Monument to the People's Heroes
At about 1:30 a.m., the 38th Army and the 15th Airborne Corps arrived at the north and south ends of the Square respectively. The 14th Artillery Division had reached the Museum of Chinese History, on the east side of the Square, at 12:15 a.m. The 27th and 65th Armies spilled out of the Great Hall of the People on the west side of the Square. The 63rd Army held the east side of the Square. The 24th, 39th, 54th Armies and the 14th Artillery Division controlled the perimeter of the Square, and by 2:00 a.m., the encirclement was complete. Crowds trying to re-enter the Square from East Chang'an Avenue were driven off by gunfire. At the time, several thousand students remained huddled around the Monument to the People's Heroes inside the Square.