On March 19, 1947, Hu Zongnan "captured" Yan'an and immediately sent a victory report to Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek was very excited when he learned about it and decided to visit Yan'an secretly to see how the Communists commanded an army of millions here. At that time, Chi

On March 19, 1947, Hu Zongnan "captured" Yan'an and immediately sent a victory report to Chiang Kai-shek .

Chiang Kai-shek was very excited when he learned about it and decided to visit Yan'an secretly to see how the Communists commanded an army of millions here.

At that time, Chiang Kai-shek led a group of people to Yan'an on the special plane "Meiling".

He never expected that just one day's trip to Yan'an would directly break his mentality and keep him awake all night.

The reason that had a major impact on Chiang Kai-shek's psychology was that he saw an unimaginable item in Chairman Mao's residence!

The next day, Chiang Kai-shek left with a heavy heart.

But the impact this item had on him did not dissipate after leaving, even when he retreated to Taiwan.

Chiang Kai-shek still told his staff: I have been to Yan'an once in my life, but it has become my nightmare and the decision I regret most. What I saw that day made me understand that I can't defeat Mao Zedong!

So, what did Chiang Kai-shek see in Yan'an that made him feel so emotional?

All of this begins with Hu Zongnan’s “capture” of Yan’an.

一 Hu Zongnan "captured" Yan'an

In April 1947, a group of 55 Chinese and foreign journalists rushed to Yan'an by plane. The purpose of their trip was to celebrate Hu Zongnan's " blitz Yan'an " feat, allowing Chiang Kai-shek to gain more international limelight.

After arriving in Yan'an, the reporter found that the whole street was very lively. The people were very "supportive" of the Kuomintang troops. From time to time, some people were telling stories and performing arts. They were not affected by the "Blitz on Yan'an" war at all, so they kept boasting about the Kuomintang's "policy of loving the people". ".

However, when the newspaper reporter came to the Yan'an prisoner-of-war camp for an interview, he discovered something fishy. The "prisoner" he had just interviewed showed up in another place.

The reporter asked in confusion: "Didn't we just meet? Why are you here again?" The other party said: "We came in a truck..."

"Who are you? Who are you? Who brought you here?" Are you here?"

But before the reporter could continue to ask, he was pulled to another place by Hu Zongnan.

After arriving at the record showroom, the reporter found that it was filled with submachine guns , American machine guns , and Chinese formal rifles. He was surprised by this and asked: "Didn't the Communist Army use Xiaomi plus rifles?"

The adjutant heard this He was stunned for a moment, and then said awkwardly: "These guns originally belonged to the national army, but they were confiscated by the Communist army, and now they have become our trophies."

Yan'an old photos

But no matter how they explain it, foreign reporters are not convinced about this "blitz" "Yan'an" is full of confusion and surprise.

Not long after, Xinhua News Agency reported another news: On April 14 of the same year, the main force of the Northwest People's Liberation Army annihilated more than 6,000 people from the 135th Brigade of the 15th Division in the southern part of Hu Zong, and the acting brigade commander was captured.

What's going on? Didn’t they just hit Yan’an hard? Why does the CCP still have such strong fighting power?

In fact, as they suspected, the "Blitz on Yan'an" was actually a trap set by the CCP for Hu Zongnan and Chiang Kai-shek.

In June 1946, Chiang Kai-shek tore up the armistice agreement and launched a large-scale attack on the liberated areas, and the civil war officially started. At this time, the Kuomintang controlled 76% of the country's land and 340 million people.

The most important thing is that the Kuomintang's regular army has more than 4 million people, and it has absorbed the equipment of 1.2 million Japanese troops. Together with the military assistance of the US military, it can equip 39 divisions with fine equipment.

At this time, the People's Liberation Army and militia led by the Chinese Communist Party totaled only 1.2 million people and were poorly equipped. Because of the huge advantage held by the Kuomintang army, Chiang Kai-shek threatened that victory would only take 3-6 months.

But the result surprised Chiang Kai-shek. The Kuomintang's attacks on the liberated areas failed repeatedly. As of February 1947, the People's Liberation Army had annihilated 710,000 Kuomintang troops within eight months, greatly wiping out the enemy's effective strength.

In order to get rid of the passive situation, Chiang Kai-shek made the decision to attack Yan'an.

In fact, the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region is geographically remote and does not have much food and grass. It is difficult to feed too many soldiers, and its strategic position is limited.

Chiang Kai-shek and Hu Zongnan

But his main purpose was not to occupy Yan'an, but to destroy the CCP's political and military command center, shake the morale of our army, and use this to gain international support and reverse the situation of the war in one fell swoop.

At this time, Chen Geng's war in Taiyuan was tense, He Long's troops were at a disadvantage in Datong , and Liu and Deng's troops were far away in Hanyang , making it difficult to support Yan'an in a short time.

At this time, the Kuomintang army attacked Yan'an, and its sinister intentions were clearly exposed.

In fact, Chiang Kai-shek had long wanted to attack Yan'an. In July 1940, he gave a signal to his confidant Chen Lifu and asked him to "give some advice" to Hu Zongnan in Xi'an.

After Chen Lifu came to Xi'an, he gave various hints to Hu Zongnan, but Hu never understood. Chen Lifu was so angry that he said bluntly: "If I were you, I would directly mobilize the troops and capture Yan'an overnight."

However, Hu Zongnan thought hard and said: "Minister Chen, this matter requires Chairman Chiang's military order, otherwise I will not Send troops."

Chen Lifu immediately vomited blood after hearing this. At this time, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were cooperating with to resist Japan. How dare Chiang Kai-shek give the order publicly? He left Xi'an in anger that day.

In 1943, Chiang Kai-shek personally instructed Hu Zongnan to attack Yan'an, but before it was implemented, his conspiracy was exposed by our party.

But this time, Chiang Kai-shek still asked his confidant Hu Zongnan to perform the task. On March 4 of the same year, he promoted Hu to the director of the Xi'an Appeasement Office and instructed him to formulate the "Blitz Yan'an" plan.

Hu Zongnan had 34 brigades and 250,000 troops in his hands. He divided Dong Zhao's 1st Army and Liu Kan's 29th Army into two groups, starting from Luochuan and Yichuan areas. Head to Yan'an.

Hu Zongnan (middle)

In order to win this battle, Chiang Kai-shek spent a lot of money and allocated American firearms, aircraft, heavy artillery, and tanks to the Hu Zongnan Corps. He also personally went to Xi'an to supervise its battle.

On March 11 of the same year, just seven hours after the US observation group in Yan'an left, the Kuomintang troops launched a large-scale bombing of Yan'an.

However, in addition to making military preparations, Hu Zongnan also worked hard politically to win over the people of Yan'an and completely undermine our party's influence there.

He asked his secretary Xiong Xianghui to help draft the "Political Programme", which included views such as "land to the tiller", "the poor are the masters of their own country", and "universal education".

After everything was ready, Hu Zongnan ordered a carpet bombing of Yan'an on the 13th, and sent armored vehicles and tanks to attack the Yan'an area.

The top commander of the People's Liberation Army who defended Yan'an was Peng Dehuai. He formulated tactics such as guerrilla warfare, mushroom warfare, and sparrow warfare, and used favorable terrain to resist Hu Zongnan's regiment. During the

period, personnel from major institutions gradually evacuated in an orderly manner, but Mao Zedong was still unwilling to leave. He would persist until the last moment.

On the afternoon of March 16 of the same year, Chairman Mao was discussing military affairs with Zhou Enlai and Peng. Suddenly there was a loud noise outside. Two artillery shells exploded in front of the door, shattering the door and window glass. Zhou and Peng were worried about Chairman Mao's safety and advised him to leave early. , the chairman always refused.

Chairman Mao in Northern Shaanxi

The next day, the Kuomintang launched an even more crazy bombing on Yan'an, throwing 59 tons of explosives, which turned the entire Yan'an into a sea of ​​flames. At this time, Hu Zongnan's regiment was approaching Nanniwan and Jinpenwan. The situation in Yan'an City was becoming increasingly tense, but the chairman was still unwilling to leave.

On the 18th of the same month, Mr. Peng completed the seven-day blocking mission and ordered the troops to move to the northwest and east. The last batch of cadres from Yan'an had also left, leaving only Chairman Mao and other CCP leaders and a small number of guards.

At this time, the frequency of enemy plane attacks became more and more frequent. Chairman Mao's bodyguards were very nervous and tried to persuade him to leave quickly, but the Chairman smiled and said nothing.

At dusk, the enemy's vanguard troops approached Zaoyuan. Wang Zhen advised the chairman to evacuate immediately, and the guards also advised the chairman to leave.

Chairman Mao waved his hand and said that he was hungry and wanted to eat some food to fill his stomach. This made the guard stunned, but he still took out the prepared meals.

When Mr. Peng heard that the Chairman had not left yet, he left and shouted for the Chairman to leave as soon as possible. The enemy was about to break the city, so Chairman Mao agreed to evacuate.

However, before Mao Zedong evacuated, he specifically told Peng Dehuai that the troops must clean the house and yard, and let Hu Zongnan see that Yan'an is not bad.

Just like that, Chairman Mao did not evacuate Yan'an until 8 o'clock in the evening, leaving Hu Zongnan only an empty city. At 5 pm the next day, Yan'an, the red capital, "fell".

Chairman Mao in Northern Shaanxi

2 The "Blitz Yan'an" plan has long been leaked

After capturing Yan'an, Hu Zongnan quickly found a guide. He wanted to inspect Zaoyuan, where Chairman Mao once lived and worked, to demonstrate his status and strength.

However, when Hu Zongnan walked to the cave where the chairman lived, he came to his desk, opened the drawer, and found a note inside.

After Hu Zongnan opened it, he found that this note was prepared for him. It read:

"When Hu Zongnan arrived in Yan'an, he was riding a tiger. He could neither advance nor retreat. What can I do! What can I do!"

After reading this note, Hu Zongnan realized that he had fallen into the empty city plan . Yan'an was not conquered by himself, but Mao Zedong gave it up.

He ordered soldiers to search Yan'an and found that there were no confidential documents of the CCP in Yan'an, not even firearms or food, let alone any Communists in the city. Obviously, the Communist Party has long been aware of his "Blitz Yan'an" plan, otherwise it would not have been transferred out so quickly.

After reading the note, Hu Zongnan burst into laughter, but then angrily threw the note on the table.

In fact, Hu Zongnan's "Blitz Yan'an" plan has been known to the CCP for a long time, so this battle must be a waste of water.

So, how did our party learn about the Kuomintang’s battle plan? This also talks about Xiong Xianghui, the confidential secretary next to Hu Zongnan.

Xiong Xianghui

Xiong Xianghui graduated from the Chinese Department of Tsinghua University when he was 17 years old. He secretly joined the Communist Party in December 1936 and later secretly sneaked into the southern part of Hu Zong under the arrangement of Zhou Enlai.

Because he and Hu Zongnan were fellow villagers and had progressive ideas, he was deeply loved by Hu Zongnan and was promoted and reused by him. Soon, Xiong Xianghui was promoted from aide-de-camp to confidential secretary, becoming a popular person around Hu.

In early June 1943, Chiang Kai-shek secretly held a meeting and proposed a plan to attack Yan'an. When Xiong Xianghui learned the news for the first time, he revealed it to Yan'an, causing the Kuomintang's plan to attack Yan'an to be aborted.

In 1947, Xiong Xianghui, who had just gotten married, planned to study in the United States, but before leaving, he was called over by Hu Zongnan and gave him two confidential documents, hoping that he would postpone his trip to the United States and help him for a while.

Xiong Xianghui was surprised when he got these two documents.

It turns out that the document contains Chiang Kai-shek's plan to attack Yan'an and the troop allocation information of the Northern Shaanxi People's Liberation Army. If Chiang Kai-shek's plan succeeds, it will be extremely detrimental to our party. You must know that the People's Liberation Army in northern Shaanxi only has 20,000 people, but the Kuomintang has hundreds of thousands of troops. The enemy has advantages in strength and equipment.

Xiong Xianghui helped Hu Zongnan draft documents on the one hand, and on the other hand, he passed the heavy information to the contact person Wang Shijian , who then sent it to Yan'an. In this way, on March 3 of the same year, top-secret information was sent to Chairman Mao's desk in Yan'an, but senior officials such as Army Commander Hu Zongnan and division commander knew nothing about it.

In the following months, Xiong Xianghui used his position to continuously transmit Hu Zongnan's intelligence to Yan'an, thus allowing all enemy offensives to be easily disrupted by our army.

In fact, Chairman Mao had already anticipated Chiang Kai-shek's attack on Yan'an. In December 1946, when the Chairman met with the Western media, he mentioned: "Chiang Kai-shek's plan to attack Yan'an has been planned for a long time, but it is very likely that we will defeat the enemy."

Someone asked, since the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao knew the enemy's plan in advance, why did they not set up an ambush in advance to kill the enemy, but chose to stage the "empty city strategy"?

In fact, the main military force in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region at that time was Xiye. , and Xiye only had more than 20,000 people, and the supply of food and weapons was insufficient. Each soldier could only be assigned 10 rounds of ammunition.

As a direct descendant of Chiang Kai-shek, Hu Zongnan was also the prestigious "King of the Northwest", with as many as one corps. With 250,000 people, our army was naturally unable to confront the enemy head-on, and evacuating Yan'an was the clearest decision.

However, at that time, Yan'an was a revolutionary holy place, a place that countless patriots and passionate young people yearned for, and many people were opposed to this decision. I didn’t understand, but the one who responded the most was Shi Zhe, Director of the Office of the Central Secretariat. He recalled that one night after the Yan’an Defense War started, he rode a few dozen miles from Zaoyuan to Wang’s house. Ping went to see Chairman Mao.

asked the Chairman worriedly what should be done to prepare for the war? Is it necessary to evacuate? Can we try to save Yan'an without retreating?

Chairman Mao lit a cigarette, turned around and opened it with a smile. Chatterbox: “Your idea is not wise, not wise. do you know? Chiang Kai-shek's Ah Q was full of energy and occupied Yan'an. He thought he had won. But in fact, as soon as he occupied Yan'an, he lost everything. "

Shi Zhe suddenly realized after hearing this, and repeatedly praised the chairman for being too smart.

When meeting some cadres in Yan'an, the chairman explained:

"Our army's war is not about gains and losses in one city or place, but in destroying the enemy's effective strength. Save people and lose land, and everyone and land will survive; save land and lose people, and everyone and land will be lost. The enemy enters Yan'an with a clenched fist. When he reaches Yan'an, he has to stretch out his fingers so that we can cut them off one by one. We must tell our comrades: We will come back in as little as one year or as much as two years, and we will exchange one Yan'an for the whole of China. "

Some people in Yan'an also don't want the Party Central Committee to leave. The chairman said in more popular terms:

"For example, there is a person carrying a heavy baggage full of gold and silver, and he meets a robber who blocks the road. To rob him of his treasure. What should this person do? If he is reluctant to leave his baggage temporarily, his hands and feet will be very inflexible, and he will not win in a fight with a robber. If he is killed by a robber, his gold and silver treasure will be lost. On the other hand, if he throws away his baggage and goes into battle lightly, he can move nimbly and use all his martial arts to fight the robber. Not only can he repel the robber, but he may also beat him to death, and in the end he can save the gold and silver treasure. . If we temporarily abandon Yan'an, we will put the burden on the enemy's back and make ourselves more proactive and flexible in fighting the war. In this way, we can destroy a large number of enemies. When the time comes, we can launch a counterattack and Yan'an will return to our control. in hand. "

It was the chairman's patient explanation that made the cadres and the people of northern Shaanxi realize the importance of evacuating Yan'an. On the night when the chairman left, the fellow villagers saw him off one after another.

San Hu Zongnan falsely reported the results of the war

After Hu Zongnan realized that Yan'an was an empty city , began to feel embarrassed. If he truthfully reported the war situation in Yan'an, his reputation as "the first disciple of the emperor" would not be guaranteed, and he would not receive any reward; if he concealed the truth and exaggerated the results, he would gain both fame and fortune.

At that time, the staff group had helped him draft a telegram, which read: After seven days and nights of fierce fighting in Yan'an, our army captured more than 10,000 enemies and seized countless weapons and ammunition. In this way, Hu Zongnan sent the telegram to. Chiang Kai-shek later boasted in the media: "The battle in Yan'an was very fierce, 3,000 enemy troops were annihilated and more than 10,000 were captured. The enemy fled in panic, and our army occupied the entire Yan'an city. "

Chiang Kai-shek was very excited when he learned about it. The lair of the "communist bandits" was captured. This is such a great achievement. It must be widely publicized in the media to boost the weak morale of the Kuomintang army. Who knows, under the bragging of the media, one of the original captives The victory of more than 10,000 people was directly expanded to 50,000 people. At that time, the Central Red Army only had more than 20,000 people, which shows how ridiculous it is.

Later, Chiang Kai-shek awarded Hu Zongnan the " River Map Medal ", promoted him to "Army General", and asked Hu to be prepared to welcome the Chinese and foreign press groups.

After hearing this, Hu Zongnan was poured cold water on his excited heart. After all, there was not a single Communist Party member, a confidential document, or a grain of food in the entire Yan'an city. How could he fool the media?

Hu Zongnan quickly took out the weapons of his regiment and arranged a performance exhibition hall. He also dug many graves to create a tragic battlefield.

What about the captives? Hu Zongnan ordered a search near Yan'an to arrest all suspicious elements and serve as prisoners. He quickly arrested 500 villagers. Later, he selected 1,500 soldiers from the corps to pretend to be prisoners and built ten prisoner of war camps.

In order not to reveal the truth during the interview, Hu Zongnan also conducted special training for these people, asking them to memorize the questions and answers to cope with the reporter's interview.

Just like that, on April 4 of the same year, the Chinese and foreign press groups arrived in Yan'an. Under the best screenwriter and starring Hu Zongnan, the reporters were led by the nose.

According to a news report at that time, the reporter interviewed a deputy director of the "communist bandit" brigade. This man was dark and fat, with a sloppy beard. He talked about mobile warfare, positional warfare, etc., which was indeed interesting.

Because the society at that time knew little about the Communist Party, they thought these were Communists, and they complained one after another: "So the Communists looked like this, it was no big deal."

However, not long after the press group left, Chairman Mao commanded " "The Great Victory of Qinghua Bian", 3,000 people from the 31st Brigade of the Kuomintang were annihilated. After that, Mr. Peng commanded Xi Ye to wipe out all 6,700 enemy defenders in Panlong Town.

In this way, within a few months after the "Blitzkrieg on Yan'an", Hu Zongnan's regiment suffered heavy losses on the battlefield, and was always led by Nishino. It was in response to the chairman's words of "dilemma."

3 Chiang Kai-shek's trip to Yan'an

However, at this time, Chiang Kai-shek did not know the difficulties faced by Hu Zongnan, but was still immersed in the fruits of victory of the "Blitz Yan'an". In order to understand the true face of Yan'an, he decided to go to Yan'an to find out personally.

After Hu Zongnan learned about it, he immediately made complete preparations. For example, hundreds of thousands of legal currency were spent to lay a gravel road, and the original border district government office was repaired.

In order to ensure the safety of Chiang Kai-shek, he also stationed additional troops at various intersections in the city and sent gendarmerie teams to patrol day and night. The entire Yan'an City was heavily guarded and not even a bird could fly in.

In order to create a warm atmosphere, he arranged a "singing group" in the crowd, and directly took our party's "The East is Red" and changed the lyrics to "China has a Chiang Kai-shek " and asked them to sing loudly. Shouting slogans such as "Long live Chiang Kai-shek".

In August 1947, Chiang Kai-shek, Soong Meiling and his wife, Yu Jishi , Chiang Ching-kuo and other officials arrived in Yan'an on the special plane "Meiling".

At this time, reporters from the Central News Agency who had been waiting gathered around. Chiang Kai-shek said confidently: "Two years ago, I invited Mao Zedong to Chongqing, but today I came to Yan'an for a return visit. It was not Mao Zedong who invited me, but I came uninvited. , I want to come and see what it is like here." After

finished speaking, Chiang Kai-shek and others got into the American jeep and drove towards Qingliang Garden. After arriving at the hotel to rest for a while, Chiang Kai-shek decided to come to Yan'an City to inspect the public sentiment.

When he came out, crowds had already gathered on both sides of the road. The spies disguised as ordinary people clapped their hands and shouted slogans such as "Long live Chiang Kai-shek", which made Chiang Kai-shek feel good.

Early the next morning, Chiang Kai-shek came to the army, lectured officers at the battalion commander level and above, and took photos with some officers and soldiers. But suddenly, Chiang Kai-shek stopped Hu Zongnan and said that he was going to Yangjialing to see the command post of the CCP leaders. Hu Zongnan did not dare to neglect and drove there quickly.

Chiang Kai-shek's trip to Yan'an

Soon, Chiang Kai-shek and his party arrived at Zaoyuan, where the Central Ministry of Social Affairs is based. Before arriving, Chiang Kai-shek had imagined many times that this place would be luxurious and luxurious, but what he didn't expect were dilapidated wooden doors and earthen cave dwellings.

Soon, Chiang Kai-shek walked into the cave dwelling where Mao Zedong lived and found that the cave dwelling was very small, no different from where ordinary people lived. The old desk in the room was bumpy, the bed was very simple, and there was an old chair. These three pieces of furniture.

Chiang Kai-shek was surprised after seeing it. He did not expect Mao Zedong to live in such a simple room. At this moment, he was stunned. He remembered that he lived in a villa and his home was filled with imported furniture. Even when he came to Yan'an, Hu Zongnan prepared the best living utensils for him, and specially transported tableware, bathtubs, toilets, etc. from Xi'an.

It was hard for him to imagine that as the top leader of the Communist Party, his living environment was no different from that of farmers, even worse than his own toilet. And how does such an opponent maintain strong energy and command thousands of troops in such a harsh environment? How did

issue various combat instructions on the uneven desk?

Chiang Kai-shek had mixed feelings in his heart. He went to the rooms of Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi and other CCP leaders and found that almost every room was very simple.

In addition, Chiang Kai-shek also discovered that there was a strange wooden shelf placed outside the cave dwellings where each CCP leader lived.

Chiang Kai-shek was very curious, what is the function of this wooden shelf? Hu Zongnan said: "This is a spinning wheel , used for weaving."

Chiang Kai-shek came from a privileged background, and his family had been doing business for generations. He had been eating and drinking since he was a child. Naturally, he had never been to the farmland, and he had never seen those agricultural equipment. The common people knew nothing about the farm tools they used every day, so they were immediately curious when they saw the wooden shelves.

Hu Zongnan added: "The Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region has long been surrounded by our army, which makes it difficult to communicate with the outside world. Therefore, there is a shortage of materials here. Therefore, whether it is Mao Zedong or Zhou Enlai, every Communist Party leader will personally spin yarn when nothing happens. "

Chiang Kai-shek's face turned pale after hearing this. He fiddled with it unconvinced. Unexpectedly, his hand was scratched by a wooden thorn, and his veins were immediately exposed. He did not expect that Mao Zedong would still do such rough work.

In Chiang Kai-shek's world view, a party leader must not lower his profile and do menial work, but Mao Zedong used facts to prove that he was different and always walked with the people. Looking at the spinning wheel in front of him, Chiang Kai-shek was silent, but he already understood why he lost.

Suddenly, an old farmer walked by with a hoe. Chiang Kai-shek immediately stepped forward and asked, "Have you seen Mao Zedong?"

The old farmer smiled and said, "I must have. He often goes to my house to eat dates. We are familiar with him." "

" Did you give him food? "

" How could it be? He paid for it every time he ate. "

Chiang Kai-shek was not willing to give in. He then asked: "How is Mao Zedong dressed? "

" Like ordinary soldiers, wearing old clothes, patches all over, and straw sandals."

Chiang Kai-shek turned pale after hearing this. He didn't expect Mao Zedong to be such a simple and principled person. He never elevated himself and always stayed with the people. .

Afterwards, Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand for the old farmer to leave. He was in a daze without saying a word. He finally realized why the Communist Party could never be defeated, and also understood why "a single spark can start a prairie fire"!

Chiang Kai-shek came to the Anti-Japanese University School again. He found that the military school was just a simple cave dwelling with no new teaching aids. Even the blackboard was blackened with charcoal ash. The students sat on low stools and held classes in the open air. .

After reading this, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help but sigh: The weapons, teaching materials, and equipment of Whampoa Military Academy are many times better than this, but why are the people who know how to fight so far inferior to the anti-big ? What's going on?

Hu Zongnan and the senior officials looked at each other. They had suffered heavy losses from the People's Liberation Army on the battlefield, so naturally they did not dare to say anything.

After returning to his residence, Chiang Kai-shek sighed in the room : "I finally know why I lost!"

Indeed, what Chiang Kai-shek saw during his trip to Yan'an exceeded his expectations. He saw Mao Zedong's living environment and the After observing the daily situation, we know that the Communists are invincible.

That night, Chiang Kai-shek did not stay in a luxurious hotel. Instead, he slept in the former Central Military Commission compound. He lay awake all night, thinking about his own shortcomings and those of Chairman Mao.

The next day, Chiang Kai-shek left Yan'an in a hurry. He thought that his trip to Yan'an was a surprise, but he didn't expect it to be a spiritual baptism. He finally understood what "the one who wins the hearts of the people wins the world." !

Not long after Chiang Kai-shek returned to Nanjing, he heard that more than 6,000 people from Hu Zongnan's 2 brigades of the 36th Division had been wiped out in the Shajiadian area; and then the 28th Brigade of the 36th Division was wiped out by the People's Liberation Army at the Qingjian Crossing.

Just nine months after Chiang Kai-shek left Yan'an, on April 22, 1948, Yan'an once again returned to the embrace of the Communist Party and the people.

After the three major battles, the Kuomintang's millions of elite main forces were exhausted. In the Battle of Crossing the Yangtze River, they went straight to Huanglong and captured the Nanjing Presidential Palace in one fell swoop.

Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan in a hurry. Before leaving, he said with emotion: "I have only been to Yan'an once, but it gave me a psychological nightmare. What I saw and heard that day made me know that I can't defeat Mao Zedong. This kind of failure will be impossible." It’s doomed.”