The Battle of Crossing the River.
The Battle of Crossing the River was the first battle of the Chinese People's Liberation Army's strategic pursuit, and it was also the beginning of its march across the country. It is a strategic battle that integrates three types of operations: river offensive warfare, land pursuit and annihilation warfare, and urban assault warfare. Its wide battlefield range, large number of participating troops, and rapid stage transition are all unprecedented in the history of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. of.
This sentence comes from Mao Zedong's "Seven Rules: The People's Liberation Army Occupies Nanjing". The original sentence is:
The wind and rain in Zhongshan turned yellow, and a million troops crossed the river. The tiger sits on the dragon's plate. The present is better than the past, and the world is turned upside down. It is generous and generous.
Translation:
The revolutionary storm shook Nanjing, the capital of the Chiang Dynasty. The People's Liberation Army broke through the natural barrier of the Yangtze River with a million troops and directly attacked Nanjing, which the Chiang Army had worked hard for three and a half months. Nanjing, the ancient capital known for its majestic and precipitous scenery, has returned to the hands of the people. She is more beautiful than ever. This earth-shaking change is enough to make people sing generously and rejoice.
Extended information
Creative background:
On April 20, 1949, the all-out civil war came to an end. The Kuomintang army was defeated across the board and refused to sign the peace agreement. . On April 21, Mao Zedong and Zhu De issued the "Order to March on the Nationwide", calling on the entire army to resolutely, thoroughly, cleanly and completely annihilate all Kuomintang reactionaries in China who dare to resist and liberate all of China.
That night, the Chinese People's Liberation Army's million-strong army crossed the Yangtze River in three ways on a front of more than a thousand miles from Jiangyin, Jiangsu in the east, to Hukou, Jiangxi in the west. On the evening of the 23rd, Chen Yi's Third Field Army on the East Road occupied Nanjing. Mao Zedong was so happy when he heard the news that he wrote this poem.
About the author:
Mao Zedong (December 26, 1893 - September 9, 1976), also known as Runzhi (originally Yongzhi, later changed to Runzhi), pen name Zi appoint. A native of Xiangtan, Hunan. Leader of the Chinese people, Marxist, great 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.
From 1949 to 1976, Mao Zedong served as the supreme leader of the People's Republic of China. His contribution to the development of Marxism-Leninism, military theory, and theoretical contributions to the Communist Party are known as Mao Zedong Thought. Because almost all of the major positions Mao Zedong held were called chairman, he was also known as "Chairman Mao".
Mao Zedong is regarded as one of the most important figures in modern world history, and Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
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