1949年5月25日零时左右,上海解放战役中最先冲到市中心南京东路的部队是中国人民解放军第20军60师178团第1营。他们是全军的前锋,带着攻打上海外围战斗的硝烟、带着郊区泥土的气息,挺进到了上海最繁华的南京路。这是南京路迎来的第一支人民子弟兵队伍。这支部队与上海有着深厚的渊源,他们中的许多人,特别是营、连、排的各级指挥员大多是从上海这座城市走出去参加革命队伍 At about 0:00 on May 25, 1949, the first unit rushed to the downtown Nanjing Road on the liberation war in Shanghai was the 1st Battalion of the 178th Division of the 60th Army of the 20th Army of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. They are the forwards of the entire army, attacking the fury of fighting in the periphery of Shanghai and bringing the atmosphere of the suburbs to the most prosperous Nanjing Road in Shanghai. This is the first people’s army team ushered in by Nanjing Road. The force has a deep connection with Shanghai. Many of them, especially the commanders at all levels of battalion, company and platoon, mostly went out of the city of Shanghai to join the revolutionary ranks