Order to Destroy the Enemy in Longgang
(August 8, 1931, 2:00P.M., at General Headquarters in Yuexi)
I. Regarding the overall deployment of the enemy, see Chiang Kaishek's
order of August 2, which has been recorded elsewhere. In Longgang are the
Fourth Regiment of the enemy's Fifth Division and two regiments of the Fiftyfourth Division (which did not fight us yesterday), plus the defeated soldiers of
the Forty-seventh and Fifty-fourth divisions, amounting roughly to two regiments. which fought us yesterday, making a total of eight enemy regiments
remaining. The troops of Jiang [Guangnai] and Cai [Tingkai] in Chongxian and
Fangtai, the troops of Zhao Guantao in Xingguo and Iiangbcidong, and the
troops of Sun Lianzhong in Qingtang and Gulonggang are all advancing toward
us, but will be unable to reach Longgang by tomorrow (the 9th).
2. Our forces are determined to go all out to annihilate the enemy in
Longgang.
3. Deployment for the attack on Longgang is as follows:
The Third Army Group and the Seventh Army will constitute the left wing;
they will take up quarters at Lanshi tonight and will be responsible for the attack
on the northwest comer of Longgang. The Third Army will constitute the right
wing; it will take up quarters tonight at Xiaobie and will be responsible for the
attack on the northeast comer of Longgang. The Fourth Army, which will constitute the center, will spend tonight at Biaohu and will be responsible for the attack
on the southern comer of Longgang. The Twelfth Army will be positioned
behind the Fourth Army as the general reserve unit and will take up quarters
tonight in the vicinity of Biaohu.
All armies are to launch a general attack at 4:00 tomorrow morning (the 9th);
the battle must be completed before 12:00 noon.
4. After the battle has been decided, the various armies will be lodged in the
following areas:
The Third Army Group and the Seventh Army will be in the area of Shanggu,
Xiagu, and Quejiaping.
The Third Army will be at Xiaobie.
1. Longgang is a town in sol.llbeto V onafeng xian.

The Fourth Army will be in the area of Shuixi, Gaoche, Dajiaokcng, Xiaehe,
and Zhongtangpo.
No troops will be stationed in the area of Longgangxu, Biaohu, Zhangjiache,
and Fanfu.
5. General Headquarters will be at Biaohu tomorrow morning during the
battle. After the battle and through the night it will be at the District Government
of Longgangyu (at the southern end of Yuehang) and will move to Shilukeng by
late morning.
6. 2 At 7:00 P.M. tomorrow, the commanders and political commissars of each
army, as well as the commander-in-chief and political commissar of the army
group, are to report to General Headquarters at the district government for a
meeting.
Commander-in-Chief
Zhu De
Political Commissar
Mao Zedong
6. Woundedsoldicrs,captives,andfireannsshallall be transportedanddallwithbyeach
army separately. The hospital for wounded soldiers shall beescablishcd in the vicinity of
Kongtian, Junbuxiduan (IS li li"om JWibu). Firearms shall be collec!cd in Pilau (between
JWibuandHIIIXia).
In consequence, the present paragraph 6 is renumbered 7. According to a note to the
text in the Mao Zedong junshi wenji, this passage does not appear in the available copy in
Mao's own hand. We have therefore omitted it here.

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We have translated this text from Mao Zedong junshi wenji, Vol. 1, pp. 245-47, where the
source is given as a manuscript in Mao's own hand preserved in the Central Archives. It
can also be found in Jiangdang dangshi ziliao, Vol. 151, pp. 75-76.

2. In the Jiangdang dangshi ziliao version, paragraph 6 of this order reads as follows:

3. The version in Jiangdang dangshi ziliao has 6:00 instead of 7:00.