The main part of the second message is divided into three levels: the first level: writing the time when the Central Route Army crossed the river, the breakthrough location, and the number of people who crossed the river; commenting on the situation of the West Route Army crossing the river; writing the East Route Army's crossing of the river. The situation of the road army crossing the river.
It is an introduction, summarizing the liberation of Nanyang by the Central Plains Army, and pointing out the background and time when Nanyang defenders abandoned the city and fled south. It is background information, using two historical materials to illustrate that Nanyang has had an important strategic position in the military since ancient times. Looking back on Chiang Kai-shek's changes from attaching importance to Nanyang to abandoning Nanyang in the past year, he pointed out the background of the overall defeat of Chiang's army.
From the basic liberation of Henan Province, we will review the great victory achieved by the People's Liberation Army on the southern front over the past year. Stable base areas were restored and established, seven military districts were created, and the old base areas were greatly expanded. A large number of regular Kuomintang troops were annihilated and the party's armed forces were developed. ?
Corrected the "Left" strategy, adopted the correct strategy, isolated the enemy, and consolidated the base area. It is predicted that Wang Lingyun, who is fleeing the enemy in Nanyang, has a dark future. Reading this news, you can feel that after the Chinese People's Liberation War entered the strategic offensive stage, the army completely took the initiative on the national battlefield. After more than a year of heroic fighting, Chiang Kai-shek's entire army was on the verge of collapse, and defeat was inevitable. redeem.
The second piece of news is selected from the "Collection of Mao Zedong's News Works". They are two news (news) published in "People's Daily" on April 22 and 24, 1949. Leader of the Chinese people, great Marxist, proletarian revolutionist, strategist and theorist, main founder and leader of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the People's Republic of China, poet, calligrapher Home.
Creative background:
The Battle of Crossing the River was the last decisive battle of the Liberation War. Prior to this, the three major battles of Liaoshen, Huaihai, and Pingjin had ended successfully. The Kuomintang army had lost its strategic defense capabilities, but there were still two million troops stationed south of the Yangtze River. At that time, the Kuomintang took advantage of the "peace talks" to build a defense line along the Yangtze River in an attempt to block the People's Liberation Army by relying on the Yangtze River's natural moat.
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China had already understood the intentions of the Kuomintang government and organized a million troops to approach the Yangtze River. They were divided into three groups: eastern, central and western, and were ready to cross the river. On April 20, 1949, the Kuomintang government refused to sign the peace agreement, and the battle to cross the Yangtze River began at midnight that day.