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Hereafter the Military Commission will issue orders for the day-to-
day implementation of the above plan.

V. INSTRUCTING THE 9TH ARMY GROUP TO CALL
A MASS MEETING TO CELEBRATE VICTORY

12:30 Hours, March 1, 1935

1. In five days our field armies’ main forces have taken Tongzi
and Zunyi, routing eight regiments under Wang Jialie, wiping out Wu
Qiwei’s two divisions, seizing more than 2,000 rifles and capturing
about 3,000 enemy troops. As a result, we have opened up a new pros-
pect in northern Guizhou and created more favourable conditions for
the establishment of a new Soviet area in the Yunnan-Guizhou-Sichuan
border area, so that the enemy forces that surround us will think twice
before advancing.
2. Hope you will put up as many notices as possible of this
triumphant news in and around the city of Tongzi and ask the revolu-
tionary committee there to hold a mass rally to celebrate the victory.
This will extend the Red Army’s influence and raise the people’s
courage and determination to resist, as well as increase panic among
the enemy reinforcements.

VI. PLAN OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THIRD CROSSING
OF THE CHISHUI RIVER
18:00 Hours, March 16, 1935

1. The enemy situation will be telegraphed separately.
2. We have decided that all our field armies will cross to the west
bank of the Chishui River near Maotai between the night of the 16th
and noon of the 17th, and seek opportunities for new manoeuvres
there.
3. The different army groups will take action for crossing the
river today and tomorrow as follows:
a. At 17:00 hours today the Cadres Regiment will dig in in the
Maotai sector to cover the crossing. It will first send a battalion across