Whoever has to find the reason for it when their career fails. In April 1949, when chiang saw that the People's Liberation Army was about to cross the Yangtze River, he had to pack up the gold and silver jewelry and flee to Taiwan first. In fact, old Chiang Kai-shek had already left a good retreat when he went to Taiwan, and from the moment the Liaoshen Campaign began, there was a saying of "back road" in old Chiang's heart.
After the old Chiang Kai-shek retired to Taiwan, while he wanted to counterattack the mainland, he was also summing up the experience of failure. In fact, it was too late for Old Jiang to sum up his experience at this time, and Old Jiang's personality and pattern also determined that he could not fight the chairman. Because after the founding of the Republic of China, it was a big mess, and Lao Jiang did not completely calm down this mess, but made a formal unification, and many warlords and Lao Jiang also had a face and heart disharmony, and in addition, Lao Jiang did not win the hearts and minds of the people, only limited to destroying the "enemy" he thought, and he could be stable. Moreover, the most stupid move of the old Chiang Kai-shek was that the Japanese had all come to fight him, and they still engaged in the practice of "foreign affairs must first be at home.", in fact, this is a traitorous act, and there is no doubt that he will lose by virtue of this practice.
As we said just now, Jiang Guangtou will not sum up and reflect on his own mistakes, even if he thinks of it, he will not find his own reasons from it, he will find the reasons of others. Even if he finds fault with his men, he even thinks that the Americans are also the factors that make him fail.
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In our impression, the Americans supported the old Chiang Kai-shek, but in fact the Americans supported Chiang's bald head, and at that time they thought that he had hope and ensured that his interests were not damaged. Old Chiang Kai-shek did not receive much aid from Lao Us when he resisted Japan, and after the war, with the support of the United States, most of chiang's army used a full set of American equipment, and even learned american tactics, and even invited American instructors. In Jiang Guangtou's view, the United States is the most powerful country today, and the army is also the most powerful, and the army armed with the weapons, equipment, and tactical training of the old United States will certainly be able to defeat the People's Liberation Army. But Old Jiang did not expect that in the end he was defeated.
As early as the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chiang Kai-shek's army was indeed very strong and anxious to launch a civil war to eliminate our side. At that time, US President Harry Truman saw that China might be plunged into a civil war, and if a war broke out, chiang Kai-shek would probably not be able to defeat the CCP, and the interests of the United States in China would be damaged. Therefore, Truman sent the retired Marshall to China to mediate, marshall as a special envoy to China.
Before Marshall went to China, Truman told Marshall that the mission to China was to persuade the Chinese parties to hold a joint meeting to stop hostilities and realize China's reunification.
In doing so, the United States, in addition to not wanting to lose its interests in China, also wants to become a mediator in leading China's internal problems. Because the United States saw that the Soviet Union in the north also wanted to intervene in the China issue, if the civil war broke out and the Soviet Union supported our side, Chiang Kai-shek would not be able to win the war at all. Moreover, through understanding and on-the-spot observation, the United States has realized that although the conditions are difficult, our side is highly motivated and has strong combat effectiveness. On the other hand, although old Chiang Kai-shek's army was huge in number and well-armed, it had no fighting spirit, and the generals had ghost fetuses in their hearts. Lao Mei's understanding of China's actual situation is deeper and more thorough than that of Lao Jiang. Old Jiang always saw the appearance, a little arrogant, and took it for granted that he could win.
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Old Chiang Kai-shek and Mei Ling sent special envoys to the United States, and the two were very happy, and finally looked forward to such a big backer of the United States. When Marshall arrived, old Chiang treated Marshall as a guest of honor and held talks with Marshall. Of course, it must be Song Meiling who is the translator.
Song Meiling's beauty, as well as her proficiency in English, made Marshall's eyes light up. But as a general in World War II, Marshall could not stop his eyes on women, he went straight to the point, said his intentions, and opposed Chiang Kai-shek's plans for civil war as soon as he came up.
Jiang Bald was not happy, in his opinion, the United States should support his plan, why oppose him? Marshall also drew up a plan for Chiang Kai-shek to form a provisional government, which was very detailed, mainly the composition structure of the new government. He asked Old Jiang to act according to this plan, and Jiang's bald head was not something he could fiddle with.
Old Chiang was very dissatisfied, and he thought it was interference in internal affairs. Marshall was ultimately unable to persuade Chiang, and the mediation failed, and Chiang immediately launched a civil war. But the results of the civil war made the United States very annoyed, why did the United States want to replace Jiang Guangtou in the early 1950s and let Sun Liren do it? In fact, the United States has seen through Jiang Guangtou, who is too conceited to achieve great things.
In fact, Old Jiang is really conceited, and it is difficult to persuade him to come back to what he thinks. Judging by his pattern, he can't see far. In fact, as a military general, Marshall only performed his duties and would not say the ultimate intention of the United States. Therefore, Marshall could not persuade Jiang Guangtou. Through historical data, we can see that lao Jiang's personality is precisely his drawback.
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It is reasonable to say that after the old Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Taiwan, when summing up this matter, he should have regretted it? What would have happened if he had heeded the U.S. advice? Jiang Guangtou should understand, but with Jiang Guangtou's personality, how could he find his own reasons.
It is said that as long as Jiang Guangtou is angry, he will scold people in his diary, and this time the old Jiang did not scold Marshall in his diary, believing that Marshall should not come to China, and it was Marshall's arrival that brought bad things to him. Marshall also came to China at the behest of Truman, and the old Jiang also scolded Truman, but he did not dare to scold explicitly, and could only sprinkle his anger on Marshall.
Marshall went to China to mediate, and it seemed to Jiang that Marshall had come, which made his plan impossible to implement, and also gave Yan'an time to prepare. That is to say, Old Jiang believes that he has lost the opportunity to "cure first" people.
Whether it is the rule of law first, or the later rule of law, or as mentioned above, Jiang Guangtou cannot win. Because he did not understand his own shortcomings, the weaknesses of the army, he blindly thought that he could win. It is useless to know how many advanced weapons, the key is the human factor.
Marshall was only a special envoy, and his ability to say this to Old Chiang was enough to show that the United States had not abandoned Old Chiang at this time. However, after the large-scale defeat of the old Chiang Kai-shek, the United States lost confidence in the old Chiang Kai-shek.
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