As a former great dictator, Chiang Kai-shek has always been a key figure in China's modern history, and he rose to prominence in the political arena of the Republic of China in the early years, and after stealing the fruits of revolutionary victory step by step, he became the supreme commander of the Republic of China.
On January 1, 1942, 26 countries led by Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and the Middle Powers formally signed the "26-Power Joint Declaration", and after signing this paper contract, Chiang Kai-shek served as the commander of the Chinese Theater in the Asia-Pacific Theater.
But it was such a mighty and powerful dictator who was threatened in front of his face on September 19, 1944, with a telegram in his hand, and after that he wrote in his diary: This is the greatest shame in his life.
So who would dare to threaten Chiang Kai-shek in person? What exactly was in that telegram? It actually made Chiang Kai-shek feel that it was the greatest shame in his life, and in the face of this person's threat, how did Chiang Kai-shek respond?
China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression has always been extremely arduous, and from September 18, 1931 to September 2, 1945, this arduous 14 years is the history of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in which the Chinese nation is united as one, and it is also the history of the suffering of a nation and the history of being ravaged by the Japanese Kou.
At the end of 1941, China's War of Resistance was still in trouble, and Chiang Kai-shek, who had been supporting himself in the predicament, finally waited for the results he expected in his heart, and after the Japanese sneaked attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States, which was watching from the other side, was finally dragged into the swamp of war.
On January 1, 1942, this day was undoubtedly the happiest day of chiang kai-shek's life, and the 26 countries led by the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain, and China jointly issued the "Declaration of the United Nations" in Washington, D.C., and established an anti-fascist alliance.
Chiang Kai-shek, who was also the president of the Republic of China at that time, was later proposed by Roosevelt to be appointed commander of the Chinese Theater in the Asia-Pacific Theater, and at this time, Chiang Kai-shek, who was also the commander of the The President of the Republic of China and the Chinese Theater in the Asia-Pacific Theater, could not be said to be a complete and infinite scenery.
It should be known that the Chinese theater during World War II was not just China alone, but included China, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, India and other countries, and in name, Chiang Kai-shek had the command power to mobilize and deploy most of these countries.
At this time, in order to repay the benefactor Roosevelt's great kindness on this day, Chiang Kai-shek, who was overjoyed, asked the United States to send a senior officer to assist China in its work.
On January 29, 1942, at Chiang Kai-shek's request, Roosevelt sent Stilwell, who was experienced in China, to serve as chief of staff of the Chinese theater commander..
On February 11, Stilwell set off from the United States to China as chief of staff and various representatives of the Chinese Theater Command, and officially arrived in Chongqing on March 4, beginning his two-year career in a foreign country.
After rushing to Chongqing, Chiang Kai-shek held a grand welcome ceremony for Stilwell, and Stilwell was touched by Chiang Kai-shek's enthusiasm at that time, and he never thought that his trip to China would eventually end in dismal ends.
Stilwell has always been a love-hate person, and the difference between him and his boss Chiang Kai-shek has always been like ice and fire.
Shortly after his arrival, on March 8, Chiang Kai-shek formally appointed Stilwell as chief of staff of the Chinese theater and assigned him to command the Chinese army fighting in Burma, and Chiang Kai-shek's appointment was also the beginning of the differences between Stilwell and Chiang Kai-shek.
After Stilwell led his troops into Burma, he was defeated due to his mistakes in decision-making, which was undoubtedly not worse for the Chinese government that lost the southwest international route, and this directly began to deepen the contradictions between Shi and Jiang.
At that time, the strategic and tactical debates between the two sides had gradually begun to rise to the personal level, and the personal vicious attacks of the two men who slandered and insulted each other were never in the minority.
Chiang Kai-shek more than once expressed his dissatisfaction with Stilwell's coming to Work in China, and even more directly pointed out that the reason why the US Government did not provide much aid to China in a timely manner was entirely due to Stilwell's failure to report his suggestions to the US Government and the military in a timely manner.
In addition, he accused Stilwell of being impermanent in his words and deeds, as if he were mentally ill, and from Chiang Kai-shek's dissatisfaction, we can see how disgusted and disgusted Chiang Kai-shek, who was warmly welcoming Stilwell's arrival at that time, was at this moment.
On the other hand, Stilwell, he always believed that the biggest reason for the failure of the burma campaign was because most of the national generals lacked ability or courage, and the command of the army was one of the key reasons for failure.
In addition, on this trip to China, Stilwell even saw the corruption within the top level of the national generals, the front line was also tight and the rear was also tight, and Chiang Kai-shek's cover-up and connivance of the chaos of the nationalist army had always made Stilwell hate.
In a private letter with his friends, he directly called Chiang Kai-shek the name of "peanut rice" and even denounced Chiang Kai-shek as a stubborn stupid donkey.
In Stilwell's eyes, Chiang Kai-shek had always been a stubborn and ignorant tyrant full of prejudice and conceit.
After Stilwell witnessed the decline of Chiang Kai-shek's regime, in order to protect U.S. interests in China, he began to target the CCP in the northwestern rear.
Stilwell believed that the Kuomintang was derelict in its duties and corrupt and chaotic, while our party was reducing taxes, rents, and interest rates, improving production and living standards, participating in management and keeping promises, and also helping the people.
In order to understand our Party's troops, he also deliberately broke through layers of resistance and sent an inspection delegation to Yan'an to observe our Party, thus opening a precedent for cooperation between the US Government and our Party.
In Chiang Kai-shek's eyes, our party personnel have always been a "cancerous tumor." In the eyes of Chiang Kai-shek, Stilwell did not help him win the battle into Burma, but now he jumped out to try to hinder himself from destroying the thorn in his own eye, which is undoubtedly incompatible with the policy of "dissolving the communists and opposing communism" that he insisted on, and this is also the main reason for the intensification and amplification of the contradictions between the two men.
After this incident, the furious Chiang Kai-shek was constantly weakening Stilwell's real power.
In 1944, the Kuomintang frontal battlefield began to have a major rout of Yu Xianggui, at that time for chiang kai-shek's government patience has long reached the limit, under his repeated urging, Roosevelt began to issue an ultimatum telegram, once again ordering Chiang Kai-shek to let Stilwell command all troops without restriction, and seriously warned Chiang Kai-shek: If you do not comply, the consequences will be at your own risk!
At that time, Stilwell, who received the telegram, walked into Chiang Kai-shek's Huangshan official residence with great joy in his heart.
The contents of the telegram were originally in English, but under Stilwell's translation, it was translated into Chinese and forced Chiang Kai-shek to read it in person.
At that time, Chiang Kai-shek was frost-faced, how could he not know that Stilwell was actually taking the opportunity to humiliate himself, but in order to continue to receive all aspects of THE United States' aid to China, although his anger was burning, he still chose to secretly endure.
After this, Chiang Kai-shek recorded in his diary the greatest humiliation of this life.
We may also imagine that the leader of a country in the grandeur of China is humiliated by an American general who plots to seize military power in front of his face with contempt.
After this incident, Chiang Kai-shek completely tore his face with Stilwell, and he not only refused Stilwell's command, but also formally demanded that the United States withdraw Stilwell.
In addition, he reiterated many times that he would never make any concessions on the issue of sovereignty, and if he agreed, he would be a pawn, so he would be no different from the Wang Jingwei regime, so he blatantly rejected the US government's proposal.
Although Roosevelt was particularly angry at Chiang Kai-shek's attitude, because Chiang Kai-shek would never budge on issues related to national sovereignty and the future, he would rather break with the United States and fight.
Between the two men, there must always be a choice to back down, and in this case, Roosevelt had to choose to give in.
On October 19, 1944, after receiving Roosevelt's recall notice, he left China on October 21.
Although Chiang Kai-shek had previously wanted to award the American general the Order of the Blue Sky and White Sun, he still refused, and Stilwell only hoped that Chiang Kai-shek would remember that everything he did was to help China.
From Stilwell's seizure of power, it is not difficult to see that this has always violated international norms, and in Chiang Kai-shek's eyes, China's War of Resistance is still dominated by the Chinese government, and the control of the army must not be handed over to the United States.
Chiang Kai-shek still attaches great importance to the issue of national sovereignty, and he will never choose to be a sinner of the nation and history.
However, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chiang Kai-shek connived at his four major families to hoard US aid materials for China and made a fortune in the country, passively resisted the war, and his great dictatorial behavior, which has always been a kind of drawback of his.