2月20號，中國人民解放軍第三野戰軍向所屬嘅各部發出《京滬杭戰役預備命令》。2月25號，中國共產黨中央軍事委員會用電報通知第二野戰軍同第三野戰軍，喺3月中旬或者下旬嘅時候，應該要準備佔領浦口同埋炮擊南京。
On February 20, the Third Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army issued the "Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Campaign Preparatory Order" to its subordinate departments. On February 25, the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China sent a telegram informing the Second and Third Field Armies that they should prepare to occupy Pukou and shell Nanjing in mid or late March.