(May 13, 1931)¹
A. With regard to various aspects of the enemy's situation, apart from the
intelligence reports printed and distributed by Headquarters to each military unit,
we have obtained the following new information today:
1. The Forty-seventh Division, directly under Wang Jinyu's forces, is advancing toward Donggu via three separate routes. Its left route vanguard has
reached Dayuankeng and dispatched guerrilla forces to Yuantou to engage
in guerrilla fighting. Its middle route has reached the Zanlongkeng²-to-
Wanshougong line via Jiucunling. Its right route has reached Shankeng
via Guanyinyan, and is confronting one unit of our Third Army Group.
2. One brigade of Guo Huazong's forces in Shuinan long ago reached
Xiamashi, advanced further today to the vicinity of Shangfang, and looks
like it will continue to Donggu. Another brigade (two regiments) of Guo
Huazong's forces arrived from Baisha at Nanping (fifty li from Donggu)
some time ago, but as of today its movements are unclear. Another of his
units (two regiments) advanced from Baisha to Baifu yesterday, and seems
ready to advance toward Shatantou.
3. It is rumored that enemy troops have also arrived in Zhongdong and
Qiaotoujiang. They appear to belong to the forces of Rebel Gong
[Bingfan], but their strength is unknown.
4. The main forces under Jiang [Guangnai] and Cai [Tingkai] are stationed
along the line from Longgangtou to Xingguo City. Their three regiments
that advanced to Fangtai remain in the original position.
B. In order to crush each separate enemy unit, consolidate the soviet areas,
and expand outward, this Front Army has resolved to wipe out first the enemy
troops attacking Donggu, and then, on the heels of that victory, to strike at the
whole of Wang Jinyu's forces and make every effort to annihilate them, so as to
reverse the offensive and defensive positions between them and us, and accomplish this army's current tasks.

Our source for this order is Mao Zedong junshi wenji, Vol. 1, pp. 221-24, which indicates
that it is based on a mimeographed document in the Party Archives.
C. Based on the operations of this Front Army, each unit should be assigned
the following tasks:
First, suppose the enemy army uses Wang Jinyu's Forty-seventh Division as
its main force, in coordination with a unit from Guo Huazong's forces, and those
of Gong Bingfan, to attack our troops simultaneously from five different routes
at dawn tomorrow (the 14th). In that case, our Front Army should first wipe out
the enemy forces on our right wing (geographically the river that runs from
Donggu to Futian constitutes the boundary, and the enemy on this side consists
of one or two of Guo Huazong's brigades and the brigade of Wang Jinyu's troops
that has reached Dayuankeng), and then use all our might to deal with the enemy
coming at us from Shentanqian, Sancai, and Qiaotoujiang (four of Wang Jinyu's
regiments and four of Gong Bingfan's regiments). For this reason, our Twelfth
Army should use two divisions to occupy the Dashannao, Gaoling, Wujiashi, and
Fengkeng line as the front line; our Fourth Army and one division of the Twelfth
Army should launch an attack from Dashannao via Zhukeng to encircle the enemy
from the rear, and the whole of our Third Army (including the Thirty-fifth Army)
should launch a raid from Donggu via Jiangkou on the enemy advancing from
Dayuankeng, thus constituting our army's left wing. The Third Army Group should
occupy the front position with one unit so as to pin down the enemy in Futian and
Chongxian. The main forces are positioned in the vicinity of Donggu and constitute
the general reserves. The command post of Headquarters is in Guoduling.
In the second case, suppose the enemy army advances only toward our left
wing positions, and not in the direction of Futian or of Shuinan and Baisha. In that
case, aside from keeping an eye on the enemy in Chongxian with one unit, the
Third Army Group should use all its strength to launch a raid from the left wing
on the enemy advancing in the direction of Dongkou. The Fourth Army and the
Twelfth Army should launch a raid from the right wing on the enemy forces
advancing from Jiucunling and Guanyinyan. The Third Army is to carry out a
frontal assault. Which of these two battle plans to adopt should be decided on the
basis of changes in the enemy's situation, and further orders will be issued.
D. The Seventh Division should be stationed at the three points of Fengbian,
Chenggang, and Fangtai (the vicinity). The 103rd Regiment of the Thirty-fifth Divi-sion, positioned near Chongxian, should make every effort to stop Jiang and Cai
from advancing. The 104th Regiment of our Thirty-fifth Division should be positioned near Tantou in order to check the enemy in the direction of Baisha and Baifu.
E. In accordance with the deployment described above, all army units should
have careful plans for securing shelter from enemy aircraft, transportation arrangements, purchase of food supplies, dispatching spies, and liaison with the rear.
Addendum:
1. If the enemy does not enter Donggu tomorrow but rather advances to the
Sancai, Shentanqian, and Shangfang line, the battle should take place on the day
after tomorrow.

2. Tomorrow morning each unit should have breakfast at 5:00 and prepare a
lunch (tomorrow there will be three meals, and meal expenses should be reinstated at a tenth of a big foreign dollar). For the time being, work such as
planting the fields, gathering firewood, and collecting bamboo shoots is to be
halted.
3. All units should be prepared tomorrow against enemy air raids.
4. All units should have guides ready at once.
5. The Fourth Army should dispatch guerrilla forces to the vicinity of
Luofang to engage in guerrilla fighting, their main task being to find out about
the enemy's situation in Nanping.
6. All army commanders and political commissars of the First Army Group,
together with the Third Army Group's chief of staff and political department
head should appear tomorrow before 6:00 A.M. in front of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission to receive orders in person.
7. The Twelfth Army must immediately send forces tomorrow morning to
build fortifications in the positions around Dashannao and Gaoling, but must
avoid discovery by enemy aircraft.
8. This order may be read only by responsible persons with the rank of
division commander and division political commissar or above. No others are
allowed to read it.

Commander-in-Chief
Political Commissar
Zhu De
Mao Zedong

--- Notes

1. This order was issued at 10:15 P.M. from First Front Army Headquarters.

2. The editors of the Junshi wenji indicate that this should probably be Fulongkeng.