Reply to Peng Dehuai and Ren Bishi[1]

(August 5, 1937)

For the Red Army to set out to resist Japan, it remains advantageous for the main force to cross the river at Hancheng and Yichuan.

[1] This is the main content of Mao Zedong’s telegram in reply to Peng Dehuai and Ren Bishi.