Troop Deployment for the Battle Against the
Enemy's 106th Division and
Dong Yingbin's Forces
(November 22, 1935, 7:00 A.M.)
Peng [Dehuai]:[1]
1. The enemy's 106th Division set out today from Heishuisi[2] as reinforcements, and the two regiments under the command of Dong Yingbin[3] are near our
battle position in the vicinity of Anjiazhai. We reckon that Dong's enemy troops
will attack today in the direction of Yuanjiashan and Beishan; the 106th Division, coming from Laorenshan and Donggou, will try to outflank us on the right.

2. Today (the 22nd) the main force of our Fifteenth Army Group will meet
Dong's enemy troops head on, while our First Army Group will attack the 106th
Division from the right. Finally, they will cooperate in destroying the enemy
forces under Dong's command.

3. Correspondence is to be forwarded through Wujiata.
Mao

We have translated this telegram from Mao Zedong junshi wenji, Vol. 1, pp. 384-85.

[1] This is a telegram from Mao Zedong to Comrade Peng Dehuai, commander of the First Front Army of the Red Army.

[2] Heishuisi, a village west of Fuxian County, Shaanxi Province.

[3] Dong Yingbin, then commander of the 7th Column (57th Army) of the 2nd Route Army, Northwestern "Bandit Suppression" General Headquarters of the Kuomintang army.