Chapter 13 In Shanxi, the policy of general guerrilla warfare should be adhered to

(September 29, 1937) Zhou, Zhu, Peng, Ren [1]: A. The overall situation in North China is very dangerous. The enemy has broken through from the middle of the Ping-Han and Jin-Pu roads, Baoding has been lost, and the enemy is turning around the flank of Shijiazhuang. The situation in Hebei is over.Wei Lihuang, Zeng Wanzhong, and Sun Lianzhong [2] retreated to the Fuping and Huolu lines and set up flank positions, relying on the Taihang Mountains.After the loss of Hebei, the enemy will land and occupy Xuzhou from Haizhou, and Shandong will be lost without a fight.Soon China's position will become guarding the two lines of the Yellow River and the Canal.This situation will affect certain changes on the Shanghai front, Nanjing will be bombed, and the Kuomintang will move its capital if it does not compromise.It is estimated that China's political situation will change in a few months. We should strive to achieve the goal of reforming the government, reforming the army, implementing the Three People's Principles and the Ten Political Platforms[3], and continuing to support the national war.Only at that time can a real people's national war be realized.It is judged that the Soviet Union will give China assistance in strength at that time.

B. Shanxi will become a special situation in North China, fundamentally because of the presence of the Red Army, and secondly because of Yan Xishan[4] joining us.As a result of the combination of these two forces, there will be guerrilla warfare for millions of people.We should adhere to this policy, deploy guerrilla warfare across the province, and adhere to the fundamental policy of abolishing exorbitant taxes, reducing rent and interest, people's participation in politics, and reforming the Jin army. C. The current Great Wall War of Resistance is only temporary, and it is very short-lived.Yan Bi asked our army to cooperate with him to fight one or two battles. In order to have a better influence on the Jin army, if there are really favorable conditions, of course he can participate, but it must be counted.This is only a temporary situation in the campaign. The fundamental policy is to win over the masses and organize their guerrilla units. Under this general policy, we must carry out conditional and concentrated warfare.You should ask Yan Xishan to bring out 10,000 guns to arm the people.You should set up a cadre school with 500 to 1,000 people at the front, jointly run by the Red Army and the local party, to serve as guerrilla warfare cadres.After six months, most of the first-term students of Kangda can be used in Shanxi.

D. Regarding the plan of using the 115th Division to cooperate with the 2nd and 3rd Kuomintang Divisions, and after the enemy has penetrated quite deep, to attack Ling, Lai, Guang, Wei[5] and the north, and destroy the empty rear area, please focus on your study. Fan.If this is carried out, a new situation may be opened for a period of time. Although the enemy's strategic plan cannot be fundamentally undermined, it is possible to temporarily and partially disrupt it, which will greatly benefit the establishment of our base areas in Shanxi Province. Mao Zedong September 29 at ten o'clock

Printed from transcripts kept at the Central Archives. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Zhou refers to Zhou Enlai.Zhu, refers to Zhu De.Peng, referring to Peng Dehuai, was the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army at the time.Ren refers to Ren Bishi, who was then the director of the Political Department of the Eighth Route Army. [2] Wei Lihuang, then commander-in-chief of the 14th Group Army of the Kuomintang Army.Zeng Wanzhong (1896—?), a native of Daguan, Yunnan, was the commander of the Third Army of the Kuomintang Army at that time.Sun Lianzhong (1893-1990), a native of Xiongxian County, Hebei Province, was the head of the First Army Corps of the Kuomintang Army at that time.

[3] Ten major political platforms refer to the ten major programs for resisting Japan and saving the nation adopted at the Luochuan Meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee in August 1937, namely: 1. Overthrow Japanese imperialism; 2. General mobilization of the national military; 3. National people 4. Reform of political institutions; 5. Anti-Japanese foreign policy; 6. Wartime financial and economic policies; 7. Improving people's lives; 8. Anti-Japanese education policy; 10. National unity in the resistance against Japan. [4] Yan Xishan was then the commander-in-chief of the Second Theater of the Kuomintang Army.

[5] Refers to Lingqiu and Guangling in Shanxi and Laiyuan and Yuxian in Hebei.