Chapter 126 Organization of Field Mobile Corps and Deployment of Dispersed Operations

(October 20, 1947) Chen and Su[1]: Millen Chen [2] telegram.It is very comforting to win repeatedly. (1) In view of the fact that Ye Tao[3] and Wang Bingzhang[4] had a relatively large reduction in personnel, the rest period of the three verticals can be extended by one to two weeks. (2) Except for those who are resting and reorganizing, your entire army will disperse operations and work according to the current situation in the two months of Youxu [5].From the beginning of the first month of Haiyue [6], six to nine brigades were gathered to form a first-class field mobile corps to fight medium-scale battles, while the rest remained scattered in combat and work.After January next year, depending on the situation, one or two second- and third-class field mobile corps, each containing four to six brigades, will be formed, and the rest will continue to disperse operations and work.Until the militias, Baojia, bandits, and small enemy forces have been largely wiped out, the tasks of distributing food, wealth, and land among the masses have been roughly completed, and the people's armed forces have developed, then all twenty regular brigades can be converted into field troops. They belong to two or three field corps, and the largest field corps should not exceed nine brigades for at least half a year.This is because the enemy has already been forced to disperse, and will continue to disperse even more in the future. Concentrating too many troops will scare the enemy away and prevent mobile warfare. And can mobilize the enemy to fight mobile warfare.It is hoped that the above intends to deploy troops and work.

Mao Zedong Published at 12 o'clock on the 20th based on the manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Chen and Su refer 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] Min Chen, that is, the time of the sixteenth day. [3] Ye Tao refers to Ye Fei and Tao Yong, who were respectively the commanders of the first column and fourth column of the East China Field Army at that time. [4] Wang Bingzhang, born in 1914, is from Anyang, Henan.At that time, he was the commander of the eleventh column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army, which was under the command of the East China Field Army.

[5] Youxu, that is, October and November. [6] Hai month, that is, December.