China News Service, Beijing, May 18 (Reporter Wang Kai) After the victory of the three major battles in the War of Liberation, the People's Army led by the Communist Party of China directed its forces at the metropolis of Shanghai.

Before the launch of the Battle of Shanghai, Chen Yi proposed a draft of the "Guidelines for Entering the City". Mao Zedong approved eight characters after seeing it-very good, very good, very good, very good!

  Why did a "code for entering the city" make Mao Zedong so "excited" after reading it, and even instructed four "very good"?

This also starts from the particularity of the Shanghai battle and the complicated international political environment at that time.

  Shanghai was the birthplace of the Communist Party of China, "the stronghold of imperialist powers invading China", China's largest city and economic center at that time, and the place where the imperialist interests were most concentrated in China, and it was the largest cosmopolitan city in the Far East.

How the battle of Shanghai affects the eyes of the Chinese people and the world.

  Chiang Kai-shek had spotted this point and ordered his subordinates to "hold on tightly" to wait for changes in the international situation. The commander-in-chief of the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou garrison, Tang Enbo, even threatened to make Shanghai the "second Stalingrad".

If we only focus on military issues without considering political issues, the situation of liberating Shanghai is likely to become complicated.

  Many people at home and abroad think that even if the Communist Party and the People's Army can take down Shanghai, they will not be able to "manage" and are waiting to see "jokes."

That's why Mao Zedong said that to fight Shanghai, not only military entry into the city, but also political entry into the city.

The difficulty and complexity can be imagined.

  More importantly, if the people's lives and property suffered heavy losses during the battle, resulting in Shanghai being "smashed" and "destroyed," then even a military victory would not conceal the political losses.

  Against this background, Chen Yi's proposal of "rules for entering the city" including "no guns allowed" and "no entry into houses" is undoubtedly very politically insightful and conscious of the overall situation.

Facts have also proved that it is precisely because of strict military discipline and far-sighted political consciousness that after the liberation of Shanghai, that shocking scene happened to the people's army.

  In the morning after the gunfire ceased, Shanghai residents were surprised to find that the People's Liberation Army soldiers were sleeping on the ground on both sides of the road.

Later, the relevant photos appeared in newspapers in many Western countries, causing countless people to sigh, "There is such an army in the world?"

  Not only that, after the liberation of Shanghai, Chen Yi also actively united for well-known scientists, writers, artists and other people from all walks of life. He also recruited staff from the progressive Kuomintang government, fully demonstrating the political wisdom and broad-mindedness of the Communists. Realized the leap from the battlefield of hundred battles to the foreign field of ten miles.

  Looking back, the significance of the Shanghai Campaign is that the Communist Party and the People’s Army have demonstrated through practical actions in this international metropolis that they regard the protection of the people’s rights and interests more importantly than victory on the battlefield. They say "Unity with the majority" is by no means empty words. The Communist Party can not only "conquer the world", but also "sit the world."

  Today, on the "battlefield" where there is no gunpowder in peacetime, the Communists are still reminiscent of scenes on the streets of Shanghai.

Under the embankment of fighting floods, countless children and soldiers slept in the same clothes as their predecessors; on the battlefield of poverty alleviation, countless party members regarded the interests of the masses more than their own lives.

  General Secretary Xi Jinping said: "Our Communist Party fights and guards the country, it is for the happiness of the people, and it is the hearts of the people."

  Only a political party with this concept in mind can always be trusted and supported by the masses. No matter when and where, it is like a big tree rooted in the soil of the earth, maintaining an endless stream of vigorous vitality, not afraid of any wind and rain. hit.

  The answers given by Chen Yi and the Communists in the Battle of Shanghai still have important reference and guiding significance for today's work.

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