Chapter 21 V. Reorganization of the Northeast Bureau and the July 7th Resolution

In the process of building and consolidating base areas, there were two major events in the Northeast situation during this period, namely the reorganization of the Northeast Bureau and the July 7th Resolution. Since my army of 100,000 entered the Northeast, the situation has been relatively difficult. Facing the continuous entry of the Kuomintang troops into the Northeast and the reception of the Kuomintang government to various parts of the Northeast after the withdrawal of the Soviet Army, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has paid close attention to the development of the situation in the Northeast.In the telegram exchange with the leading cadres in the Northeast, the Central Committee felt that the internal opinions of the leading cadres in the Northeast were not unified enough and their authority was not strong.After careful consideration, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made an important decision to adjust the leading cadres in the Northeast. On June 16, 1946, the CPC Central Committee issued the following decision:

Northeast Bureau: The current situation in Northeast China is serious. In order to unify the leadership, it was decided to appoint Lin Biao as the secretary of the Northeast Bureau, the commander-in-chief and political commissar of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army; Comrades Peng Zhen, Luo Ronghuan, Gao Gang, and Chen Yun as the deputy secretary and deputy political commissar of the Northeast Bureau. And Lin, Peng, Luo, Gao, and Chen formed the Standing Committee of the Northeast Bureau.The Central Committee believes that this division of labor is not only necessary but also possible under the current circumstances. The Central Committee believes that all comrades will be able to work together and unite under the new division of labor to overcome difficulties and strive for victory.

This decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was carried out until the end of the Northeast Liberation War. The leadership team of the Northeast Bureau has always been like this, and there has been no change during this period. At this time, the Northeast Bureau had just moved from Changchun to Harbin (after the Northeast Bureau withdrew from Shenyang, it first moved to Benxi, then Fushun, and then Changchun, and moved to Harbin on May 21), and Lin Biao was still in the frontline troops.After receiving instructions from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Northeast Bureau commissioned Gao Gang and Tan Zheng to go to Wuchang County in the south of the Heilongjiang River to bring Lin Biao back to Harbin.Since then, Lin Biao has fully presided over the party, government and military work in the Northeast.

In order to implement the spirit of the central government's instructions, the Northeast Bureau held an enlarged meeting of the Northeast Bureau in Harbin in early July. This is an important meeting that leading cadres have attended the most since our army entered the Northeast.Lin Biao, Peng Zhen, Luo Ronghuan, Chen Yun, Gao Gang, Li Fuchun, Li Lisan, Zhang Wentian, Cai Chang, Lin Feng, members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Northeast China, Huang Kecheng, Wang Shoudao, Tan Zheng, Chen Yu, Yun Ze (Wulanfu), Xiao Jinguang, Wan Yi, Lu Zhengcao, Gu Dacun and others attended the meeting.

After a full discussion at the meeting, on the basis of a unified understanding, Chen Yun drafted it, discussed it repeatedly, and reported it to the Central Committee for revision by Mao Zedong. Finally, the "Resolution on the Situation and Tasks in Northeast China" was formed.Because it was passed at the meeting on July 7, it is also referred to as the "July 7 Resolution".The resolution clarified that it is necessary to establish a mental preparation for long-term and arduous struggle, to admit one's current weaknesses, to rely on the masses, to rely on one's own efforts, and to establish a solid base.The resolution emphasized that whether or not the peasants can be truly mobilized is the key to the success or failure of our party in the Northeast.Therefore, all Communist Party members who may go to the countryside, regardless of whether they are civil or military, male or female, or qualified, should all go to the countryside.

Luo Ronghuan once said the following about the July 7th Resolution: "This decision is of great significance to the Northeast, and it can also be said to be the key to transformation." According to the requirements of the "July 7th Resolution", a large number of work teams went to the countryside.According to statistics, a total of 120,000 cadres from the Northeast went to the countryside at that time, including old revolutionaries like Zhang Wentian to young students who had just joined the revolution.In this way, a new upsurge of profound rural revolution was set off in the Northeast. The upsurge of land reform and bandit suppression mentioned above was gradually formed under this policy.

Before and after the enlarged meeting of the Northeast Bureau, the headquarters of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army made some adjustments to the establishment of all the troops in the Northeast.The main reason for the adjustment is that when the 100,000 troops entered the Northeast last year, all the troops still used the original designations, which was not very convenient for unified command.In the past year, several military regions have been established in response to the changing situation, and there are also many gaps with the current actual situation.The Northeast Democratic Alliance Army series after unified adjustment and reorganization is as follows:

Commander-in-Chief and Political Commissar Lin Biao. Deputy Commanders Zhou Baozhong, Lu Zhengcao, and Xiao Jinguang. Deputy political commissars Peng Zhen, Luo Ronghuan, Gao Gang, and Chen Yun. First Chief of Staff Xiao Jinguang (concurrently). Second Chief of Staff Wu Xiuquan. Tan Zheng, Director of the Political Department. Zhou Huan, deputy director of the Political Department. Ye Jizhuang, Minister of Logistics. Yang Zhicheng, political commissar of the Ministry of Logistics. The headquarters has four military regions directly under its jurisdiction (the former North Manchurian Military Region was revoked):

Li Tianyou, commander of the Songjiang Military Region, and Zhang Xiushan, political commissar. Fang Qiang, commander of the Hejiang Military Region, and Luo Fu (Zhang Wentian), political commissar. Li Jingpu, commander of the Mudanjiang Military Region (soon to be merged into the Hejiang Military Region), and Li Dazhang, political commissar. Ar Sigen, Commander of the Inner Mongolia People's Self-Defense Army Xing'an Military Region, and Ha Fenghe, Political Commissar. In addition to the Northeast Bureau directly leading the Northeast Bureau, the entire Northeast region has established the following three military regions in Northeast China:

Huang Kecheng, commander of the Ximan Military Region, Li Fuchun, political commissar, and Hong Xuezhi, deputy commander.The Ximan Military Region has three military regions under its jurisdiction: Ni Zhiliang, commander of the Nenjiang Military Region, and Liu Xiwu, political commissar. Deng Hua, commander of the Liaoji Military Region, and Tao Zhu, political commissar. Ye Changgeng, commander of the Longjiang Military Region, and Wang Heshou, political commissar. Xiao Hua, commander and political commissar of the Liaodong (South Manchuria) Military Region, Wu Kehua and Zeng Kelin, deputy commanders, Jiang Hua and Mo Wenhua, deputy political commissars.The Liaodong Military Region has two military regions under its jurisdiction:

Zhang Xuesi, commander of the Liaoning Military Region, and Bai Jian, political commissar. Wu Ruilin, commander of the Southern Liaoning Military Region, and Lin Yishan, political commissar. Zhou Baozhong, commander of the Jilin Military Region, Chen Zhengren, political commissar, Chen Guang, deputy commander, and Zhang Qilong, deputy political commissar. The troops of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army are organized as follows: Wan Yi, the commander of the First Column, Li Zuopeng and Liang Xingchu, the deputy commanders, and Zhou Chiping, the deputy political commissar. Liu Zhen, commander of the Second Column, and Wu Faxian, political commissar. Cheng Shicai, the commander of the three verticals, and Luo Shunchu, the political commissar. Wu Kehua, the commander of the Four Columns, and Peng Jiaying, the political commissar. Chen Guang, commander of the Sixth Column, Lai Chuanzhu, political commissar, Yang Guofu, deputy commander, and Liu Qiren, deputy political commissar. Zhu Rui, Commander of the Artillery Command, and Qiu Chuangcheng, Political Commissar. He Jinnian, commander of the cavalry headquarters, and Zhang Rong, political commissar. Su Jin, commander of the Route Guard Army, and Wang Guangwen, deputy commander. In addition, there are seven independent divisions in North Manchuria and three independent divisions in South Manchuria.Under the headquarters, there are military and political universities, artillery schools, engineering schools, and aviation schools. In September 1946, the Central Military Commission decided to assign the Reliao Column and Jidong Column of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region to the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army.Huang Yongsheng, commander of the Reliao Column, and Zhu Qiwen, political commissar; Zhan Caifang, commander of the Eastern Jidong Column, and Li Chuli, political commissar The coalition was established with Cheng Zihua as acting commander and political commissar, Li Yunchang, Chen Qihan, Huang Yongsheng as deputy commanders, and Huang Huoqing as deputy political commissar. It also governs three military regions: Rehe Military Region, Jidong Military Region, and Jirecha Military Region) . According to statistics after reorganization in October 1946, the total number of Northeast Democratic Alliance Army was 324,000.