(August 25, 1937)

Various Independent Armies and Divisions, Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia, Shenfu,
Guanzhong, North Shaanxi as well as Wang Hongkun, Chen [Jihan], Li [Zonggui],
He [Jinnian], Yan [Hongyan], Du [Ping], Gan [Weihan], Wang [Weizhou], Ye
[Daozhi], Chen Bojun, Ma [Mingfang], Huang [Luopin], Chen [Xianrui], and Wang
[Zhaoxiang]:

It is proposed that the various independent armies and divisions shall be specifically reorganized as follows:
1. The organizational principle: It shall take as its basis the preservation of the
original organizational systems, in a form suited to expansion and adapted to the
geographical conditions for obtaining supplies in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia region. Hence, it is decided that the size of the company is limited to ninety fighters.
Regiments currently consisting of four companies will be reduced to three companies; those now consisting of three companies will not be changed. Only the names
will be changed as follows: a company will become a platoon, and a regiment will
become a company. Catering units will be set up at the platoon level.
2. The original Seventy-fourth Division will be changed into the two artillery
battalions of the 115th Division of the National Revolutionary Army and be stationed to defend the area of Fuxian and Ganquan. The original Second Independent Division of Wang Zhaoxiang will be changed into the engineers' battalion of
the 120th Division and be stationed in Shenfu. The original First Independent
Division and the Independent Regiment of North Shaanxi will be changed into the
special forces battalion of the 120th Division. It is proposed that it be stationed in
the vicinity of Jingbian and Henshan. The Twenty-seventh Army will be changed
into two artillery battalions of the 120th Division, and it is proposed that it be
stationed in the area south of Anbian and Ningtiaoliang. The original Thirtieth
Army will be reorganized into the artillery battalion of the 129th Division and be

Our source for this text is Mao Zedong junshi wenji, Vol. 2, pp. 37-39, where it is reproduced from a copy in the Central Archives.
--- Notes

17. Discard → It is imperative to discard

18. A China → A new China