1949年3月25日,晴空万里。北平西苑机场,2万多名雄壮威武的人民解放军官兵,正在等待着一个伟大的时刻。初春的北平,仍是寒意料峭。穿着刚拆洗干净棉衣的官兵们,一个个精神饱满,兴高采烈。我作为四野总部警卫团的作战参谋,能成为受检阅部队中的一员,心情非常激动。 在西苑机场等待检阅的部队,南面是摩托化步兵团3 000多人乘坐的100多辆汽车,西面是第四十一军机关及所辖一个步兵师的方阵和高射炮兵团,北面是一个地炮团和一个战车营。所有这些车辆、火炮、坦克都是美国制造的,都是“运输大队长”蒋介石奉送的“礼物”。在东面的敞口旁,站着数百名工人、农民、学生、教师、妇女等各界群众代表和各民主党派及爱国知名人士。因为离得较近,我认出了李济琛、张澜、沈钧儒等。 March 25, 1949, blue skies. Peking Xiyuan Airport, more than 20,000 powerful and mighty people’s Liberation Army officers and soldiers, is waiting for a great moment. Peking in early spring, still chill. The officers and men who had just opened and cleaned the cotton padded coat were energetic and elated. I am very excited as a combat adviser to the Shonai headquarters guard group and as a member of the inspection team. The units awaiting review at Xiyuan Airport are the over 100 vehicles that the 3,000,000-plus motorized infantry regiment is riding to the south and the phalanx and the anti-aircraft artillery regiment of the 41st Army and an infantry division to the west and A local artillery regiment and a chariot. All of these vehicles, artillery and tanks were made in the United States and were “gifts” offered by “captain of the transport” Chiang Kai-shek. Beside the east’s exposure, hundreds of workers, peasants, students, teachers, women and other mass representatives and various democrats and patriotic celebrities stand on the east side. Because I got closer, I recognized Li Jichen, Zhang Lan, Shen Junru and others.