Chapter 65 The Approach To Be Taken Towards The Centrists

(April 12, 1940) Chen Luo, Xue Feng, Hu Fu[1], and told Zhu Peng (turn left to yellow), Xu Zhu, Liu Deng, Xiang Ying[2]: The policy of a certain party [3] is to push all the centrists to fight against us, making them both losers, and making us offend the centrists, leaving us isolated.Therefore, regarding Yu Xuezhong [4] near Chen and Luo, He Zhuguo and Sun Tongxuan [5] near Xuefeng, the Sichuan Army, Guangxi Army, and Northwest Army near [6], and the Gui Army near Hufu, we must Take the following policy: (1) Send people directly or indirectly, or send letters to distribute leaflets, expressing that we are completely unwilling to fight with them, and asking them to take care of the overall situation and preserve their friendship, so as not to hurt both sides and benefit the fisherman. This kind of expression must continue.

(2) When they are forced to attack me by an order from a certain party, I should make a concession first, express my benevolence and righteousness, and seek a compromise halfway, on the condition that my fundamental interests are not harmed. (3) When they attack me recklessly and hinder my fundamental interests, I should give a resolute blow to some of them as a warning, and still seek mutual compromise after the fight. (4) Only when the centrists have turned into resolute and unchangeable diehards, such as Lu Zhonglin and Shi Yousan[7], can they adopt a policy of complete rupture, resolutely, thoroughly, cleanly and completely eliminate them. The nature of this policy is also It is a warning to other centrists, so that other centrists will be intimidated and dare not fight.

The specific implementation of the above policy is up to you to decide according to the situation, and the Central Army must also adopt this policy when attacking us.Because only some of the officers at all levels of the Central Army and the political training system are diehards, the rest are mostly middle-of-the-road, and there are also some progressives. The Central Army must not be regarded as all diehards. Central Secretariat and Military Commission April 12 Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------

note [1] Chen Luo, referring 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 refers to Peng Xuefeng, who was then the commander and political commissar of the Sixth Detachment of the New Fourth Army.Hu Fu, namely Liu Shaoqi. [2] Zhu, refers to Zhu De.Peng, referring to Peng Dehuai, was the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army at the time.Left, refers to Zuo Quan (1905-1942), a native of Liling, Hunan, who was then the deputy chief of staff and former chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army.Huang, refers to Huang Kecheng, who was then the Political Commissar of the Second Column of the Eighth Route Army.Xu Zhu refers to Xu Xiangqian and Zhu Rui, who were respectively the commander and political commissar of the First Column of the Eighth Route Army at that time.Liu Deng refers to Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping, who were respectively the commander and political commissar of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army at that time.Xiang Ying was then the Secretary of the New Fourth Army Branch of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China and the Deputy Commander of the New Fourth Army.

[3] Refers to the Kuomintang authorities. [4] Yu Xuezhong was the commander-in-chief of the Lusu Theater of the Kuomintang Army at that time. [5] He Zhuguo was the commander of the Second Cavalry Army of the Kuomintang Army at that time.Sun Tongxuan (1895-1978), born in Jiaohe (now Botou City), Hebei Province, was the commander-in-chief of the Third Army of the Kuomintang Army and the commander of the Twelfth Army at that time. [6] Xiannian, that is, Li Xiannian, was the commander of the advancing column of the New Fourth Army in Henan and Hubei at that time. [7] Lu Zhonglin, then commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang Army Hebei-Chahar Theater.Shi Yousan, was then the commander-in-chief of the 39th Army of the Kuomintang Army and the commander of the 69th Army.