Telegram to Nie Rongzhen and Peng Zhen[1]

(January 5, 1940)

He and Guan are to proceed immediately to northwestern Shanxi to take command. Northwestern Shanxi bears on the overall situation. The Lüliang Mountains have already been lost; we must rely on seizing northwestern Shanxi to serve as a strategic hub.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram from Mao Zedong and Wang Jiaxiang to Nie Rongzhen and Peng Zhen.