Chapter 2 Chapter 01 Solving Guangdong's Battle Plan

In August 1949, the 4th and 15th Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army went south and marched into Guangdong. Guangdong defends the enemy, together with the 12th and 4th Corps, which fled from Fujian and Jiangxi to Guangdong, there are a total of 3 Corps and 11 armies with about 150,000 people, all under the command of Yu Hanmou, commander of the South China Military and Political Chief Office.According to the Kuomintang Ministry of National Defense's order to "consolidate northern Guangdong and secure Guangzhou", Yu decided to use the 4th and 21st Corps, a total of 7 armies, to deploy defenses along the Yuehan Road from Shaoguan to Guangzhou, in an attempt to prevent our army from advancing south.Its deployment is: the 39th and 63rd armies are located in Shaoguan, Nanxiong, and Shixing; the 50th, 23rd, and 70th armies are located in Yingde and its west and south areas; the 32nd and 109th armies are located in Conghua and Huaxian , Guangzhou, Zengcheng and other places.In addition, Yu Hanmou also used the 10th and 18th armies of the 12th Corps in Chao'an and Shantou to support the battle in northern Guangdong, and the 62nd and 64th armies were in Zhanjiang and Hainan Island to maintain a retreat.

As early as June 24, 1949, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China gave instructions to the South China Branch for the liberation of Guangzhou, and made specific arrangements for the liberation and takeover of Guangzhou. The South China Bureau also informed the Central China Bureau and the Hong Kong Working Committee: It has been written and telegraphed. 1. Celebrate your great victories. Two, buy time to consolidate these victories quickly.If you can use the two months of July and August to consolidate these victories, then within two months of September and October you can concentrate your main force, launch an offensive in the direction of the Guangzhou, Shaozhou, and Ganzhou lines, and expand your army and area to meet the Fourth Field Army and prepare to occupy Canton in November, December or January.

3. In the three districts of Dongjiang, Hanjiang and Minxi, you should freely recruit a large number of young students, open schools with thousands of people, and train cadres. Training, in preparation for taking over Guangzhou and other big cities.This cadre training work should be completed within 4 months from July to October, and we will be informed of the results.At the same time, Hong Kong should be ordered to train cadres, and a group of Guangzhou students can also be recruited to Dongjiang for training.In short, you should mainly be responsible for preparing the cadres who will take over the province.

Fourth, strengthen the leadership of the underground municipal party committee in Guangzhou, actively recruit party members, and prepare the conditions for internal and external cooperation. 5. The localities should also pay more attention to the underground party organizations in Guilin and Kunming. central June 24 [Sent to South China Branch, Linluo, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and Wangtai] In order to strengthen the unified leadership of the party, government and military work in Guangdong and Guangxi, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China appointed Ye Jianying as the first secretary of the South China Branch on August 1, 1949, Zhang Yunyi as the second secretary, and Fang Fang as the third secretary, all under the leadership of the Central China Bureau. . On September 7, under the chairmanship of Ye Jianying, the South China Branch Bureau held an enlarged meeting in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, emphasizing the strengthening of the unity between the main force and the guerrilla columns behind enemy lines in South China, and between the party committees of the field army and the local party committees in South China; determined the liberation of Guangdong Major issues such as the combat plan and the takeover of Guangdong.Regarding Guangdong, we should strive for a peaceful solution, and at the same time prepare to eliminate the stubborn enemy of Guangzhou.The specific combat deployment is: the 4th and 15th Corps and the Guangdong-Guangzhou Column are divided into 3 routes to go south: the 13th, 14th and 15th Corps of the 4th Corps are on the right, going south along both sides of the Yuehan Road, occupying Shaoguan, and heading straight to Guangzhou; The 43rd and 44th armies of the 15th Corps were on the middle road, going south through Wengyuan, Conghua and other places, and formed a pincer-shaped encirclement of Guangzhou with the right army; the Liangguang column also commanded the Guangdong Jiangxi Hunan border column and the Guangdong central column to form the left. Enter the Dongguan area from Heping, Longchuan and other places to cut off the enemy's escape route to the south.In addition, the Guangdong-Guangxi border area column advanced to Xinyi, Maoming, and Dianbai, and approached the Leizhou Peninsula to cooperate with the main force.

Deng Hua, commander of the 15th Corps, and Lai Chuanzhu, political commissar, attended the Ganzhou combat meeting.At the meeting, Deng Hua pointed out: "Our 4th Field Army marched into Zhongnan, eliminated the Jiang bandit gang, and liberated the whole of China, which has very important strategic significance for the overall situation. At present, we must make full use of the favorable opportunity of Cheng Qian and Chen Mingren in Hunan Province to announce the uprising to eliminate the enemy. There are vital forces, and then annihilate the enemy of Guangdong and seize Guangzhou. At this time, the general strategic intention is: first liberate Shaoguan and Guangzhou, and then conduct a roundabout campaign against Guangxi." Then, Lai Chuanzhu pointed out according to the enemy's report: "Chiang Kai-shek's army is in Baoqing, Hengyang, About 200,000 troops are deployed on the Shaoguan and Guangzhou lines, and they are building arc-shaped fortifications in an attempt to prevent our army from advancing. The US imperialists also sent a large number of military supplies to aid Chiang to Guangdong and Guangxi continuously, in order to achieve the goal of occupying Central South for a long time There are more than 150,000 enemy troops in Guangdong Province, and they are mainly deployed on the lines of Qujiang, Shixing, Wengyuan, and Guangzhou. Our 15th Corps is determined to cooperate well with the 43rd and 44th Corps; The Guangdong and Guangxi columns wiped out the enemies in Guangdong and liberated the whole of Guangdong." At this time, Commander Chen Geng of the 4th Corps further analyzed and judged the enemy's situation. He estimated that the enemy's decisive battle with our army in Qujiang and Guangzhou was unlikely. It is more likely to stick to Guangzhou or withdraw to Guangxi westward.

From July to August 1949, the People's Liberation Army had advanced to Hunan, Jiangxi, and Fujian provinces.Changsha, Ganzhou, Fuzhou and other places were liberated successively, and one-third of the territory of Guangdong was also liberated successively. The complete liberation of South China is just around the corner. In July, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China appointed Ye Jianying as the secretary of the South China Branch of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to preside over the work of liberating South China. According to the instructions of the Party Central Committee, at the beginning of September 1949, Ye Jianying and senior cadres from the Northeast, Beiping, Hankou, Nanchang, etc. who would join the Fourth Corps of the Second Field Army of the People's Liberation Army, the Fifteenth Corps of the Fourth Field Army and the Guangdong-Guangzhou Column who would liberate South China The local cadres who took over Guangdong successively arrived in Ganzhou to discuss the plan to liberate Guangzhou and South China.

From September 7 to 24, 1949, Ye Jianying presided over the combat meeting of the South China Branch of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the financial work meeting of the South China Branch of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the enlarged meeting of the South China Branch of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and the high-level meeting of the South China Branch of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Ganzhou. .According to the deployment of the Party Central Committee, the meeting specifically discussed, studied and resolved a series of major issues in liberating Guangdong:

1. Discussed the enemy's situation in Guangdong and the instructions of the Central Military Commission, and worked out the "Battle Plan for Solving Guangdong"; 2. Study and determine the composition and candidates of the party, government, and military leadership organizations after the liberation of Guangzhou; 3. Discussed and formulated relevant monetary policies in South China; 4. Study and formulate various policies for taking over Guangzhou; 5. Discussed the local armed forces' cooperation with the military operations of the southward army and the support work, and made the "Decision on the Work of the Support Work" and the "Resolution on the Past Work in South China and Guangdong".

The Ganzhou meeting is a meeting of great historical significance, and it is also a meeting of unity and meeting of teachers.Local cadres and military cadres from all over the world gathered in Ganzhou for the common goal of liberating Guangdong, unified deployment and unified policies, so that the armies from all walks of life unified their understanding, united as one, and went to the front line with confidence, and finally won the battle of liberating Guangzhou and even the whole of Guangdong. victory. Telegram from the Central Military Commission to Ye Jianying and others regarding Chen Geng and Deng Hua's two corps marching southward to capture Guangzhou

Ye Fang, Comrade Chen Dengzhu and told Lin Deng: 1. I am very pleased that you have already gathered in Ganzhou.The content of your meeting should be decided briefly according to the repeated telegrams from the central government and the interview with Jianying. 2. The South China Branch led by Fang Fang and other comrades, as well as the party committees and people's armed forces in various parts of South China have made great achievements.The new South China branch and the main force of the People's Liberation Army that is about to enter South China should have sufficient and appropriate estimates of such achievements, so that comrades on both sides can unite and work in harmony, learn from each other, learn from each other's strengths, and strive for a great victory.

3. While you have a meeting, you can order the two corps to start marching south.The first step is to advance to the line of Shaoguan and Wengyuan, and prepare to rest on this line for a few days before capturing Guangzhou.We believe that we should not divide our troops to go to Huizhou, and it is appropriate to occupy Huizhou after the capture of Guangzhou.Because the main force of the four fields can advance to the Zhijiang, Baoqing, and Hengzhou lines in mid-September.Bai Chongxi must retreat to Guangxi without a fight (he will never fight me in Hunan, the suspicious formation is for the purpose of delaying our army's advance).Our Chen and Deng Corps should strive to occupy Guangzhou in the second half of October, and the Chen Corps is expected to enter the Wuzhou area in November.The main force of the four fields entered the Liuzhou and Guilin areas at the same time. In December, you can go deep into Guangxi and look for Baibu to fight.Liu Deng led the main force of the second field, and could enter Guizhou in November and Chongqing in December.In this way, our various armies can cooperate with each other.If you have any comments on the marching time and attack targets, please let me know. Military Commission Shenzi Military Commission, Lin Deng Xiao Zhao, and Liu Deng Zhang Li: 1. We convened a combat meeting on September 7, presided over by Yeh. The participants were Youfang, comrades from the sub-bureau, Deng, Lai, Hong, Xiao, Zeng, Lei, Geng, Guo, and Liu.Discuss the results. 2. To solve the Guangdong issue, we followed the intention of the Military Commission to eliminate the enemies of Beijiang and Dongjiang first, occupy Qujiang and Huiyang, create conditions for a peaceful solution, and strive for a peaceful solution.At the same time, prepare to deal with the stubborn enemy who sticks to Guangzhou. Three, build up.Because the Fourth Corps and the Fifteenth Corps were too far apart, they strived to develop at the same time and advance side by side, and suddenly encircled them in a pincer shape, so they had to gather first.The assembly area is the Nankang and Xinfeng areas of the 15th Corps.Except for the 15th Army which assembled in the Nanxiong area first, the main force of the 4th Corps waited for the 15th Corps to pass through, and assembled on the line of Renhua and Rucheng.The Guangdong and Guangxi columns assembled in the area south of Xingguo.The above can be completed by the end of September. 4. Combat plan: 1. If the enemy defends the Qujiang and Yingde lines and resists stubbornly, the main force of the Fourth Corps will advance along the Yuehan Road and the east and west sides, except for one part that will detour from the west to the enemy's left side by the railway.The Fifteenth Corps moved from Sannan to Yingde or to the north to cut off the enemy's return route, seeking to annihilate four of the enemy's armies.Use the Guangdong-Guangzhou column to detour southward through Huiyang, and take advantage of Huizhou. If necessary, reinforce it with an army.The main force of the South China [Branch] Bureau actively feigned an attack in the direction of Chaoshan to contain and confuse the enemy. 2. If the enemy concentrates the main force to retreat to Guangzhou and Humen, we will advance southward along Yuehan Road to the north and west of Guangzhou with the 4th Corps, advance to the east of Guangzhou with the 15th Corps, and insert the Guangdong-Guangzhou Column to the south of Guangzhou to cut off Guangzhou. The connection between Humen and the joint efforts to gather and annihilate the enemy in Guangzhou.The troops of the South China Branch are still monitoring and suppressing the Chaoshan enemy. 3. The engineering units of the 4th and 15th Corps divided the work and repaired the two arterial roads from Ganzhou to Guangzhou via Qujiang, Wengyuan, and Conghua, and from Nankang to Guangzhou via Longnan, Heping, and Heyuan to facilitate transportation. 5. It is suggested that after the Ye Fei Corps captured Xiamen, they should command a unit to go out of Shantou.In Hunan, it is best to move at the same time and feint to the east to cooperate.Please review and follow if the above planned combat plan is correct. Ye Jianying Chen Geng September 8 Ye Jianying and Chen Gengdian on the Action Plan of the Central Military Commission for the Capture of Guangzhou (September 12, 1949) Jianying and Chen Geng: On the 8th, it was reported.In the first step, the two corps assembled and rested for a few days. In the second step, they marched together to Qujiang and Wengyuan areas and rested for a few days. In the third step, they joined forces to capture Guangzhou. Other than that, they agreed. Military Commission September 12 ——Fang Fang and Ye Jianying reported work and resolutions (September 12, 1949) Attendees: Ye Jianying, Lai Chuanzhu, Hong Xuezhi, Deng Hua, Liu Zhijian, Chen Geng, Lei Jingtian, Huang Songjian, Zeng Sheng, Liu Xiangdong, Lin Xi, Chen Jian, Zhu Manping, Xie Yucai. Chairman: Chief of Staff Yeh 1. Comrade Fang’s report: The army decided to start operations in early October. The most important work at present is the issue of support, which is currently being planned and arranged, and can be discussed today.In addition to this problem, the sub-bureau has also ordered the army to march into other areas other than Beijiang, which is the main route, and start operations during the army's marching period to provide due active cooperation.The first is Chaoshan. It is now decided to ask the three main forces of Minzong to go down to luck, contact the second Chaoshan branch, solve the surrounding counties of Shantou, and prepare to cooperate with the three when they enter Guangdong to attack Shantou.On the Xingmei side, since the enemy has retreated and regained liberation, order should be restored quickly and the front should be mobilized.The enemy in Jie, Wu, and Feng is still trying to harass. I have now concentrated 5,000 troops here, and I want to consolidate this area, and cooperate to attack Shan when Sanye advances to Shan. The Dongjiang area is divided into several aspects: the Heyuan area is now ordering the Yuezong to monitor the enemy in Heyuan, and the two verticals will cooperate to solve it when they go south.If it can't be solved, cooperate with the two verticals and go straight down to Guangjiu Road to control Humen.Laolong and Zijin cooperated with our army in Chaozhou and Shantou to monitor and prevent the enemy from advancing westward, so as to facilitate food collection and other support work in the south of the Yangtze River. In the Beijiang area, it was ordered to gather the main force to stop the enemy when the army advances, and prevent the enemy from destroying bridges and grabbing food. Since Xijiang and the Central District will not enter the area until the army has liberated Guangzhou, it is currently impossible to support the front work and coordinate operations, but preparations should be made, so he has been ordered to advance to both sides of the Xijiang River to eliminate the enemies and bandits along the Xijiang River. , so that after occupying Guangzhou, the army can go back up the river smoothly and safely when entering Guangxi in the future. The South Road ordered them to advance towards Mao, Dian, and Xin, and urged Tan Qixiu to revolt and eliminate the enemies in the area so that they could proceed when the army advanced to the area in the future, and they cooperated with the army to solve the South Road. The whole arrangement is roughly like this.The telegram that has been drafted can be sent after it is sent to everyone for review. 2. Report of the Chief of Staff: My march will be divided into three stages: the first is to solve Qujiang, the second is to solve Guangzhou, and the third is to go west and enter Guangxi.At present, the enemy is divided into three groups: Chaoshan, Beijiang, and Heyuan. Chaoshan: The Ye Fei Corps started operations in Fujian on the 18th, and they can enter Chaoshan as soon as Zhang and Xiamen are settled.At that time, Fujian Zong will have a team of 12,000 people to cooperate with him to solve Shantou. Dongjiang: In the Heyuan and Huiyang areas, the enemy's 196th Division and 2nd or 3rd Security Division can be solved by the two columns and Lin Ping's main force in the future.If you can't solve it, go straight to Humen and solve Guangzhou first.The staff officers sent by the two columns have already set off for peace, and they plan to discuss with them the issue of cooperation in future operations when marching.We plan to call Lin Ping first and ask him to cooperate.A little later, I plan to invite Zeng Dian (Sheng) to go first and hold a meeting with Lin Ping in peace to discuss and solve all the problems of the march.The two verticals will not be able to reach peace until early October, when the main force of the two corps can reach Qujiang, and the two sides can just cooperate. Xijiang: It can cooperate with Qujiang during the battle. The task is to eliminate the enemies on both sides of the Xijiang River, so that the main force can go west smoothly after the settlement of Guangzhou in the future.The current difficulty is that there is no radio connection to the area. Regarding the food issue, in addition to Beijiang's plan, which can be implemented after it is proposed and approved today, Lin Ping has ordered them to form a trading company to purchase grain and prepare to supply Guangzhou after the liberation of Guangzhou.Guangdong's grain is mainly produced in the Dongjiang River and the Delta, especially the Delta. The enemy is now searching for large quantities from this place from Hong Kong.One of the attempts may be to use it to attack us, and the other is to buy it for ordinary businessmen to make money.I have ordered Hong Kong to set up a trading company and allocated a large amount of capital to purchase there. In addition, Beijiang and Xijiang should also supply firewood to Guangzhou, which they are also asked to carry out.It is estimated that there will be no major difficulties on the Wu-Yong line of food when we go west in the future. The main difficulty will be on the northern line. Banknote issue: It is now decided that Dongjiang and Hanjiang will use Nanfang notes, while Beijiang and Guangzhou will use Renmin notes.The price comparison between Southern Bonds and Renminbi Bonds, according to the Central China Bureau’s regulations on the exchange of Renminbi Bonds and Guangyang’s circulation in Guangdong, is that Guangyang’s 1 yuan is equal to Renminbi’s 2,000 yuan, so the exchange of Southern Bonds for Renminbi should be 1 to 250 yuan.This price comparison has been notified everywhere. 3. Decision matters: (1) The pre-support draft will be printed and sent out after being revised according to the points added by each person (see the original text of the draft). (2) Regarding the issue of marching reports, it was decided: 1. Unified publication. 2. When the army entered Qujiang, it began to report. 3. The specific measures will be determined at a meeting of the Yichuan Department of the sub-bureau, the Liangbingtuan and the Zhenren of the Xinhua Branch of the Liangzong. The meeting date will be held at 11:00 am tomorrow. (3) Regarding the preparations for the high-level cadre meeting, it was decided that the sub-bureau, the Corps, and the two verticals will send people to discuss the meeting, and the 15th Corps will be in charge of the meeting. The meeting time will be set at 9:00 am tomorrow. (4) In addition to Ye, Fang, and Chen, high-level cadres who will speak, Deng, Lai, Hong, Guo, Liu, Zeng, Lei, etc. are invited to speak to show encouragement. Fang Fang's introduction to the situation in Guangdong at the Ganzhou Senior Officials Meeting (1) Regional division during the struggle: 1. The Party Committee of the Guangdong-Jiangxi-Hunan Border Region (from the east of Yuehan Road to Heping, Wuhua, Zijin, Haifeng, Lufeng, and southern Jiangxi and southern Hunan).It has 6 prefectural committees and 29 counties under its jurisdiction. ① Jiulian Prefectural Committee: Heping, Lianping, Longchuan, Heyuan, Zijin, Wuhua. ②Jiangnan Prefectural Committee: Huiyang, Dongguan, Baoan, Haifeng, Lufeng, Zijin South. (The place where Dongzong made his fortune) ③Jiangbei (Dongjiang) Prefectural Committee: Boluo, Zengcheng, Longmen, Conghua. ④ Wengjiang Prefectural Committee: Wengyuan, Xinfeng, Fogang, Yingde, and Qingyuan. ⑤ Wuling Prefectural Committee: Nanxiong, Shixing, Qujiang, Renhua, Lechang. ⑥Pearl River Delta Prefectural Committee: Zhongshan, Nanhai, Shunde, Panyu, Sanshui, Huaxian, and Jiulian have all been liberated; Jiangnan has been liberated except for a few towns; most of Jiangbei’s villages have been liberated; Feng has been completely liberated; most of the villages in Fogang and other places have been liberated; most of the villages in Nanxiong and Shixing in Wuling have been liberated, and a small part of them have been liberated; the villages around Wugui Mountain in Zhongshan County in the Pearl River Delta have been liberated, and other areas have been worked on. , the region (in Guangdong) has a liberated population of about 4 million people. 2. The Party Committee of the Fujian-Guangdong-Jiangxi Border Region (Chaomei, Southwest Fujian, and Jiangxi have no jobs yet).Under the jurisdiction of 2 prefectural committees, 15 counties and cities. ①Meizhou Prefectural Party Committee: Meixian, Dapu, Xingning, Jiaolingdong, Pingyuan. ②Chaoshan prefectural committees: Jieyang, Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai, Nanshan, Chaoan, Chenghai, Raoping, Shantou, Nan'ao (no job yet). Meizhou has been completely liberated; the entire Nanshan area of ​​Chaoshan and the counties of Huilai and Puning have been liberated, and most of the remaining villages have been liberated.The whole region (within the territory of Guangdong) has liberated about 4 million people. 3. The Party Committee of the Southern Guangdong-Guangxi Border Area (Guangdong South Road and southern Guangxi with Guangzhou Bay or Zhanjiang as the center) has 5 prefectural committees and 15 counties under its jurisdiction. ①Prefectural committees in the south of Guangdong and Guangxi: Huaxian, Wuchuan, Lianjiang (another part of Guangxi). ②Leizhou Prefectural Committee: Suixi, Zhanjiang, Haikang, Xuwen. ③ One Hundred Thousand Mountains Committee: Qin County, Fangcheng (another part of Guangxi). ④Sixty Thousand Mountains Committee: Hepu, Lingshan (another part in Guangxi). ⑤Gaozhou Prefectural Committee: Maoming, Dianbai, Xinyi, Meilai. The city of Xuwen County has been liberated, and most of the villages in other counties have been liberated, and some have been partially liberated. The liberated population of the whole region is about 1 million (not counting the southern part of Guangxi). 4. The Party Committee of Qiongya District has 5 prefectural committees and 16 counties under its jurisdiction. ①Central District Committee: Yaxian, Ledong, Baoting, and Baisha. ②Eastern District Committee: Qiongdong, Lehui, Wanning, Lingshui. ③Prefectural committees of the Southern District: Changjiang, Thanksgiving, Ledong, and Yaxian each. ④Western District Committee: Lingao, Chengmai, Danxian, Baisha. ⑤Northern District Committee: Wenchang, Ding'an, Qiongshan and Chengmai. The region has a population of about 2.5 million, of which 1.5 million have been liberated, and there are more than 500,000 people in the guerrilla zone. 5. The Party Committee of Central Guangdong District has 4 prefectural committees and 13 counties under its jurisdiction. ① New Gaohe Prefectural Committee: Gaoming, Xinhui, Heshan, Kaiping. ②New Enyang Prefectural Committee: Xinxing, Enping, Yangchun, Yangjiang. ③Prefectural Committee of Binhai District: Taishan, Chixi and a part of Yangjiang. ④Three prefectural committees: Yunfu, Yunan, and Luoding. The liberated population of the region (including guerrilla areas) was about 2.5 million. 6. Xijiang District [Party] Committee: Under the jurisdiction of 2 prefectural committees and 10 counties. ① Suijiang Prefectural Party Committee: Guangning (the whole county was liberated), Sihui, Fengchuan, Gaoyao, Deqing, Kaijian, Qingyuan. ②Xiaobeijiang Prefectural Committee: Lianxian, Lianshan, Liannan, Ruyuan, and Yangshan (mainly in the first two counties), the district has liberated a population of about 450,000. In the whole province of Guangdong, most of the villages have been liberated, and the population of the liberated areas is about 13.5 million, which is equal to more than 40% of the province's population of 32 million. (2) Number of troops and their distribution: 1. Guangdong, Jiangxi and Hunan border column: (established in January 1949) the main force is 12,000 people, and the other local troops are: Dongyi Team (Gangnam) East Second Detachment (Ninth Company) East Third Detachment (Jiangbei) North Team (Weng Jiang) North Second Detachment (Wuling) The 5 detachments have a total of about 10,000 people. There are about 1,000 guerrillas in the Pearl River Delta. A total of 33,000 people (more than 3,000 people from the southern Hunan detachment and the southern Jiangxi detachment are not counted). 2. Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi Border Columns (established in January 1949).The main force is 3,700 people, and the other local forces are: The first detachment (Meixian) consisted of 3,000 people (Lianxian Independent Regiment). The second detachment (Chaoshan) has 4,500 people (same as above). The fourth detachment (Han Dong) has 1,500 people. A total of 12,700 people (not counting about 7,000 people in southern Fujian and western Fujian). 3. Guangdong-Guangxi Southern Column (established in August 1949).The main force is 1800 people. The first team (in the south of Guangdong and Guangxi) consisted of 1,000 people. The second detachment (Leizhou) has 2,000 people. The third detachment (Shiwan Dashan) has about 3,000 people. The fourth detachment (Liuwan Dashan) has about 500 or 600 people. A total of about 8,000 people (the number in Guangxi is not counted). 4. Qiongya Column (from 1927 to the present, it has not stopped the armed struggle against the enemy, and the column was established in the late period of the Anti-Japanese War).The main force is about 15,000 to 20,000 people (excluding the armed forces below the county level). 5. Guangdong Central Column (established in July 1949).The main force is armed with 6,000 to 7,000 people above the county level, of which about 1,000 are the main force. 6. Xijiang.Suijiang and Xijiang detachments contracted 5,000 to 6,000 people. In total, there are about 80,000 troops in the province. (3) In terms of political power: 1. Temporary People’s Administrative Committees have been established in Chaomei, Dongjiang, and Central Districts; Beijiang Provisional People’s Administrative Committees will be established soon; Hainan has established a People’s Government. 2. More than one-third of the counties in the province have established people's governments, half of which are relatively sound, and the rest are in rural areas or mobile with the army. 3. In most of the villages in the whole province, most of them have rural regimes, and some of them are double-faced regimes. 4. The work of governments at all levels is to collect public grain, reduce rent, eliminate bandits, relieve famine, produce loans (in some areas), and run literacy blackboard newspapers, etc. Chen Geng's military report at the high-level meeting There are about 150,000 enemies in Guangdong, but they are newly reorganized and rebuilt, and their combat effectiveness is very weak. Our army has an absolute advantage in both quantity and quality.Secondly, to assess the enemy's intentions, there are two possibilities: retreat or hold on, but all our preparations should start from the enemy's hold.Because Guangzhou and the enemy's last city and sea (port) port are also imperialist barriers in Southeast Asia, it is very likely that the enemy will stick to it.Speaking of my advantages, I pointed out: First, it is the correct leadership of the Central Military Commission and Lin, Deng, and the South China Branch. This is the greatest guarantee of victory. Second, the enemy is weak and has internal contradictions, which can be used by me. 3. Comrade Fang Fang and others have established the people's armed forces and political power after three years of hard work, as well as the strong support of the people in the liberated areas. 4. The cooperation of the armies of the Second Field and the Fourth Field made it impossible for the enemy to deal with it. 5. I have an army of strong quantity and quality, claiming 300,000 people.But at the same time, we must fully estimate the possible difficulties: A. Food supply is not available; B. A large amount of currency is issued, and it is concentrated along the traffic lines, which affects the rise of prices; C. The traffic is destroyed by the enemy; D. Mountain combat tactics are unfamiliar; E. Speech barrier and disease prevalence. But the above-mentioned difficulties are difficulties in victory. As long as we have some ideological understanding and earnest preparations, we can overcome them, and if we have gained some experience in the Hunan, Yunnan and Jiangxi campaigns, we can quickly end the battle in Guangdong.Obey the policy, pay attention to economy, pay attention to the health of people and horses, and implement the three major disciplines and eight attentions, and the difficulties can be reduced or alleviated.Study the tactical issues of mountain warfare, such as: control of the commanding heights, bold encirclement, making full use of terrain, ground features, organization and use of firepower, night combat, etc., and point out that after the battle is launched, one should go forward bravely regardless of everything, Resolutely complete the task. Cooperate with the main problem.Focusing on the review of this issue by the Party Committee of the Fourth Corps and some lessons learned in the history of our party on the issue of joining forces, it has attracted the attention of the entire army, pointing out: First, it is necessary to fully estimate the opponent's performance and educate all personnel in the army. Second, we must fully estimate the difficulties of the other party and not make excessive demands. Third, we must resolutely obey and implement the decisions of the South China branch and local party and government laws and regulations. Fourth, take the interests of the people into consideration at all times and minimize the burden on the people. Fifth, we must humbly recognize and learn from each other's strengths, respect each other, and carry forward self-criticism.Oppose pride, because pride will inevitably underestimate the enemy, and underestimating the enemy will lead to paralysis.Because pride will inevitably destroy unity and violate the interests of the people. Therefore, we must strictly abide by Chairman Mao's ten military principles, be modest, cautious, guard against arrogance, and guard against impetuosity, and complete the major tasks entrusted by the party with a conscientious spirit. South China Branch state