1947165438+1October 12 Shijiazhuang was liberated and became one of the earliest big cities in China. On February 26th of the same year, it was renamed Shijiazhuang, 65438.

1947165438+1October 6th, the battle of Shijiazhuang was kicked off, and it took only six days and six nights for the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei army to conquer the Shimen which was declared by the Kuomintang as "no problem for three years". In this campaign, more than 24,000 Kuomintang troops were wiped out, 9 tanks, artillery 1000 doors, artillery 10000 doors, 5 armored vehicles, 90 locomotives, 280 cars and a large amount of ammunition and materials were seized, and a strategic location of the Kuomintang army in North China was destroyed, leaving the transportation hub of Zheng Tai, Pinghan and Shide railway lines in hand. The liberation of Shijiazhuang created a precedent for the People's Liberation Army to seize important cities, and provided valuable experience for later urban battles. On the second day after the liberation of Shijiazhuang, Zhu Defa came to commend the telegram, saying that Shimen was liberated. "This is a great victory and a precedent for capturing big cities." .

Shijiazhuang is called "the first city in the founding of the People's Republic of China". Not only because it is the first big city liberated by China, but also because the North China People's Government, the predecessor of the Central People's Government, was established here, and many businesses such as finance and journalism in New China also started from here.