Chapter 77 Letter to Feng Yuxiang[1]

(December 5, 1936) Mr. Huanzhang: From newspapers, radio, and friends in Shanghai and Nanjing, I learned that my husband was full of righteous indignation for resisting Japan and saving the nation. Although I didn't meet him, it was like meeting him. In the face of the catastrophe of national subjugation, regardless of party beliefs, they will suffer catastrophe. Therefore, it is only natural to cooperate to save the nation. However, Mr. Chiang Kai-shek is still going his own way, and has no determination to fight against Japan. Internally, he mobilized 300 regiments to "suppress the Communists."Recently, our army launched a counterattack. One brigade of Hu Zongnan's army was defeated and another brigade was destroyed.

There seems to be no urgent task at present to stop the civil war.Mr. Chengde climbed up and shouted, and all the mountains responded. Today is a truce, and tomorrow the Red Army and the Northwest "communist suppression" armies can immediately enter the Suiyuan[4] battlefield.Otherwise, the battles of Songhu on the Great Wall[5] can be used as a lesson. Although the country is a hundred miles away, it is impossible to reach it! Although Mao Zedong and Mr. are in different places, they are inseparable. Needle, dare not ask for it! Our anti-Japanese and national salvation program can be found in the letter to the Chinese Kuomintang on August 25th [6], and I sent someone to pay for it before. I accept it and inspect it. If you have any judgments, I would like to accept it.

Mr. Dong Zhentang[7], the old subordinates, have made great progress, which can be comforted.The book is not enough. Su Song Xunqi! Mao Zedong handwriting December 5th According to the "Selected Letters of Mao Zedong" published by People's Publishing House in 1983. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Feng Yuxiang (1882-1948), courtesy name Huanzhang, was born in Chao County, Anhui.After the September 18th Incident in 1931, he advocated resistance to Japan and opposed Chiang Kai-shek's non-resistance policy.In 1933, in cooperation with the Communist Party of China, he organized the People's Anti-Japanese Allied Army in Zhangjiakou and served as the commander-in-chief.In 1936, he served as the vice chairman of the Military Commission of the Kuomintang government.

[2] See note [4] on page 465 of this volume. [3] Husband Jishi, the word means that person. [4] Suiyuan, see note [16] on page 371 of this volume. [5] Great Wall Anti-Japanese War, see note [5] on page 465 of this volume.For the Anti-Japanese War in Songhu, see note [6] on page 465 of this volume. [6] See pages 424-433 of this volume. [7] Dong Zhentang (1895-1937), a native of Xinhe, Hebei.He used to be the teacher of Feng Yuxiang's department.In 1931, the 26th Route Army of the Kuomintang Army was sent by Chiang Kai-shek to Jiangxi to "encircle and suppress" the Red Army, and Dong served as the commander of the 73rd Brigade of the Ministry.On December 14 of the same year, Dong Zhentang, Zhao Bosheng and Ji Zhentong led an uprising in Ningdu, Jiangxi Province, and joined the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army. The uprising troops were organized into the Fifth Red Army Corps.In 1936, Dong served as commander of the Fifth Army of the Red Army.