President Xi Jinping made an appearance, and on August 16, he went to Jinzhou in southwest Liaoning for inspection. Foreign media focused on President Xi’s call for “rejuvenation of the Northeast.” I’m afraid this is a misplaced focus.
In the followingnoon, President Xi went to the Liaoshen Battle Memorial Hall in Linghe District, Jinzhou to review the history of the Northeast Liberation War and the victory process of the Liaoshen Battle. The three major battles of Liaoshen, Huaihai and Tianjin were the three decisive battles in which the PLA defeated the Kuomintang army. As the opening battle, the Battle of Liaoshen took place from September 12 to November 2, 1948. The most crucial battle was the prelude battle, the Battle of Jinzhou. This battle rewrote the history of China and decided to After more than a year, it was a major historical turning point in the liberation of the whole of China.
During his inspection of the Liaoshen Battle Memorial Hall, President Xi said that the decisive battle between our party and the Kuomintang during the war of liberation was not only a battle of troops and firepower, but also a battle of people’s hearts and minds. The victory of the battle of Liaoning and Shenyang was the result of the full support of the people of Northeast China. People’s hearts are the greatest politics, and determine the success or failure of a career. As long as our party always maintains the flesh-and-blood ties with the people, and always shares the same breath, destiny and heart-to-heart with the people, it will have a strong force to overcome all difficulties and obstacles.
Xi Jinping also pointed out, “Our red country is bought by thousands of revolutionary martyrs with their blood and lives. We will never allow the country to change color, and the people will never agree to it.”
President Xi’s visit to Jinzhou has a few words behind it. To understand the meaning behind it, we must first know what the Jinzhou War was all regarding. At the beginning of 1948, the settlement war had entered its third year. The PLA adopted a strategy of encircling cities from the countryside, attracting a large number of peasants to participate. The Kuomintang army had 500,000 troops in the Northeast at that time, but was divided by the PLA into three isolated strongholds centered on Shenyang, Changchun and Jinzhou. Among them, Wei Lihuang, the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Suppression of the Kuomintang Army, led 300,000 people to defend the Shenyang area; Zheng Dongguo, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Northeast Suppression, led 100,000 troops to guard Changchun; and Fan Hanjie, the deputy commander of the Northeast Suppression, led 150,000 troops to defend the Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan areas.
The decisive battle between the Kuomintang and the Communist armies in the northeast is imminent. The PLA faces the three major strongholds of the Kuomintang army: Changchun, Shenyang and Jinzhou. Where should it start? This is a tough choice. It is the most correct choice to attack Changchun at the northernmost point first, because Changchun has been surrounded by the People’s Liberation Army, and the number of defenders is also small, and the main force of the Northeast Field Army of the People’s Liberation Army is concentrated in the north, so there is no worries in attacking Changchun. This is the easiest plan to fight. .
Attacking Shenyang is another choice, but Shenyang has concentrated 300,000 troops of the Kuomintang army, which is obviously a tough bone. As for the southernmost Jinzhou, it is the most unfavorable area for the PLA to attack. Since the PLA is heavily armed in the north, the Northeast field troops have to travel long distances to the south to attack from a long distance, and the supply route is exposed to the offensive power of the Kuomintang army near Shenyang. In addition, the Kuomintang army Fu Zuoyi deployed in Beiping can go north to help Jinzhou. Attacking Jinzhou will easily fall into a critical situation of north-south attack. Therefore, Lin Biao, the commander of the Northeast Field Army, tended to attack Changchun first.
But Mao Zedong didn’t think so. He preferred to hit Jinzhou, which was the hardest to hit first. The reason was that if he hit Changchun, it was like hitting the waist. It was easy to succeed, but tasteless. Fighting Shenyang is an uphill battle. If the Kuomintang army is defeated, it will choose to lead the army to retreat south and retreat to the customs, which will affect the battle situation in central China. Although it is the most difficult to attack Jinzhou, if it is successful, the gate to the northeast can be closed, and the Kuomintang army can be trapped in the northeast to the maximum extent and be surrounded and wiped out. Therefore, Mao Zedong decided to make a quick decision, and quickly win Jinzhou before the Kuomintang army went south to the north to rescue.
The battle of Jinzhou was extremely tragic. In the end, the People’s Liberation Army successfully won Jinzhou, laying the foundation for the subsequent victory.
Since the beginning of this year, China has gone through hardships and dangers, from the epidemic in Shanghai, to economic difficulties, and then to Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. It was in the year when the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China that there were waves of shocks. President Xi went to Jinzhou as soon as he appeared following the Taiwan Strait turmoil, and he had important revelations:
1. The Battle of Jinzhou was so difficult back then, but the CCP gave up the easy and took the hard. Whether the rise of China as a great power or the unification of Taiwan, nothing is easy. What the CCP might do back then can also be done by the CCP today.
Second, the red country cannot be lost. From the Battle of Jinzhou to the three major battles, this red country was bought back by a large number of revolutionary martyrs with their lives, and it cannot be thrown away. This year is the year of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The hostile forces not only challenge the regime, but also want to change the color of the mountains and rivers. Therefore, we must do our best to disintegrate the subversive forces.
Third, the key lies in the people. The country is the people, and the people are the country. As long as the CCP keeps in mind the mission of “governing for the people”, the people are the greatest support, the country will be firm, and unity will definitely be in sight.
Lu Yongxiong
