《保卫延安》，杜鹏程所著，是当代文学史上第一部大规模正面描写解放战争的优秀长篇，被誉为"英雄史诗"。小说真挚动人地描写了这次保卫延安战争中几个著名战役，描写了彭德怀将军，描写了指战员中不少奋不顾身的英雄人物，作品以周大勇连长的英雄事迹为核心，描绘了人民战争的历史画卷，是一部描写我国人民解放战争的有力作品。（Defending Yanan is written by Du Pengcheng. It is the first large-scale and positive description of the liberation war in the history of contemporary literature and it is called "heroic epic". The novel describes the famous battles of the war in Yanan with great sincerity, describes General Peng Dehuai, many heroes who are regardless of personal danger. With the heroic deeds of Zhou Dayong's company as the core, the work depicts the historical scroll of the people's war and is a powerful work to describe the people's Liberation War in china.）