Chapter 102 The Central Plains Army played a great strategic role

(May 28, 1947) Zheng Li[1], and transferred to all comrades of the Central Plains Army, and told Liu Deng, King Xu Boxi, and King Chen Xie Han[2]: In order to oppose the attack of the traitor Chiang Kai-shek, our various ministries in the Central Plains have carried out the strategic intention of the central government and insisted on guerrilla warfare under extremely difficult conditions in southern Shaanxi, western Henan, western Hubei, central Hubei, eastern Hubei, and western Hunan since July last year. In the war, more than 30 brigades of Chiang Kai-shek's regular army were restrained, and our main force in North and Central China survived the most difficult period of Chiang Kai-shek's offensive, which played a great strategic role.All the commanders and fighters who participated in this heroic struggle are admired by the people of the whole country, and the central government expresses its condolences to you.All the troops participating in this struggle have suffered a lot of losses in the arduous battle against the superior enemy, but the basic backbone is still preserved.The Central Committee hopes that under the leadership of Comrades 3 and 2, you will step up your studies, review your experience according to the Central Committee's line, unite as one, and prepare to fight for new combat tasks.

central May 28 Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Zheng Li, referring to Zheng Weisan and Li Xiannian, who were respectively the first deputy secretary and the second deputy secretary of the Central Plains Bureau of the CPC Central Committee 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.Xu, refers to Xu Qianqian (1901-1990), a native of Wutai, Shanxi, who was the first deputy commander of the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region at that time.King Bo Teng refers to Bo Yibo, Teng Daiyuan, and Wang Hongkun, who were respectively the first deputy political commissar, second deputy commander, and third deputy commander of the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region.Chen Xie refers to Chen Geng and Xie Fuzhi, who were respectively the commander and political commissar of the Fourth Column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army at that time.Wang refers to Wang Xinting, who was the commander of the Taiyue Military Region at the time.Han, refers to Han Jun (1912-1949), a native of Xin'an, Henan Province, who was the deputy commander of the fourth column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army at that time.