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[Today in Party History] From September 16 to 24, 1948, the People's Liberation Army conquered Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, which was heavily defended by 100,000 Kuomintang troops, setting a precedent for the People's Liberation Army to conquer large cities and set the country for liberation. The prelude to the strategic decisive battle of war.
In September 1948, Liberation War entered its third year, and the time had come for the People's Liberation Army to engage in a strategic decisive battle with the Kuomintang army. At that time, Jinan was located at the intersection of Jinpu Road and Jiaoji Road. It was a strategically important place connecting East China and North China. It was crucial to win Jinan's game. To this end, after careful consideration and thorough deployment, East China Field Army launched the Jinan Campaign based on the "offensive, economic, and aid" combat strategy determined by the Central Military Commission and Chairman Mao.
On September 16th, on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival of the lunar calendar, at 24 o'clock, the artillery fire from various columns of our army started, and the battle to attack Jinan started. The 140,000 siege troops broke through the outer positions of the Kuomintang defenders at lightning speed and captured an important military barrier in the east of the city in one fell swoop. They succeeded in the first battle and disrupted the positions of the Kuomintang defenders. After that, the Xilu Corps, which served as the main offensive, cleared the periphery, defeated the Kuomintang reinforcements, and blocked the passage of its land and air reinforcements. The Siege Corps attacked from east to west, vowing to open Jinan Prefecture .
"Jinan is heavily guarded and commanded by geniuses. It is an unconquerable fortress." Regarding Jinan, the Kuomintang once declared this in newspapers. Barbed wire, minefields, traffic trenches, moats, bunker groups...To face the enemy, a permanent defense system with a total area of more than 600 square kilometers and more than 100,000 elite troops. Our soldiers regard death as home and go forward and succeed, with flesh and blood. Turned into a steel knife straight into the enemy's chest.
In the early morning of September 24th, our army launched the fourth siege war and opened the breach in the southeast corner of the inner city. As Kunshun Gate, West Gate, old east gate and other inner city strongholds were successively occupied, I The army marched into the city,Finally the red flag of victory was inserted into Jinan, and Jinan ushered in liberation.
The victory of the Battle of Jinan created a precedent for the People's Liberation Army to capture large cities and opened the prelude to the strategic decisive battle of the National Liberation War. (Source: Qiushi.com, Jinan Radio and TV Station)
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