As we all know, during the War of Resistance Against Japan, the mainland not only had to constantly resist Japanese aggression, but the country at that time was divided into two factions. The war between them lasted for a long time, many people suffered in the war, and many heroes emerged in the war, who paid the price of their lives to defend the country, and ended in the defeat of Chiang Kai-shek.
After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Chiang Kai-shek launched a civil war. Our armies are forced to fight. After more than three years of fighting, the general trend of the Nationalist Army disappeared from 1948 onwards. By 1949, the main force was completely wiped out and Chiang Kai-shek was forced to retreat. At that time, a large number of senior Kuomintang officials flew away and swept away a large amount of property. They want to retreat to Taiwan to accumulate strength, hoping to one day make a comeback again.
At that time, there were only 600,000 troops who could defend Taiwan, and they were all remnants of the retreat from the mainland, and they had no fighting spirit at all. However, the navy has only 35,000 people and more than 50 ships, which is still somewhat advantageous over the newly formed Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy. The Air Force has 400 aircraft, and it's still very powerful, but the island's remaining gasoline resources are only enough to last two months.
After the retreat to Taiwan, all the troops that could be withdrawn have been withdrawn. The specific figure is about 600,000. If you add ordinary militias, the total is about 3 million. Because they had just retreated to Taiwan, logistics were not in place, and 600,000 troops could not even achieve daily training three days a week. However, when Chiang Kai-shek found out, he also felt that it would be difficult to make a comeback!