Order for the First Army Corps of the Red Army To March from Western Fujian and Assemble in Jiangxi[1]

(June 22, 1930)

The workers' and peasants' movement is surging everywhere, and the political situation is developing greatly.

This army corps has the task of co-ordinating with the workers and peasants of Jiangxi in seizing Jiujiang and Nanchang and establishing the political power in Jiangxi. It is proposed that the whole army corps move to Guangchang and assemble there before July 5.

[1] This is the main content of the combat order signed jointly by Zhu De, Commander-in-Chief of the First Front Army of the Red Army, and Mao Zedong, its Political Commissar.