Chapter 103 Make all preparations to seize the Great Northwest[1]

(June 6, 1947) Chen thanked Han and told Peng Xi[2]: (1) Agree with your Weidian[3] comments, and plan to move northward and westward in fifteen days. (2) You must hold a meeting of cadres above the battalion level, and repeatedly explain that to fight under conditions that are very different from those in southern Shanxi, you must be prepared to endure a lot of hardships, have the courage to overcome all difficulties, and must eliminate Hu Zongnan[4] and seize Dali. Northwest ambitions, and prepare to fight positional warfare (moving warfare will be greatly reduced in the future), learn to operate in close proximity, and be good at tackling tough situations.All of the above, you must use a positive attitude to explain clearly to the cadres above the battalion, and after they explain it to the soldiers, encourage all commanders and fighters to bravely carry out new tasks.Regarding the fact that the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region can only provide you with food, Taiyue has to help you with everything else. You should also make it clear to the cadres to avoid complaints in the future.In short, you must be fully prepared both mentally and materially.For this purpose, you can choose a suitable place between Shannan and Jundu to rest for a few days, and hold cadre meetings and military meetings.

Military Commission fish Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] This is a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong from the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China to Chen Geng, Commander of the Fourth Column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army, Political Commissar Xie Fuzhi, and Deputy Commander Han Jun.The Central Military Commission made changes to the deployment of Chen Xie's column for westward operations.See pages 258 and 264 of this volume. [2] Peng Xi, referring to Peng Dehuai and Xi Zhongxun, who were respectively the commander, political commissar and deputy political commissar of the Northwest Field Corps at that time.

[3] Refers to the telegram sent by Chen Geng and Han Jun to the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China on June 5, 1947.The telegram said: If there is no change in the situation, our department is determined to move northward after the 15th of this month, via the Fenli Highway, and cross from the army to the west. [4] Hu Zongnan, then the commander-in-chief of the first theater of the Kuomintang army.