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Forcing them to simplify weddings and funerals is likely to cause dissatisfaction. Therefore, we should start with the leadership and gradually change customs.

"Changing customs and habits is a major undertaking that requires education and publicity. We must destroy the feudal ideology that has been rooted in the people for thousands of years.

The Chairman agreed with Wei Hongjun's statement.

Finally, he said: "Comrade Hongjun, please write a report on this issue.

"Yes."

821 Final preparations

The day after Stalin's birthday party, the Chairman met with Chinese students studying in the Soviet Union. Since 1946, China has sent nearly 8000 students to the Soviet Union. In addition to students, there were also many technicians seeking technical expertise, and of course, there was no shortage of technical personnel.

After the founding of New China, many overseas students returned to China one after another.

However, there are still more than 6000 Chinese students studying in the Soviet Union.

The Chairman's desire to meet them caused a sensation among the overseas students. When the Chairman visited Moscow State University, over 3000 students from all over the country flocked to the university. After speaking with them, the Chairman encouraged them to study hard and to serve their country in the future.

After meeting with the international students, the President met with leaders of Eastern European countries for two consecutive days.

Then he met with Stalin again.

Chairman Mao met with Stalin again and exchanged views on the Korean Peninsula. Chairman Mao expressed his concern about the situation on the Korean Peninsula in a very subtle way. Since the establishment of the regimes on the Korean Peninsula, there have been constant small conflicts between the two sides. Small-scale armed conflicts have almost

It happens every few days.

So the chairman is very worried now.

I’m afraid that the two sides will really fight after a while.

So the Chairman wanted to see Stalin's attitude. If there is a problem on the Korean Peninsula, what will the Soviet Union do? As the leader of the socialist camp, will the Soviet Union personally send troops to the scene? Of course, the Chairman also expressed to Stalin that China does not want to see the Korean Peninsula

They do not want to see major problems on the island, and especially do not want to see the United States control the Korean Peninsula.

Stalin also agreed with the Chairman's views.

The Korean Peninsula must never fall into the hands of the United States.

After both sides expressed their respective stances on the Korean Peninsula, Chairman Mao again expressed his hope for further Soviet military support. Stalin did not refuse Chairman Mao's request.

Because Stalin understood what the Chairman meant.

The Chairman was assuring the Soviet Union that China would not stand idly by if problems arose on the Korean Peninsula.

Stalin was willing to support China's industrial development and military construction in the early days because he hoped that China could stand on its own in Asia and help the Soviet Union fight against European and American imperialist countries.

This is how China should respond when problems arise in East Asia.

However, to confront the United States, China must have sufficient strength. Of course, the more important point is that, whether last year or this year, the Chairman has always maintained a low profile in the Soviet Union.

Maintained the highest respect for the Soviet Union and Stalin.

At Stalin's birthday party, Chinese leaders took turns congratulating him. Starting with the Chairman, Ren Peiguo, Wei Hongjun, Lin Shuai, and Wang Jiaxiang all used exaggerated and corny language to congratulate Stalin on his birthday.

This made Stalin very satisfied.

China is now the second most powerful country in the socialist camp after the Soviet Union. Having a socialist country like this promoting socialist revolution in Asia is a good thing for the entire socialist camp.

Therefore, Stalin expressed support for China's military construction.

Marshal Lin negotiated with the Soviet military on behalf of the Chairman.

Three demands were put forward: First: to purchase about 400 to 600 aircraft from the Soviet Union to form five to eight air force divisions.

The Chinese Air Force is currently weak.

The Air Force currently has about 270 aircraft and 417 pilots, most of whom are Kuomintang pilots who defected during the War of Liberation, as well as pilots trained at aviation schools in Northeast and North China.

The aircraft are mainly American aircraft.

However, the Chinese Air Force has great ambitions.

There are currently 11 aviation schools in North China and Northeast China that are specifically used to select and train air force pilots. The schools are staffed by flight instructors from the Soviet Union, Japan, and the Nationalist Army. Many of the students are officers and soldiers who have transferred from the army to the air force. In addition to training air force pilots, these schools also

The school also trains a large number of ground staff.

These schools currently have around 440 training aircraft.

They are all trainer aircraft supported by the Soviet Union.

Some aviation schools have been operating for four years now, and the first batch of students will soon graduate. There are over 700 pilots who will join the ranks of the Air Force from these graduates alone, which is more than the total number of pilots in the Air Force today.

Because of the large number of pilots and ground crew members graduating from these aviation schools, the Air Force was preparing to expand and form five to eight air force divisions. However, China was unable to produce aircraft on its own, so it could only pin its hopes on the Soviet Union.

As long as the Soviet Union is willing to help, there will be no problem in forming these air force divisions.

Second: China wants to form twenty anti-aircraft artillery regiments again.

The People's Republic of China was founded more than a year and a half ago, but the coastal areas are still frequently visited by Taiwanese aircraft. The central government has made decisions to vigorously develop coastal cities, but if you want to develop, you must have the ability to protect these places. Some important cities, such as Shanghai, and even the Soviet Union

The Soviet anti-aircraft artillery brigade was stationed there to help China's air defense. This Soviet anti-aircraft artillery brigade is still in the Soviet Union.

Last year, China imported equipment for ten anti-aircraft artillery regiments from the Soviet Union.

But it is far from enough.

Therefore, this time China once again requested equipment for 20 anti-aircraft artillery regiments from the Soviet Union. Moreover, if problems really arise on the Korean Peninsula and a head-on confrontation with the US military occurs, then there must be air defense forces to prevent American aircraft from wreaking havoc.

The anti-aircraft artillery units that the People's Liberation Army currently has are simply not enough.

Third: We need equipment for two heavy artillery brigades and four rocket artillery regiments.

The PLA was not short of light weapons and general artillery. Yang Quanwu and Zhao Lu worked together to integrate military factories across the country and began to systematically produce the weapons and equipment needed by the troops.

There is no shortage of light weapons.

Not to mention rifles, arsenals have already begun producing imitation submachine guns, rockets, light and heavy machine guns, and 60mm cannons. Even the Xuanhua Arsenal in North China and the Qiqihar and Jiamusi Arsenals in Northeast China have begun producing imitation rocket launchers.

So this is the heavy weapons that the PLA needs at present.

With Stalin's opening, the negotiations progressed smoothly. However, the Soviet side could not agree to everything.

While Marshal Lin was negotiating in the Soviet Union, Wei Hongjun had already returned to China with the Chairman.

After returning to Beijing, the Chairman convened a joint meeting of the Central Committee and the Secretariat to recount his experiences in the Soviet Union. This was customary. Although the Chairman was the head of the Party, government, and military, he was also a Party member. As a Party member, he was bound to abide by Party discipline.

Therefore, he needed to tell the central government about his situation in the Soviet Union, including his communications with Stalin and leaders of Eastern European countries.

During the meeting, the Chairman once again expressed his concerns about the Korean Peninsula.

The Korean Peninsula is now like a powder keg, with conflicts breaking out at every turn. Although they are all minor, they have evolved from various verbal exchanges to various large and small military conflicts.

After the Chairman had communicated with Stalin, he had been speculating about Stalin's attitude.

Stalin had no intention of controlling the situation on the Korean Peninsula.

In order to deal with the problems that may arise on the Korean Peninsula, Chairman Mao put forward the work requirements for the first half of 1950. The first one was that the Southwest Military Region should select troops to enter Tibet as soon as possible. The negotiations between the Central Committee and Tibet were going very smoothly, but this success still needed to be achieved through the military shock.

Because there are forces in Tibet that support unification and forces that oppose unification.

Therefore, the Southwest Military Region needs to send troops into Tibet as soon as possible to deter all forces in Tibet.

The second is the Southeast Military Region, which is to launch the Kinmen Campaign before May. The Chairman is feeling a bit anxious now, seeing how intense the war of words between North and South Korea is, and the constant clashes of varying sizes near the 38th parallel.

The Chairman is afraid that one day the two sides will fight.

If a war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula and Europe and the United States are dragged into it, the Southeast region will be severely blockaded. Therefore, the Chairman needs the Southeast Military Region to quickly capture Kinmen and the surrounding islands.

Prepare for the next step of liberating Taiwan.

Third, the Chairman asked the Central Military Commission to further strengthen the building of elite troops.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the troops fought against bandits while participating in the production and construction movement. Many troops were demobilized. Without large-scale wars, some troops began to relax.

That is why the Chairman raised this question.

Each military region should strengthen the training of key units and not let them slack off. If a real problem arises on the Korean Peninsula and China has to send troops, the troops that will enter North Korea will not be just a few or a dozen armies, but dozens.

Then there was the issue of nationwide literacy and changing social customs. When this issue reached the Secretariat, it sparked a huge controversy.

822 interferes with the propaganda department

The Central Committee is the highest meeting of the Party. It mainly discusses the general direction and determines the major policies of the Party and the country. It is impossible to discuss every detail. After the general direction and major policies are formulated, the specific work will be handed over to the various departments below.

Those belonging to the Secretariat should be handed over to the Secretariat, those belonging to the State Council should be handed over to the State Council, and those belonging to the Central Military Commission should be handed over to the Central Military Commission.

Therefore, after the Central Committee meeting ended, the Military Commission immediately began to implement the spirit of the meeting.

One is to further unify the logistics work of the entire army.

This includes the complete integration of arsenals and the integration of military logistics. Furthermore, we need to accelerate the training of transport troops, specifically drivers. The military has been training and developing drivers for the past two years, but this number is still significantly insufficient compared to demand.

Because China and the Soviet Union have reached an agreement to purchase 20,000 trucks. Large quantities of trucks are entering China in batches. If the situation in the military before was that there were more truck drivers trained than trucks, then the situation now is,

There are more trucks than drivers. Therefore, the military needs to speed up the training of drivers. This is all to prepare for future wars.

Then the contents of the Central Committee’s meetings were distributed and sorted out to each military region.

Each military region is required to ensure the deployment of weapons and equipment for elite troops according to its own situation, and that troop training is not neglected, and that they are ready for war at any time.

Then there are the Southwestern Military Region and the Southeastern Military Region.

Report to the Military Commission on the plan to enter Tibet and liberate Kinmen. Troops from the Southwest Military Region had already captured Qamdo, and General Peng Dehuai told the Military Commission that the troops would fully enter Tibet in May 1950.

The Southeast Military Region also reports to the Central Military Commission.

The Southeast Military Region was preparing to launch the Battle of Kinmen in March 1950. The Southeast Military Region had already made all preparations and had mobilized a large number of ships over the past year, including modified motor sailing ships and some transport ships purchased from Hong Kong.

Hua mobilized troops from the 72nd, 77th and 78th Armies to prepare for the liberation of Kinmen.

In addition to the issues concerning the Military Commission, there is also the issue of changing customs and habits.

The issue of changing customs and habits mainly relies on education and publicity.

The specific plan should be submitted to the Secretariat.

However, Gao Gang lost his temper not long after the meeting started. Because the meeting was to discuss education and propaganda, cadres from the education and propaganda departments also attended the meeting. Gao Gang said directly: "The Chairman clearly pointed out at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art that the Party

The literary and art workers must fundamentally resolve the problem of their standpoint and attitude, clarifying the fundamental direction of revolutionary literature and art serving the masses, and first and foremost, serving the workers, peasants and soldiers. However, our current propaganda and literature and art have begun to deviate from this direction.

Less than two years after its establishment, our literary and art workers have begun to repeat the same old tune, with works featuring emperors, generals, talented scholars and beautiful women, and no longer considering the lives of the people or creating works that are close to the people. This is a complete detachment from the people.

The phenomenon of the masses.

"Comrades, we must grasp the main contradiction and understand our main task. What is the main task of our propaganda now? It is to use propaganda to make our people understand what is good and what is evil; understand what is

What is right? What is wrong? Promoting new policies to our people. But what is our Propaganda Department doing now? What are our artists doing? They are only immersed in their own little world, using the name of art to evade their responsibilities.