To Chen Yi, Zhang Yunyi, and Li Yu[1]

(October 30, 1946)

With a dozen or so regiments in hand, as long as the fighting is done well, the enemy that has penetrated deep into southern Shandong can be thoroughly defeated. You have fifteen regiments in hand; if you can annihilate two of their brigades, you can halt their offensive.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Central Military Commission to Chen Yi, Zhang Yunyi, and Li Yu.