In 1949, the Kuomintang soldiers were defeated like mountains, and the liberation army approached Chiang Kai-shek's Chengdu step by step, and the old Chiang had to curse and grin on the special plane that stayed at Chengdu Phoenix Mountain Airport for many days and fled to Taiwan in a hurry.
Before Chiang Kai-shek's plane took off, the news that he was going to flee the mainland had already reached Marshal Ye Jianying's ears, and the airport personnel suggested that they should cut it first and shoot down Chiang Kai-shek's plane.
Under the repeated suggestions of the airport personnel, Ye Shuai resolutely opposed it and said that it was absolutely impossible to fight. In this way, the Guangzhou airport personnel watched as Chiang Kai-shek's father and son's plane disappeared from the dust over Guangzhou, and the old Chiang Kai-shek also saved his life and arrived in Taiwan safely.
Knowing that Chiang Kai-shek would not be able to arrest him once he was gone, why would Ye Jianying let Chiang Kai-shek go? What is the hidden plot behind the return of the tiger to the mountain? Next, let's go back to the day when Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan to find out.
The three major battles were lost one after another, and the Kuomintang's "key defense" system, which was mainly based on large cities, gradually collapsed, and its strength also accelerated its reduction, and it was gradually defeated and retreated, losing a large area of land. At this time, the divisions within the Kuomintang were serious, and more than 1 million troops declared an uprising with the Kuomintang government. By September 1949, the entire northwest was liberated, and the Kuomintang was left with only a corner of the southwest. On the 13th of the same month, the People's Liberation Army liberated Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi and other places successively, breaking through the Kuomintang's Sichuan-Hubei-Xiang defense line. On the 30th, Chiang Kai-shek fled from Chongqing to Chengdu. At the end of November 1949, Yibin, one of Chiang Kai-shek's two remaining cities, took the initiative to revolt, which meant that Chengdu, where Chiang the elder Chiang was hiding, would no longer be safe. On December 10, Chiang Kai-shek took his son Chiang Ching-kuo from Chengdu Phoenix Mountain Airport and flew to Taiwan via Guangzhou Baiyun Airport. At that time, Baiyun Airport was already under the control of the 15th Corps of the People's Liberation Army, but there were still a small number of Kuomintang personnel in the airport. Because Lao Jiang's special plane was going to pass through Guangzhou, before taking off, Chengdu airport personnel contacted Guangzhou airport personnel to understand the weather conditions in Guangzhou, and at the same time inadvertently revealed Lao Jiang's itinerary to Guangzhou airport personnel. Guangzhou asked along the topic" Chengdu Airport replied "3 transport aircraft, the president on the second plane" In this way, the simple airport personnel showed the old Chiang's itinerary in front of the People's Liberation Army without reservation, and the old Chiang who only cared about fleeing for his life did not know that at this time he was already in the balance.
After Guangzhou Baiyun Airport learned that Lao Jiang was going to pass over Guangzhou Airport, it immediately reported it to Hong Xuezhi, deputy commander and chief of staff of the 15th Corps. In response to this news, the person in charge of the PLA takeover at that time put forward two suggestions: First, the fighter planes dispatched from Baiyun Airport to force Chiang Kai-shek to stop, and the other was to directly shoot down Chiang Kai-shek's special plane. But this was a big deal, and Hong Xuezhi did not dare to take it lightly, so he reported it to his superior, Ye Jianying, commander and political commissar of the 15th Corps. After Ye Shuai listened to the situation, he frowned and pondered for a while, saying, "This is a major matter, you must ask the central authorities, you go to report it," so Hong Xuezhi immediately sent a telegram to Beijing. However, no matter how many telegrams he sent to Beijing and how many times he wrote "Wangfu Urgent Telegram", he never received a return call. Seeing that the plane was about to fly over Guangzhou, the airport kept calling the command headquarters for instructions, and Hong Xuezhi could not wait and asked Ye Shuai for instructions. Ye Shuai did not give any orders but asked rhetorically, "Has Beijing replied?" Hong Xuezhi snorted no. Ye Shuai said in an unmistakable tone that as long as the central authorities did not give instructions, they could not act. You must know that old Jiang is the "number one war criminal", in order to get great credit, Hong Xuezhi urgently urged Ye Shuai, we can cut first and play later! But this proposal was rejected by Ye Shuai. He still did not give up, and it was too much of a pity to persuade Ye Shuai to let the number one war criminal escape, and Ye Shuai said helplessly, it is a pity, it is a pity, it is a pity, anyway, without instructions, you cannot fight. Hong Xuezhi also said that even if he did not fight, he could first intercept and force Chiang Kai-shek to surrender, and he could not just let him go. Ye Shuai still insisted on the initial opinion. The two have been arguing, but they have not received instructions from above, and neither of them dares to act rashly. In the end, until Lao Jiang's special plane left Guangzhou, there was no reply from Beijing, and Ye Shuai insisted on waiting for approval, and the airport personnel had to watch the plane carrying Lao Jiang's father and son disappear little by little over Guangzhou. Perhaps the old Chiang Kai-shek himself would be surprised as to why he left the mainland so smoothly and flew to Taiwan, so why did Beijing and Ye Shuai insist on not intercepting Chiang Kai-shek's special plane and returning to the mountains?
In fact, long before the founding of New China, the United States extended a hand of intervention to the Taiwan issue. The reason for this is that, on the one hand, it is in a critical period of hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union, and one Soviet Union is enough to give the United States a headache, and now that the power of the Communist Party of China is gradually expanding, it is certainly unwilling to grow up as a socialist country to oppose it. If we can control the strait, we can find opportunities to restrict the development of new China. On the other hand, in the consideration of the United States, if the Chinese Soviet Union develops Taiwan into a powerful military base, then the good days of wanton hegemony in the Pacific will cease to exist. In addition, if Taiwan can become a military base for the United States, then maritime superiority will return to the United States, and even blockade the maritime strategic deployment of China and the Soviet Union, thereby curbing the maritime power of China and the Soviet Union. So they desperately needed a Taiwanese agent who could cooperate with the United States, and their favorite candidate at that time was Chiang Kai-shek. However, in 1946, Chiang Kai-shek launched a civil war in 1946, which to some extent damaged the interests of the United States, which not only greatly lost the hearts of the people, but also made the United States angry and disappointed. But at this point, there was no other way but to fully assist the Kuomintang in cleaning up the People's Liberation Army. But the United States really did not expect that the Kuomintang, with its 4.3 million elite troops, would be beaten by the Platon Army of only 1.27 million and flee in a hurry. After seeing the successive defeats of the Kuomintang army, the United States decided to abandon this chess piece and replace it with an obedient puppet.
After looking for a long time, the United States found a very suitable candidate - Chen Cheng. Chen Cheng was a fellow countryman of Chiang Kai-shek, who followed Chiang Kai-shek when he was founded at the Whampoa Military Academy, won good results in the Northern Expedition, was deeply valued by Chiang Kai-shek, and at a crucial time he would also be used on behalf of Chiang Kai-shek, deeply appreciated by Chiang Kai-shek, and slowly grew into Chiang Kai-shek's confidant, twice elected as vice president of the Kuomintang, known as "small committee chairman.". In October 1948, in order to arrange a back road for himself, Chiang Kai-shek sent Chen Cheng to Taiwan to pave the way first, letting him preside over Taiwan's administrative affairs, and successively appointed Chen Cheng as chairman of Taiwan Province, commander-in-chief of Taiwan's police, and chief executive of Taiwan. During his administration of Taiwan Province, he actively developed the people's livelihood military and economy, made slight achievements in various aspects, and made great contributions to stabilizing the rule of the Republic of China government in Taiwan. He was by all accounts the perfect candidate in The United States. However, Chen Cheng was loyal to Chiang Kai-shek, and the United States used all kinds of tricks to persuade Chen Cheng to establish a self-reliant portal in Taiwan. How to plot against Chen Cheng to make him useful to the United States has become the most headache problem for the United States. Although Chen Cheng was loyal to Chiang Kai-shek, what if Chiang Kai-shek died? Chen Cheng will no longer be loyal to Chiang Kai-shek, so it is only natural that Chen Cheng will come to power, so that the probability of exhorting Chen Cheng to surrender to the United States will be greatly enhanced, and there is no doubt that the most urgent hope for Chiang Kai-shek at this time is the United States. In other words, if Chiang Kai-shek's plane had really been shot down in Guangzhou that day, it would have been the United States that would have reaped the benefits of the fishermen. Once Chiang Kai-shek is killed or arrested, the United States will certainly intervene in China's internal affairs and seize the opportunity to split China's territory. Of course, the top brass in Beijing are well aware of this truth, so they delayed replying when they sent an emergency call at the Guangzhou airport, and they did not want to bring disaster to the country again because of this matter.
On the other hand, Chiang Kai-shek is not a person who is at the mercy of the United States, and his presence in Taiwan will certainly crush the Attempt of the United States to split China's territory. This idea was also confirmed in chiang kai-shek's actions after he went to Taiwan. After Chiang Kai-shek's defeat and retreat from Taiwan, he still kept day and night dreaming of attacking the mainland. But after suffering heavy losses in the War of Liberation, he had to turn to the United States for help. How could the United States, where interests are paramount, help Chiang Kai-shek unconditionally? Taking advantage of this opportunity, the United States trumpeted the two Chinas internationally and demanded that Chiang Kai-shek admit the matter before he was willing to help. Although Chiang Kai-shek is pro-American, he also needs US weapons assistance. However, the country's territorial sovereignty is inviolable, and he openly stated that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, always adhered to the "one-China" principle, and completely smashed the US separatist attempt. Chiang Kai-shek has done many wrong things in his life, but in this matter, he made the right choice, and it was also because of his intransigence that he failed to let the United States meddle in the Taiwan issue. It has also bought a lot of time for China's rise.
Third, although the KMT defeated and retreated to Taiwan, its strength should not be underestimated. Of these intricate forces, only Chiang Kai-shek has the ability to control them. Especially in Taiwan, where forces of various factions are rampant, only Chiang Kai-shek can hold his ground. If Chiang Kai-shek is defeated and the crowd is leaderless, it will inevitably lead to chaos in Taiwan, and no one can predict what kind of consequences will eventually occur. Moreover, even if Chiang Kai-shek is listed as the "number one war criminal," he is also the president of the Republic of China, and he has a special status, and he cannot deal with problems in a moment and a half.
Therefore, instead of allowing the United States to use the Taiwan Strait to interfere in China's internal affairs, it is better to let Chiang Kai-shek arrive in Taiwan smoothly. It was out of the above three considerations that Beijing and Ye Shuai resolutely did not stop Chiang Kai-shek's special plane, preserving Chiang Kai-shek's last decency and, still more, Preserving China's Taiwan.
Throughout Chinese history, there are many important moments related to life and death, there are Ye Jianying figures, in 1922, Chen Jiongming rebelled, under the protection of Ye Shuai, Sun Yat-sen successfully escaped from danger. In 1935, Zhang Guotao tried to engage in separatism, and it was Ye Shuai who had the wisdom to pass the telegram to the central authorities, so as to avoid a melee within the Red Army. This time, he did not listen to the advice of his subordinates to cut first and play later, sober-minded, and insisted on waiting for the central decision-making, so as not to cause a major disaster. In 1976, he stepped forward again and single-handedly stabilized the chaotic situation in the country and saved the party and the country. Together with Comrade Deng Xiaoping, he also promoted the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and promoted the construction of national defense and the army into a period of development. Ye Shuai's life, praised by Chairman Mao as "Zhuge Was only cautious in his life, and Lü Duan's major affairs were not confused", Ye Shuai's life was able to remain sober and make decisive decisions at critical moments, so that he could let the big ship of China sail smoothly many times.