To Yang Dezhi, Yang Chengwu, and Geng Biao[1]

(November 13, 1947)

Celebrate the great victory of our army in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region in capturing Shijiazhuang and annihilating over twenty thousand enemy troops.

It is still hoped that the entire army will unite, continue to seek opportunities to annihilate the enemy, and strive for a great victory in the winter campaign.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to Yang Dezhi, Yang Chengwu, and Geng Biao.