Chiang Kai-shek's special captain Fu En will never forget this day, he recalled: This was the most poignant moment in Chiang Kai-shek's political career, "He sat on the plane and did not say a word. ”
On December 10, 1949, Chiang Kai-shek boarded the Sino-American ship and left the mainland from the Phoenix Mountain Airport in Chengdu.
The People's Liberation Army swept through most of China in 1949, and the Kuomintang was defeated on the mainland battlefield. In desperation, Chiang Kai-shek chose Taiwan as the "rear that can no longer retreat", and on January 21 he announced that he would step down and that Li Zongren would succeed him as acting president, arriving in Taiwan at 2 p.m. on December 10, 1949. When Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan by plane, the Chinese Communists had the opportunity to shoot down the plane, but because Ye Jianfei did not get the unification of the CPC Central Committee, he missed this opportunity.
Chiang Kai-shek took the advice of the historical geographer Zhang Qiyun and chose to start running Taiwan as his retreat. On December 29, 1948, Sun Ke, the chief executive of the Kuomintang, issued an order formally appointing Chen Cheng, a close confidant of Chiang Kai-shek, as chairman of the Taiwan Provincial Government.
On New Year's Day 1949, Xinhua News Agency issued a New Year's message, proposing the slogan of "fighting across the Yangtze River and liberating all of China." On the same day, Chiang Kai-shek issued a "New Year's Message" through the Central News Agency, calling for "peace talks between the Kuomintang and the Republic." On January 5, Mao Zedong commented on the Xinhua News Agency, "Commenting on War Criminals and Seeking Peace," listing Chiang Kai-shek as a war criminal and refusing to negotiate with Chiang Kai-shek. On January 14, the Chinese Communists again issued the "Statement on the Current Situation," proposing eight conditions for peace talks, the first of which was to punish war criminals and to list Chiang Kai-shek as the first among criminals.
Chiang Kai-shek had no way out but to step down and announced his resignation on January 21, 1949.
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