Telegram to Zhu De and Peng Dehuai[1]

(December 23, 1939)

The New Fourth Army is in grave danger. If the 344th Brigade of the 115th Division cannot immediately proceed to reinforce them, please dispatch a portion of the forces of this division in Shandong to cross south of the Longhai Railway for reinforcement.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram from Mao Zedong and Wang Jiaxiang to Zhu De and Peng Dehuai concerning the reinforcement of the New Fourth Army.