Chapter 119 The Operational Scope and Principles of the Chen Xie Department[1]

(September 2, 1947) Chen Xie Han, and sued Liu Deng, Peng [2]: (1) On the 30th, at 6:00 on the 31st, at 12:00 on the 31st, at 10:00 on the 1st, and at 19:00 on the 1st.It is very comforting to capture Xin'an, Mianchi, Yiyang, Luoning and other places, and wipe out more than 4,000 enemies. (2) The scope of your operations includes the vast areas south of the Yellow River and the Wei River, north of the Han River, west of the Ping-Han Road, and east of Xi'an and the Hanzhong Line.Cadres should be familiarized with the geography, enemy's situation, and people's conditions in this area, and they should prepare to spend at least half a year moving from east to west, north, south, and north in this area, and wipe out a large number of enemies before they can establish a base.

(3) Combat principles: against the enemy's weakly defended strongholds and cities, attack them resolutely; against the enemy's moderately fortified but environmentally acceptable strongholds and cities, attack them at will; against the enemy's strong defensive strongholds and cities, avoid In short, the focus is on mobilizing the enemy to fight mobile warfare and occupy vast villages, eliminate reactionary armed forces, and mobilize the masses. We must prepare to go through a difficult period and gradually establish base areas. (4) Suspend the attack on Hengshui for the time being, use one unit to monitor the enemy in Luoyang, and move the main force westward, and capture Shanxian County, Lingbao, Yanxiang[3], Lushi, Luonan, Shangxian, and Shangnan seven cities or seven In several cities within the city, we focused on sweeping out the reactionary armed forces in the villages of the seven counties.The direction of your second maneuver is to go east to Pinghan Road or south to the north of Hanshui River, which is decided temporarily.

Military Commission 12:00 on the 2nd Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Chen Xie Department refers to the Chen Xie Group of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army, former Party Secretary Chen Geng, Deputy Secretary Xie Fuzhi, and Standing Committee member Han Jun. [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.Peng, referring to Peng Dehuai, who was then deputy commander-in-chief of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, commander and political commissar of the Northwest Field Army.

[3] Yan Township, merged into Lingbao County, Henan Province in 1954.