Jieshipu Should First Be Occupied
by a Unit of the Red First Army Group
(September 17, 1936, 3:30 P.M.)
To Peng [Dehuai], and inform Nie [Rongzhen]:
Since there are no enemy [forces] in Jieshipu, the First Division should use one
regiment plus a cavalry unit to occupy it tomorrow without fail, and engage in
guerrilla warfare toward the southeast, so as to wait for the Fourth Front Army to
replace it. Otherwise, if Hu Zongnan occupies it first, the situation will be very
unfavorable. A separate unit should be dispatched directly to the Longde-Jingning
road to engage in harassment.
Mao [Zedong]

Our source for this text is Mao Zedong junshi wenji, Vol. 1, p. 589, where it is reproduced
from a copy in the Central Archives.