The Various Forces in Rehe Are Expected to
Actively Coordinate with Our Army to Battle
in the Northeast
 (May 15, 1946)
To Xiao [Ke] and Cheng [Zihua], and for transmission to Zhan Caifang:1
	 1.	 The battle situation in the Northeast is extremely tense, and Xiao and Cheng
are urgently expected to command the various forces in Rehe2 to destroy as
much as possible of the diehard enemy’s effective strength and to thoroughly
destroy the railway.
	 2.	 During the second stage of fighting, we hope you will consider sending the
column of Huang [Yongsheng], Zhu [Dixin], and Wen [Niansheng]3 eastward to the Fuxin and Yixian area to carry out a surprise attack and lure out
the Ninety-third Army (the Yunnan army, whose main force is now landing
at Huludao).
	 3.	 The main force of Zhan [Caifang]’s column should push forward rapidly
to Jinzhou and the area west of it, inflict extensive damage on the BeipingShenyang railway, and lure out the Ninety-third Army. This is extremely
important.
The Military Commission
Our source for this text is Mao Zedong junshi wenji, Vol. 3, pp. 220–21, where it is
reproduced from Mao’s handwritten manuscript preserved in the Central Archives.

--- Notes

1.  Mao Zedong drafted this telegram on behalf of the Central Military Commission.
Xiao Ke was commander and Cheng Zihua was political commissar, respectively, of the
Hebei-Rehe-Liaoning Military Region. Zhan Caifang was commander of the Eastern
Hebei Military Region.

2.  Rehe Province covered northern Hebei, southwestern Liaoning, and eastern Inner
Mongolia before it was abolished in 1955.

3.  Huang Yongsheng was commander of the Rehe-Liaoning column, Zhu Dixin was
political commissar, and Wen Niansheng was deputy commander, respectively, of the
Hebei-Rehe-Liaoning Military Region.
DOI:  10.4324/9781315719511-143