What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
Friends who know history know that shortly after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, there were two different parties in the land of China at that time, one was the Communist Party headed by Grandpa Mao, and the other was the Kuomintang headed by Chiang Kai-shek. Although during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression they were able to join hands against foreign enemies, after the victory of the War of Resistance, a large-scale battle was launched between the two parties in order to compete for the world, that is, the War of Liberation known to posterity, and the Kuomintang side called it "mobilization and counter-insurgency". And the outcome of this battle is believed to be known to everyone, Grandpa Mao defeated Chiang Kai-shek and established a new China.
So, why did Chiang Kai-shek, who had millions of troops, lose so quickly! Of course, there are also people who can fight among the Huangpu students, such as Hu Lian, Du Yuming, Song Xilian, Zhang Lingfu, Wang Yaowu, and others, but there are also hu zongnan who relies on his early military achievements, plus Hu Zongnan, who can sneak around and pat himself, and he has been defeated again and again in the liberation war, and Chiang Kai-shek has not disposed of him, or replaced him, but still continues to reuse.
There was also Liu Zhi, who was known as general of the pig in the Liberation War, and Chiang Kai-shek also made him the commander-in-chief of the Huaihai Campaign, while famous generals such as Xue Yue, Guan Linzheng, and Sun Liren were not reused, including Bai Chongxi, who had the most outstanding ability, and were not reused by Old Chiang. So what are the reasons why Chiang Kai-shek did not employ people properly? Lead to defeat so quickly!
The first did not trust his subordinates, refused to give them too many rights, and Old Jiang had to take care of everything. It can be said that Chiang Kai-shek was an excellent politician, but not a brilliant strategist.
For example, in the Liaoshen Campaign in the Liberation War, Wei Lihuang, as the supreme commander of this battle, did not have the highest command power, and at that time, Chiang Kai-shek came to the northeast from time to time to sit in command, making it difficult for Wei Lihuang to do whatever he wanted, command the tactics and tactics he envisioned in his heart, and fight a decisive battle with the Northeast Field Army, because Chiang Kai-shek liked to command beyond his authority, which made Wei Lihuang very embarrassed. Originally, Du Yuming could have led 300,000 troops to escape from the encirclement, but it was because Chiang Kai-shek temporarily changed the military orders that Du Yuming's clique was surrounded by our army.
The second Nationalist generals were mainly concerned with preserving strength, and sometimes local generals did not listen to Chiang Kai-shek's dispatches at all, and there was no unity between the generals.
We all know that in the Liaoshen Campaign and the Huaihai Campaign, Chiang Kai-shek wanted to let Fu Zuoyi clique reinforcements at that time, but he always rejected Chiang Kai-shek for various reasons, which made Chiang Kai-shek helpless. There was also Bai Chongxi of the Gui clan who did not obey Chiang Kai-shek's dispatches during the Liberation War, and also opposed him many times, which also led to Bai Chongxi not being used by Chiang Kai-shek, of course, both of them had problems, the old Chiang did not trust Bai Chongxi, and Bai Chongxi regarded himself as high,looked down on Chiang Kai-shek, and often opposed him.
There is also the fact that among the generals of the various corps of the Nationalist army, they all belong to seeing death and not saving, and preserving strength is the mainstay, if a corps is surrounded, Lao Jiang let them go to reinforcements, but these people are perfunctory in order to preserve their strength, and immediately flee when they see the wind and noise, like the Huang Baitao Corps in the Battle of Huaihai being surrounded is the best example.
In the War of Liberation, many generals suggested that Chiang Kai-shek abandon the city, but the old Chiang Kai-shek would not let him live or die, and he never understood that he was not afraid of running out of firewood while keeping the green mountains.
For example: the Battle of Jinan, when Wang Yaowu suggested abandoning the city, but Chiang Kai-shek refused to let him live or die, Wang Yaowu was also scolded, and as a result, Wang Yaowu was defeated and buried 100,000 troops, and after many Huangpu generals in the Liberation War were surrounded, it was possible to lead the army to break through the encirclement, but old Jiang did not agree, and wanted them to persist until the last moment, such as Zheng Dongguo in the Liaoshen Campaign is the best example, there was a chance to break out, but Old Jiang did not want to give up Changchun, and always let him stick to it. After the army was distracted, Chiang Kai-shek suddenly sent a military order to let him break through, but it was too late.
The fourth old Chiang Kai-shek lost the hearts of the people, and he knew that those who won the hearts and minds of the people won the world, and Chiang Kai-shek did a very bad job in this regard.
He mainly defended the interests of the capitalists, such as in the War of Liberation, Chiang Ching-kuo's failure to fight the tiger in Shanghai was because Chiang Kai-shek was too protective, and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortiums lost the hearts and minds of the people.
For example, in the Huaihai Campaign, the two sides invested millions of troops, although Chiang Kai-shek had cars and planes to ensure logistical work, but Huaye did not have cars, planes, and still guaranteed the logistical support of the soldiers, because behind them there were millions of people using trolleys to transport them.
The above four reasons are all Chiang Kai-shek, the fundamental reason why he lost so quickly in the War of Liberation, of course, in addition to the above points, there is intelligence work, after the death of Dai Kasa Chiang Kai-shek's intelligence system is very chaotic, to know that an important piece of intelligence can reach 100,000 troops.