The enemy has already launched a large-scale offensive against our base Soviet areas, and we must defeat this enemy no matter what. We must use all firmness, tenacity, and persistence to defeat this enemy. By doing so, we will be able to finally defeat this enemy. The final victory is ours. Long live the heroically struggling Red Army!

Mao Zedong

(Excerpted from the "first draft" of *History of China's New Democratic Revolution Period*)