Chapter 2 introduction

In the strategic decisive battle between the revolutionary and counter-revolutionary forces that determined the fate of the Chinese people, there were three major battles. The Liaoshen Campaign and the Huaihai Campaign have passed amidst the rumble of gunfire and the sky filled with gunpowder smoke.Now we are going to talk about the last big battle-the Battle of Pingjin. The great battle that took place on the North China battlefield centered on Peiping had both similarities and differences with the previous two major battles. The same thing is that the decisive battle between the revolutionary forces led by the Communist Party of China and the Kuomintang reactionaries after years of contests; it was a decisive battle on the eve of the defeat of Chiang Kai-shek and the establishment of New China; it was a decisive battle on the political, military, and economic fronts; Invest in a large-scale decisive battle with hundreds of thousands of horses.

The difference is that this battle took place around Xibaipo, the highest headquarters of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China headed by Mao Zedong, and centered on Beiping, the famous ancient capital of my country and the future capital of New China; 40% of the Kuomintang troops in this battle The troops that did not belong to Chiang Kai-shek's direct line, and their commanders were not Chiang Kai-shek's direct line generals, but General Fu Zuoyi, a representative of the non-direct line within the Kuomintang at that time. The above-mentioned similarities determine the cruelty and importance of this battle; and the above-mentioned differences determine the flexibility and diversity of this battle, making this battle a battle presented This thrilling scene is not all rushes and bloody battles, but also a lot of complicated and tense struggles on the other front.

The result of this struggle was the peaceful liberation of the ancient capital of Beiping.