi, that is, March 31st. [7] Maoyou, that is, April 26th. [8] Dong Zhao (1902-1977), a native of Xi'an, Shaanxi.At that time, he was the commander of the First Army of the Kuomintang Army Reorganization.

[9] Chendong, that is, May 2nd. [10] Chenwei, that is, May 5th. [11] Gu Zhutong was the commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang Army Army Command at that time.At the beginning of March 1947, he formed the Xuzhou Command of the Army General Command in Xuzhou, and unified command of the troops of the former Xuzhou and Zhengzhou Appeasement Offices.