1. Your deployment for the 29th was quite correct.
2. The action in northern Jiangsu will not hurt the whole situation. A gap merely
needs to be opened up between Huai'an and Baoying so as to cut off Han [Deqin]
and Huo [Shuoyi] and join up Jiangsu and Anhui. Gu [Zhutong] and Han [Deqin]
will scream a little, so you'll just have to put up with that and be done with it.
3. There has been a break between Japan and Chiang [Kaishek], and a coming
together between Japan and Wang [Jingwei], so the overall situation will be taking
a new turn. Toward us Chiang will be even more at a loss. Your move northward
will give him some more leeway. Judging from the overall situation, Chiang and
Gu will not give you problems. If you start to move now in groups, and finish by
the end of December, it will not be too late.