To Xiao Ke, Luo Ruiqing and Others

(October 5, 1946)

You have already wiped out one enemy regiment and won an initial victory. It is hoped that you will instruct all units to adhere to the principle of destroying the enemy forces one by one, concentrate absolutely superior forces, and wipe out one enemy regiment at a time, or at most not more than two regiments, and destroy the entire 16th Army or the greater part of it in a series of engagements.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee to Xiao Ke and Luo Ruiqing, with a copy to Nie Rongzhen and Liu Lantao.