1. According to reports from various sources: Wang Jinyu’s 47th Division and Guo Huazong’s 43rd Division, together with Hao Mengling’s division, are positioned along the line from Yongfeng through Jishui to Shuidong; Han Deqin is at Xingan; Gong Bingfan has moved to Taihe; Luo Lin appears likely to remain in Ji’an. Sun Lianzhong’s units—the 115th (under Sun) and the 117th (under Gao Shuxun)—are reported to have already arrived in the areas of Le’an, Gongfang, and Daifang, accompanied by a cavalry division. Hu Zuyu’s entire division has shifted to the vicinity of Nanfeng; the divisions commanded by Mao and Xu are still stationed around Nanfeng, while Lu Xiaochen’s division is located north of Le’an and Dongpi. The divisions under Cai and Dai remain near Xingguo. Liu Heding is still in Jianning, and Zhou Zhiqun is in Ninghua (details regarding the remaining enemy dispositions are provided in the General Staff’s communiqué).  (1) The First Front Army has decided to relocate its units for reorganization, training, and fund-raising, and to deploy as follows:

Three: With the exception of one division left at Xiaotian to monitor and keep watch over enemy forces heading toward Nanfeng and Le’an, the remainder of the Third Corps should immediately move to the area north of the Ningdu River—specifically to Lai Village, Ge, Chengjiang, Meijiao, Shanliao, and Gulonggang—for operational work and training. The command post is to be established at Lai Village.

Four: The Third Army should take up positions near Tengtian to carry out its tasks while maintaining vigilance against enemy forces in Yongfeng and Jishui. Should the enemy advance, it is to withdraw toward Shaxi. Its primary focus will be on self-reorganization and training.

Five: The Fourth Army should promptly move to the region encompassing Guangchang, Yiqian, Shicheng, and Zhantian to conduct operational work and training. Its command post is to be located between Toupi and Ningdu, and it is to maintain surveillance over Ninghua and Nanfeng.

Six: All units of the Eleventh Army are to begin moving on the fifteenth day of this month, using Dabaidi as their command center. They are to be deployed in the areas of Dabaidi, Ruijin, Jiubao, Rentian Town, and Huangshifu to raise funds, with the responsibilities pertaining to operations in Lai Village being transferred to the Third Corps.

Seven: The Thirty-Fifth Army is to move to the vicinity of Qingtang on the twenty-sixth for training and reorganization.

Eight: The Red Guard Regiment is to immediately relocate to the vicinity of Ningdu, advancing toward Qingtang and establishing its base a few miles outside the city for training and reorganization.

Nine: The Western Route Army’s missions and positions remain unchanged.

Ten: The Southern Route Army is hereby disbanded. Except for the Sixty-Fourth Division, which is to return to its original formation and proceed to a new operational zone under the Eleventh Army for reorganization and training, all other units may continue their current assignments in situ.

Eleven: The Headquarters, together with the Central Revolutionary Military Commission and the directly affiliated units, will move to Qingtang on the fifteenth day of this month.

Addendum: The transportation routes near Qingtang are as shown in the diagram below (the remaining routes remain unchanged). A telephone line connecting Qingtang to Lai Village will be jointly established by the Headquarters’ transport unit and the Third Corps’ transport unit. Each army is to dispatch capable staff officers to survey and map the terrain in the vicinity of its respective garrison. On April 1st, each army will independently distribute one yuan in personal expenses.

Issued by Commander-in-Chief Zhu De and Political Commissar Mao Zedong.

Historical Issues and Documents Concerning the Red Third Corps. Jiangxi People’s Publishing House, 1980.

Order No. 235 of the First Front Army of the Red Army Regarding the Southward Movement for Reorganization, Training, and Fund-Raising.