中共為什麼贏得中國
在北京天安門廣場中心的人民英雄紀念碑的碑身上，刻有這樣一句話：“三年以來，在人民解放戰爭和人民革命中犧牲的人民英雄們永垂不朽！”這三年，訴説了中國人民解放軍在解放戰爭中百折不撓的壯麗史詩，鐫刻了中華民族為祖國和人民奮鬥的信仰。為什麼中國共産黨能夠取得人民解放戰爭的偉大勝利？根源在於：軍隊打勝仗，人民是靠山。
在這場戰爭中，中國共産黨緊緊依靠人民群眾，獲得了排山倒海的力量，結束了國民黨的反動統治，建立了嶄新的中華人民共和國。
1946年戰爭爆發前夕，國民黨不僅在軍隊人數上，還是武器裝備等方面，均有壓倒性的優勢，甚至還有美國撐腰。
所以，蔣介石滿懷信心地認為，共産黨很快會被殲滅。但是，歷史卻選擇了這個看似“弱小”的一方。而造成這種反差的原因是什麼？蔣介石是如何將一手好牌打得稀爛的？
張學良曾在晚年的口述歷史中給出了答案，在他看來，共産黨之所以能發展壯大，就是因為共産黨順應了民意。
就在國民黨的軍政高管們忙著斂財、壓榨人民、黨內派系勾心鬥角的時候。共産黨人提出了一個口號——“一切可能下鄉的幹部要統統到農村中去”。
據軍旅作家王樹增採訪回憶，在淮海戰役打響的時候，村中一位老人參加了支前大軍，為了把炮彈運輸給解放軍，他推著小車，走了三、四百里的路。遇到雨天，他擔心炮彈受潮打不響，就把自己的衣服脫下來蓋在炮彈上。
運到淮海戰場後，也沒有急著回老家，而是一定要看著炮彈打出去才放心。那時，供應解放軍前線的物資運送，幾乎全靠百姓們肩挑背負、小車推送。
新中國成立後，有人問淮海戰役指揮者陳毅，這場戰役是怎麼打贏的，陳毅説，是老百姓用小車推出來的。
由於多年的戰亂，中國經濟遭受極大破壞，農業生産力極度低下，亟待恢復與重建。為了保障農民生存利益，共産黨提出要解決農民土地問題。
1946年5月4日，中共中央發佈了《五四指示》，宣佈改變過去的減租減息政策，改為將地主佔有的土地分配給貧苦的農民。
百姓們有了地，就有了糧，就有了維持生存的根本，此時的他們更加深刻地認識到，只有中國共産黨才真正心繫人民群眾。
後來，僅1000多萬人口的“北滿地區”，就有40萬農民自願加入共産黨領導的軍隊，這很快改變了東北戰場的力量對比。
而反觀國民黨抓壯丁的強制徵兵行為，解放軍的士氣自然遠遠壓倒敵人，逐漸地，一些國民黨軍隊甚至成建制地投誠。
土地改革運動不僅是一場提高國內生産力的經濟運動，更是一場人民解放運動，這場運動也極大提高了中國共産黨奪取政權的可能性。
隨著解放戰爭的節節勝利，新的解放區必須著手建立新政權。
而在建立新政權的過程中，創造于抗日戰爭時期陜甘寧邊區的“豆選”再一次讓基層群眾實現了當家做主。
美國記者斯特朗在延安採訪時，一位勞動模範老楊對她説，“新社會和舊社會最大的不同是舊社會沒有選舉，而在新社會每個人都能投票”。
沒有民主就沒有社會主義，只有實行真民主才能得到真民心。
與國民黨在抗戰勝利後聚“國難財”、爭官銜相比，共産黨人則表現出對名利的淡泊和事業的忠誠。
1955年，彭德懷、羅榮桓等人聽説自己被評為“大元帥”的消息時，他們紛紛直言謝絕；劉少奇、周恩來也紛紛表示不參加評定軍銜；許光達作為一名高級將領甚至提出降銜，後來考慮各種因素，還是授予其大將軍銜，但在許光達的一再要求下，給他降低了一級工資；徐立清曾在解放戰爭初期擔任正兵團級職務，屬於正兵團級將領，按理授予上將，但是在確定授銜名單時，他先後給軍委領導寫了十多封信，堅決要求降銜。
毛澤東表揚説：“不簡單哪，金錢、地位和榮譽可以看出一個人的思想和品格，古來如此！”
在中國人民革命軍事博物館解放戰爭的展廳中，“人民的勝利”五個燙金大字十分醒目。
展廳內一座“人民支前”浮雕，刻畫了人民群眾與人民解放軍勠力同心、並肩戰鬥的生動場景。
歷史可以過去，但不會被人遺忘，中國共産黨的歷史就是一場為人民奮鬥、謀幸福的歷史。
正如中共中央總書記習近平所説，有了民心所向、民意所歸、民力所聚，人民軍隊就能無往而不勝、無敵于天下，人民軍隊必須牢記全心全意為人民服務的根本宗旨，任何時候任何情況下都做人民子弟兵。
Why did the CPC Win the War of Liberation?
On the Monument to the People's Heroes standing at the heart of Tian'anmen Square in Beijing carved a line:
“Eternal glory to the people's heroes who laid down their lives in the People's War of Liberation and the people's revolution in the three years!”
The three years is a magnificent epic of the unyielding struggle of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) in the War of Liberation, recording the Chinese nation's commitment to fight for the country and its people.
Why was the Communist Party of China (CPC) able to win such a great victory in the War of Liberation?
Here lies the root: The victory of an army relies on the people.
During this war, with the strong support of the Chinese people, the CPC gained enormous strength, thereby finishing the reactionary rule of the Kuomintang and establishing the People's Republic of China.
In 1946, just before the war, the Kuomintang had overwhelming advantages not only in the number of troops but also in weaponry and other things.It was even backed by the United States.
So Chiang Kai-shek had full confidence that the CPC would soon be eliminated.
But history chose to stand on this seemingly "weak" side.
What was the reason behind that contrast?
How did Chiang Kai-shek waste the precious window of opportunity?
The oral history told by Zhang Xueliang in his late years gives us the answer.He believed that it is because the CPC conformed to public opinion that it could grow up and thrive.
When the Kuomintang military leaders were busy enriching themselves, squeezing the people and involved in rivalries with different factions of their party,
the CPC proposed a slogan, "All the cadres who may go to the countryside for work should go deep to the rural areas."In the eyes of the PLA, their logistics department was composed of ordinary people。
As Wang Shuzeng, a military writer, recalled in an interview,
when the Huaihai Campaign started, an old villager joined the supporting troops.
He trundled a wheelbarrow for about 100 miles to transport shells to the PLA.
In the rainy days, he would take off his clothes and put them over the shells, in case that they would misfire if getting damped.
Finishing the transport task,he didn't rush to come back home before the shells were fired to enemies.
At that time, the transport of military goods and materials to the frontline largely relied on ordinary people, who carried them on their shoulders or backs and by their carts.
After the founding of New China, when the commander of Huaihai Campaign Chen Yi was questioned how they won this battle,
he said that it was the ordinary people who trundled wheelbarrows to help them win.
Due to years of war, China's economy has been greatly damaged with extremely low agricultural productivity, which needs to be restored and rebuilt. To protect the survival interests of farmers, the CPC proposed to tackle the problem related to farmers' land.
The CPC Central Committee issued "the May Fourth Instructions" on May 4, 1946, declaring that they would change the policy of reducing rents and interest, and distribute the land occupied by landlords to poor farmers.
Once the people had land, they would produce food. That would be the basis for their survival.
And the people further learnt that only the CPC cared for them in the true sense.
Later on, in northeastern China with a population of over 10 million, 400,000farmers volunteered to join the army led by the CPC, which soon changed the power structure of the battlefield there.
The Kuomintang, in contrast, forced young men into conscription. So the morale of the PLA was far higher than the Kuomintang; gradually, some troops of the latter even surrendered in an organized way.
The land reform was not only an economic revolution that boosted national productivity, but also a liberation movement for the Chinese people, thereby enhancing the likelihood for the CPC to seize the ruling power.
As the CPC gained a succession of victories in the War of Liberation, new governments had to be established at the newly liberated areas.
During this process, the "bean ballot" created in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region in the anti-Japanese war enabled the local people to be the true masters of the country again.
When the American reporter Anna Louise Strong was doing interviews in Yan'an, a model worker surnamed Yang told her,
"The biggest difference between the old society and the new one is that there was no election in the old society, but in the new society everyone can vote."
Without democracy, there will be no socialism; only the real democracy can win people's hearts.
While the Kuomintang members were making profits from the disaster and fighting for the ranks after the victory over Japan, the CPC members showed their indifference to wealth and fame, and loyalty to their career.
In 1955, when Peng Dehuai and Luo Ronghuan,among others,heard that they would be awarded the rank of grand marshal, they all politely declined the rank.
Liu Shaoqi and Zhou Enlai also refused to accept any ranks.
As a senior military officer, Xu Guangda even asked for demotion.
With various factors considered, he was still awarded the rank of senior general.
But his salary was one level lower at his repeated request.
Xu Liqing, once the general at the regiment level when the War of Liberation started,should have been granted the rank of general. But when the Central Military Commission (CMC) was confirming the commission list, he wrote over 10 letters to the CMC leaders and insisted on demotion.
Mao Zedong praised him, "So marvelous! We can tell a person's thoughts and morals from his attitudes towards wealth, status and honor. It's always been so since ancient times."
In the exhibition hall about the War of Liberation in the Military Museum of Chinese People's Revolution, there are five remarkable golden Chinese characters, "人民的勝利," meaning "People's Victory" in English.
A relief called "People Supporting the Frontline" in the hall vividly depicts the scene of the people and the PLA fighting together.
History represents the past, but will not be forgotten. The history of the CPC is a history of fighting for the people and their welfare.
As Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, once said, the people's army will conquer all as long as they strive for the common aspirations of the people and are supported by the people. They must bear in mind their responsibility of serving the people whole heartedly.They are the people's army at all times and under all circumstances.
《紅星何以照耀中國》 / 中國網出品
出品人 / 王曉輝
總監製 / 楊新華
總策劃 / 蔡曉娟
執行策劃 / 蔣新宇
專家顧問 / 陳述 中共中央黨校教授 陳中奎 中國人民解放軍國防大學副教授
導演 / 仇俊博
編導 / 申罡 時暢 郭澤涵 魯波 孔竟澤
設計 / 顧榕楠
製作 / 馬躍
翻譯 / 汪瑋 李秀宇
攝影 / 陶世欣 毛歡東
後期 / 于舜源 傅華洋
