Chapter 122 It is of great strategic significance to create base areas between the Yellow River, Huai River, Canal, and Ping-Han

(September 11, 1947) Chen Su[1], and told Liu Deng, Rao Li, Chen Xie[2] and Deputy Commander Peng[3]: (1) Chen Sujiachen [4] received a telegram.The great victory of Yuncheng and Shatuji in annihilating all the fifty-seven divisions[5] is of great significance to the development of the entire southern front battle situation. I would like to extend my congratulations and condolences to the soldiers of the Western Corps[6]. (2) According to the incoming telegram, the morale of our army is very high, and we will quickly shift our offensive and deal annihilating blows to the Fifth Army. If we can wipe out part or most of the Fifth Army and make this army lose its combat effectiveness, the situation in southwestern Shandong will be greatly reduced. carry out.Once the battle against the Five Armies is over, you should quickly march south with your entire army, taking advantage of the opportunity to capture Chengwu, Dingtao, Caoxian, Shanxian, Minquan, and Yucheng's weak points, so as to complete the mobile situation for the next battle.Then, gather the entire army to rest for ten to fifteen days, and take advantage of the gap between the enemy's redeployment (it is judged that the eleventh division and other departments will be transferred), reduce the three levels of division, column, and army to a light command organization, and replenish a large number of personnel. In the company, the weak units under each division were merged and adjusted.As long as the Western Corps has 60,000 to 80,000 capable troops, it will be a very powerful field army.In the current few months, your personnel replenishment mainly depends on captives, and you should adopt the policy of replenishment immediately after capture, and your ammunition replenishment mainly depends on taking from the enemy.You should pay attention to fighting well-prepared and sure battles, and at the same time strictly enforce military discipline and win over the masses. You will surely be able to complete the establishment of solid base areas between the Yellow River, Huaihe River, Canal, and Ping-Han, and assist Liu Deng and Chen Xie in creating the Hubei-Henan-Anhui and Hubei-Henan The two major bases in Shaanxi, assisting Rao Litan [7] in defending the Shandong base area, and assisting the great task of restoring the base areas in central and northern Jiangsu.You are in the middle of the four bases mentioned above, and your victory has great strategic significance.

central Shinshin 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. [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.Rao Li refers to Rao Shushi and Li Yu, who were political commissar and deputy political commissar of the East China Military Region at that time.Chen Xie refers to Chen Geng and Xie Fuzhi, who were the former secretary and deputy secretary of the Chen Xie Group of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army at that time.

[3] Deputy Commander Peng refers 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. [4] Jiachen, that is, the time of the ninth day. [5] Refers to the Battle of Shatuji.On September 7, 1947, the West Corps of the East China Field Army carried out a north-south attack on the 57th Division of the Kuomintang Army in the Shatuji area west of Juye, Shandong and east of Heze. After two days of fierce fighting, the division was wiped out. More than 9,500 people, Duan Linmao, the commander of the captured lieutenant general.

[6] Western Corps, see note [1] on page 293 of this volume. [7] Rao Li refers to Rao Shushi and Li Yu.Tan, referring to Tan Zhenlin, was then the deputy political commissar of the East China Field Army and the political commissar of the Eastern Corps.