This corps, acting under the orders of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is tasked with capturing Nanchang and Jiujiang, eliminating Lu Diping, and paving the way for the capture of Changsha and Wuhan as well as the advance toward Nanjing. To achieve these objectives, it has been decided to first seize the city of Ji’an, thereby enabling the revolutionary forces of workers and peasants in southwestern Jiangxi to move downstream and coordinate with our operations while also recruiting a large number of new soldiers to expand the ranks of the Red Army. The First and Third Corps will depart from Pingxiang on the 24th of tomorrow, advance to Zhangshu, occupy the Linjiang area, cut off the Gan River, and block any enemy reinforcements. (The Eleventh Corps will split into two columns: the left column, consisting of the Eleventh Army, will set out from You County, while the right column, comprising the Third and Fourth Armies, will march from Pingxiang via Yuanzhou, where they will be joined by the Tenth Army. All units are to assemble at Anyuan and Pingxiang, with an order to move out by the 17th. Upon reaching Futian, located ninety li north of Ji’an, all troops are to concentrate promptly and launch their attack on the city. The three headquarters direct units will accompany the Central Military Commission to Anyuan starting tomorrow for three days of work. By the 27th, the entire corps—excluding the Twelfth Army—will mobilize from Anyuan and Pingxiang, advance toward Yichun, and then converge near Futian, ninety miles north of Ji’an. Once on the move, all units will follow the headquarters’ lead. The Forty-Second Army will advance directly from You County toward positions north of Ji’an. Fifth Corps Commander Zhu De, together with Fourth Political Commissar Mao Zedong…
oO Historical Issues and Documents Related to the Red Third Corps, Jiangxi People’s Publishing House, 1983.