Chapter 70 4. Taking over Shenyang

Shenyang is a large national city with a population of about 2 million at that time.Our party still lacks experience in how to manage and transform this big city after liberation.Therefore, on October 26, before the liberation of Shenyang, the Northeast Bureau held a special meeting in Harbin to seriously study many issues after taking over the Northeast.The meeting decided that Chen Yun would be the director of the Shenyang Military Management Committee, Wu Xiuquan would be the deputy director and commander of the garrison, Tao Zhu would be the deputy director of the Military Management Committee, secretary of the municipal party committee and political commissar of the garrison, and Zhu Qiwen would be the mayor of Shenyang.The Northeast Bureau decided to transfer 4,000 cadres into Shenyang to take over.According to the memory of the old comrades at that time, almost all the cadres in Harbin went to Shenyang except for a few who stayed behind.Moreover, it was mobilized on the 28th, and the train departed on the 29th.

On November 2, Chen Yun, Wu Xiuquan, etc. entered Shenyang together with Tao Zhu who had already been outside Shenyang (Tao Zhu was the political commissar of the Liaobei Military Region at the time). On November 4, Lin Biao, Luo Ronghuan, Liu Yalou, and Tan Zheng led the Northeast Field Army headquarters into Shenyang. Because the Northeast Bureau had done sufficient preparations in advance, the takeover of Shenyang was quite smooth. The city was under martial law for only three days. Take over the materials, take in the enemy's stragglers, organize the bombing of the planes sent by Chiang Kai-shek, and start to organize the normal operation of urban life.

Three days later, the shops were open, the water and electricity were unimpeded, the military control committee dispatched food from Nanman and coal from Fuxin to guarantee the supply to the citizens, and the newborn Shenyang's work and social order gradually got on the right track.Since then, Shenyang, the largest city in Northeast China and the most important heavy industry base in the country, has been reborn.