Chapter 112 Preparations for Liu Deng[1]'s Army to leave the Dabie Mountains

(July 30, 1947) Liu Deng also told Chen Xiehan[2] and Chen Sutan[3]: Afternoon electricity [4] learned.If you are determined to go straight out of the Dabie Mountains, please pay attention to the following points: (1) Hold a meeting of cadres above the head of the regiment, in addition to telling various favorable conditions, and imagine various difficult conditions, and establish the will to expedition. (2) Each person above the battalion commander should distribute a detailed map of the counties in the three provinces of Hubei, Henan, and Anhui, mimeographed ones are also good, and it would be even better if they can be distributed in succession so that all cadres can understand the geographical environment.

(3) Generally determine the method of grain collection and tax collection, and inform all cadres that during the Agrarian Revolution, the methods of hunting down local tyrants did not earn much and their reputation was bad. Under the supervision and command of our party's capable personnel), the food collection method is generally progressive, and only by exempting the burden of the extremely poor can the army be provided for.The Kuomintang personnel who have not escaped, except for the extremely bad elements, can be used to gradually transition to the people's power. (4) If it is too late for Pi Dingjun brigade[5] to be transferred temporarily, please consider using Zhao[6] in the Dabie Mountains.After crossing from Tong and Luo [7], the vertical goes straight to the Dabie Mountains.Chen Xie used the 38th Army to establish a base in western Henan.

(5) If you decide to go straight to the Dabie Mountains and decide not to leave the rear, Chen Xie should also be made to establish this determination.If Chen Xie crosses the river in late August, he may gain a month's time to gain a foothold in western Henan.The main force of Hu's [8] army was transferred southward from the Jingbian and Hengshan lines. It is estimated that it will take at least a month's journey, and the enemy is very tired. Military Commission thirty in the afternoon Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------

note [1] Liu Deng refers to Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping, who served as the commander and political commissar of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army at that time. [2] Chen Xiehan refers to Chen Geng, Xie Fuzhi, and Han Jun, who served as the former secretary, deputy secretary, and standing committee member of the Chen Xie Group of the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Field Army at that time. [3] Chen Sutan, referring to Chen Yi, Su Yu, and Tan Zhenlin, who were respectively the commander, political commissar, deputy commander, and deputy political commissar of the East China Field Army at that time.

[4] Refers to the telegram sent by Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping to the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China on July 30, 1947.The telegram said that in the past few days, we have repeatedly considered the policy proposed by the Military Commission on the 23rd, which happened to be received on the 29th, and we are determined to dispatch after half a month of rest to meet the needs of the overall situation.According to the current situation, we have nineteen enemy brigades in front of us, and at least ten brigades will follow our troops. Therefore, it is not appropriate for our troops to stay in Henan, Anhui and Su, but to go straight to the Dabie Mountains, and first form a horn with the Chen Xie Group. Wide maneuvering is appropriate, ready to fight without a rear.It is suggested that Chen Shiju and Tang Liang's corps should pull the enemy out in the southwestern part of Shandong, and Shandong should draw out the original leather Dingjun brigade and go to the Dabie Mountains to serve as the backbone of the military region.

[5] Pi Dingjun Brigade refers to the first brigade of the first column of the Central Plains Military Region, brigade commander Pi Dingjun.At this time, the brigade was organized as an independent division of the first column of the East China Field Army, and Pi Dingjun had been transferred to the deputy commander of the sixth column. [6] Zhao, referring to Zhao Jimei, was the commander of the 12th Column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army at that time. [7] Tong and Luo refer to Tongguan in Shaanxi and Luoyang in Henan. [8] Hu, referring to Hu Zongnan, who was then the director of the Xi'an Appeasement Office of the Kuomintang Army.