Recent Achievements of the Eastern Expeditionary Forces[1]

(April 13, 1936)

The Right Route Army has mobilized the masses along the Fenhe River, raised substantial funds, resolved the issue of bedding and clothing, and, in particular, secured the victory of expanding the Red Army. The Left Route Army has also won successive battles, especially in the engagement at Sanjiaozhuang on the 12th, where it routed one brigade of the enemy’s 66th Division, annihilated one regiment, and captured the regiment commander. The Central Route Army has mobilized the masses across the vast areas of Shilou, Xixian, and Fenxi, organized guerrilla units, begun the distribution of land in over twenty areas, and fought several minor engagements.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram from Mao Zedong, Peng Dehuai, commander of the First Front Army of the Red Army, and Yang Shangkun, director of the Political Department, to Lin Biao, corps commander of the First Army Corps of the First Front Army, Political Commissar Nie Rongzhen, and Zhu Rui, director of the Political Department, to be conveyed to all comrades of the First Army Corps of the Red Army.