(October 3, 1930, 2:00 P.M.,
at General Headquarters in Shanqian)
1) The enemy troops of Deng Ying (fewer than three regiments) are still
strongly defending themselves with the help of fortifications in the suburbs of the
city of Ji'an. Their position has been arranged along the line of the Luozi Mountains,
the Zhenjun Mountains, the Tianhua Mountains, and Shen'gang Ridge.
2) This army group has the tasks of seizing Ji'an, destroying Deng Ying's
troops, uniting the forces of the masses in southwest Jiangxi, advancing straight
toward Nanchang and Jiujiang to establish political power in Jiangxi, blockading
the Yangzi River, and attacking Nanjing and safeguarding the victory of the
Wuhan uprising. It has been decided to launch a general assault on the city of
Ji'an at dawn on the 4th, and to take the city of Ji'an before dawn on the 5th.
3) The Fourth Army constitutes the left flank, which is to attack the enemy
position between the Luozi Mountains and the Zhenjun Mountains. With the
road from Daxiaochang to Pantang as the demarcation line, the left side of the
line (including the road) belongs to the Fourth Army and the right side of the line
belongs to the Twentieth Army.
4) The Twentieth Army constitutes the main force, and is to launch feigned
attacks against the enemy along the line of the Zhenjun Mountains and the
Tianhua Mountains, establishing contact on the left with the Fourth Army and on
the right with the Third Army. It will be under the orders of the commander of
the Fourth Army, Lin Biao.
5) The Third Army (minus one column) and the Twelfth Army together
constitute the right wing, and are to attack the enemy along the line of the
Shen'gang Ridge and the Tianhua Mountains. With the road along the river and
Taiping Bridge as the demarcation line, the area to the left belongs to the Third
Army, and that to the right belongs to the Twelfth Army (not including the line).
The Third Army is to secure contact to the right with the Twelfth Army and to
the left with the Twentieth Army, and the Twelfth Army is to establish contact to
the left with the Third Army.
6) After each army has successfully carried out the attack on enemy positions, a small portion of the forces should keep watch on the enemy inside the
blockhouses, and the main forces should attack the city and cut off contact
between the enemies inside the city and those on the front.
7) The army group has no general reserve units and all armies should prepare
their own reserve forces.
8) We are now in the Shanqian General Headquarters. At dawn on the 4th,
we shall be at the mouth of the road near Datang (north of the Zhenjun
Mountains), and on the afternoon of the 4th we shall move to the side of the river
(south of the Tianhua Mountains).

Attention:
1. Each unit is to attack in the direction of the city immediately after storming the enemy positions. If there are still enemy fortifications around the city,
then all surface features should be put to use, and simple bunkers should be
constructed as support points, where an opportunity may be awaited to attack the
city again.
2. At night all officers and soldiers attacking the city are to wear white towels
or white handkerchiefs wrapped around their heads. The rest of the sentry signals, signal calls, and passwords will all be used according to the signals originally fixed by the staff office.
3. In attacking at night, bayonets should be used, so that soldiers need not
open fire before enemy positions. Special attention should be paid so as not to
get confused with one's own men.
4. After seizing an enemy position, a torch should be immediately raised as a
signal.
5. At night, ditches should be used as much as possible to advance.
6. All troops attacking the city should go forward with all their might, and
must pay no attention to the enemy's encirclement.
7. All units must strive to move forward at all times.
8. After entering the city, all officers and soldiers must strictly observe discipline, and must not take things arbitrarily.
9. After entering the city, it is forbidden to destroy communications equipment left in the city such as radios, telephones, electric lights, automobiles, and
so on.

Commander-in-Chief
Political Commissar
Zhu De
Mao Zedong

--- Notes

Our source for this document is Jiangxi dangshi ziliao, Vol. 6, pp. 152-53. A less complete and less accurate version, reproduced from a collection published in China in 1980,
appears in Mao Zedong ji. Bujuan, Vol. 3, pp. 155-56.