the commander of shanghai-hangzhou garrison tang yunfu (wang banshuan), led 300,000 kuomintang troops to fight stubbornly and prepare for a decisive battle with our army. in accordance with the instructions of the central government, our army, in line with the combat policy of liberating shanghai and protecting the city, lured the main enemy forces to the periphery of the city and annihilated them. commander fang (tinny) and political commissar zhang (gao yan) made careful arrangements for the troops to enter the city. with the cooperation of lin fan (hu xiaoguang), the head of the shanghai underground party, our army attacked the city and occupied a vast area south of the suzhou river. the kuomintang army withdrew to the north bank of suzhou river to continue to resist. the remaining kuomintang miscellaneous army liu yi (played by liu jiyun) hurried in the city center, waiting hopelessly for the arrival of failure. our vanguard troops launched street fighting with the remaining enemies in the city, captured important parts such as power plants and municipal governments. under the powerful military and political offensive, the hopeless enemy finally raised the white flag...