Make the Utmost Efforts to Destroy
the Enemy in Guanshang
(February 26, 1936, 11:00 P.M.)
Lin [Biao], Nie [Rongzhen]:
1. The situation of the enemy is as described in a separate telegram.
2. As for the enemy in Guanshang, if the topography is advantageous you
should resolutely destroy him tomorrow (the 27th).
3. If the topography is disadvantageous and there is no possibility of a decisive battle, then tomorrow a small unit should keep close watch over the said
enemy while the main forces retreat south of Guanshang (that is, between
Guanshang and Shuitouzhen) to conceal themselves and rest so as to await the
enemy's reinforcements, attack them and advance, wait for the Fifteenth Army
Group to get close to you, and then make the utmost effort to destroy them.
4. The Fifteenth Army Group will arrive at Shuitouzhen tomorrow.
Peng [Dehuai] Mao [Zedong]

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Our source for this document is Mao Zedong junshi wenji, Vol. 1, pp. 460-61.