The long years have seen great changes.The Chinese people have gone through numerous internal and external troubles, waged indomitable struggles and won victories one after another. On August 15, 1945, after eight years of bloody struggle, the Chinese nation ushered in a great victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan.This is a day of celebration for the Chinese people and people of all countries in the world. It is a day for the end of the war of aggression that brought the greatest disaster to mankind in the 20th century. It is a day for a new peace and progress. It will be etched in China and the world forever. history.

The people celebrate victory, and the people yearn for peace.However, the Kuomintang reactionaries, who have always been passive in resisting Japan and actively opposing the Communist Party, are now sharpening their knives in a vain attempt to reap the fruits of the people's victory in the War of Resistance.A decisive battle related to China's future and destiny has begun.In this life-and-death decisive battle, a group of powerful troops galloped across the battlefield, conquering the north and the south, and created great achievements that will shine through in the annals of history.The Third Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army is one of them.

The predecessor of Sanye was part of the main force of the New Fourth Army that retreated north after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and part of the main force of the Eighth Route Army that stayed in Shandong.In the course of its development, it experienced four periods: the Shandong Field Army, the Central China Field Army, the East China Field Army, the Third Field Army, the East China Military Region, and the Third Field Army. Chiang Kai-shek planned to launch a civil war in an attempt to destroy the Communist Party and the people's army under its leadership.In order to gain time to prepare for an all-out civil war, he pretended to talk about peace and invited the Chinese Communist Party to send representatives to Chongqing for negotiations; on the other hand, relying on the help of U.S. imperialism, he stepped up the deployment of the civil war, mobilized millions of troops, and marched to North China, East China, and Northeast China. Occupy big cities and traffic arteries by force, and complete the division and encirclement of the liberated areas.

In accordance with the CPC Central Committee's strategic policy of "developing to the north and defending to the south", Chen Yi and others led the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army and the 7th, 2nd, and 4th divisions from Central China to the north successively to carry out the task of consolidating and developing the Shandong Liberated Area.The New Fourth Army units remaining in central China established the Central China Field Army, which was commanded by Chen Yi in terms of strategic operations. In June 1946, after completing preparations for the civil war, the KMT flagrantly tore up the agreement reached between the KMT and the CCP, concentrated about 1.6 million troops, and launched a full-scale attack on the liberated areas starting from the siege of the Central Plains Liberated Areas. First eliminate the Communist army in the pass, and then resolve the Northeast issue.The army and civilians in the liberated areas rose up to fight, and the liberation war was in full swing.The troops in each strategic area wiped out a large number of enemies in mobile warfare. Among them, the Central China and Shandong Field Army met and wiped out the enemy in Central Jiangsu and Huaibei, and successively carried out battles in Central Jiangsu, Huaibei, Southern Shandong, and Laiwu. Suzhong fought seven consecutive battles with the superior enemy, annihilating more than 50,000 enemies, known as "seven battles and seven victories".

In the first quarter of 1947, Shandong and the Central China Field Army were unified and reorganized, and the East China Military Region and the East China Field Army were established on the basis of the Shandong Military Region, the Shandong Field Army, the Central China Military Region, and the Central China Field Army. In March 1947, the Kuomintang was forced to stop its all-out offensive and instead focused on Shandong and the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia liberated areas.The Central Military Commission led the entire army to continue to implement the strategic policy of actively defending against the enemy from inside: on the Shandong battlefield, the East China Field Army adopted the tactics of concentrating its forces to surround the enemy on all sides; The 74th Division disrupted the Kuomintang army's key offensive plan.

"Since ancient times, there are many heroes who are brave and brave, and they compete with the rare soldiers in the Central Plains." In the spring of 1947, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army were renamed the Chinese People's Liberation Army. In September, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Military Commission decided that the People's Liberation Army should use its main force to fight on the outer lines, lead the war to the Kuomintang-ruled areas, and wipe out a large number of enemies on the outer lines.Chen Yi and Su Yu led the main force of the East China Field Army, crossed the Longhai Road to the south, advanced into the Henan, Anhui and Soviet border areas, cooperated closely with the Central Plains Field Army, and competed for the Central Plains. The key attack on Shandong.

After the main force of the People's Liberation Army launched a strategic offensive, the slogan "Down with Chiang Kai-shek and liberate the whole of China" resounded across the land of China. The East China Field Army launched the Jinan Campaign and conquered Jinan City, which was heavily defended by the Kuomintang, and opened the prelude to the strategic decisive battle. The two major field armies of East China and Central Plains fought together, and the Huaihai Campaign was held in the area centered on Xuzhou.It took 66 days to annihilate more than 550,000 members of the KMT Xuzhou "suppression general" Liu Zhi Group, liberated the vast area north of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and put Nanjing, Shanghai, and Wuhan, the political and economic centers ruled by the Chiang Kai-shek reactionaries, under the direct threat of the People's Liberation Army Down.This decisive battle was praised by Stalin as "rare in the history of world wars".

In February 1949, the East China Field Army was officially reorganized into the Third Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, with Chen Yi serving as commander and political commissar. On April 21, 1949, Mao Zedong and Zhu De issued the "Order to March to the Nation", ordering the People's Liberation Army to "advance bravely, resolutely, thoroughly, cleanly and completely annihilate all Kuomintang reactionaries who dare to resist in China, liberate the people of the whole country, and defend China. Independence and integrity of territorial sovereignty".According to the above order, the Third Field Army, together with other field armies, launched a large-scale strategic pursuit of the remaining Kuomintang troops on the mainland starting from the Battle of Crossing the River.

The great Chinese People's War of Liberation ended Chiang Kai-shek's reactionary rule, finally lifted the three mountains that were pressing on the Chinese people, and ushered in the birth of the People's Republic of China.The war has created thousands of famous generals who are all-powerful.Chen Yi, Su Yu, Tan Zhenlin and other generals have strategized and directed many mighty and majestic live dramas with their outstanding military talents and rich war experience.The Third Field Army and its predecessor troops fought bloody battles in East China and advanced into the Central Plains. They fought more than 40 famous battles, annihilating 2.45 million enemy troops, and more than 560,000 people who made meritorious deeds.The great achievements and heroic feats of the vast number of commanders and fighters with their blood and lives are like the towering Mount Tai and the vast sea, and they will always be admired by the people.

"Never forget the past, the teacher of the future." When we look back on this bloody and magnificent history, the glorious achievements of the Third Field Army are vividly remembered.Covering the pages and thinking deeply, let us once again remember the heroes who gave their lives for the victory of the War of Liberation.