After the People's Liberation Army launched three major campaigns, the kuomintang's living forces were basically wiped out, and in this case, Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan with a large amount of wealth and loyal subordinates, in fact, before Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan, he had three places for him to choose, but why did he flee to Taiwan?
When Chiang Kai-shek summoned his subordinates to discuss defeat, Hu Zongnan took the lead in proposing to him the first location, that is, Xikang Province. It should be known that at that time, Xikang still had 450,000 Kuomintang remnants, and the terrain of Xikang was very dangerous, once the Nationalist army tried its best to resist, then it would be difficult for the PLA to break through the Nationalist defense line. However, after hearing Hu Zongnan's proposal, Chiang Kai-shek immediately rejected this proposal, because in his view, Xikang is a barren land, although it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is difficult to solve the problem of grain, and once this problem is not solved, then it is undoubtedly sitting still.
After denying Hu Zongnan's proposal, some people immediately proposed the place of Hainan Island, after all, Hainan Island is surrounded by the sea on all sides, and relying on the dangers of the Qiongzhou Strait, it is difficult for the PLA to cross the sea to fight. This proposal did make Chiang Kai-shek a little moved, but at that time, Professor Zhang Qiyun of Zhejiang University immediately expressed his opposition, believing that Hainan had the same disadvantage as Xikang, that is, the land was poor and the grain problem could not be solved. Moreover, Zhang Qiyun immediately proposed another place to Chiang Kai-shek, and that was Taiwan. In Zhang Qiyun's view, Taiwan has always been a treasure island, not only rich in products, but also has the same geographical advantages as Hainan Island, and can also rely on the natural dangers of the Taiwan Strait to contain the People's Liberation Army. Moreover, Taiwan still belongs to the sphere of influence of the Americans, which will undoubtedly make the PLA jealous of three points.
After Zhang Qiyun's explanation, Chiang Kai-shek immediately finalized Taiwan as his next step, and he immediately appointed Chen Cheng as the chairman of Taiwan Province to run Taiwan. In this way, a serious problem left over from history has thus been revealed.