1949, New China was founded , and Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan. For Chiang Kai-shek, this was the most sad moment in his life. He once attended an international conference as the "three giants". He enjoyed the attention of the whole world as a victorious country.
Unfortunately, everything ended with the PLA's rushing forward to and the despise of the people.
In the days that followed, Chiang Kai-shek would often reflect in his diary, and even study the structure of our party's party organization. He would inevitably no longer deduce the way to change history.
In fact, there are many reasons for Chiang Kai-shek's failure. The fundamental reason Chiang Kai-shek would not admit it, that is, he was abandoned by the vast majority of the people.
As for other external reasons, Chairman Mao pointed out some opinions to him. For example, Chiang Kai-shek abandoned his three powerful generals and, if he reused one, his fate might not be so miserable. So who are among the powerful generals Chairman Mao mentioned?
One of them is Xue Yue . Regarding Xue Yue's evaluation, many scholars call him " a famous general who is an expert in foreign wars and an expert in civil wars."
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, he fought two famous battles, one of which was the Wanjialing victory .
On August 1, 1938, facing the fierce Japanese invaders, Xue Yue formed an "anti-eight-shaped position on the front of Nanxun, like a bag-catching rat, or a flying clipper. The enemy attacked the right side and responded to the left side. As a result, most of the 101st Division was eliminated, forcing the other side to retreat.
In mid-September of that year, Xue Yue dispatched troops to block the 27th Division of the Japanese army and wiped out the Suzuki Regiment at Qilin Peak. On October 2, more than 100,000 troops were gathered to attack the 106th Division that came to rescue, and it was defeated again. After ten days and nights, four Japanese regiments were wiped out, 1.5 More than 10,000 people.
This battle can be called the most intense and thrilling battle of Wuhan battle , and it was also the biggest failure of the Japanese army to invade Jiangnan . . At that time, the whole country was shocked, and everyone thought that this battle once again broke the myth of the invincible Japanese army.
Ye Ting even called and said: I appreciate the great victory in Nanxun, wipe out all the ugly people, and save Hongdu in danger. As the guarantee of Jianghan, Pingxing Guantaierzhuang is a three-legged tripod, and it is famous for its immortality.
The second famous battle was the three battles of Changsha. On October 1, 1939, Xue Yue commanded the first battle of Changsha. Xue Yue lured the enemy into depth, retreated and fought to fight the battle policy of the outer wing, causing the enemy to be attacked from all sides, suffered heavy casualties, and could only break north.
This battle "annihilated 40,000 bandits, "Traveling for 300 miles". Chiang Kai-shek even issued the commendation order : This Hunan Northern Battle , killing more than half of the enemies... The whole country is excited, and seeing the command is in place, the soldiers use their lives, and there is no need to comfort them."
The second battle in Changsha , the enemy is strong and we are weak, but Xue Yue still suffered nearly 60,000 casualties, causing 40,000 Japanese soldiers to be killed or injured, forcing the Japanese army to retreat north of Xinyunhe .
The third battle in Changsha , Xue Yue proposed the famous Tianlu tactics, and the station defeated the enemy again, and in half a month, it caused more than 50,000 casualties to the enemy.
It can be said that Xue Yue's performance during the War of Resistance Against Japan was quite impressive, and his achievements in the national military system were second to none.
Moreover, when fighting against our army before, Xue Yue also caused our party to suffer a lot. For example, during the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression, Xue Yue became one of the people who caused losses to our army. At that time, he took steady steps and took steps, causing great consumption to our army.
, especially , during the Long March of the Red Army, Xue Yue insisted on chasing and resigning. The Red Army's Long March of 25,000 miles, and the troops he led ran 20,000 miles. For this reason, Chairman Mao commented after the end of the Long March: Brother Lao Boling gave him away.
Many scholars believe that Chairman Mao’s words have multiple meanings, including both the pride of the willpower of the Red Army, the anger and helplessness towards Xue Yue, and of course a little admiration. After all, if our army can be forced to this extent, who else can be the only one in the national army?
But such a powerful general was dismissed by Chiang Kai-shek on the charge of "powerless command and low reputation". Afterwards, Chiang Kai-shek watched our army advance wildly until he was about to retreat to Hainan Island and Taiwan.
At this time, Xue Yue stepped forward again, and he stationed in Hainan Island with the hope of the Kuomintang. At that time, Chairman Mao deliberately warned the generals who participated in the war: "You must be serious when encountering Xue Boling." This shows that Chairman Mao treated Xue Yue with caution.
However, although Xue Yue made great contributions to his later retreat to Taiwan, he could not turn the situation around.
Therefore, Chairman Mao’s evaluation of Xue Yue is quite high, and if Xue Yue can always stand on the front line, history may not be as embarrassing as it was later. But Chiang Kai-shek gave the opportunity but it was useless.
followed by Bai Chongxi . Within the Kuomintang, Bai Chongxi once enjoyed the titles of " Little Zhuge " and contemporary "Zhang Liang". It should be said that his abilities are also quite powerful.
For him, Chairman Mao once commented: Bai Chongxi was the first cunning and insidious warlord in China. Although these words have multiple meanings, there is no doubt that Chairman Mao still recognizes Bai Chongxi's military capabilities.
Moreover, before the crossing the river battle started in 1949, Li and Bai ( Li Zongren , Bai Chongxi) had negotiated with Chairman Mao. During this period, Chairman Mao asked someone to lead a message and told Bai Chongxi that he could continue to lead 400,000 soldiers .
From the heart, looking back at the Kuomintang generals back then, it is rare for Chairman Mao to praise him so much. He can have so many troops, which indirectly reflects Chairman Mao’s recognition of his military capabilities.
Of course, Chairman Mao was not just talking about it. In many documentary records, Bai Chongxi is indeed awesome.
Former Military Command Minister of the Kuomintang Military Commission Xu Yongchang once commented: Nowadays, the courage of the soldiers is no better than that of Bai Jiansheng. This shows that Bai Chongxi is brave in combat and is indeed very strong.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Bai Chongxi proposed to use guerrilla tactics and formal tactics to accumulate small victories into big victories, and exchanges space for time . Therefore, our party has long been far-sighted, but Bai Chongxi can be regarded as the number one figure who has such insights within the Kuomintang.
In addition, Bai Chongxi has a very high theoretical level, especially good at learning and creating military works . Since serving as the Minister of Defense of in 1946, Bai Chongxi has proposed many military theories, including "Military War and Economic Warfare", "Guerrilla Warfare Outline", "National Minuteman Construction Education", etc., many of which are used as textbooks for military academies, and their theoretical level can be seen.
But unfortunately, Bai Chongxi and Chiang Kai-shek belong to the concept of "franchise". In peace, Bai Chongxi may not oppose Chiang Kai-shek, but once he has the chance, he will part ways with Chiang Kai-shek. In fact, Chiang Kai-shek never wanted to use Bai Chongxi's energy well, and in the end he only had a strong and nowhere to make a sad ending.
Finally, Sun Liren General. Objectively speaking, General Sun Liren was one of the most prestigious generals in the international stage of the early days of the War of Resistance against Japan. His achievements were unquestionable. He fought against the Japanese invaders with the Expeditionary Force, among which Ren'anqiang Battle achieved international prestige and saved the British army.
For this reason, he received medals from the United Kingdom and the United States, and he once became the best image of a Chinese soldier in the minds of international friends.
Chairman Mao also highly appreciates this anti-Japanese legend. However, General Sun Liren was not politically sensitive enough, so he was suspicious of Chiang Kai-shek and was also used by the Americans, and was eventually imprisoned until death.
Just imagine, if this anti-Japanese general could be valued by Chiang Kai-shek, I personally think that his combat power should not be inferior to Bai Chongxi and Xue Yue, and it would definitely bring great resistance to our army.
or above are the powerful generals mentioned by Chairman Mao. Of course, this does not mean that if these three powerful generals are valued, they will definitely be able to reverse history.Chairman Mao’s meaning was probably that the Kuomintang had capable people, but Chiang Kai-shek could not use people. This is an external reason for Chiang Kai-shek’s failure. If it was used, it would definitely not be defeated to such a level.
