Recently, the major revolutionary historical TV series " decisive battle " became the focus of the audience after it was broadcast on CCTV. The play restores history through multiple levels of strategy, campaign, battle, tactics, etc., and fully demonstrates the glorious course of the Chinese Communist Party, with the full support of the broad masses of the people, leading the People's Liberation Army to the great victory of the war of liberation . The show of the Liaoshen Campaign in the play can be described as full of colors, and "Jinzhou" appeared frequently. The Jinzhou campaign from the brewing to the implementation, and then to the victory, it is even more vivid, especially Mao Zedong's sentence "The Battle of Jinzhou will be a historic battle, related to the survival of the Northeast, and the development of the national revolutionary situation." accurately positioned the importance of the Battle of Jinzhou. Then, why did the Battle of Jinzhou become a key battle in the Battle of Liaoshen and even the National Liberation War, and an important battle affecting the overall situation?
In 1948, the People’s Liberation War had entered the third year of a political and economic situation that was not conducive to the military and the People’s Liberation Army. Significant changes. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Military Commission reviewed the situation and decided to launch a strategic decisive battle with the Kuomintang army in the northeast battlefield, and determined to conquer Jinzhou first. Jinzhou is an important land transportation link connecting the inside and outside of the customs. It is known as the gateway to the northeast and has always been a battleground for military strategists. If Jinzhou is conquered and the "gate" of the Northeast is closed, the Northeast Kuomintang army can be enclosed in the Northeast and annihilated, thus forming a powerful posture for the National War of Liberation. September 7,Mao Zedong drafted the operational policy for the Liaoshen Campaign for the Central Military Commission, and proposed a strategic deployment of "attacking Jinzhou and fighting aid", that is, attacking Jinzhou and blocking the Kuomintang troops who reinforce Jinzhou. On September 12, the Northeast Field Army went south to the Beining Line to launch the Liaoshen Campaign. Successively captured Changli, Beidaihe, Suizhong, Xingcheng, Yixian and other places, and surrounded Jinzhou. On the 10th, Mao Zedong once again emphasized the importance of the attack on Jinzhou to the commander of the Northeast Field Army, stating that "Your central attention must be on the Jinzhou operation, seeking to conquer the city as quickly as possible. Even if other goals are not achieved, as long as Conquer Jinzhou, you will have the initiative, which is a great victory." After full preparation, at 11 o'clock on the 14th, the East Field Army launched a general offensive against Jinzhou City with a superior force of more than 250,000. The assault groups launched attacks across the board under the cover of fierce artillery fire. After breaking through the city walls, they developed in depth, and then launched fierce street fighting. Regardless of the bombing, strafing, and heroic charges of the Kuomintang military aircraft, the commanders and soldiers boldly interspersed and used a combination of firepower, blasting, and assault to break through the core strongholds guarded by the Kuomintang army one by one. The fierce battle lasted for 31 hours until 18:00 on the 15th. At the cost of 24,000 casualties, 100,000 defenders of the Kuomintang army were wiped out and the great victory of liberation of Jinzhou was achieved.
realized the strategy of "closing the Northeast Kuomintang troops" to overcome Jinzhou and completely cut off the idea of "closing the road to the northeast of the Kuomintang" The rapid development of the Northeast War situation laid an important foundation for the final victory in the Liaoshen Campaign. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China congratulated Jinzhou on the great victory: "Celebrate your great victory in the liberation of Jinzhou by annihilating one hundred thousand enemies. This victory appeared at the beginning of your offensive this autumn, and new victories will continue to come. I hope you will continue to work hard for the complete annihilation. The Northeast Jiang Bandit Army, and the complete liberation of the Northeast people to fight!"
, the victory of the battleIt demonstrates the decisive role of the correct decision-making and unified leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, demonstrates the firm determination of the Northeast Field Army to fully implement the central decision and deployment, demonstrates the strong will of the People's Army to defy hardships and dangers and dare to win, and demonstrates the majestic people's war. Strength.
Photo provided | Liaoning-Shenyang Campaign Memorial
editor | Zhou Li
Source: Jinzhou released
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