Chapter 64 Development of Central China base area deployment

(April 5, 1940) De Huai, Ke Cheng, Chen Luo, Xue Feng, Hu Fu[1]: Although Han Deqin[2] failed to attack Eastern Anhui and retreated to the north of the Huaihe River, Li Pinxian[3] threatened to stop attacking the Dabie Mountains by the five regiments of my Li Xiannian[4] column, and Chiang Kai-shek also intended to stop In the military conflict, I negotiated terms with me. I wanted to bring our Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army into the north of the Yellow River, and delineate the north of the Yellow River as the defense area of ​​our two armies.But first, the enemy-occupied area in North China is expanding day by day, our struggle is becoming more and more difficult, and we cannot survive without entering Central China; It is my most important lifeline; thirdly, Jiang ordered Han Deqin, Li Pinxian, Li Zongren, Wei Lihuang[5] and all the Hubei, Henan, Anhui, and Soviet armies to attack our New Fourth Army. At this time, the necessary troops will be sent south.Huang led the 3rd, 4th and 4th Brigade to rest at the site and get in touch with Hu Fu and Xue Feng on the radio. They should follow the orders of Zhu and Peng [6] and drive to the north bank of the Huaihe River. Hu Fu went there first to wait. Opinions on the deployment of troops.The Pengwu detachment [7] also listened to Hu Fu and Kecheng's advice and dispatched to northern Jiangsu. It gradually moved southward from the vicinity of Xuzhou, and first occupied the counties north of Yancheng and Baoying.The slogan of the 344th Brigade and the Pengwu Detachment going south is still to rescue the New Fourth Army and cooperate with friendly forces to fight against Japan.If by that time Li Pinxian has retreated to attack the troops in Eastern Anhui, resumed the Lihuang office[8], released Mrs. Zhang[9] and all arrested party members, and returned the military funds, then our army may not enter Huainan for the time being, the first step Bounded by Yancheng, Baoying, Bengbu and Mengcheng.If Han and Li [10] come to attack, we will eliminate them; if Han and Li are willing to let the north of the line be our defense area, we will temporarily compromise.If Peng Wu's troops are insufficient, the 3rd, 4th, and 4th brigades will assist them.However, the whole of northern Jiangsu, eastern Anhui, and northern Huaihe is the territory we must contend for. All areas north of the Yangtze River, east of Huainan Road, north of Huaihe River, east of Kaifeng, south of Longhai Road, and west of the sea must all be established within one year. Anti-Japanese base area.Instruct the 344th Brigade, Pengwu Detachment, Xuefeng Detachment, Luo and Dai Detachment[11], Chen Yizhi and Ye Fei's Department[12] to cooperate with the local party and take full responsibility.All military operations are under the command of Zhu, Peng, and Comrade Hu Fu. All specific deployments, political slogans, political power construction, development plans, and united front policies are all under the responsibility of Hu Fu. After consultation with Kecheng and Xuefeng, they will consider and decide. Report to Zhu, Peng and the Central Military Commission.

Mao and Wang[13] micro unitary Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Dehuai, that is, Peng Dehuai, was the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army at that time.Kecheng, that is, Huang Kecheng (1902-1986), a native of Yongxing, Hunan, was a political commissar of the Second Column of the Eighth Route Army (composed of the 344th Brigade and the New 1st Brigade).Chen Luo refers to Chen Guang and Luo Ronghuan, who were acting commander and political commissar of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army at that time.Xuefeng, also known as Peng Xuefeng, was the commander and political commissar of the Sixth Detachment of the New Fourth Army at that time.Hu Fu, namely Liu Shaoqi.

[2] Han Deqin (1891-1988), born in Siyang, Jiangsu.At that time, he was the deputy commander-in-chief of the Lusu theater of the Kuomintang army and the chairman of the Jiangsu provincial government of the Kuomintang. [3] Li Pinxian was then the deputy commander-in-chief of the 5th Theater of the Kuomintang Army, commander-in-chief of the 21st Group Army, and chairman of the Anhui Provincial Government of the Kuomintang. [4] Li Xiannian (1909-1992), a native of Huang'an (now Hong'an), Hubei.At that time, he served as the commander of the Henan Hubei Advance Column of the New Fourth Army.

[5] Li Zongren (1891-1969), a native of Lingui, Guangxi, was the commander-in-chief of the Fifth Theater of the Kuomintang Army at that time.Wei Lihuang was the commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang Army's First Theater at that time. [6] Zhu and Peng refer to Zhu De and Peng Dehuai. [7] Pengwu Detachment refers to the Suluyu Detachment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army with Peng Mingzhi as its leader and Wu Wenyu as its political commissar. [8] Refers to the Luoyang Office of the Eighth Route Army. [9] Mrs. Zhang refers to Zhang Yunyi's wife, Han Bi.In February 1940, while crossing the river from the headquarters of the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui to the headquarters in Jiangbei with her youngest son, she was detained in Wuwei County, Anhui Province by the Eighth Regiment of the Anhui Security Guard of the Kuomintang Army under Li Pinxian.At the same time, cadres of the command headquarters and 70,000 yuan of military funds, important documents and a batch of weapons were also detained.After serious protests and constant struggle, Han Bi's mother and son were released in September of the same year.

[10] Han and Li refer to Han Deqin and Li Pinxian. [11] The Luo and Dai detachments refer to the Fifth Detachment of the Jiangbei Command of the New Fourth Army with Luo Binghui as the commander and the Fourth Detachment of the Jiangbei Command of the New Fourth Army with Dai Jiying as its political commissar. [12] Chen Yi's Ye Fei Department refers to the advancing column of the New Fourth Army Jiangnan People's Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army under the jurisdiction of the Jiangnan Command of the New Fourth Army under the command of Chen Yi and Ye Fei as the commander. [13] Wang, referring to Wang Jiaxiang, who was then vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China and director of the General Political Department.