At the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Chiang Kai-shek had planned to bomb Tiananmen Square, but why did he give up in the end?
At about 10:00 a.m. on October 1, 1949, an airwave message from Beijing caused a sensation around the world.
"Xinhua Radio, the following announcement is broadcast: The inauguration ceremony of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China will be held at three o'clock this afternoon in Beijing's Tiananmen Square..."
Founding Ceremony
After the announcement was issued, Chiang Kai-shek of the Chen Jitang Mansion at No. 32 Meihua Village, Dongshan, Guangzhou, received multiple telephone bombardments in the room.
Long before the announcement of the founding ceremony, the Kuomintang forces that defeated Nanjing secretly planned a follow-up conspiracy.
Zhou Zhirou, commander of the Kuomintang Air Force in Taiwan, was anxious on the phone:
"Headmaster, if we don't take off, we won't be able to arrive on time!"
Week to soft
This was already his fourth phone call to Chiang Kai-shek, and both Zhou Zhirou and other Kuomintang members were waiting for Chiang's order, expecting these US-made B-24 bombers to immediately fly north and complete the air raid mission to avenge the snow and hatred.
On the other end of the phone, Chiang Kai-shek, who had been telling them to "wait a little longer," stood up violently and said firmly into the microphone:
"Task Cancel."
"Principal, please reconsider, we are well prepared to ensure that the task is completed."
Zhou Zhirou was puzzled.
"Task Cancel!" Chiang Kai-shek issued orders more firmly.
After putting down the phone, Chiang Kai-shek slowly lay down on the sofa and fell into contemplation...
Chiang Kai-shek and Zhou Zhirou
On the other hand, Beijing is also making adequate preparations. Considering that Chiang Kai-shek's forces had not yet withdrawn from the mainland at that time, and there were still wars going on in various places, the leaders of the Cpc made the following arrangement in the "Military Parade Ceremony Plan":
In the event of an air strike, the original formation must be kept unchanged.
The four planes at the founding ceremony were all ready to fight at any time.
The news was kept in absolute secrecy until the founding ceremony was announced to the world. And it is also reasonable to convene at three o'clock in the afternoon.
Nie Rongzhen first made a proposal to the Central Military Commission:
Even if the news was announced five hours before the ceremony, even if the enemy could fly to Beijing on time for the mission, the B-24 bomber, which had a weak night flight capability, would not want to retreat.
General Nie Rongzhen
But in the end, Chiang Kai-shek suddenly gave up the bombing mission, why is this?
Because Chiang Kai-shek realized at the last moment that if he had ordered the bombing of Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City connected to it would not have survived, not to mention the dense crowd at the founding ceremony, and the possibility of accidental injury was not high.
If it really affects the Forbidden City, then what is the difference between himself and the Xiang Yu who burned the Afang Palace and the Anglo-French coalition army that burned the Yuanmingyuan?
Even if he destroys the canon, he can only win the anger of the public opinion of the whole Chinese nation and even the whole world!
That's it, the open gun has been abandoned, and there are dark arrows.
As early as a few months ago, Chiang Kai-shek interspersed the mainland with spies of all sizes. Among them, Chiang Kai-shek's most important and expected is Zhao Binggu, a special agent of the Kuomintang Central Unification.
In August 1949, the Kuomintang sent Zhao Binggu to infiltrate the Chinese Communist Party as soon as possible, gain their trust, and steal important information to undermine important organizations of the Chinese Communist Party.
Zhao Binggu, who received the task, quickly took action, and he met with the chairman of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, the chairman of the Democratic League, General Li Minghao, the chief writer of the "Xinmin Bao" and his wife, and many other people, as if to show his determination to join the democratic camp.
But what he didn't know was that when he first left for Beijing, Li Kenong on the Beijing side had received intelligence about the secret agents.
Li Kenong, based on intelligence, conveyed instructions to the lower levels:
Pay close attention to new personnel in contact with CPPCC members.
Li Kenong
Just when Zhao Binggu still thought that his lurking mission was foolproof, on September 20, the Beijing Public Security Bureau, which already had a lot of evidence, issued an order to arrest Zhao Binggu.
In the luggage that Zhao Binggu carried with him, the staff also found his Kuomintang work card and various secret agent evidence.
On October 1, Chiang Kai-shek, who was still expecting the last chess piece to play a role in power, heard the news on the radio:
Xinhua News Agency: During the meeting of the CppcC, Zhao Binggu and Mu Jianqing, Kuomintang reactionary agents who carried out trouble-making activities, were arrested by the Public Security Bureau of the Beijing Municipal People's Government on September 20. The second offender is an agent of the Kuomintang Central Command Bureau..."
Chiang Kai-shek was angry but helpless, and he was ultimately powerless to return to heaven. On the 3rd, he fled into the wilderness and flew to Taiwan.