These are two historical photographs that we are familiar with.
The group photo of the "General Front Committee of the Huaihai Campaign" is an indispensable and iconic element in all film and television works involving the Battle of Zhuanhai, and the recently watched "Armageddon" is no exception to the camera of these five leaders in the same frame.
General Front Committee of the Huaihai Campaign: Su Yu, Deng Xiaoping, Liu Bocheng, Chen Yi, Tan Zhenlin from left
On December 12, 1948, the central authorities called to ask comrades Liu, Chen, Deng, Su, and Tan to convene a general front committee after the annihilation of the Huang Wei Corps; on the evening of the 16th, Liu, Chen, and Deng drove from Xiaolijia Village to Caiwa Village, where the Huaye Headquarters was stationed, and on the morning of the 17th, Tan also arrived from the Shandong Corps. During the break of the meeting, lu Rensheng, a reporter accompanying the army, took this photo for them next to the pomegranate tree outside the door. The next day, Deng Xiaoping returned to Xiaolijia Village, Liu Bocheng and Chen Yi went to Xibaipo to report to the central authorities, Tan Zhenlin returned to the Shandong Corps, and Su Yu stayed in Caiwa Village to deploy Huaye troops to rest and take measures to prevent the enemy from breaking through.
Photojournalist Lu Rensheng went to a photo studio in Shanghai in his early years to learn photography, opened a photo studio in Changshu in 1939, joined the New Fourth Army Field Service Corps in 1940, and later served as the head of the district chief and the propaganda director of the county party committee, in 1946 he was appointed as the head of the photography team of the political department of the Central China Military Region, and in 1947 he was appointed as the head of the photography team of the Xinhua News Agency Front Branch of the East China Field Army.
In May 1949, Lu Rensheng entered Shanghai with the troops, and on the morning of May 27, with the deputy commander of the 59th Division, Dai Kelin, went to the streets to check the implementation of the rules for entering the city.
Sleeping on the street
After this photo was published by Xinhua News Agency, it caused a great impact at home and abroad.
It shows that the people's army has invaded Shanghai and strictly implemented the stipulations on "not entering the people's houses" in the "code for entering the city" formulated by the General Front Committee, and fully embodies the lofty purpose of the people's army in everything for the people and the strict organizational discipline. The strict military discipline touched the ordinary people of Shanghai and also moved the business tycoons, Rong Yiren opened the door in the early morning to see this scene, "tears fell", determined to let the factory resume work quickly.
Foreign media even published it under the headline "Victorious Division Sleeping on the Streets", and the United Press Agency of the United States wrote: "The Chinese Communist Army has excellent military discipline, has a disciplined approach, and is polite and thoughtful... Although there are many building gates open, which can be used as barracks, while the Chinese Communist army still sleeps on the sidewalk..." American "Life" magazine commented: "Various sources point to a historical fact, that is, the end of the Kuomintang era and the beginning of a new era."
Here are a few more photos taken by Lu Yansheng:
PLA cavalry entering Shanghai (Waibaidu Bridge)
In May 1948, Commander-in-Chief Zhu De came to Puyang to inspect Huaye's troops
Commander-in-Chief Zhu De inspected Huaye's troops in Puyang to observe the training of the first archers
Chen Yi and Su Yu
In 1951, Su Yu delivered a speech at the First Heroic Model Congress of the East China Military Region and the Third Field Army