Chapter 18 Chapter 17 Bloody Battle in Shanghai

The main forces of the three fields were concentrated in Suzhou and Changzhou, and were about to liberate Shanghai. Unexpectedly, they received a call from the Central Military Commission ordering them to postpone the liberation of Shanghai.The Central Military Commission stated in the telegram that before attacking Shanghai, the troops must be organized to study policy and take over matters.It is necessary to fully prepare for the occupation of the city mentally and organizationally.As long as Tang Enbo doesn't leave, that should be the case. In fact, the central government has already made full preparations and plans for the liberation of Shanghai.

As early as the end of the Huaihai Campaign, the Central Committee summoned Liu Bocheng and Chen Yi to Xibaipo, Hebei, where the Party Central Committee was located at that time.What they are concerned about is not the problem of crossing the river, but how to take over Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou after crossing the river.Mao Zedong said to Chen Yi: "After the liberation of Shanghai, we want to ask you to be the mayor of Shanghai. I wonder what you think." Chen Yi thought for a long time, but did not give a clear answer for a while.Chen Yi's attitude was far beyond Mao Zedong's expectations.In Mao Zedong's impression, Chen Yi was a comrade who had always spoken and acted neatly, and never flinched in the face of the party's entrustment.The Nanchang Uprising failed in Chaoshan, and the troops were on the verge of danger. Faced with the danger, Chen Yi strongly supported Zhu De, preserved and consolidated the troops, and enabled the main force of the Red Army to successfully join forces with Mao Zedong in Jinggang Mountains.Before the main force of the Red Army embarked on the 25,000-mile Long March, the central government asked him to stay in Jiangxi and persist in the struggle.Although Chen Yi was very reluctant, he still resolutely obeyed the organization's arrangement, did not follow the main force's Long March, stayed and led the struggle in the south, and persisted in three years of arduous guerrilla warfare.After the Southern Anhui Incident, he was once again in danger and was ordered to assume the important task of acting commander of the New Fourth Army. Together with Liu Shaoqi, he turned the tide and developed and strengthened the anti-Japanese forces in Central China.Chen Yi is a very forthright person in speaking and doing things, why is he uncharacteristic this time?

Mao Zedong opened his confused eyes, looking at this familiar yet suddenly unfamiliar person, waiting for his explanation. Chen Yi was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Chairman, please consider whether to allow Liu and Deng's second field to station in East China and Shanghai. It is best for our third field to go to the Southwest." What Chen Yi said made Mao Zedong even more incomprehensible.How did Chen Yi think about it?Chen Yi believes that after marching thousands of miles into the Dabie Mountains in July 1947, Erye sacrificed his local interests, mobilized and attracted 90 brigades out of more than 160 brigades of the Jiang army's southern front, and carried out extremely difficult operations without a rear in the Dabie Mountains. Constantly destroying the enemy, Erye paid a huge price for this.The sacrifice of the second field created good conditions for the third field to wipe out more of the enemy's vital forces.In the Battle of Huaihai, the Second Field undertook the critical and severe combat task in the absence of heavy weapons.The second field and the third field have always been like brothers, cooperating closely and fighting together.Chen Yi's feelings for Liu and Deng far surpassed general comradely feelings.After all, Shanghai is a big city with relatively good conditions in all aspects.This time, when Mao Zedong and the Party Central Committee proposed that he be the mayor of Shanghai, his first thought was to let Erye go to Shanghai, which is understandable.

After Mao Zedong told Liu Bocheng what Chen Yi meant, Liu Bocheng said: "I have exchanged opinions with Xiaoping, and we are more familiar with the Southwest. The predecessor of the Sanye was the New Fourth Army. They came from East China, and there are more cultural people. It is more beneficial to the overall situation to stay in East China. .” Liu Bocheng said it very pertinently. After the Party Central Committee entered Beijing, Mao Zedong consulted democrats Huang Yanpei, Chen Shutong and others regarding Chen Yi's appointment as Shanghai mayor.They had heard about Chen Yi for a long time. In 1939, Chen Yi's article "A Year in Maoshan" and the poem "Small Loulan" were widely circulated; in 1945, Mr. Liu Yazi once wrote a poem praising Chen Yi, saying: "He is an all-round talent in both civil and military affairs." Therefore, When Mao Zedong asked for their opinions, they applauded and said in unison: "This Confucianist will be the mayor of Shanghai, and he will be able to stabilize the situation in East China!"

Although Chen Yi tried his best to "Kong Rong give up the pear", "Pear" did not give up. He had to obey the order of the central government and took over the burden of liberating and taking over Shanghai. After the mayor issue was resolved, the central government began a series of organizational preparations.These preparations seem very cumbersome, but they are very meaningful for liberating Shanghai and taking over Shanghai. On the second day after the closing of the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee, Mao Zedong called a symposium.At the meeting, Deng Xiaoping proposed a new personnel arrangement for the East China Bureau on behalf of the Central Committee.

East China Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China: Deng Xiaoping was the first secretary, Rao Shushi was the second secretary, and Chen Yi was the third secretary. The members of the East China Bureau are: Deng Xiaoping, Liu Bocheng, Rao Shushi, Chen Yi, Kang Sheng, Zhang Dingcheng, Zeng Shan, Zhang Yunyi, Tan Zhenlin, Su Yu, Zhang Jichun, Song Renqiong, Chen Geng, Liu Xiao, Liu Changsheng, Zeng Jingbing, and Shu Tong, a total of 17 members. The jurisdiction of the East China Bureau is: Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Wuhu, Zhenjiang, Wuxi, Suzhou, Wujin, Nantong, Ningbo and other cities, across Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and other provinces.

At this meeting, the future leadership of Shanghai was also clarified: Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China: It is composed of 11 members including Rao Shushi, Chen Yi, Liu Xiao, Liu Changsheng, Zeng Shan, Liu Shaowen, Chen Geng, Pan Hannian, Song Shilun, Guo Huaruo and Li Shiying.The first five were executives, and Rao Shushi was the secretary. Shanghai Municipal Government: Mayor Chen Yi, Vice Mayors Zeng Shan, Pan Hannian and a non-Party person. The central government's original plan for crossing the river was two months.Unexpectedly, the People's Liberation Army forcibly crossed the Yangtze River overnight, liberated Nanjing three days later, and advanced the plan to liberate Shanghai by two months.For the Communist Party, this is a good thing, but it also appears hasty due to lack of preparation. In early 1949, in order to liberate Shanghai, the East China Bureau of the Communist Party of China prepared a takeover brigade composed of 5,000 cadres. After the battle of crossing the river began, it set off from Yidu (now Qingzhou) in Shandong and went south along Jinpu Road.At that time, the railway was not open to traffic, and they marched all the way, learning the policy of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on taking over the city during the march. On April 30, there were 5,000 young men and women students in their 20s and grassroots army cadres when they arrived in Zhenjiang, but the number had grown to 9,000 when they arrived in Danyang.However, Chen Yi said that to take over Shanghai, there must be 25,000 takeover cadres.

At that time, Shanghai had a population of 6 million, 700,000 industrial workers, 200,000 shop assistants, and 12,000 factories. The total industrial output value accounted for one-half of the country's total.There are more than 60,000 stores, and the trade volume accounts for half of the country.Shanghai supplies 4 million catties of grain every day and burns 200,000 tons of coal. At this time, Shanghai was basically an empty city, lacking food, coal and daily necessities.Once Shanghai is liberated, the above problems will be difficult to deal with.If there are water and electricity cuts, industrial and commercial chaos, store closures, and factory shutdowns...Shanghai, a large industrialized city, will become an "abandoned city" in an instant.

More importantly, the quality of these military and local cadres who embody the concrete image of the Communist Party of China urgently needs to be improved.Before crossing the river, the commanders and local cadres had been guided and trained in Qufu, Xuzhou, and northern Jiangsu.But after crossing the river, unsatisfactory things still happened frequently. The first thing happened in the early morning of the second day of Nanjing's liberation.The courtyard gate of the American Embassy on Xikang Road was suddenly opened by a group of PLA soldiers, who rushed directly to Ambassador Stuart's residence.Leighton Stuart, who was sleeping soundly, opened his eyes and saw a group of soldiers of the People's Liberation Army, panicking with fright.In his report to the United States Secretary of State, he described: "The first people who came in spoke loudly and angry. The people who came later were more polite and said they came up to take a look. They walked around the bedroom several times and inspected the house. They said that everything here will be returned to the original owner and belong to the people. They questioned Mr. Fu Jingbo, but did not search his room. They refused to let Anderberg enter the ambassador's bedroom and forced him to return at gunpoint Own room. Soldiers searched Anderberg's room and asked him about his nationality. Other rooms were then searched."

After the incident happened, it took Huang Hua, director of the East China Foreign Affairs Office, more than two months to calm down the disturbance. The second incident happened in a certain unit of the People's Liberation Army stationed in Nanjing.They arbitrarily ordered all bathhouses, barbershops, and movie theaters in Nanjing to entertain them for free for five days. The third incident happened to an instructor of a certain unit of the People's Liberation Army.When gathering with the masses, at the request of others, he took a pen to sign for others, and while signing, he said a few thoughts casually.Afterwards, he quickly forgot about it.But three days later, a tabloid published news that the Communist Party instructor XX gave a speech on the international and domestic situation, and distributed a bust photo.After this matter was learned by a senior official, he was furious: "What qualifications does a small trainer have to speak to the outside world? Check!"

In terms of organization, he "searched for clues" and quickly found out the trainer.When he saw the newspaper and the photo, he couldn't help but stamped his feet and cursed: "Spread rumors, spread rumors! That's not what I said. I only said two and a half sentences, and half of the page was published in the newspaper. These people are too shameful." Already!" On the day of the liberation of Changzhou, a cadre saw many beggars on the street and said excitedly: "I conquered the world to liberate the poor! Open a warehouse to help the poor immediately!" As a result, the beggars did not get a grain of rice, and the grain was sold to those merchants. A lot of them were picked away, and the bad guys took the opportunity to spread rumors and make trouble. On the third day after the liberation of Wuxi, a cadre raised wages blindly to the workers without authorization. The workers were happy, but the capitalists abandoned their homes and ran away. Most of the PLA commanders and fighters come from the northern countryside. In their view, only landlords can afford tile-roofed houses and braised pork.Also, people in Shanghai and Nanjing eat flatbread fried dough sticks in the morning, men wear suits, and women wear lipstick with their hair permed. They are not used to it.At a meeting to accuse Chiang Kai-shek of crimes in the northern countryside, a farmer said: "Chiang Kai-shek lived a life of debauchery, eating pancakes wrapped with green onions every day!" In their view, eating pancakes wrapped with scallions and dipped in sauce is the best day in the world. Obviously, the standard of eating braised pork and wearing lipstick cannot be used to view and deal with class relations, especially it cannot be used to distinguish landlords, poor peasants, capitalists and workers. Shanghai has been an international metropolis for nearly a hundred years, a paradise for adventurers, a nest of imperialists and reactionaries, and there are all kinds of people.If the troops have no experience, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in Shanghai.This point, the Party Central Committee and Mao Zedong are very clear.Mao Zedong believed that the entry of troops from the countryside into the cities was not a simple matter of regional migration.If the soldiers who were still fighting bloody yesterday suddenly took off their military uniforms, put on plain clothes, and went into Shanghai to serve as officials, it would make a fool of themselves and make mistakes.Therefore, Mao Zedong solemnly said to Chen Yi: "Shanghai has a great influence in the world. Whenever there is a disturbance, it will attract the attention of the world. Therefore, our entry into Shanghai is another difficulty in the process of the Chinese revolution." When the main forces of the three fields approached Shanghai, Mao Zedong advocated delaying the liberation of Shanghai and emphasized the need to make adequate mental and organizational preparations, which was very predictable. Chen Yi, who was responsible for the liberation of Shanghai, came to Danyang from Nanjing on May 2 with Rao Shushi and the General Front Committee and the East China Bureau.Danyang is a large county on the Shanghai-Nanjing line (now it has been changed to Danyang City). The General Front Committee and the East China Bureau are located in Daijia Garden, Baota Lane, New North Gate, Danyang.In less than a week, tens of thousands of cadres came from Beiping, Nanjing, Hong Kong and other places to report and prepare to take over Shanghai.Liu Changsheng and Liu Xiao, who are engaged in secret work, also brought a large number of cadres.So many cadres flocked to Danyang all at once, filling up the huge city of Danyang, all the streets were full of soldiers, and Danyang became a sea of ​​soldiers for a while. On the second night of Chen Yi's arrival in Danyang, he went to the streets with Rao Shushi to inspect the city.When they came to the Daguang Theater in the city center, they saw soldiers crowded at the entrance, and a group of people in yellow uniforms had a dispute with the old man who collected the tickets.Chen Yi and Rao Shushi squeezed forward, only to see the poster on the upper right corner of the door saying: Tonight condolences to the performance of "The White-haired Girl".A soldier about 30 years old rolled up his sleeves and said to the ticket collector: "I have fought in wars for more than ten years, and my body is full of scars. How much do I need to go to the theater?" Chen Yi figured out that he didn't have a ticket to go to the theater, so he said to him seriously: "Comrade, the people are Lao Tzu, don't call me Lao Tzu here. The theater is not big, so go back if you don't have a ticket." The soldier didn't buy Chen Yi's account, instead he asked Chen Yi: "Who are you, and what qualifications do you have to control Lao Tzu?" Chen Yi glared: "I'm Chen Yi, Commander Chen! You go back and do a review, and send it to my desk in the General Front Committee tomorrow morning, do you hear me?" what!It's Commander Chen!The soldier was so stupid that he ran away. Chen Yi and Rao Shushi came to the gate of Danyang Normal School again.Chen Yi smiled and asked the guard at the door: "Comrade, how is the discipline of the People's Liberation Army here? What's your opinion?" The man said: "Our normal school used to live in the Japanese, the Kuomintang, and now the People's Liberation Army. Comparing the three, of course, the People's Liberation Army has the best discipline. The People's Liberation Army is the great savior of the poor, so we have nothing to say. " Chen Yi said: "If our troops want to enter Shanghai, we must improve the discipline of the army. If you have any opinions, feel free to speak up, don't worry about it." The man shook his head again and again and said, "I really have no objection. The morning before yesterday, a PLA took away the light bulb in our reception room, and sent it back in the afternoon, and wrote a letter of self-criticism. Correct any mistakes. This is the Kuomintang army. What can’t be done, only the People’s Liberation Army can do it.” Chen Yi said: "Thank you for your praise. There are still loopholes here. Otherwise, why review it?" On the way back, Chen Yi said to Rao Shushi with a very heavy heart: "Shanghai is a place full of spies, hooligans, prostitutes, robbers, and various reactionary organizations. The society is extremely complicated. We entered Shanghai If discipline is not enforced, the red ones will come in and the black ones will go out." Chen Yi returned to Dai's garden and ordered Wang De to inform the leading organs of the troops stationed in Danyang to do three things immediately: first, review the "three major disciplines and eight points of attention" with the company as a unit; second, immediately send soldiers to picket Third, control the number of people on the street, and generally do not go to the street if there is no urgent need to do something. The next morning, Chen Yi personally presided over a meeting of cadres above the regiment level.He said solemnly at the meeting: "Comrades, we are going to enter Shanghai soon. I would like to ask the comrades here, what are your plans for the first day in Shanghai? Do you want to visit the big world or department stores? If that's what you intend, you're wrong, wrong!" On this day, the weather was hot, and Chen Yi felt very stuffy, so he unbuttoned his chest. Still stuffy, he took off his shirt again, hung it on the back of the chair, and continued: "Comrades, you may say that when Commander Chen Yi made a speech You can take off your shirt, why can't we be shirtless when we go to practice, and we can't go shopping in the street?" The audience roared with laughter.Chen Yi threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, lit another cigarette, took a deep breath, and said, "Maybe some people think that since you, Commander Chen, can smoke openly on stage, can I not eat in class? Can’t you whisper to each other? Why can’t you go to the street to play or go to the theater to see a play? If you want to talk about military discipline like this, I won’t comment, but I want to ask you a question, why I, Chen Yi, can lead soldiers, but soldiers can’t What about me? This is my answer, and it couldn't be more simple!" Chen Yi's speech drew bursts of laughter and warm applause. "Comrades, some people do things that make people laugh and cry. Why do you have to go to the theater to watch a play without a ticket? Didn't some people say that I am not qualified to enter the theater after decades of revolution? Light bulbs—although they were returned to others, but the ideological problem was not resolved. Also, at dawn, the streets of Danyang were full of soldiers. I closed my eyes, and I could grab a lot of them with my hands! Why not How about going out on leave?" At this time, many people laughed and bent over, some laughed and cried, and some laughed until their stomachs hurt and called their mothers. Chen Yi suppressed his smile and said seriously: "Comrades, if we all enter Shanghai in this way, we won't be surprised if we don't lose the battle! At that time, we will go in with the red ones and come out with the black ones, and it will be too late to cry! Comrades, fight Shanghai and fight It is a political battle, a special battle, where there are many foreigners, capitalists, professors, doctors... There are many educated people. After entering the city, we should not open our mouths casually, or we will make a fool of ourselves. I suggest that everyone Bear with your tail between your legs, you have to sit down and study policy and discipline carefully. Good discipline is the best greeting for the people of Shanghai. Comrades, you might be kicked out! Why did Li Zicheng enter Beijing and run away so quickly? Come out? In history, there is no army with poor discipline that did not fail!" Chen Yi took a sip of water and continued: "Comrades, I also want to give everyone a vaccination. We have fought in the valleys for several years. Once we enter the city, don't be hit by sugar-coated shells. If you get this kind of Cannonballs are of course very comfortable, but your political life will be over. After entering the city, you must work diligently, don’t rush to find a wife, and don’t use barbaric means to chase girls in Shanghai. There have been such cases in the past. A precedent. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, many Shanghai girls went to Yancheng to join the New Fourth Army. This is a good thing. They added fresh blood to the army. They taught the army culture and singing. But some comrades chased after Shanghai girls. They were not willing to criticize She is feudal and backward and uncivilized. This is really playing the piano! Does it mean that when someone gives you a wife, you are advanced in thinking and demanding progress? What is so great about you? How can you use this tone to force others? Of course, there is nothing wrong with chasing women. But to do it properly, to learn culture, to improve quality—of course they want to choose an ideal man. So, let them have the freedom to choose!" There was another snicker in the audience. Finally, Chen Yi proposed to everyone that when entering Shanghai, we must do the "seven things": we must carefully study the rules and regulations stipulated by Chairman Mao and Commander-in-Chief Zhu; we must practice hard; we must promote military democracy; we must be modest and cautious; Pay attention to diplomacy; establish the ideal of building a new China. Chen Yi said: "After achieving the 'seven essentials', we can strive for both military and political harvests. Everyone must keep in mind that our field army can only fight in the field, and cannot enter the city. Please remember! All of them are regiment commanders, division commanders, and army commanders, and I, Chen Yi, will leave this matter to everyone!" At this time, the audience was silent, and all the participants were heartbroken, with tears in their eyes, and secretly swore that they would never disappoint Commander Chen Yi's hopes. After the meeting, on the way back to Dai's garden, Chen Yi thought about an important but very simple question: Where will the troops live after they enter Shanghai? In the past, when marching and fighting, wherever they camped, they lived in ordinary people's homes.Carrying water at the door, sweeping the floor, walking up the door, tying straw, and returning things—this has become an iron rule and a glorious tradition.The army has been like this for decades in the ravine, with strict military discipline, fought victorious battles, and won the victory of the Revolutionary War.However, now that they have entered the city from the countryside and arrived in the bustling big Shanghai, can the troops live in the homes of ordinary people?The city is more complicated than the countryside. What if the troops enter a brothel?What if the troops enter a bank?Chen Yi thought of this, not because he didn't trust the troops, but to reduce unnecessary troubles.Chen Yi decided to hand over this issue to the comrades in the urban policy group for study and discussion, and brought a few books there, asking them to look up which book mentioned "not entering private houses". Everyone looked through the books for a few days and reported to Chen Yi that they couldn't find the source of these four words and asked for instructions on what to do. Chen Yi said: "Just do it like this! It should be written in the "Rules for Entering the City" that when troops enter Shanghai, they will sleep on the road before they find their barracks." Someone suggested that if you sleep on the road, it doesn’t matter if it’s sunny, but what if it rains?Others said, what should soldiers do if they are sick and have a fever?Others said that the taps are in ordinary people's homes, what should soldiers do if they want to drink water?You can't ask us to go to the countryside to drink water before going to the city to fight. Chen Yi waved his hand and said, "Don't say too much, you can't move if you don't enter a private house. This rule must be enforced no matter what! If you say you can't enter, you can't enter, and the king and I are not allowed! This is a 'meeting gift' given to the people of Shanghai by our People's Liberation Army." !" The General Front Committee agreed with Chen Yi's decision and reported it to the Central Committee.Mao Zedong commented on the report: Very good, very good, very good! In a short period of time, Chen Yi implemented the preparations for entering Shanghai one by one, from the spirit to the material.Trains loaded with rice, noodles, salt, monosodium glutamate, coal, and cotton were continuously transported to Danyang.If the railway is too late, trucks, ships, and wooden boats are used to transport them.The logistics department of the Third Field Army, with Liu Ruilong as the commander and political commissar, set up a general military station in Wuxi, Jiangsu, and set up branch stations in Changxing and Wuxing, Zhejiang, in order to ensure the timely supply of military supplies for the troops. , and collected a large amount of military supplies left over and discarded when the Kuomintang army fled, and used them for my use.At the same time, they made specific arrangements for the rescue and treatment of the wounded.With the active cooperation of governments at all levels, the East China Branch Committee not only prepared sufficient food for the combat troops, but also prepared 144 million catties of grain and 7 million catties of cooking oil for the citizens, taking into account the urgent needs of Shanghai after liberation. To ensure the stability of social order. Amidst the mighty flow of people and vehicles, there is a mysterious convoy, which departs from Jinan, Shandong, travels night and day, and is heavily guarded along the way, with one post at three steps and one sentry at five steps.The trailer of the car was tightly wrapped by white canvas, and even the soldiers escorting the car didn't know what was on the car.One day, a soldier was curious and stole a bag.The cadre who escorted the car immediately led a squad of troops to hunt him down. After three days and three nights of chasing, he finally caught up with the soldier in Xiaolingwei on the outskirts of Nanjing, took back the package, and shot the soldier.After this incident, the mystery of this team was added, and the soldiers wanted to know more and more what was in the bag.Driven by curiosity, they encouraged the squad leader to secretly open a bag.When the contents of the bag were displayed in front of them, everyone was stunned.It turned out that in the bag were bundles of RMB that had just been printed and had not yet come out to be issued by the People's Bank of China.The six words "People's Bank of China" on the top of the RMB were written by Dong Biwu, chairman of the North China People's Government.This batch of banknotes is to be officially issued on the day of Shanghai's liberation. The most intense and arduous task of the East China Bureau of the Communist Party of China is to organize manpower to organize the party, government, military and various departments of the city government in Shanghai, such as civil affairs, society, finance, public utilities, public works, education, health, postal services and 32 district offices. Make an atlas, and list the addresses, phone numbers, and all personnel of these tens of thousands of units in the atlas, and distribute them to every cadre who takes over. The Shanghai Military Takeover Committee was planned and established in Changzhou by Su Yu, Zhang Zhen, and Tang Liang.It is composed of 11 people including Tang Liang, Liu Ruilong, Zhang Zhen, Zhong Qiguang, Yu Lijin, Zhang Chongwen, Xie Shengkun, Chen Ruiting, Zhang Kai, Zhang Aiping, and Xiong Tianran. Su Yu is the director, Tang Liang and Liu Ruilong are the deputy directors. Department, Air Force Department, Logistics Department, Training Department, etc. In early May, after Su Yu and Zhang Zhen led the Sanye agencies to move eastward from Changzhou to Suzhou, they began planning for the Shanghai campaign.The army commanders called one after another to ask when to attack Shanghai. Su Yu said to them: "The work of taking over Shanghai has not been done well. You can't attack Shanghai now. Don't alarm the enemy. Shanghai is a bustling city. Attacking Shanghai is like hitting a mouse in a porcelain shop. You guys Be patient and make preparations." In the intense planning to take over Shanghai, Su Yu also drew up a battle plan for capturing Shanghai.After breakfast that day, Su Yu and Tang Liang rushed to Danyang on behalf of the Front Committee of the Third Field Army to report the combat plan to Chen Yi and Deng Xiaoping of the General Front Committee.According to the spirit of the Central Committee, the General Front Committee prepared to liberate Shanghai peacefully and instigated an uprising by the Kuomintang army to surrender.Therefore, at the beginning of the meeting, Chen Yi said: "Shanghai is a commercial city and a city with a relatively developed light industry. We want to use the Beiping method to liberate Shanghai peacefully. In this regard, Comrade Wu Kejian, the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, will first talk about the process of instigating Tang Enbo." Unexpectedly, Wu Kejian said sadly: "Due to various reasons, the work of instigating Tang Enbo failed, and Chen Yi, who was responsible for instigating the task, was secretly arrested by Chiang Kai-shek." Deng Xiaoping's eyes widened, and he asked in surprise, "What's going on?" Wu Kejian's narration brought everyone's thoughts to the mysterious underground front. Chen Yi, a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, studied in Japan in her early years and was a member of the Restoration Society. In 1926, he was favored by the warlord Sun Chuanfang, and was appointed governor of Zhejiang and commander of Zhejiang First Division.In July of the same year, the Northern Expedition began, and he joined Chiang Kai-shek. Since then, he has served as executive vice-minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, chairman of Fujian Province, president of the Army University, chief executive of Taiwan Province and commander-in-chief of Taiwan's security.When he was the chairman of Taiwan Province, he dealt with the "February 28th" people's uprising in 1947. When Chiang Kai-shek sent troops to suppress it, he found that Chen Yi was not effective in suppressing it, so he was removed from his post.Later, he returned to his home at No. 35 Duolun Road in Shanghai to live idle, depressed, and gradually saw through the dangers of officialdom, unwilling to re-enter official career. In the spring of 1948, the Jiang family dynasty was like a lonely boat in the dark night.Chiang Kai-shek thought of Chen Yi and thought that he was a rare talent who was strict in running the army, so he decided to reappoint him and appointed him as the chairman of Zhejiang Province.At the beginning, Chen Yi politely declined.At the banquet at the Meiling Palace in Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Soong Meiling shook her lips and boasted, "Mr. Chen is one of my own. Only you can turn the tide and be loyal to the Chairman." Chen Yi was overwhelmed by flattery, and couldn't stand the flattery of Chiang Kai-shek and Song Meiling, so she agreed to Chiang Kai-shek's appointment. On June 30, 1948, Chen Yi announced her inauguration at the welcome meeting of more than 200 senior officials of the Zhejiang Provincial Government.That night, the East China Bureau of the Communist Party of China sent underground party members Hu Yungong and Xia Minggang to his door to do his work.Hu and Xia are old acquaintances with Chen Yi, so when friends meet, they are naturally very cordial.They reminisce about old times and talk about friendship, and they don't say goodbye until very late.Before leaving, Hu Yungong gave Chen Yi two books, "The Four Great Families of China" and "The Thief Yuan Shikai". After seeing off Hu Yungong and Xia Minggang, Chen Yi lay on the bed, flipping through these two books, wanting to read more and more.When he finished reading the two books in one go, it was already daybreak.He contacted Chiang Kai-shek and his actions, and had a lot of thoughts, and had a better understanding of Chiang Kai-shek. Three days later, when Hu Yungong came to the door again with a smile, Chen Yi excitedly talked to him about her impressions after reading it.He likened the four big families to the current Qin Shihuang and the source of all evil.He said that if the four major families are not eliminated, the people will not be at peace.He said angrily: "Chiang Kai-shek is a political hooligan and a warlord. He is now terminally ill and should have been put on trial long ago!" Hu Yungong expressed great enthusiasm for his progress, and hoped that he could recognize the situation and do more things beneficial to the people.Chen Yi reviewed her past actions and said guiltily: "In the past, I contributed to Chiang Kai-shek's anti-Communist civil war. I committed a crime against the people. I am sorry for the people of the country and the nation!" Hu Yungong comforted him and said: "Mr. Chen, don't blame yourself too much. No one is perfect, and no gold is pure gold. As long as you have a correct understanding of the past, it is not too late to start again." They had a heart-to-heart talk like this for a long time. Hu Yungong publicized the Communist Party's policies and current tasks to Chen Yi, and Chen Yi expressed that he would work for the Communist Party. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China received Hu Yungong's report and urgently ordered the underground party in Shanghai to rebel against Chen Yi.Wu Kejian specifically instructed Hu Yungong and Xia Minggang to instigate Chen Yi's rebellion.At this time, Fujian Province also sent Chen Jusun to instigate rebellion against Chen Yi.Chen Mingshu, a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee who had been engaged in anti-Chiang activities in Hong Kong for a long time, also went to Hangzhou and had a secret conversation with Chen Yi.The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China did Chen Yi's work in many ways, and made three suggestions to Chen: First, a security regiment was secretly assigned to the CCP’s underground party, under the leadership of the underground party, to prepare for the arrival of the People’s Liberation Army across the river.Second, the three counties of Jiangshan, Taishun, and Qingyuan adjacent to Fujian are managed by the CCP’s county magistrate, who is accompanied by the deputy head, director, secretary, and heads of various departments of the militia.Third, prohibit the spies from continuing to arrest people, improve the treatment of political prisoners in the province, and release them immediately if conditions permit. Chen Yi readily accepted the CCP's three proposals, and offered to give up the country first. Zheng Wenwei, who had returned from Hong Kong, would be the county magistrate, and Zheng Naizhi would be the head of the security team. Soon, Chen Yi did several major events: One is to revoke the "Zhejiang Anti-Insurgency Work Command Group" of the secret service agency; the other is to release a group of progressive students from Zhejiang University arrested by the military; Sen's "Anti-Rebellion Brigade"; the fifth is to force the spy chief Mao Sen to resign. In February 1949, the People's Liberation Army was drinking horses in the Yangtze River. The East China Bureau of the Communist Party of China stepped up its work against Chen Yi, asking him to control as many troops as possible to contribute to the liberation of Jiangnan.Tang Enbo is the commander-in-chief of the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou garrison and controls nearly 500,000 troops of the Kuomintang.Chen Yi proposed to Hu Yungong the idea of ​​fighting for Tang Enbo's uprising. Hu Yungong believed that Tang Wei was insidious and cunning, so he should not be trusted easily.However, Chen Yi was full of confidence and told Hu Yungong about his relationship with Tang Enbo. Tang Enbo is from Wuyi, Zhejiang Province. He is 16 years younger than Chen Yi, and his family is poor. Chen Yi has always supported him, from elementary school to middle school, and then sent him to Japan to study.After Tang arrived in Japan, Chen Yi did not stop helping him, and still subsidized him 50 yuan a month.Tang said in a letter to Chen that the parents who gave birth to me, and Chen Gong who knew me.For this reason, he changed his name to En Bo, which means never forgetting Chen Yi's kindness.To Chen Yi's goddaughter Chen Wenying, Tang Enbo always referred to him as his younger sister.When Chen Yi traveled to the West Lake or went to the streets, she always held Tang Enbo on one arm and Chen Wenying on the other. After Tang Enbo returned from studying in Japan, Chen Yi entrusted him to arrange for him to serve as the staff officer of the lieutenant colonel in the staff office of the Army, Navy and Air Force General Headquarters, and later served as regiment commander, division commander, and army commander.Tang Enbo made steady progress, and never took a step away from the vine of Chen Yi.Tang Enbo often lost battles, and Chiang Kai-shek tried to deal with him many times, but it was Chen Yi who dealt with it, and finally nothing happened. In May 1947, Tang Enbo, then commander of the Corps, commanded six reorganized divisions to attack the Shandong liberated area. On May 16, the 74th Division reorganized by the Tang Department was wiped out, and Zhang Lingfu was killed.Chiang Kai-shek believed that Tang Enbo had made a mistake in command and dismissed him. Tang returned to Shanghai, cried to Chen Yi, prepared the rope for hanging, and prepared to commit suicide.Fortunately, Chen Wenying found out that Tang was saved from death.Chen Yi came out again and said many good things in front of Chiang Kai-shek, which caused Tang to be reassigned to serve as the director of the Quzhou Appeasement Office. In July 1948, Chen Yi became the chairman of Zhejiang Province and recommended Tang as the commander-in-chief of the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou garrison. After Chen Yi talked about her relationship with Tang Enbo, she said confidently: "I can guarantee with my life that Tang Enbo will definitely listen to me!" In order to further prove the closeness of their relationship, he also said with a smile, "You know what? Uncle calls me Uncle in public, but at home he always calls me Papa." At this point, Hu Yungong felt that it was superfluous to say anything more, so he said with a smile: "Since you are so sure, I agree with you. You should try to do his job as much as possible." Soon, Chen Yi told Hu Yungong that Tang Enbo agreed to lead the uprising. Hu Yungong immediately reported the situation to the organization.Deng Xiaoping and Chen Yi were very excited when they learned about this. On the morning of January 21, 1949, Chiang Kai-shek issued a "retirement" announcement.Chen Yi had arrived in Nanjing a day earlier, ready to take Jiang back to Xikou.In the afternoon, Chen Yi accompanied Chiang Kai-shek and his party to Hangzhou by plane.In order to show his friendship as a landlord, he also set up a banquet at the "Lou Wai Lou" restaurant in West Lake to welcome Chiang Kai-shek.At that time, Jiang was depressed and unwilling to eat. After many times of persuasion by Chen Yi, he took a piece of West Lake vinegar fish and put it in his mouth.At this time, due to the influence of the Communist Party, Chen Yi's position and views have changed a lot.Therefore, he persuaded Chiang Kai-shek: "President, the current situation is different, you must be able to afford it and let it go." Chiang Kai-shek regarded Chen Yi's kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs, and immediately frowned, thinking to himself: What does this mean, you, Chen Yi, who has always been obedient, dare to teach me a lesson, are you watching my joke? Chiang Kai-shek let out a "hum" in his nose, put on an awe-inspiring face full of displeasure, got up and walked away, ordering the car to drive straight to the mouth of the stream. Chen Yi was taken aback for a moment, knowing that she had offended Lao Jiang by her unscrupulous words, but it was too late to regret. At this time, the work of the Chen and Tang uprisings was quietly accelerating, and Tang Enbo accepted the five agreements of the Communist Party: First, release political prisoners; second, stop building fortifications to defend Shanghai; third, guarantee that the city of Shanghai will be completely handed over to the Communist Party; fourth, reorganize the subordinate troops in accordance with democratic principles; fifth, cancel war crime charges and give them equivalent positions. As the saying goes, walls have ears.The CCP liaison officers frequently traveled between Tang and Chen, which attracted the attention of the spy chief Mao Sen.He secretly sent people into the Tang Department and stole the huge information that Tang and Chen were about to revolt.Surprised and delighted, he drove to Xikou overnight and reported Chen and Tang to Chiang Kai-shek.However, Mao Sen did not know Tang Enbo's attitude towards the uprising at the time, so it was inconvenient to say more in front of Chiang Kai-shek.蒋介石得到这个重要情报，急电召见汤恩伯到溪口。汤恩伯接到蒋介石电报赶到溪口，在蒋介石的严厉追问下，为了保住自己，出卖了陈仪。他扑通一声跪在蒋介石的面前，一五一十地说出了实情。为了得到蒋介石的信任，他一连扇了自己几十个耳光，痛哭流涕地诉说自己上了陈仪的当。 蒋介石恶向胆边生，恨从心中起。他表面上不动声色，脑子里却设想了对付陈仪的办法。 此时的陈仪对汤恩伯在蒋介石面前的行为全然不知，一直被蒙在鼓里。为了策划起义，他夜以继日地工作，处于高度紧张的状态中。他召开各种会议，动员浙江省杭州市政府官员，听候起义命令。 这时，汤恩伯总部的中共地下党将汤的情况上报中共上海市委，市委火速通知陈仪，叫他任何地方都不要去，最好是迅速乘飞机到苏北去，没有飞机就迅速开车向江北跑，过江后便可保证安全。 令人遗憾的是，直到此时，陈仪仍坚信汤恩伯。他不相信汤会背叛自己，所以不肯动身离开浙江。 危险的信号一个接着一个。1949年2月17日，各报纸公开刊登了陈仪被免职，由周岩接任的消息。17号晚，蒋急电陈仪，要他去溪口一趟，陈未加理睬。18日一早，陈仪回到上海寓所，“恭候”了多时的毛森皮笑肉不笑地对他说：“陈主席，鄙人奉委员长之命，来保护你的安全。”他的话音一落，几个彪形大汉一拥而上，将陈仪五花大绑，架上了一辆吉普车。从此，陈仪便失去了自由。 大陆解放后，陈仪被押送台湾。 何应钦、张群、陈诚、俞大维都替陈仪说情。蒋也表示，只要陈仪当面认错就原谅他。谁知，陈仪在蒋介石面前将头昂得高高的，痛斥蒋介石说：“我没有错。你独裁专制了22年，杀害了无数军民，应当认错的是你，而不是我！我已70岁有余，也该归天了。我一生做错不少事，只做对了一件事，就是准备起义。可惜，我错将恶狼当绵羊，老马失途，吃了大亏。你蒋介石杀人再多，也要归天！” 蒋介石去台后，为稳住阵脚，进行“肃整”。他磨刀霍霍，决定杀陈立威，杀一儆百。汤恩伯听说蒋要杀陈，用陈的头来镇住台湾人民，急忙请毛人凤向蒋介石求情。毛人凤说：“不行，天威难测，老头子要杀人立威，我求他无用。” 蒋介石要杀陈仪的消息传开后，6月18日拂晓，马场町聚集了约2万人。有的是出于对陈仪的痛恨，因为陈仪曾镇压过“二二八”起义，他们要赶来当面痛骂陈仪，以解心头之恨。有的则说陈仪当官一生廉洁，做过不少好事，特地赶来为他送行。老百姓谁也不知道杀陈仪的真相。 看热闹的人一直等到10点钟，也不见陈仪被押来。在闹哄哄的人群中，突然有一个人打开收音机，里面传来了一条消息：通共罪犯浙江省主席、二级上将陈仪，已在凌晨1时，在马场町被处决。 汤恩伯在家中含泪听完广播，率全家设了灵堂。汤恩伯这样做，是出自对陈仪的思念，出于内心的忏悔，还是猫哭耗子假慈悲，只有他自己心里清楚。 吴克坚说罢陈仪被捕的经过，陈毅、邓小平、粟裕等流下了痛心的泪水。 陈仪被捕后，起义计划流产了，解放上海只能采取武力攻打方式。接着，粟裕谈上海战役的计划。他首先介绍了汤恩伯在上海的兵力部署情况。 汤恩伯将整个上海划分为3个守备区：沪西北区、沪西区和浦东区。解放军渡江前，汤恩伯在上海只有第五十二军、第七十五军、第三十七军3个军，加上8个交警总队。第五十二军守沪西北区，第七十五军守沪西区，第三十七军守浦东区。3个军属淞沪警备司令部指挥。由于他们没参加守江作战，所以建制比较完整。而且他们都是机械化部队，战斗力较强。渡江战役前，汤恩伯判断解放军会沿着南京至上海的铁路，向上海推进。因此，他将沪西作为重点防守区域，将3个军的炮兵调到沪西，还命令海军和吴淞要塞的炮火配合沪西作战。解放军一夜之间渡过长江，沿江的敌第二十一军、第五十四军、第一二三军、第五十一军和第九十九师、暂八师、二零四师等，都退到了上海。同时，汤恩伯还将在浙东的第十二军调到上海。因此，汤恩伯在上海的兵力一下子增加到8个军、23个师，计25万之众。 解放军逼近上海，迫使汤恩伯放弃了原来的部署，重新制订了防守方案。这个新的方案是：以第一二三军和暂八师沿太仓、昆山、青浦、嘉兴至平湖、金山卫，摆成一线，布置在上海的最外围；以第五十二、第五十四、第七十五、第三十七军，在市郊组成主要防御地带，第五十二军守月浦、刘行、吴淞、宝山，第五十四军守真如、大场，第七十五军守虹桥、龙华，第三十七军守周浦、南汇；将第二十一军配置在第五十二、第五十四军后面的江湾等地，第十二军配置在海边高桥、高行，作为预备队；上海市区只留下第五十一军残部及5个交警总队驻守。另外，敌人还有军舰30余艘，飞机120余架。 这样强大的兵力配备，汤恩伯仍觉得不安全，又派出部队和民工，筑起了三道阵地，即外围阵地、主阵地和核心阵地。 外围阵地分浦东、浦西两处。在浦西，自浏河、罗店、嘉定、南翔、七宝镇至华泾一线以西是外围阵地。在浦东，自川沙至北蔡镇以北是主阵地，以南是外围阵地。另外，在外围阵地以外的太仓、昆山、青浦、松江、平湖、金山卫、南汇等，也派出小部队进行巡逻，构成外围阵地以外的第一道防线。 主阵地还是原来的沪西北、沪西和浦东三个守备区，部队仍然是原先的三个军。所不同的是，在主阵地范围之内，增加了两个王牌军，就是第五十四军和第十二军。第五十四军是全部美械装备，在上海守敌中的战斗力首屈一指。第十二军是汤的嫡系。汤恩伯将这两支部队摆在吴淞口的东西两翼，犹如两只凶狠的猎犬，忠实地守护在上海的东北海面。汤恩伯还有一个打算，一旦形势不妙，立即将这两支部队撤到台湾。 汤恩伯的最后一道核心阵地是，利用高层建筑作为顽抗据点。如上海的国际饭店、汇丰银行、海关大楼、哈同公寓、四行仓库、百老汇、北站大楼，以及一些大饭店、大旅馆等，他在这些高大建筑物的外围和顶部堆积沙袋，布置木马、铁丝网，作为障碍。 粟裕介绍到此，邓小平插话问道：“上海外围有碉堡、地堡吗？” “有，”粟裕指着地图介绍说，“外围阵地与主阵地之间距离约3000多米，全都是钢骨水泥的地堡群，密密麻麻，一个连着一个，大约有3000多个。主阵地后面，是交叉形的水泥地堡，共计1万多座。地堡分为甲、乙两种，甲种地堡有2英尺厚，四周有电网、竹签、地雷和水沟。” “固若金汤嘛！”陈毅说了一句。 粟裕继续说：“汤恩伯还有特种兵团配合呢！他配备了火炮500门，其中榴弹炮130门。汤恩伯将这些火炮配置在外围阵地，每公里就有5门炮。其次，他还有4个飞行大队，共有14架飞机。” “汤恩伯有多少预备队？有多少装甲车，多少战车？”邓小平又问了一句。 “装甲车和战车共有150辆。”粟裕回答说，“汤恩伯吹牛说，他的工事比苏联卫国战争时期斯大林格勒的还要坚固30%。蒋介石叫他坚守半年至一年，等待国际形势变化，等待第三次世界大战爆发，等待美国出兵。” “蒋介石是白日做梦！”邓小平骂了一句。 唐亮补充说：“汤恩伯为了坚守上海，确定了一条戒律，就是用'杀'来惩戒官兵。他下达了大破坏、大屠杀的'十大战令'。” 这“十大战令”内容是：（1）违抗命令、临阵退缩者，杀；（2）意志不坚、通敌卖国者，杀；（3）未经许可、擅离职守者，杀；（4）放弃阵地、不能收复者，杀；（5）造谣惑众、扰乱军心者，杀；（6）不重保密、泄漏军机者，杀；（7）坐观成败、不相救援者，杀；（8）贻误通讯、致失联络者，杀；（9）不爱护武器弹药及克扣军饷者，杀；（10）破坏军纪及懈怠疏忽者，杀。 “这十大战令就是汤恩伯治军的十大绝招。这还不算，另外，他还下令将郊区通向上海的桥梁全部炸毁，将浦东、浦西的大小工厂全部炸毁。现在，郊区的大部分民房都被他一把火烧成灰烬，成千上万的居民无家可归。市内大部分学校也被炸毁，稍微值钱点儿的东西全都被抢走了。据特务头目毛森说，上海是只宝瓶，在临走时要炸碎它、毁灭它。现在，毛森在全市范围内进行疯狂大逮捕、大屠杀，就是为了防止我地下党搞策反。他们大白天在街上、商店、学校公开抓人、杀人。虹口公园和大世界等闹市区已成了屠杀场。现在的上海处在一片白色恐怖之中，人心浮动，个个自危。” “汤恩伯这个衣冠禽兽，对人民犯下了不可饶恕的罪行，绝没有好下场！”陈毅咬着牙，气愤地骂道，“据说，汤恩伯一贯奉行的就是残杀立威原则，他的写字台下压着他亲笔写的两句话：'要有菩萨心肠，要有屠夫手段。'1947年冬天，他在南京下关坐轮船到九江庐山开会。当时因天冷，轮船发动生火迟了一个多小时，他便大发雷霆，说有人故意破坏，竟然残忍地拔出手枪，将船长给枪毙了。” 邓小平自豪地说：“在对待人民这个问题上，毛泽东比蒋介石和汤恩伯高明百倍千倍。蒋介石和汤恩伯滥杀无辜，肆意破坏城市建设。毛泽东为了保护城市，保护人民，颁发了接管城市的规定，命令部队进城后要秋毫无犯，吃干粮、喝冷水、睡马路、盖麻袋。所以，人民拥护我们。” 粟裕介绍完上海的防守情况，接着又汇报了作战方案。他说：“根据上海敌人工事坚固的特点，我们设想了三种方案：第一，围困，可采取东北野战军围困长春的办法，把敌人饿死、饿垮。不过，上海不同于长春，上海有600万人口，是国际性大都市，可能敌人还没被饿死，老百姓就已经遭殃了。” “说得不错，敌人可能囤积了大量的粮食，老百姓却没吃没喝。这个方案不可取，说说下一个。”陈毅首先表态。 “第二个办法是选择敌人防御的薄弱点，突破一点，向纵深发展。但是，这一方案要用火炮打进市中心，对城市的破坏性大。” 陈毅又摇头：“不行，不行，不能破坏城市！毁坏一幢楼容易，建造一幢楼就很难了。上海的一砖一瓦都是人民的血汗，上海是人民的。我以上海市长的名义，反对这个方案。” 粟裕打趣说：“我同意陈市长的意见，这一方案也不可取。”他接着说出了第三方案，用两翼迂回的战术，钳击吴淞，封锁汤恩伯的海上退路，诱其主力于市郊外，而后攻占市区。粟裕说，“这个方案既可以保全上海，又可歼灭敌人。” 他接着说了实行这一方案的具体部署：以叶飞的第十兵团和宋时轮的第九兵团，共8个军30万人，兵分两路，向吴淞迂回。第十兵团指挥第二十六、第二十八、第二十九、第三十三军并特种兵纵队炮兵一部，由常熟、苏州地区，向昆山、太仓、嘉定地区攻击前进，歼灭该区守军，直插吴淞、宝山，封锁黄浦江口，截断其海上通路，而后由西北向市区进攻；第九兵团指挥第二十、第二十七、第三十、第三十一军并特种兵纵队炮兵一部，首先以2个军由南浔、吴江等地迂回浦东，向奉贤、南汇、川沙攻击前进，进逼高桥，协同第十兵团封锁吴淞口。其余2个军集结于松江以南和嘉兴及其以东地区，视机攻占吴淞口、青浦。而后，该兵团由东、南、西三面与第十兵团会攻上海市区。 邓小平说：“这个方案好，它符合中央军委保全上海的精神。不过，可能实施起来困难一些，要付出一定的代价。为了完整地将上海交给人民，我们子弟兵付出一点代价是值得的。为了减少上海的损失，部队进入市区作战过程中，一般情况下，不准使用炮火，迫不得已需要使用时，一定要事先请示。” 粟裕、唐亮表示同意。 陈毅说：“打上海好比瓷器店里捉老鼠，老鼠要捉到，瓷器也不能被打掉。怎么办呢？这就要设法将市区的敌人调到外围去打。粟司令刚刚提出的两翼迂回吴淞的方案，是一着妙棋。蒋介石心里明白，上海是守不住的。他现在要坚守，目的是把上海的金银财宝从吴淞口运到台湾。所以，我们一定要击其要害。等他把市区的兵力调到吴淞去后，我们就趁市区兵力空虚之时，攻进上海。” 邓小平对粟裕说：“就这么定了。你回去后，立即向各军传达作战命令，同时一定要强调纪律——这是人民军队胜利之本。大家切切牢记，攻击市区时，不准开炮，不准爆破，不准使用任何重武器！” 会议即将结束时，他们收到了中共上海局发来的密电。电文中说，由张权领导的起义军将在5月16日上午10时举行武装起义。届时，参加起义的有国民党第五十一军、第三十二师、第二零九师、第一八二师等，起义后，军队将控制汤恩伯海上通道吴淞口，逮捕在上海复兴岛的蒋介石。 看到这个消息，与会者都兴奋不已。如果张权的起义成功，不仅解放上海的时间可以提前，还能减少解放军和上海民众的伤亡。因此，大家都将希望寄托在张权起义上。 邓小平提醒大家说：“情况复杂，不可低估敌人的警觉性。所以，我们还是要作好两手准备。寄希望于张权起义，配合我们攻城作战，这当然是最理想的。但是我们也要有所准备，万一起义失败怎么办？这也不是不可能的。大家知道吗？我们的地下党员在渡江战役中组织了十多次起义。但是，现在成功的只有芜湖的二八二师起义、南京的四十五师王晏清的起义、江阴要塞起义、第二舰队林遵在南京笆斗山起义等，其他的起义都流产了。所以，我们盼望张权的起义能够成功，但也要充分作好用武力解放上海的准备工作。” “说得对！”陈毅赞同邓小平的意见。 粟裕、唐亮在丹阳开完作战会议，回到常州，向司令部传达了会议精神，又研究了详细的作战方案，向各军下达了第三野战军淞沪战役作战命令。作战命令犹如一支火炬，点燃了指战员们的战斗激情。大家用饱满而又充沛的革命热情，冒着风雨，向指定的位置开进。 作战命令传到常熟第十兵团司令叶飞手中。叶飞仔细阅读后，十分赞同这一作战方案。但是，他看到第十兵团的战场西起浏河、太仓、昆山，东至宝山、吴淞的黄浦江，北起长江，南至安亭、南翔、真如、大场、江湾一线，而这一线守敌有4个军13个师，不禁皱起了眉头。命令规定第十兵团在5月12日从常熟出发，限于5月14日到达吴淞发起攻击。2天之内从常熟赶到吴淞，要走120公里，这其中有敌人4个军把守。也就是说，2天内需要歼灭4个军。他左思右想，觉得很难办到。于是，他拿起电话，接通了野司。叶飞对野司值班的黄参谋说：“计划命令我们已经收到了。我们十兵团打西路的兵力不多，西路的敌人却有4个军，你们还要求我们在2天之内到达。你知道从常熟到吴淞有多少路吗？” 黄参谋回答说：“120公里啊！” “请问120公里路步行要走多少天？2天能不能到达？再说，浏河、嘉定、月浦、杨行、刘行有几百个水泥碉堡、地堡挡着我们的去路，我们2天时间有可能赶到吴淞吗？” 黄参谋说：“据说上海要和平解放，张权要举行战场起义。如果起义成功，2天之内赶到吴淞是有可能的。” 叶飞这才知道其中的原因，心想，真能兵不血刃地解决上海，走北平的道路，当然是最好的事。于是，他笑着说：“既然这样，就没什么仗打了，那就不需我亲自指挥了。我马上指定二十八军的朱绍清军长代替我指挥。” 叶飞刚放下电话，电话铃声又响了起来。他拿起电话，是粟裕的声音。粟裕询问道：“怎么，叶司令，听说你对我的作战计划命令有看法？欢迎啊！计划命令一要快、二要准，不准怎么能打胜仗？你下午到我这里详细面谈一次行吗？” “一言为定，”叶飞干脆地说，“我一定来。” 下午，叶飞赶到粟裕那里。粟裕一见到他便说：“你的意见很好！我们之所以要你们在两天内赶到，是在预计张权将军起义成功的前提下决定的。他起义的把握有多大，我们心里没有数。”粟裕考虑了片刻，又说，“这样吧，还是两手准备。先从坏处着想，进行准备。” 叶飞表示，张权起义之事，他确实一无所知。他说：“据说蒋介石、汤恩伯已经将上海搬得差不多了。我认为，我们推迟进上海不妥。我们首先要制止蒋介石的行为，如果上海被他搬成一座空城，我们的损失就太大了！” 粟裕一拍脑门，闪动着深邃的目光，说：“啊呀，我怎么就没想到呢？14日太迟了！我只考虑将解放上海的工作做得越充分越好，却没有想到我们给了蒋介石时间搬东西。你说得对，再拖下去，上海就要成为一座空城了！叶司令，你的意见十分正确。我立即将你的意见上报总前委和中央军委，将战役的时间提前到5月12日前后。” 电报发走不一会儿，机要员进来了，他递给粟裕一份急电。电报是中央军委发来的。北京统帅部也意识到战役时间要提前，因此，粟裕的建议电报刚发走，就收到了中央军委的电报。粟裕看罢