Qiu Qingquan was a concubine of Chiang Kai-shek. However, on the eve of the Battle of Huaihai, he dared to disobey Chiang Kai-shek's military orders.
Why did he have the guts?
In the autumn of 1948, on the eve of the Battle of Huaihai, Qiu Qingquan was the commander of the Second Corps of the Kuomintang Army. At that time, the Nanjing High Command gave him the task of garrisoning Shangqiu and preventing the Central Plains Field Army from advancing east to join the East China Field Army in order to hold the northern gate of the capital Nanjing, Xuzhou.
This military order from the superior is not unreasonable and completely correct.
However, before the prelude to the great war had begun, Qiu Qingquan took matters into his own hands, abandoning Shangqiu and leading his troops to retreat eastward.
When Qiu Qingquan reached The Mountain between Shangqiu and Xuzhou, he was discovered by the Supreme Command and hurriedly reported to Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek was so angry that he immediately spoke to Qiu Qingquan on the phone, scolding him for "not carrying out the orders of the headquarters and leaving the position without authorization," and ordering him:
"Return to your original position immediately!"
However, Qiu Qingquan still risked the crime of "disobeying the order" and refused to return to Shangqiu.
Why didn't he refuse to go back?
It turned out that the problem was in the place of Shangqiu.
Qiu Qingquan believes that going back is a taboo place name: Shangqiu, that is, "hurting Qiu". If he went to Shangqiu, he would certainly "hurt" his "Qiu" greatly.
Therefore, he would rather violate military orders than be "wounded" in Shangqiu.
However, it was precisely because of his refusal to implement that the People's Liberation Army won a strategic opportunity, and in the end, Qiu Qingquan did not go to Shangqiu, or embarked on a dead end.