In 1948, the CPC Central Committee decided to launch the Huaihai Campaign to liberate all of China. The picture shows the members of the campaign's General Front Committee. From left: Su Yu, Deng Xiaoping, Liu Bocheng, Chen Yi and Tan Zhenlin. [Photo/ Exhibition Road to Rejuvenation at the National Museum of China]

In the Huaihai Campaign (1948-49), the People's Liberation Army pushed forward with an overwhelming momentum and a large number of soldiers of the Kuomintang army became captives. [Photo/History of Communist Party of China]

During the Liaoning-Shenyang Campaign (1948-49), the People's Liberation Army rushed to Jinzhou city under cover of artillery fire in a powerful shock attack. [Photo/"The history of Communist Party of China," the first two volumes]