Liu and Deng Should Replenish Fifteen to
Twenty Regiments as a Main Force
(August 25, 1946)
To Liu [Bocheng] and Deng [Xiaoping], and for the information of Chen [Yi]:1
You should replenish a main force of at least fifteen to twenty regiments of
2,000 to 2,500 troops each. Ensure that they always remain at full strength for use
as an assault force. Do not adopt a policy of uniformity.
The Military Commission
Our source for this telegram is Mao Zedong junshi wenji, Vol. 3, p. 429, where it is
reproduced from Mao’s handwritten manuscript preserved in the Central Archives.
1.  Mao Zedong drafted this telegram on behalf of the Central Military Commission.
Liu Bocheng was commander and Deng Xiaoping was political commissar, respectively, of
the Jin-Ji-Lu-Yu (Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan) Field Army. Chen Yi was commander
and political commissar of the Shandong Field Army.
DOI:  10.4324/9781315719511-214