(March 23, 1931)¹
1. According to reports from various sources: Wang Jinyu's Forty-seventh
Division, the Forty-third Division (Guo Huazong), and Hao Mengling's division
are stationed along a front from Yongfeng to Jishui and Shuidong; Han Deqin is
in Xin'gan; Gong Bingfan has moved to Taihe; Luo Lin appears to be staying in
Ji'an. It is said that of Sun Lianzhong's troops, the Twenty-fifth Division (Sun)
and the Twenty-seventh Division (Gao Shuxun) have arrived in the area around
Le'an, Gongfang, and Daifang (and that they have a cavalry division). Hu
Zuyu's entire division has moved to the vicinity of Nanfeng. Mao [Bingwen]'s
and Xu [Kexiang]'s two divisions remain in Nanfeng. Lu Xiaochen's division is
located north of Le'an and Dongpo. Cai [Tingkai]'s and Dai [Ji]'s two divisions
are still near Xingguo. Liu Heding is still in Jianning, and Zhou Zhiqun is in
Ninghua (see the bulletin issued by the Staff Office for details of other enemy
activities).

2. The First Front Army has decided to move for the purposes of reorganization, training, and fund-raising. Details of the deployment are as follows.

3. The Third Army Group should leave one of its divisions in Xiaotian to
keep a close watch on and remain on the alert against the enemy in Nanfeng and
Le'an, and the rest of it should immediately move to the area around Ningdu,
Hechuan, Beilaicun, Ge'ao, Chengjiang, Meijiao, Shanliao, and Gulonggang for
work and training. Command headquarters should be located in Laicun.

4. The Third Army should position itself to work in the vicinity of Tengtian,
and keep watch on the enemy in Yongfeng and Jishui. If the enemy advances, it
should retreat in the direction of Shaxi, as its main task is to carry out its own
reorganization and training.

5. The Fourth Army should immediately move to the area around
Guangchang, Yiqian, Shicheng, and Zhantian, to work on reorganization and

Our source for this text is Mao Zedong junshi wenji, Vol. 1, pp. 213-15. It also appears in
Mao Zedong ji. Bujuan, Vol. 3, pp. 233-35, with a slightly different title and presentation.
1. This order was issued on the afternoon of the date indicated from Shantang Village,
Ningdu xian; it was Order No. V8 of the First Front Army.


training. Its headquarters should be located between Toupi and Ningdu. It should
also remain on the alert against the enemy in Ningdu and Nanfeng.
6. The entire Twelfth Army should start to move on the 25th, setting up its
headquarters in Dabodi and spreading its troops throughout the area around
Dabodi, Ruijin, Jiubao, Rentianshi, and Huangshiguan to raise funds. Its work in
Laicun will be taken over by the Third Army Group.
7. The Thirty-fifth Army should move on the 26th to the vicinity of
Qingtang for training and reorganization.
8. The Red Security Regiment should immediately move to the vicinity of
Ningdu (in the direction of Qingtang, a few miles from town) for reorganization
and training.
9. The mission and position of the Western Route Army remain unchanged.
10. The Southern Route Army should immediately be disbanded. The Sixty-fourth Division retains its unit number and goes to No. 12 new working area for
reorganization and training. All the other units may remain where they are to
carry out their own missions.
11. General Headquarters, along with the Central Revolutionary Military
Committee, will command its directly subordinate units to move to Qingtang on
the 25th.

Supplementary notes:
a. The following is a map of the lines of communication [jiaotong xian]
within the vicinity of Qingtang (the rest remains unchanged).²
b. A telephone line between Qingtang and Laicun will be set up by the
communications team of General Headquarters, with the cooperation of its counterpart in the Third Army Group.
c. Each army should choose staff members with outstanding abilities from
units stationed in its vicinity for the task of surveying and map-making.
d. Each army should, on its own initiative, distribute one yuan for pocket
money on April 1.

Commander-in-Chief
Political Commissar
Zhu De
Mao Zedong

² According to a note to the Chinese edition, this map is missing from the copy of
this document now in the archives in Beijing.