Mao Zedong and Zhu De to Ye Ting and Xiang Ying on the New Fourth Army’s Urgent Need to Withdraw from Maolin and Break Through Eastward, January 7, 1941
You should not remain long in Maolin. As soon as the situation in the Xuancheng and Ningguo areas is clarified, it is advisable to advance eastward immediately, taking advantage of the fact that the diehard troops have not yet completed their deployment, and break through their encirclement.
〇The Southern Anhui Incident (Selected Materials), Party School of the CPC Central Committee Press, January 1982
Mao Zedong and Zhu De to Ye Ting and Xiang Ying on the New Fourth Army’s Urgent Need to Withdraw from Maolin and Break Through Eastward, 1147