To Xiao Hua and Others[1]

(May 6, 1946)

Although Benxi has been lost,[2] you have pinned down a large number of enemy forces, and this is a victory. It is hoped that you will encourage all brigades to continue blocking the enemy around Benxi and dispatch units to raid the enemy's routes of advance. It is imperative to ensure that the New Sixth Army and the Fifty-Second Army cannot move northward.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee, addressed to Xiao Hua and for the information of Lin Biao.
[2] Benxi was occupied by the Kuomintang forces on May 3.